They are the reason that you love a book, but are disappointed by the movie.
They're the bits that make something stand out.
They're the little pieces that compose a whole thing, changing it from something basic, to something magical.
When you're putting together a jigsaw puzzle, you start by seeing the big picture. You dump out the pieces and you try to group the edges together to get your basic shape (Or at least that's the way I do it). Once you get that put together, you start taking the little pieces to see where they fit, eventually bringing the whole picture into view. Sometimes you're surprised as you look closely at the pieces. Sometimes as you're grouping things together, you put things in the wrong place.
When you're getting to know someone, you're filling in the little details piece by piece. As you learn things about them, you find out what puzzle pieces are part of them, and sometimes you're surprised to find out as you piece them together that the part that you thought was murky blue water was actually a part of the sunny blue sky. It's always interesting to see what the details reveal to us as we piece them together.
I think too often we (myself very much included) look too much at the big picture and don't bother ourselves with the details. We need to realize that everyone is a complex, detailed, and beautiful person.
And I also think we should take more time to stop and see the complex, detailed, and beautiful world that we all live in.
I think we'll all be surprised about the wonderful things we find.
