003-Buddhism in daily life - The simple pleasures of life

Warm apple pie, a good coffee, a cozy house, the simple pleasures of life are all around us, but sometimes we can't easily notice them because our mind wanders restlessly.

Looking closely, there are very many simple but important things that we like, but we overlook them because many things distract us. However, if we look closely, it is not the environment that distracts us, but it is always our "I" that feeds us thousands of pieces of information that are also constantly changing.

But it is important to connect the wanting with the imagination in order to perceive in the "here" and in the "now" these simple pleasures as well. We want many things, but can we then imagine them, connect them to our horizon?

If we direct our will to the simple joys of life, can the imagination also classify these things as "joys"? Only when the will and the imagination are in harmony, only then will we perceive the simple pleasures as such.

Think about the joy of a cozy home, how nice it feels to sit in a warm room, snugly wrapped up, looking through the window at the winter landscape outside.

Do you want to enjoy simple things, or do you strive for "more"? And why not really appreciate the simple pleasures for once?

Winter and the Christmas season give a lot of contemplative moments for people who can see true beauty and joy also (or especially) in the incidents of everyday life, do not have to digress "to the stars".

"Buddhism in everyday life" is the motto of this blog, and everyday life is full of things that come to us, just happen around us. Happy are those who feel these simple things as a gift, can enjoy them.

Admittedly, the situation can always be difficult for everyone, good and not so good things happen. So a bit of satisfaction about the actual state would be a step forward, don't you think?

It is the simple things that make life beautiful, the warm look of friends, the brief moment of the sunset, the kiss of our loved ones, the feeling of happiness after a workout.

Bring your wanting into harmony with your imagination about the simple pleasures of life. From this harmony then comes contentment and happiness.

Life can have no other goal than happiness, joy. Only this goal - joy - is fully worthy of life. Renunciation, the cross, devotion of life, everything for joy.

- Leo Tolstoy - Russian writer - 1828 to 1910

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