I believe that we’re in a time of great shifts, and they’re taking place on a giant scale.
Even though for 37 years I’ve been doing my work in broadcasting, my pleasure is talking to others about possibilities. I continue to be totally excited about the future. There is a great turning of an age, so I’m looking at this as a true beginning.
I love talking to others about how they’re seeing it and what’s exciting them and what the possibilities for the future are. It continues to enliven me. Optimism is an antidote to worry, and curiosity is something that feeds our body oxygen. That’s my small pleasure: to stay in wonder and curiosity.
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Today it is my pleasure to read the submissions to Writer Advice’s Fifth Annual Flash Prose Contest. That’s big though. A smaller pleasure is to walk Mikko McPuppers, the world’s best senior Shih Tzu. While he sniffs the grass and every leaf of ivy, I see the trees budding, Mt. Diablo, and the ever-changing sky.
Now that I’ve written that, I’m not sure it is smaller.
Lynn
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Quality time spent with ME, MYSELF and I.
This is something that I feel i’ve earned *after raising six kids as a single mom*. I look forward to ME time:
whether it be a long hot bath with delightfully relaxing music, candles, incense and wonderful aromatics in the bath; time with a book and a cup of hot coffee w/ honey on my patio in the morning; the birds singing sweetly to me; the sound of my fountain in the front yard pond, gently cradling my inner self with all that my soul desires AND needs.
Don’t get me wrong … I love my family & my friends too. Even my wonderful companion and the sweet man that he is. I feel I’ve earned AND deserved all of THEM! My grown children, my lovely, extraordinary grandkids, the thoughtful man I’ve finally come to have in my life…. AND the delightfully diverse group of women I call my BEST FRIENDS.
But … the very best, most outrageous SMALL PLEASURES are those I enjoy ALONE within my home OR in nature … It is all richly, rewarding MEDICINE to my soul.
LIFE IS GOOD …
marlie st. george, UTAH
More and more I enjoy the small pleasures in life. It increases my spirituality to enjoy the sun on a garden path, a grandchild’s smile looking at a picture or seeing my cat basking in the sun on my back porch. I now stop and enjoy all of those sights as never before. For me this is part of putting life’s events into perspective and discovering that our lives are too short to worry so much; to be anxious about things we cannot change.
My work in the medical field brings me in contact with many sad stories so every day I am grateful for my good health and gather strength from the courage I see in those that face struggle daily–they too see pleasure in the “small” things. I learn every day from talking with them. I do see a shift and believe that more and more people are starting to realize the need to reconnect as people and stop the chaos that the media has created. I sincerely hope we can all facilitate this by spreading the word and by trying to do as many random acts of kindness as we can.
Gypsy Lee
I find small pleasures in nature all around. One of my favorites is when I sitting in my kitchen window sipping a cup of mint tea early in the morning and watching the brown rabbits that love to hang out in my tiny yard. They hop around, nibbling on grass and dandelions and then will stretch out on the grass and even roll around. It is just a delight to see. I love to walk in the woods and smell the moist scent of the grasses, moss and trees waft around me and feel the sunlight through the trees brush across my face. These are the simple free pleasures I enjoy.
One of my greatest small pleasures comes just after I open a bottle of wine and pour it into the glass. I swirl it around delicately then take a nice deep breath in. Each bottle’s perfume is a new and exciting experience, something to be “read” with the nose like the introduction to an alluring new book. I spend the next minute or two trying to decipher the various notes. Sometimes I can’t help but to giggle from the pure joy of it all.
As my world is springing into spring I find that I love to stop outside and simply smell spring in the air. I call moments when you stop to love nature “cause for pause”
Being raised in NE Oklahoma, I loved the change of seasons. Now I livein south Central Texas and for the first time in years, we had a Spring that actually reminds me of home. But every spring here, regardless of the weather, the wildflowers always keep me amazed. If we have little rain, they are few but they survived. If we have lots of rain like we did this spring, the wildflowers go crazy. Fields that are just solid blankets of bluebonnets, Indian paintbrush, windflowers, blanket flowers, verbena. They keep me in wonder and anticipation of the next coming spring. Such small wonders and yet they survive against all odds. God truly blesses me with knowing if his smallest can survive and flourish, so will I, for He is STILL in charge.
Time with my Mom and Dad is my pleasure. Dad is 88 and Mom is 84 and we are all on borrowed time anyway. Any time with them is a treasure.
I SO ENJOY JUST BEING ALIVE AND LOOKING AT ALL THE THINGS THAT GOD HAS CREATED TO ENJOY! I HAD (AT LEAST) THREE HEART ATTACKS IN ONE NIGHT, NOT TOO LONG AGO. THE BLINDERS ARE OFF AND I SEE SO MUCH MORE THAN BEFORE, AND I THOUGHT I WAS OBSERVANT BEFORE. I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO HEAR MY DAUGHTER AND GRANDCHILDREN’S VOICES, EACH SOUND THEREAFTER IS JUST AS SWEET. I HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING SPECIAL TO MAKE THEM GLAD TO BE ALIVE.
What do you mean you’re in broadcasting!?! I’ve been studying journalism and theatre, and have an online radio show, and I really enjoy talking with so many different people and finding out about what they are doing and how it relates to me or my school.
One year ago, I was getting up the nerve to enroll in school and take one course. Right now, time management is one of my toughest classes ;0, but things are still coming along well, and I’ll be applying for the radio station’s managing editor’s position next week. The people that I interview say that I make people feel comfortable. Cool with me.
Hugs to and from my son, and him taking me to the movies are somethings that I get a kick out of. My father giving me rides until I can get my license situation straight, is a God send. Also, I love it when I have a good interview, which by the grace of God, is quite often.
Meanwhile, Glad to see there’s another broad(caster) out there!
I’m having fun, and that’s what is keeping me, right now. The smallest things bring a smile to my face or a chuckle from my soul.
thanks,
Signing off.
My small pleasure is watching nature unfold with a new surprise in my garden each day. After a winter of 50 inches, it was a relief to have the last snow finally melt. Behold, the next day I had my first snowdrops open, followed by the early daffodils the following day. How wonderful nature is and it always is amazing how things work to live..
Finding those times during a week that I can get to those little, non-essential things that bug me. Like finally pulling out those four little weeds in the garden that have begun to sprout seeds, or picking that papaya before it is too ripened and falls. Even finding the 15 minutes to clean out that one cluttered drawer in the kitchen, or the little shelf in the cabinet. Sometimes, it’s just sorting my socks so they all have a partner. They are the small pleasures of normalcy for me; and they take me for that short trip away from 9-5 work routine called work!
Finding those times during a week that I can get to those little, non-essential things that bug me. Like finally pulling out those four little weeds in the garden that have begun to sprout seeds, or picking that papaya before it is too ripened and falls. Even finding the 15 minutes to clean out that one cluttered drawer in the kitchen, or the little shelf in the cabinet. Sometimes, it’s just sorting my socks so they all have a partner. They are the small pleasures of normalcy for me; and they take me for that short trip away from 9-5 work routine called work!
Oh, thanks for reminding me of a big, small pleasure . . clearing out some box, or drawer, or stack on my desk. In my book I have an essay called “The Nine-Day Clutter Clearing Feng Shui Practice.” Simply put, you commit to doing one, or a combination, of the following each day for nine days: move, throw away, or give away 27 items. When I first did it, I noticed it set up an energy that has stayed with me. So, every once in a while, I move, toss, or give away 27 items. I’ll go through a drawer, my desk, or a box. It’s deeply satisfying to me.
I just finished reading all these wonderful posts. It makes me want to get out there and really stop to smell the roses & live my life to the fullest.Thanks everyone.
Debanna
WOW, what a lot of responses to this post! Wee are really in a big boat togehter.
My small pleasures: sharing photos with family and friends on Facebook; so much nicer than phone calls and emails. Also turning off the TV, leaving the dishes in the sink and curling up w/ a good book surrounded by my 2 sleeping cats
A single fresh flower on my desk lifts my spirits like nothing else.
My small pleasure is taking time, usually one minute, to find true love that resides within myself. All I do is place my thoughts in a space between myself and the sky and, if inside, a space in the room. I, then, concentrate on how I feel in this minute while noting is happening. A calm solitude takes over and I begin to feel good. Very, very simple and comforting.
Allowing these moments of love gives an aura of love that extends to others by it’s own process. This love comes back to me and is I just love it.
Coming home to my computer with a ton of new pictures to review. It’s like opening a ton of gifts and almost all of them are a surprise to me.
Have to add one more small pleasure of mine. Sipping a cup of tea in the morning & reading all the undated post on VN. This website has lifted my spirit & makes my day brighter.
I was thinking the same thing, but substitute coffee for tea.
Another small pleasure is going shopping in my own closet. I just love to get up in the morning and find new combinations of what to wear today. I ask myself, what color do you feel like today. What texture will support me in my day? Then I pick out a scarf, some necklace or pendant, and earrings. Top that off with shoes and sometimes a hat. It is a creative process for me and let me know what my mood is like. Am I happy enough to carry off bright red? Am a little sad and need to wear blue? Do I need grounding and look for earth colors, greens, browns, and yellow? This is a great pleasure for me.
Another small pleasure I have experienced a few times recently is to find a long lost friend or relative on Facebook. Twice in the last few weeks I have found cousins that I had not seen in forever. It is nice to catch up with them, see pictures of their families and share pictures of mine.
I did the same thing. She is my childhood friend and we had not benen in touch for over 30 years.
My small pleasure is being home alone for a few hours, just me, my cats, and my God, and having time to READ without interruptions. Another small pleasure I love doing is sitting on my front porch at sunset watching the glorious colors in summer while prayingto God about my day. I feel soo much closer to Him when I am in nature watching His creation, with birds singing and the sun setting.
I also agree with some other comments about tea and finding Facbook friends.
Oh, and something else I just thought of. I really enjoy watching the hummingbirds drink from my bird feeders. They are amazing little God-created creatures!
Mine is just sitting alone and reading a few chapters of a book-a little bigger pleasure is getting a massage.