Simple Pleasures

"I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. " ~Emma Goldman

Ive been going on alot of dates lately. The latest one told me I'm the first woman he has met in San Diego that enjoys the "Simple Pleasures" in life. I got to thinking, well shouldn't everyone possess a notion to enjoy the simple things?

The Simple Pleasures in life are the things that enrich our life with wholeness and goodness at a very minimal level. These things create a natural abundance of happiness for me. And the best part is there is not alot of money involved, if any at all.

Being a true cancer, I enjoy time at home. Here are some simple pleasures I think we all could try :

1. Gardening- Find some dirt , dig a hole and plant something, watch it grow, eat it if you can.
2. Cooking Dinner- Experimenting, baking deiciouness, coupled with a glass of wine
3. Cooking Breakfast- deserves its own line because it is a completely different experience than dinner- bring on the waffles, coffee or tea and berries
4. Cleaning- mirrors cleansing of the soul, fresh bedsheets are the bomb, I an actively going through Swiffer therapy
5. Reading/Writing in bed
6. Bubble bath - Rubber Ducky you're the one
7. Singing- in the shower and elsewhere
8. Arts and crafts- the older I get the more artsy fartsy I become- everyone gets handmade Christmas cards this from recylced magazines.
9. Going to the market ( for numbers 2 & 3) but also for flowers on my table and in my bathroom, for less than 5.00.
10. Yoga sun salutations and power walks, with or without ipod.


So my date was right, I do like the Simple Pleasures. They are fulfilling and lovely in every way. I would rather have wildflowers on my table than diamonds on my neck any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

What are your simple pleasures?