Learn to like what doesn’t cost too much.
Learn to like reading, conversation, music.
Learn to like plain food, plain service, plain cooking.
Learn to like fields, trees, brooks, hiking, rowing, climbing hills.
Learn to like people, even though some of them may be different from you.
Learn to like to work and enjoy the satisfaction of doing your job as well as it can be done.
Learn to like the songs of birds, the companionship of dogs.
Learn to like gardening, puttering around the house, and fixing things.
Learn to like the sunrise and sunset, the beating of rain on the roof and windows, and the gentle fall of snow on a winter day.
Learn to keep your wants simple, and refuse to be controlled by the likes and dislikes of others.–Lowell B. Bennion
From: The Best of Lowell L. Bennion: Selected Writings 1928-1988, Edited by Eugene England, p. xxiii
I'll add to this list of simple delights-- Coffee on the porch swing. visiting family on Sunday afternoons, warm, homemade cookies, playing chess with my husband, singing hymns while doing the dishes, good books and fresh baked bread!
What are some of your simple delights?
Visiting on Sunday afternoons and reading your posts..lol
Posted by: Robert | 01/17/2012 at 08:52 PM