SMALL MOMENTS OF JOY

 

Candles in Bone China Cups

Is it too corny to think about small moments that bring us joy?  I think it is not.  I've posted about our Despair over shootings in schools, churches and supermarkets . . . just about everywhere.  I've posted about women's health care and the activist Supreme Court that has legalized forced pregnancy.  And who knows what election day will bring.  Well, you know my views.  

But moments of joy?  who can argue about those?  We each have our own and every day they become more important to our well-being.  We cannot live consistently in the world of politics or the world of social media.  We need what's tangible, what fills our senses, what lifts us or calms us or simply makes us feel grateful.   

These are some of my small moments, most trivial, some shared with friends or family, some blissfully alone.  Nothing groundbreaking.  What are yours?

Making homemade soup for welcome company

Caring for my plants

Piling onto couches wool blankets gathered from travels

The smell of fresh basil

Winter rosemary creeping up our rocky hillside

Coming home

The beach off-season

Tea, friends and tea, family and tea, tea in bed, tea at night, Kenya tea, vanilla tea, almond tea, afternoon tea, Welsh tea, Scottish tea . . . 

Clean sheets (maybe number 1)

Lighting a candle in a new fragrance

Making my own candles for gifts in bone China cups

Mr. Wiggles after a Spa Day

Don't you feel refreshed just thinking about your small moments of Joy?  Very achievable moments that remind us why we work as hard as we do.  If my children were still small number 1 would list the children after their baths and ready for bed.  Oh, how I remember that bliss. 

Let us enjoy our moments.  Let us treasure them.  Let us never, ever despair.                  Nina Naomi 

Mr. Wiggles after a Spa Day