If you follow Halley's adventures over at Life of Something New, you may have come across her recent post in which she took a "Contentment Inventory." It was a short and sweet read that got me all introspective about contentment in my own life. As a chronic list-maker, of course, I began jotting down the moments in which I find contentment these days.
And wow, you guys.
Instant mood booster.
You really should try this sometime.
I find that it's all of the little moments combined, rather than one big event here or there, that seem to bring the most lasting, deeply resonating happiness.
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| Stopping to smell the digital flowers. |
Little Joys as of Late:
- Sharing a friend's homemade strawberry jam over warm wheat toast. And then curling up on the couch for discussions of foreign travel.
- Counting down with my sister the days until we're reunited.
- Waking up to hear (or read) the simplest of words: "Good Morning."
- Introducing a new friend to S'Mores--what American has never had a S'More?!--by roasting marshmallows over my stove.
- Getting lost in an art museum with no agenda to follow and nowhere else to be. Just soaking up the history, the creativity and the present company.
- Weekly conversations with no-longer-strangers at the farmers' market, on topics ranging from pickled tomatoes to love.
- Watching a rabbit jump up and twist in mid-air because he's so excited to be alive.
- Anticipating a two-person getaway to local wine country.
Looking back on moments like this, what reason is there, really, to be unhappy?
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