As our lives have become more complex with various technologies and opportunities, it’s truly the simple things that bring us the most joy. From looking at a flower to star-gazing, petting our companion animals or enjoying the crunch of biting into an apple, these are the things that ground us and support us in truly enjoying life.
Don’t get me wrong - I love my iPad as much as the next person and there are ways that modern technology brings me great joy. In fact, I have a secret that only one other person on this planet knows about and now you will, too. It’s thanks to technology that I get to experience this joy.
One time as I sat crocheting with some fellow fiber enthusiasts, one woman said she had to leave the group early because she and her husband were getting ready to leave on vacation in their motor home. She had heard about a light that could be put in the toilet. The light would come on only at night when he approached the toilet and according to her, “...would help him not miss the mark!” We all chuckled and wished her well trying to find one of these lights.
Was I amazed when, not long after this, I was in a store and saw one of these lights. It not only made light so one could easily see the toilet bowl in the dark, but it did this in rotating rainbow colors. Yes, I bought one on the spot and have been using it for almost a year now. It brings me great joy when I get up during the night, go into the bathroom, and my toilet bowl lights up with rotating rainbow light. Makes me smile every time.
What simple things or experiences bring you joy and make you smile? Focus more on these instead of the more complicated goals you’re working towards and watch those become more simplified for you.
Merry Christmas-Happy Hannukah-Blessed Winter Solstice-Happy Kwansa-whatever you celebrate this time of year, enjoy! Happy holidays!
You know, your post has caused me to consider just what simple things bring me some happiness. The easy answer is, of course, playing music. But then another answer also presented itself.
ReplyDeleteLast year, after New Years, the local supermarket was dumping a seasonal herbal tea which had, as its claim to fame, the smell and taste of sugar cookies. So, I bought a box at an incredibly low remainder price (I think it was 50 cents a box). I tried it, and, when you added the right amount of sugar, it was very much like sitting and sipping a warm sugar cookie. So, the next day, my wife and I went back and bought a large number of boxes of this elixir.
Every now and then, I will sit and sip a cup of sugar cookie tea. And it is truly a relaxing and enjoyable experience.
This year I went looking for it, but, alas, it was not being offered for sale this holiday season. So, until I use up the still large number of boxes of the stuff that I still have, I can catalog this as one of the simple little pleasures.
Yum...warm sugar cookies.....sounds heavenly and glad you were able to get a bunch of it so you can enjoy it for a long time to come! Simple = good!
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