Smile!

Del comments that the AFC Championship game is meaningless, with respect to the entire world. JoMo, in response, gets existential. Sure the game doesn't matter, but neither do you or I, he'd tell him, in the scope of the history of the world. What difference would it make if I'd never been born? I'd tend to agree with both of them here. Sure, Del, the Packers losing to the Giants in the NFC game isn't the end of the world. JoMo takes it one step further, showing that even the seemingly important things in life aren't truly important. I agree with both pessimistic and cynical arguments. In fact, my Life post alludes slightly to this notion.

I'm not going to turn my back on my initial argument, as I still believe that the small things shouldn't get you down. Theres' no reason to let them, they are insignificant and you'll forget about them a little ways down the road. That being said, embrace the good small things in life. Just as there's no reason to let the bad things hurt you, there's no reason to not let the good things give you joy. Will you forget about those good things in a day or two? Yes, of course, but why not still gain happiness from this moment? I may've been frustrated at the end of the NFC Championship game, but I knew there was no reason to be disappointed over it for too long. Giants fans, though, take joy from the win, bask in the glory (while you still have the chance, since you'll probably be on my side of the fence in about two weeks).
(Update 2/3: I stand corrected, Big Blue won the big one.)

You have trouble sleeping at night, then wake up with barely enough time to get ready, then spill coffee on your shirt, then get stuck in traffic, then hastily lock your keys in your car, before finally getting to work one Monday morning. A string of minor bad things things can lead us to conclude that we're having a "bad day." That may be so. You wake up feeling refreshed, enjoy a nice steaming cup of coffee, hit every traffic light green, and get a good parking spot as you arrive at work 5 minutes early, one Monday morning. Most people would still not qualify this as a "good day." In comparison to a Saturday, it might not be a good day, true. Take joy in the small things and let them cheer you up, for sometimes that's all we have.

Let all those small things put a smile on your face. Be happy when your day is through and you can slowly drift off in a nice warm bed. Be happy when there are short lines at the dining hall. Be happy when your class goes by quickly. Be happy when the cool summer breeze smells just right. Be happy when... be happy when something, anything, gives you the slightest reason to be happy. Dismissing a joyous occasion as irrelevant in the broad view of this earth or your life does no one any good.

Smile, and be happy.

I'll end with a quote:

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. - Eleonora Duse