Ok, so another idea from another movie. The movie Taking Woodstock, based on a true story about Elliot Tiber, is about Elliot Teichberg is the son of a couple who own a failing motel. In an effort to make keep the motel in business, Elliot rents out the motel to the Woodstock Music Festival. If you can get past the extreme nudity and extensive drug use it was an all right movie, nothing to write home about (although I guess I got something out of it or I wouldn't be writing about it right?).
There was one quote, however, that caught my attention. After a huge argument with his parents, Elliot ran into Carol, someone who helped put Woodstock together (and who was most likely tripping on some sort of drug most of the movie), and explained that the argument was no big deal, to which she replied with the above quote saying that the argument could end up being the most important thing in the world.
Now, maybe I'm reading too much into this, maybe I've listened to too much hippy music, but I really think that this is a viable idea. What if everything that we went through was much more important than we think it is? What if something that could have turned out to be something great didn't because we didn't give it the attention it deserved? How many relationships have been ruined because what seemed to not be a big problem grew and grew until it was unbearable? What if we just ignored every problem because we thought it wasn't a big deal? What if we treated everything in our life like it was the most important thing going on? I really have no idea how it would work out, but try it sometime, whenever a conflict arises, don't let it pass by like it's nothing, examine it, talk about it, resolve it. I think that this could really help in every day problems and relationships, so try it out, it might be that whatever you're going through now is the most important thing happening in the universe.
Story of my life my man. If only we could do that more easily
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