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Presently

MazaritaSenior Contributor30 Mar 2021, 11:18 pm AEDT

Presently

"A multitude of small delights constitutes happiness"
- Charles Baudelaire

The quote is from a free/no-ads Android app called Presently, that prompts me every day to briefly record one thing I am grateful for. Some of my entries are one word.

It's about 15 months of doing it so far. I have become a little happier in daily life than I was before I started. If you run out of ideas, you can get a short prompt. Very simple to use.

Tiny or big, one by one, these little grateful thoughts add up in me to a better overall feeling about my life.

@eth @Exoplanet @Appleblossom @Bunniekins @outlander @Shaz51 @bipolarbunny @Adge @Sophia1 @Faith-and-Hope @HenryX @Leggs @MDT and all.

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BunniekinsSenior Contributor31 Mar 2021, 12:32 pm AEDT

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@Appleblossom "allowing the "half smile" to rise up from my heart through my throat and into my face." = so true Apple. xxx

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MDTSenior Contributor31 Mar 2021, 12:47 pm AEDT

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Thanks @Mazarita
Hamsolo01, Hamso, The Hams
Whatver else there is lol

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MazaritaSenior Contributor02 Apr 2021, 2:17 am AEDT

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Hi @Appleblossom just half-smiled. It felt softening. Hugs.

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MazaritaSenior Contributor02 Apr 2021, 2:20 am AEDT

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Hi and thanks, @Former-Member.

Hi @MDT, just tried and failed to think of some more hammy names.

Hi @Bunniekins @Owlunar

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MDTSenior Contributor02 Apr 2021, 8:25 am AEDT

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Green Eggs and Hams

@Mazarita

By Dr Seuess lol

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BunniekinsSenior Contributor02 Apr 2021, 8:35 am AEDT

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@Mazarita Hey Mazzy hope you got a bit of sleep last night. Love peaxxx

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AppleblossomSenior Contributor02 Apr 2021, 1:03 pm AEDT

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I learned about the half smile in a Tai Chi class. @Mazarita When I fist moved to this side of town. I found it surprising and it really helped me move from pain state gradually. It is also good in that it is not forced, in the way many people feel to put on a happy face, so it is not false. Just a gentle flow and awareness and orientation. I could never have gone more than a half, but 10 years later I was engaging my belly laugh muscles full on .... bit by bit ... getting better.

Love these sharings.

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