Getting all hot under the rubber ...

ALBERT REYNOLDS said they tripped you up, while One Direction reckoned “it’s you they add up to”. I’m talking about the little things.

We are told to look at the big picture, to take a mile-high view, to keep our eyes on the prize or to be goal-oriented. It’s the small victories that get us through the day, though. We need them especially if fate or other people are obscuring the big picture, delaying the departure of the mile-high flight, stealing our prize, performing heroics in goal and generally being ****s.

Some of these mini-triumphs occur when we are alone. It’s too trite to say “dance like no one’s watching” especially if you glimpse your reflection. Nevertheless, there are actions you can perform when you are alone that can give a good feeling (no sniggering down the back); such as Throwing A Thing Into Another Thing. Try it. Bounce a scrunched-up piece of paper off two walls and into a bin and you will wheel away, arms aloft, taking in the approbation of the cat — well, not the cat — and the dog.