this is the vast majority of life. Really, what else is there? Am i missing something?
The only thing that gives me true pleasure, and its difficult, is to sit, close my eyes and let thoughts go.[/quote]
Wife? Kids? Music? Art? None of that brings you pleasure?
I’m starting to feel sorry for you.
I enjoy when I see someone do a good deed for someone else, knowing no one else will ever know and thinking that no one saw them.
I enjoy watching my grandkids discover the world – the excitement, the fascination, the learning of lessons good and bad.
I enjoy watching the street dog we adopted last year become more civilized with each passing week as she learns what is acceptable behavior and what is not. It took a few months, but she no longer does unacceptable things when no one is looking. She understands that we are her pack and members of the pack don’t do those things.
And while I miss mingling with other random folks by going out each weekend, I’m learning to enjoy simply relaxing in the back yard with the family, beverages, good food and good tunes by the fire table. I have not been this slow paced in decades. Decades.
But I’m learning to enjoy it.
And it is easy on the bank account as an extra bonus.
