Simple pleasures are my favourite.
Hot coffee. Cozy blankets. Birds singing. The sun rising. Fast runs. Slow walks. Long days. Warm hugs. Peaceful silences. BLT sandwiches. Tomato soup. Matinee movies. Buttery popcorn. Ice cold pop. Walking on campus. Smiling in the hallways. Laughing with students. Learning from students. Driving home. Soulful conversations. Dreaming of the future. Reminiscing about the past. Living fully in the moment. Riding bikes. Dancing down the street. Barbeque dinners. Chocolate almonds. Stephen King novels. Hot Tea. Cozy Blankets. Birds Singing…
HI, Dr. Dinardo . Thanks for stopping by my blog and liking the five keys to staying healthy. I am enjoying my visit to yours. Clearly you also know the value of staying positive.
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Thanks for your feedback Tony! Staying positive played a critical role in my previous work as a school & counseling psychologist. (One of my top 5 coping skills for handling the vicarious stress & trauma of working in my field.) As you know, positivity does not mean to be “Positive” all the time. Instead, it is an aspirational state of mind and soul that we are all working towards.
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Indeed, I was a big fan of the author of Flow (can’t spell his name) who published it while at the University of Chicago. I was lucky enough to find it in my Sunday newspaper.
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I like this a lot..thank you!!
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Thank you! Yesterday I was thinking about how much more joy I received from the little things in the course of my day. (Surprisingly more than the great big EPIC events in my life – too much room for unrealistic expectations & possible letdown.) And how the positive effects of ordinary joys add up to enhance our health & happiness over the course of a lifetime.
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There was nothing ordinary about that post..pun intended…a reminder on what is important can make ordinary Extraordinary 🙂
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Yesss! The ordinary joys are the best, as we can’t live big events every single day, and we think that only those matter. The small things are the details that can for sure make a difference. How we choose to look at things impacts how easily we are able to change our lives.
I like your blog a lot, for sure I am going to come back here. Good luck in your future projects!
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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What a gorgeous post! I couldn’t help but smile all the way through 🙂
Thank you for continuously providing such wonderful moments of inspiration. Enjoy your extra-ordinary Saturday!
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Thank you Mirissa! If anyone knows how life enhancing being grateful for the ordinary joys in life can be – it’s you.✨
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I absolutely love this post Dr. Dinardo! (and all of your posts!) 🙂 We only exist in the present moment, so it makes sense to completely cherish the ordinary things that happen in the moment. Otherwise time and joyous simple moments escape us, occupying the intervals between the big moments of our lives.
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Thank you! Beautiful insights on mindfulness & joy.🌟
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Nice perspective!
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What a lovely reminder of the really important things in life Andrea😊
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children’s laughter always does it for me
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Hi Dr. Andrea,
This is one brilliant post. A cup of coffee and a great book curled up on the couch makes an ordinary day extraordinary.
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Love this!
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Just sitting around the table with family and/ or friends talking long and laughing a lot! Or if I’m by myself I just sit at the piano and play and play all day!
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Here’s a poem you might enjoy, The Patience of Ordinary Things by Pat Schneider http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2013/01/pat-schneider-patience-of-ordinary.html Enjoy!
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I love the ordinary routine in life and it brings me great joy. A great post as human tendency is to overlook the ordinary while seeking the extra ordinary.
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How refreshing it is to have someone blog about the joys of an ordinary day, instead of trying to convince their readers that ordinary means failure. Life is after all full of ordinary and most of that is catalogued into days. Thanks for posting, truly appreciated reading your post.
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Amen to celebrating life as it is.
Perfectly ordinary. 🙌
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