Tiny Noticeable Things

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The effect that a single TNT can have varies considerably from one individual to another. What could mean the world to one person may not particularly mean much to another. Out of the billions of experiences that we live through during our lifetimes, just a handful of them will remain precious to us, ones that for whatever reason remain etched in our minds. It is usually the most unlikely, fleeting encounters that end up making the biggest impacts and creating what invariably become filed away in our memories as ‘magic moments’. The magnitude of the impression they make will be determined by a whole host of circumstances – where we were at that particular point in our lives, the place we were in, the people we were with, our emotions at that exact time, and how we view that specific experience within the context of everything that was going on around us when looking back.

The most powerful of all the TNTs are without doubt those that appear out of nowhere. They are the ones that are completely unexpected, random acts of kindness, whether they are from family members, friends, colleagues or strangers. Their impact can be particularly profound when they are from people with whom we have very little or no connection – these really are super-explosive, more often than not giving us a lift we didn't know we needed.

They are especially poignant because they are 100% unconditional, there being no apparent benefit, obvious gain or tangible return whatsoever for those who ...