What makes you happy?

[PinkFlower]

Originally Posted by *Joseph*

I sat in the garden earlier with a lovely cup of coffee. There was a bee going over a shrub that I was sat beside, and I just sat and watched it while I sipped my coffee. That was really blissful and something I should do more often.

Hello Joseph, that does sound peaceful. I too enjoy the presence of bees and their soothing buzz. I came across an article on BBC regarding bee therapy that I found interesting:
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article...-bees-to-relax

[green1]

Self
acceptance
makes
me
very
happy.

[Louisa]

One of my favorite things I now enjoy is nighttime outside in the country- frogs singing, crickets and cicadas, coyotes, owls, whippoorwill calls, neighbor's chickens and donkeys braying, fireflies, shooting stars or just constellations, the moon. The feeling of (very) slight danger, there could be panthers and other things lurking in the shadows. The cats who come to visit us at night, sitting for hours with them. The sound of wind in the pines and pecan trees. On balmy nights, the scent of lemongrass, pine, and rosemary, and the feeling of humid breeze so dense with moisture, lightly brushing your skin. Nighthawks, bats, flying squirrels, the periwinkle indigo dusky sky and sunset, before night too. The quiet of getting away from everything and being in a place that can feel so set apart from normal, modern life.

And in the past, walking on the beach, at full moon, especially barefoot in the sand. The moon's effect on my consciousness when I did this was powerful, undeniable, indescribable, emotional, imaginative. I was completely surprised by the moon's sway on me, when combined with the tides. We don't go to the beach much now but the memory still makes me happy, though. And in the day too, I love the sound of the waves, the glittering moonlit sea, raucous gulls, the beachy smell, skittering sand crabs, mermaid purses, seaweed, and other found objects of nature, amazing shells, dolphins at sunset if you're lucky.

Or all kinds of nature, at all times of day. Especially the woods, which I wish I could or would explore more at night/dusk. Maybe one day, if I find a place that I can and is safe enough.