The last few days around here, the air has been filled with death and dying or bittern feuds or negativity of one type or another. Even though this is "only" an Internet forum, I can feel it. I suspect I am not alone.
So...
Everybody name three things that make you happy.* I'll go first:
1). Newborn puppies, the little tiny ones with their eyes still closed
2). When people pronounce the "h" in "historic"
3). harp music
*amar need not participate, lest this thread becomes obscene and gets locked
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Tell us something.: A long time chatty Chiffer but have been absent for almost two decades. Returned in 2022 and still recognize some names! I also play anglo concertina now.
1) Achieving a goal I've worked hard for, even if it's a little one.
2) An unexpected smile from a best friend.
3) When a cat decides I'm worthy enough to pet it.
1.All the stuff that is available to learn.
2.My cat's gray fur.
3.objects, textures, colors.
(tangentially, it fascinates me how this geographically scattered, type-based, means of conversing can carry and convey the same friendliness, tensions, emotions both + and -, that occur when humans are situated in the same literal room.)
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1) Writing a new song.
1b) Finding a "new" melody on the whistle.
1c) Performing for an audience and "hitting it out of the ballpark."
2) Finding that "perfect" gift for that hard to shop for friend or relative.
2b) Finding a bargain for something that I really need or have wanted for a long time.
3) Time with friends.
3b) Unexpected time with friends.
<i>The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.</i>
1) My children
2) Having wonderful friends that "understand" me in my quirkiness
3) Star gazing on a warm, breeze filled night while listening to soft music
Someday, everything is gonna be diff'rent
When I paint my masterpiece.
Cran, this is a great topic. In the last several months: my boss's daughter has been diagnosed with leukemia, my best friend and his wife miscarried at six months, and a co-worker's husband died suddenly (as a result of a leg injury).
emmline wrote:2.My cat's gray fur.
I WANT one of those really soft gray cats!!! Their fur is SOOOO cool.
My top three:
1) best family I can imagine -- wife, 3 YO daughter, parents, brother and sisters
2) flute lessons with one of the best players and teachers in the world
3) fantastic job
Charlie Whorfin Woods
"Our work puts heavy metal where it belongs -- as a music genre and not a pollutant in drinking water." -- Prof Ali Miserez.
1) I have been birdwatchin' lately. I go out everyday at lunch break where I work. Seeing pairs of Western Bluebirds lifted my heart. Their blue is shimmering. Today I saw a Cedar Waxwings right by my house. I had only seen em in books. It's also an excuse to be outdoors and we are having a booming spring this year. Yesterday, while out, I experienced hundreds of painted lady butterflies flying right by me (we are having a record year of them, it was even in the papers and yesterday was the peak of their fly-by in this area).
2) Both of my boys are doing well. The older one has made it to 15 without being a sullen, misunderstood teenager and he just got his Bomb Factory Flowboard (custom skateboard) and is completely stoked (a birthday present backordered from Feb 4).. The younger one takes great delight in little things. On a walk today, we saw a yellow-bellied racer (a snake) and he is still talkin' about it. That kid always sees the bright side of things and I thank God that he has the gift that I do not.
3) I am really enjoying my Eb Burke that I bought at the Tionol. It's a nimble little tooter and the ornaments are soundin' good. I have the good but frustrating feeling that Irish music offers so many wonderful tunes to learn and play that I hunger for more time for it. And the bottom line about happiness is, I guess, is that I am never bored.
amar wrote:cran, why does the h in historic make you happy?
Well, because it's supposed to be there. It also makes me happy when people use 'a' as an indefinate article with the adjective "historic", instead of "an".
Focus on being kind to other people and see what happens to yourself. I have to admit I've quoted the "No good deed goes unpunished" saying from time to time, but recent events have made me consider more strongly that maintaining a compassionalte outward focus will bring happiness more assuredly than anything else. First, it will improve your relationships and interactions with other people and it makes your life easier as a consequence.
On a weirder, more karmic note, I've heard that 'what goes around comes around.' It's always sounded nice. Lately, it's seemed more like it might be real. I've been focusing on doing the right thing and being happy about it. Lately, good fortune has been falling into my lap. For one, I just got a position at work that gives me Mondays off for a 3 day weekend every week. Nothing could be more desireable to me. Plus the job itself fell into my lap and suits me perfectly.
Worth a try, eh?
Tony
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