What Are Your Life’s Little Delights?
– Musings of Dr. Jamie Hsu, 3.21.2019
During my daily morning walks, I not only experience the joy of mental meditation and physical invigoration, I also enjoy the anticipation of a hearty breakfast and hot cup of coffee as a reward after the long walk. The thought of eating a bowl of hot oatmeal mixed with my favorite sesame seeds and walnuts can add spring to my walking steps and bring me joy and contentment.
You may have similar experiences; a simple routine in your daily life can put a smile on your face and happiness in your heart. This could be taking a hot bath, reading an interesting book, savoring a nice meal, watching an episode of your favorite soap opera, playing a little piece of music on the piano or guitar, or playing games with the kids.
Our lives are filled with such little delights, which bring us joy and give us motivation to conquer the occasional hardships we face. We just need to find and build such personal favorites into our lives to have something to look forward to on a daily basis. What are your daily delights?
In addition to such routine daily delights, we may also encounter many unexpected pleasant moments: a stranger’s warm smile, a friend’s hearty greeting, a perfect golf shot, praise from the boss, a dinner gathering with close friends, or a FaceTime call from grandkids. If we begin to add up all these “routine daily delights and unexpected pleasant moments,” we will realize we are blessed frequently in many different ways.
As an exercise, I would suggest that you compare your routine daily delights and unexpected pleasant moments with your family and with your circle of friends. You many find some interesting similarities as well as some surprises about how people find “little happies” in their lives.
Have fun and enjoy your daily delights!!
你生活中的小確幸
-作者 許俊宸博士
-中譯 薛乃綺
在每天早上的健走過程中，我不但體會到心靈冥想及肢體活力的愉悅，還很期待那熱騰騰的咖啡及豐盛的早餐作為自己長途健走後的獎勵。想著那碗熱呼呼的燕麥粥，伴著我最喜歡的芝麻仔及核桃堅果，可以讓我的步伐更加雀躍、也帶來快樂及滿足感。
你可能也有過類似的經歷；日常生活中一個簡單的例程，卻讓你快樂、內心感到幸福。那可能是洗了一個熱水澡、品嘗了一頓美食、看了一集最喜歡的連續劇、彈奏了一段鋼琴或吉他、讀一本好書, 又或者是陪孩子們一起玩耍。
其實，生活中充滿了這些小確幸；帶給我們歡樂、讓我們有動力去克服偶爾所遭遇到的困難。我們只要在自己的日常生活中，找到並且營造這些個人樂趣，就可以作為我們每天向前邁進的原力。你的生活小確幸會是些什麼呢？
除了一些日常例程外，我們也可能會遇到許多意想不到、有趣的時刻：可能是來自陌生人溫暖的微笑、一個朋友的熱情問候、一個漂亮的高尔夫球揮桿、老闆的讚許、與三五好友的聚餐、或是跟孫兒女們的視訊。如果我們開始將這些“日常的小確幸以及意想不到的愉快時光”都加起來的話，會發現原來我們的生活中經常透過不同的方式得到上天的眷顧与恩赐。
我建議來做个有趣的嚐試，可以將你自己日常中的小確幸以及意料不到的愉快時光，跟你的家人和周遭朋友做個比較。你會發現一些有趣的相似之處，以及一些没有意料到的结果。不同的人們是如何在生活中找到和享受那屬於自己的小確幸。
祝大家都能開開心心地、享受自己的小確幸！
