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#3 Tell me something you take great pleasure in and why?

Ever since I was little I’ve always noticed the details… the very small things that make up the bigger picture. I actually tend to obsess over those small things, and I have a tendency to anthropomorphize them as well, but I take GREAT amounts of pleasure in them, and a few small things can make the difference between a bad day and a good day. There are just way too many of them for me to pick just one, so I’ll just list some of my favorites. Take a minute after you read each one to revel in the feeling of it and I guarantee your day will be better.

• The smell of spring grass
• Getting into bed with fresh sheets and shaved legs
• Watching my cat rub his face on the door frames
• That split second after you breathe out and before you breathe in again. I really think that the answers to the universe are hiding in that moment and if we could just stay there long enough, we could return to mortality with the answers we seek. But that we only can stay in that moment when we die, after we give out our last breath and then it doesn’t matter anymore
• A perfectly flaky pie crust
• Sitting perfectly still and letting the energy of the earth come through my skin.
• The graceful curve from stem to flower on a calla lily
• A completely checked off to-do list
• Sweet Pea blossoms
• A well-organized filing cabinet
• The smell of decay in an old forest. It’s a mixture of moss, bark, dampness, and animals that I just love
• Cool tiles underneath my bare feet
• The tingle of a cool breeze on the back of my neck on a hot day
• Freshly cut roses packed tightly into a vase. It’s a pure perfume cloud!
• Leaf prints left on the sidewalk after the snow melts away
• The smell of the soft skin on the back of a baby’s neck

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