Reading not for improvement just for joy. #365books
Tag: Joy
Last Day on Earth
Recently, I have been following an online meditation series through the meditation app I use. Initially I downloaded the app just for a timer with an occasional chime - so much better than using the timer on my phone that either rings with a horrible tone or, mysteriously, declines to ring at all, just ticking …
Laughing Buddha
Yesterday I decided that I am taking things too seriously. Everything is a crisis. Everything needs my attention right now. I am worrying all the time. Worrying about Covid. Worrying about my family. Worrying about politics. Worrying about all the hate and anger in the world. Diving deep into the worrying spiral. Yes, things are …
Joy is Not a Zero-Sum Game
There are many people in this world who believe that life is a zero-sum game. In other words, that everything in the world is finite and, if you get a little more, then they get a little less. We are all guilty of this thinking to some extent. Even Thich Naht Hanh writes of catching …
Simple Pleasures
Sometimes the best pleasures in life are the simple one. Like when you slip into bed the evening of the day that you’ve done laundry, that first subtle feeling of “clean sheets” like a sigh. Or the joy you feel when you hear a certain song – you’re just walking along, lost in your thoughts, …