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The happiness of small things

Marianne72

There are lots of books on the theme of small things that bring happiness. What are yours, past, present or imagined? You can have more than three but I was thinking of Desmond's thread!

Here are some of mine:

1. planning a garden project then seeing it through to completion, over weeks or months

2. sitting outside when it's quiet with a cup of tea, watching clouds scud past

3. sliding into bed just after I've just changed the sheets - the scent and the feel of crisp clean cotton

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  • The mouth feel of Mackie's ice cream.

    The scent of lillies.

    The feel of my head when my hair is cropped just short enough.

    The intense visual buzz of very specific colours like certain golden-greens or burnt-oranges.

    (I was told recently that these are called glimmers)

  • in reply to Oscar
    Oscar said:
    The intense visual buzz of very specific colours like certain golden-greens or burnt-oranges.

    I like that golden light in the early morning and afternoon. In Oxford it was particularly magical on the mellow stone buildings. I also love lying under trees when the sun's shining through the leaves and you get a sort of shimmering effect.

    Oscar said:
    (I was told recently that these are called glimmers)

    I didn't know these colour 'auras' had a name! Thank you for the insight.

  • in reply to Marianne72

    Glimmers, was one of the many helpful and explanatory somethings my autism assessment assessors mentioned. 

    Glimmers are the opposite of triggers. So, roughly, a trigger causes a moment of anxiety whereas a glimmer causes a moment of joy. Glimmers were first mentioned in a 2018 book by Deb Dana.
    People will have their own set of glimmers.
    I, inadvertently, discovered glimmers, for myself, as a child several decades ago. The sparkles of water droplets in sunlight, rainbows, the Autumn colours of leaves, the smell of fruit cake just out of the oven, even the water going down the plughole, the feel of dog's ears. My list grew as I intuitively sought out more because they made me buzz. I really am such a sensation person.  

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  • in reply to Marianne72

    Glimmers, was one of the many helpful and explanatory somethings my autism assessment assessors mentioned. 

    Glimmers are the opposite of triggers. So, roughly, a trigger causes a moment of anxiety whereas a glimmer causes a moment of joy. Glimmers were first mentioned in a 2018 book by Deb Dana.
    People will have their own set of glimmers.
    I, inadvertently, discovered glimmers, for myself, as a child several decades ago. The sparkles of water droplets in sunlight, rainbows, the Autumn colours of leaves, the smell of fruit cake just out of the oven, even the water going down the plughole, the feel of dog's ears. My list grew as I intuitively sought out more because they made me buzz. I really am such a sensation person.  

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