Minute Fractions

The happiness of life … is made up of minute fractions – the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a gentle word, a heartfelt compliment. – Coleridge

This nugget from Coleridge strikes home. How often does a child need just a moment of our attention? How often have we wished our boss would just pay us a small compliment once in a while? How good does it feel to be noticed across a room with a friendly smile. And who can forget that first short sweet kiss you ever received. If our happiness depends so much on the minute fractions of others, who is out there and how many can we make happy with a few minute fractions of our time?

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Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.