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Related: About this forumIf this isn’t nice, what is?
wisdom from Kurt Vonnegut... (from a graduation address)
"One of the things (Uncle Alex) found objectionable about human beings was that they so rarely noticed it when they were happy. He himself did his best to acknowledge it when times were sweet. We could be drinking lemonade in the shade of an apple tree in the summertime, and Uncle Alex would interrupt the conversation to say, If this isnt nice, what is?
So I hope that you will do the same for the rest of your lives. When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud, If this isnt nice, what is?"
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If this isn’t nice, what is? (Original Post)
handmade34
Apr 2014
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elleng
(139,595 posts)1. Thanks, I needed that.
and had some nice lemonade yesterday.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,043 posts)2. Really an important point.
thank you.
Bernardo de La Paz
(56,051 posts)3. Letting small pleasures make deep happiness is healthy and wise. nt
yuiyoshida
(43,768 posts)4. "Sometimes, small pleasures are all you have."
Tokidoki chīsana yorokobi wa, anata ga motte iru subetedearu.