Simple Pleasures
I have simple tastes, I am easy to please. Today I will not pound my fist on the table of life demanding more from it than I am willing to give to it. When I can take pleasure in ordinary things and joy from everyday experience, life fills me, feels satisfying. This attitude allows me to use what I have. I recognize that it is not what I have but how I value and enjoy it that generates happiness.
I am happy.Blest, who can unconcern'dly find
Hours, days, and years slide soft away
In health of body, peace of mind;
Quiet by day,
Sound sleep by night; study and ease
Together mixed; sweet recreation;
And innocence, which most does please
with meditation.
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me die:
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie.
Alexander Pope
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