The Luxuries in Life
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What is your unique perception of luxury? Suspend the outside influences on your perception (and there are a lot of them so this can take some effort).
When I did this for myself recently – I was surprised that the luxuries of my life are plentiful and often easily achieved. Here’s my list:
- Seeing a beautiful sunrise or sunset and not having to rushing off to some other activity (picture at right is a rainbow at sunset)
- Confident enough of food availability to not eat excessively – ever
- Dark chocolate for breakfast
- Visiting my daughter on my birthday
- Hot tea on a cold day
Having time to celebrate or grieve rather than soldiering on bravely- Spending the majority of my day on things I choose
- A new computer that is working exactly the way I want it to
- Beauty and function in the same object like the leaf coaster I have in my office (picture on right)
- Naturally long fingernails
Analyzing my list of 10, I discovered some themes:
- Food (2, 3, 5)
- Relationships (4, 6)
- Visual beauty (1, 9, 10)
- Choices (7,8)
Recognizing and acknowledging the luxury in life is closely linked to feelings of thankfulness and happiness for me. Maybe this exercise of taking a snapshot of luxuries is worth doing more often!
