who... who... who... de epic story

i used to like epic movies, movies about war, about the last day of the world, about death and separation and life, tragic romances, romantic tragedies, movies that were titanic, and more importantly, movies about humanity, that put the human spirit to the test in the face of struggle and adversity, the power to overcome, the fight, brought to the limits, intense human emotions, emotions that were larger-than-life. precisely because they often do not exist in real life, hence i needed to feel, to feel more, more, emotions, something that was larger than life itself.

now, i have to say i’m quite different, things have changed. i realised that epic feelings can also be found in smalltown romances, in non-epic settings, in everyday life, the smallest and simplest things in life, and i’m glad to have felt that. epic feelings need not only be found in epic settings, but also in little, heartfelt gestures like your mum sending you to the door and waving goodbye silently when you go off to work, the wake-up calls you get in the mornings afraid that you’ll be late for work, the bride and groom on stage thanking their families on their big day, a simple message from a friend to ask how’s your day and to wish you a smooth-sailing day ahead.
no longer just matters about death and life, nor the last or precious moments, but about everyday living, each little intimate moment you share with someone else, and that’s epic enough. i still like epic movies, but i’ve also learnt to appreciate and love the little epic moments in our lives, the romantic comedies, the smalltown romances, the family dramas that play out.
my life is an epic story, still playing out.
your life is an epic story, in itself, and in its own right.
epic need not be written in capital, or bold letters but in the smallest and most insignificant of fonts; yet they are epic, in the manner in which they were written.
when you realise that life can so easily and so instantly desert one, you want to know that it had been all worthwhile.
a right attitude, an open heart, and lots of magnanimity.
little epic moments, epic little life.
a mere epic.
and merely so.
you come with nothing and you probably leave with nothing; what you leave behind is a legacy, epic in its own right.