Hi, dear friends! And you, enemies, be blessed too! You know, many years ago I was presented with a nice book ’14,000 things to be happy about. The Happy Book by Barbara Ann Kipfer’. It was published in 1990 by Workman Publishing New York. “This book represents 20 years of recording all the little things that make me happy. … I flip through this collection to cheer myself up; often use it to get ideas about what to cook for dinner or something fun to do with my son on the weekend”, says the author in the preface to the book. It is not a usual book. There are no sentences in it: just a 612-page-long list of things such as ‘pajamas at breakfast, a lake catching the last flecks of sunlight, the position of your head as you bite into a taco, giving yourself a mind message, leaves twinkling in the sunlight, spangling in the moonlight, dancing to the special music of raindrops on their thickness’ and so on.
Have you smiled at least once while reading? I hope you have. So, I suggest doing something like keeping a similar book but the author will be collective: we will share our bright happy moments and they could be good ideas for the others.
What’s made me happy today? Listening to an old (2008) concert of my favourite group Okean Elzy on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eB6FxOHJMo); buying a new pen which looks like an old-fashioned ink pen of 1970s; a nice box of chocolates from a student of mine for yesterday’s Women’s Day, talking with my daughter.
And what about you? Could you recollect your pleasant moments of the day?
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Thanks, ⓔⓡⓩⓐ. Reading your comments and imagining people behind them makes me happy today, too.
Comment by Adaline Bala, "I just remember a song
'Count your many blessings, Name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done'." - I appreciate it very much. Thank you.
Dear Valentina, It's a lovely message, Thanks for sharing. I remember few pleasant moments yesterday. Helped a mum bring her push chair in the bus and got a hug from her, bought a correct size trousers, and the top one is one of my class child's mum told me the little one was praying for me when their family prayers. It was a pleasant day. I just remember a song
'Count your many blessings, Name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done'.
Thank you for sharing Valentina, Such a valuable message.
my pleasant moment of the day is listen to my mother's voice by phone, wake up early and ready for the day, a good morning messages from siblings and comrades -even mostly coming a bit late, hehe-, delicious breakfast and many will be coming soon. every little thing is a pleasant moment.
when I hear the word of 'happiness' I always remember what Gandhi said "Renounce and enjoy"
Thanks for sharing this nice reminder :)
Unfortunately many of us unconsciously focus on the negative things overlooking what makes us happy or what we usually can do well. It's maybe a matter of habit.
As for my pleasant moment of this day hmmm... I'm not sure since it's been an ordinary day, I could say the kiss from my son when I collected him from school :)
Thank you, Felipe, for sharing your experiences. That was the point. I felt the warmth of talking with nice cups of coffee, I imagined the beauty of the river, recollected my favourite river - the Dnipro (the Dnierer). It's really great. I read The Picture of Dorian Gray in English when I was a student, about 30 years ago. Now I want to reread it. Thank you for giving me the idea. That is how it works. Thanks again.
DearA738a , thank you for sharing.I really couldn't help laughing remembering my brother. I think he might be very happy,too, because he annoys me not less than I do:)
Thank you, Kevin Liu, for your nice and wise comment. Have a good day and a lot of little reasons to be happy about.
actually, the most beautifully things are the easiest to getting in this world. people always complain that they are how hardly with difficultly for the journey to acquire happiness, parbably, just beacuse they do not make it clear which is really happiness and hardly went a long way with wrong derection...
thanks, Valentina.
Dear valentina! What a nice attitude; simple things that makes you happy. Ha! Allow me to share my faves.
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