Memoir Monday: What Simple Pleasures Bring You Joy?

[nancybriti1]

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What Simple Pleasures Bring You Joy?

I believe that as we get older, our tastes, our interests and even our needs change, not only because we have achieved many of those things, but also because we change and what made us happy before, does not make us happy now. Likewise, I believe that as we mature we give true value to the things we live, have and feel. Too much dust on our feet to follow the footsteps of others and too much crossed seas to believe in siren songs.

That is why maybe what I am happy about today, will not be my happiness in 10 years. So I can say that today, February 5, 2025, when I am 51 years old, I am happy with life:

Being with my family, talking to them, hearing from them.

Going out with my friends, sharing, listening to them, having fun with them.

I like to travel, whether by road, sea or air.

I am happy to know new places, to breathe new air.

I like going to the movies (although I haven't been going for a long time). I like to watch a good movie, alone or accompanied, of any genre, except horror movies.

It's a relief for me to take off my bra as soon as I get home. Women will understand me, but it's a feeling of freedom and liberation when I take it off!

I like to have an ice cold beer (or beers), at any time, after a long day of work or at noon, when the heat is raging.

After a day's work, going over the things I did and knowing that everything is fine, that everything went well, makes me sleep like a baby.

I love to eat cheeses, sausages and olives (that combination could be my food for life).

Listening to someone talk who knows what they are talking about. I admire knowledgeable people who have a lot to say and teach me.

I love reading a good book, the kind where you say: one more chapter and then I fall asleep. And the early morning surprises you with the book still in your hands.

I like to write by hand, to write down words on little pieces of paper. Most of the stories I write were seeds, ideas, on loose papers.

It makes me very happy to listen to music. Music has been my lifeline in the face of sadness. I can do anything, mop the house, cook, ride public transportation, listening to music.

The smell of the wet earth from the rain. I like the rain, getting wet in it, if possible.

A delicious masculine fragrance makes me sigh. I think tons of endorphins is released in me, especially when the fragrances have woody and spicy touches.

The smell of coffee. I love the smell of freshly brewed coffee, its bitter taste, the whole ritual of life around a cup of coffee. I enjoy it alone or with company.

The smell of freshly baked bread makes me salivate. The warm bread with the melted butter and crispy crust makes me feel like I'm in paradise.

I love the smell of coconut. What's more, I'm obsessed with that smell. From my body creams, lipsticks, shampoo, they smell like coconut. In short: I smell like coconut.

I enjoy walking barefoot around the house, on the grass, on the sand of the beach.

A perfect day: Go to the beach, sit and read a book, get a tan and watch the sunset.

I like to wear a dress, this garment gives me a feeling of freshness, femininity and security, as if it were part of my essence.

I like to go shopping, either to the supermarket or to a store. Seeing the prices of things, even if I don't buy them in the end. Hahahaha

I like to give gifts: I like to see people's faces when I surprise them with a gift.

I like to smile and make others smile.

I enjoy really hugging people I appreciate. Not a social hug, which serves as a greeting. No. But a long, tight hug that tells the other person: I am here, with you.

I love to lie on the floor

I love to sleep
I love to dance

I love to be quiet

I am happy to do nothing.
I have belatedly discovered the pleasure of doing nothing: lying on the floor, closing my eyes, breathing, disconnecting.

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the invitation postThis is my participation this week for our great friend @ericvancewalton's initiative: Memoir monday. If you want to participate, here's the link to

Thank you for reading and commenting. Until a future reading, friends

Comments

[osomar357]

Curator - GuestVoted through #Ecency.

[nancybriti1]

Thanks for the support, my friend

[osomar357]

It's always a pleasure.
Happy evening

[lizelle]

Those are all the things that matter, simple pleasures, things that happen around us all the time but we're often blind to them!
Music, yes yes yes.
Bread baking in the oven, yum!
It is wonderful being happy in one's own skin and passing the good vibes on to those we interact with every day. You for sure do just that, even in your writing @nancybriti1.

[nancybriti1]

Thank you so much for your words, @lizelle. I really appreciate them. This platform has allowed us to meet people from all over the world that we wouldn't remotely have been able to meet in another era. It is really a pleasure for me to coincide with beings as wonderful as you, so magical, that just reading them, makes us want to meet them personally. I send you a big hug from Venezuela.

[hive-106316]

Hello @nancybriti1

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[nancybriti1]

Thanks to all the @silverbloggers team, and especially to you, @tengolotodo. Successes

[tengolotodo]

You are so very welcome ...

[joanstewart]

Spot on, ticked each box I would select. Definitely each simple little thing in life can be pleasurable.

Ever changing life with what pleases us most definitely alters, some linger a lifetime triggering wonderful memories.

[nancybriti1]

Yes, I agree with you. I think that as we live we appreciate more the little things, those that before “were invisible to our eyes”, as The Little Prince would say. Greetings and thank you for your comment

[joanstewart]

Happy Friday!

Collage of flowers and other from my collection...

[asiaymalay]

Simple things that brings joy. The sound of silence is a big yes. Spent time alone with myself is the best😁😌.

[nancybriti1]

Yes, solitude and silence require a lot of maturity, a lot of life lived, to value them. Thank you very much for your comment, @asiaymalay and congratulations on your memoirmonday award. Greetings

[asiaymalay]

Thank you @nancybriti1 congrats to you as well😁.

[ericvancewalton]

You list so many great ones! I was nodding my head in agreement as I was reading that entire list. One especially caught my attention...I love to be quiet. I've always enjoyed peaceful solitude too. Thanks for another great contribution Nancy! Hugs to you.

[nancybriti1]

And you know what? I had a lot of things left to say because they were very personal, hahaha, but yes, with this list I was sure that I didn't need so many things, to breathe and let out an exclamation of joy. As they say: life is simple, we are the complicated ones. We can choose, every day, to do the things we like and always do them. A hug back to you, Eric.

[tengolotodo]

I had a lot of things left to say because they were very personal, hahaha

👀🤔

[tengolotodo]

I loved this post and ..

I believe that as we get older, our tastes, our interests and even our needs change

... I completely agree with this! I might borrow that in a few minutes when I write my post Nancy. I know you won't say no!

I am happy to do nothing.

This is so hard for many people to do. I love this. Often I can go to the park or beach and sit, with eyes closed listening to music, leaving the world far away!