As we grow older, busy in our everyday lives, there are a few things that are almost universally common to all people..irrespective of race, nationality, creed etc. I am talking about simple pleasures that we all enjoy but probably rarely ever notice them. Not only notice, if you just realize it and think about it, it does make one feel good. Most of them lift our spirits, some inspire, some bring a smile.
I will try and list as many as I can :
- Unless you never get out of your house, there is a good chance you often walk by areas with loads of leaves just lying on the ground. Yes!! stamping on those dry leaves for the heck of it! And the added crackling crisp sound just adds to the moment. Its quite inconsequential and pointless, but I don’t we all do it. I’d probably rank this is one of my personal best compared to the upcoming ones.
- For this one, I am not just sure, I know all of you have done it at least once…after a great long warm bath…the mist on the mirror in the bathroom. Oh yes! some of us written our names on it while others might have done something more imaginative. And if you think about it, its not just bathroom mirrors, windows, cars…basically anything. There seems to be something quite universal about the itch in people to write their names in such places.
- Well, I experienced a lot of this staying in the hostel. Sometimes you just have to wake up at night to do what you gotta do, and often the walk is quite chilling to say the least (I am talking about a Chandigarh winter – often below 5 deg). But the comforting warmth of the bed and the pillow when you get back, its more than worth it. This actually rates highest on the “Satisfaction” parameter, if I were to rank this list.
- Feeling a cool breeze on your face in the evening of a summer day. Great feeling..
- This one is a bit subjective, but its still pretty…I’d use the word fulfilling…and I am talking about the time when you support the underdog, and he wins. It could be a sport, or even a corporate tussle, or anything else. There is something that everyone likes about the one who beats all odds and achieves something he was never expected to.
Well, I have made a list of 5 and I think they all live up to the description I gave in the first paragraph. But the list is by no means exhaustive. I do have a few more ideas in my head but I would like you dear reader, to leave a comment with your one of your ideas. If you don’t have a new idea, at least comment about one of the above or add something to them.
Have a good day…