I think I lost sight of my word for a little while last month. The…
100 Days of Delight
As of yesterday, there are 100 days left in 2024. I was made aware of this recently and it was suggested that closing out the year strong with a special project or challenge would be fun. As you can probably guess from the title of this post, I am choosing to accept this challenge and I will be looking for delight each day.
My journey with this word has been a good one. It’s been positive and uplifting at a time when that was something I needed. Honesty, I think it’s always the time for positive thinking. Delight has been most present for me when I have actively looked for it. For the moment when I felt light hearted, when I laughed, when I was captivated by something lovely, when I had a feeling of being present with joy.
My documentation of the word has been less successful than I’d like and that is why I have chosen to find a moment of delight every day until December 31st. I will be making a list of these moments in the back of my Hobonichi weeks and I will share the with you when the time feels right.
For now, I’ll tell you my first one and it happened yesterday. Dale and I were sitting by the campfire (more on that tomorrow) and we had a snack tray and I tossed a teeny tiny toothpick into the fire. It landed right in the middle of the coals and burst into a tiny flame. And I said, there you go, I put wood on the fire. We both laughed and I felt it. Delight.
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That is an example of a delightful comment between partners! You know, those inside laughs. Thanks, Carole, for reminding me of those.
100 days? That hardly seems possible, but here we are at mid-September. I love your idea of 100 days of delights. I may echo you with delights and/or joys. I most likely will not make a list (not my thing and I don’t journal), but I already actively seek out the things that make me happy and bring a smile to my face. To do this each day will be wonderful. Thanks for the idea!
I think this is the most excellent way to “close out” a year. The home stretch devoted to being aware of delight! (and agree with you… if you look for delight it is there, but I am not always “tuned in” to it so I miss it.)
I can’t wait to hear more about your weekend (and I am glad you could have a fire!!)
What a lovely way to finish out the year, Carole. I think we could all benefit from 100 days of delight . . .
Looking forward to more delight!! 😉
I think all our lives would be enriched by making it a point to seek out delight each and every day!
You did your part and found joy at the same time!
I love a relationship where both partners contribute. Ha, ha! The joke was perfect.
This is something for me to consider. I suspect the rest of 2024 is going to require some intention to find delight, or even sanity. Good thought!
I love your positive attitude!
I love that bit of delight – it made me laugh out loud … and that felt good. Here’s to 99 more days of delight!