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Simple Pleasures - The Art of Happiness
By Dan Goodwin
Happiness is closer than you think
Happiness is not about being incredibly rich, going on amazing holidays, having a huge house and a fleet of luxury cars.
It begins with recognising what makes you feel good. And since you aren't exactly the same as me, or anyone else, that recipe for being happy is going to be a little different too.
You know that old expression "Simple Pleasures?" It's well known with good reason!
If you can't recognise the little details that make you happy, then you're never going to appreciate the larger, more lavish ones either.
Examples of simple pleasures might be a walk in the countryside through fields and woodland, a gorgeous meal in your favourite restaurant (or even better, cooked by a special person in your life), getting immersed in a wonderful novel, or spending an evening with close friends.
But we can narrow it down even more than this. To precise moments of pleasure. Think about the moment you pause to take in your surroundings in the middle of that huge wood, with only natural sounds around you, and the cleanest, freshest air you've breathed in days. Or the moment when the first mouthful of that delicious meal enters your mouth, its array of flavours dissolving on your tongue and into your throat.
Imagine that moment in the novel where the murderer is finally revealed, or the couple finally unite, those moments that your read with your breath held.
Or the moment in your social evening where that rather silly joke had everyone in the house in tears of laughter.
It's these little details, these moments, that bring us happiness.
When you stop to count them up, I'm sure you have far more of these in your life than you might first think. And the great thing is, the more you notice them, the more they will occur. It's like watching the sky as night falls. At first it's just complete blackness. Then out of the corner of your eye you catch a tiny glimmering star. The more you look, the more you stars you see, until there are thousands around you, and seemingly more still appearing.
Happiness is kind of like that starry sky. The more you notice and acknowledge those moments of happiness, the more they'll occur.
You don't have to get up and make a huge declaration each time, like: "Everyone stop what they're doing, I want to announce that this is a very happy moment and I'm giving it my full undivided attach. You can continue when it has passed!"
But a simple smile inside, just to recognise those good feelings when they come, will lead to more and more happiness before you know it.Creativity Coach Dan Goodwin helps people become more creative and therefore more happy.
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