Trying To Remember (2)

Posted under: Life

I was looking through my referral links and someone had searched for “lifes simplest pleasures” which led the person to this post. Reading through it again made me realize that life isn’t all that bad. Sometimes, you just need to try and focus on what the good things are. It may be hard, but it’s worth a shot to do.

A lot of those simple pleasures I listed are still, well, a simple pleasure. I’m not sure if I’m able to think of new ones though, but I’ll give it a shot:

1. Walking in the rain.
2. Being able to sit in a spot surrounded by nature, or as close as you can get.
3. Walking to the bus stop just as it arrives.
4. Seeing a cute little kitty be… cute.
5. Putting a song on repeat for days because you like it so much.
6. Having someone do something nice for you, even it’s a small token.

That’s it for now though. As I continued rereading the post I had written over a year ago, I realized that I had given myself my own pep talk.

The best advice I can offer is that life is always going to screw up “the plan” somehow and we just need to learn to deal with that. The best thing to do is to find the support of your loved ones because they care about you, no matter how absurd or ridiculous you think your situation is. Even if you don’t know how to fix it, just talk. One, it strengthens your relationship with your listening friend and two, it helps you get your troubles off your chest, even just for a bit.

A good friend of mine once said, “You never know who’s going to be your friend. You just gotta have faith in them to be there for you.”

Isn’t it funny? I mean, here I am, feeling proud that I can offer so much advice and when I’m in my own ordeal, I can’t think of anything. Yet, here I am, a year early in giving my own self advice.

High five to me for such great advice.

P.S. Happy Saint Day to me! (Today is Saint Maria Bertilla Boscardin’s day)

Tags: old, past, pleasures