on contentment...
May. 14th, 2005 08:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanThis past week, I've been strangely content, and it took me a while to recognize the feeling for what it was. Small moments of.. not quite satisfaction, not quite pleasure... contentment. A feeling that whatever came out of the shadows or sunlight, all would be well.
It's a nice feeling. I hope to hold onto it for a while longer, despite the end of vacation and the return to "work, damn it" mode...
But it made me wonder: is contentment such a rare thing, that we forget what it feels like?
[Poll #494099]
And what makes everyone feel content? Is it a person? A place? The purr of a kitten, the feel of sunlight, or the sound of a well-tuned engine underseat?
For me, it's laughter. I've been laughing a lot, this past week -- deep loud laughter, and gentle amusement, and rude snickers; the entire range of sound and emotion. Is nice. Need to hold onto that...
(of course, considering the show Bou and Boomerang are putting on right now, not laughing is not an option... Boomer, you have no dignity whatsoever...)
It's a nice feeling. I hope to hold onto it for a while longer, despite the end of vacation and the return to "work, damn it" mode...
But it made me wonder: is contentment such a rare thing, that we forget what it feels like?
[Poll #494099]
And what makes everyone feel content? Is it a person? A place? The purr of a kitten, the feel of sunlight, or the sound of a well-tuned engine underseat?
For me, it's laughter. I've been laughing a lot, this past week -- deep loud laughter, and gentle amusement, and rude snickers; the entire range of sound and emotion. Is nice. Need to hold onto that...
(of course, considering the show Bou and Boomerang are putting on right now, not laughing is not an option... Boomer, you have no dignity whatsoever...)
