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The best moments were small

Foundation Regret·All ages

At sixty-eight he doesn't hesitate when asked for the best moments of his life: an ice cream shared with his wife from a convenience store on the way home, the afternoon his first child took a step, watermelon on the balcony in summer. Not the big trip, not the promotion. The elders say: think small — attune yourself to simple daily pleasures and savor them now. These days he turns his phone face down when he has coffee with his wife.

Think small. Attune yourself to simple daily pleasures and learn to savor them now.

— Karl Pillemer, Cornell gerontologist

TODAY’S PRACTICE

For three minutes today, drink something and do nothing else.

#SmallPleasures#Savor#ThreeMinutes

SOURCE

Karl Pillemer, 30 Lessons for Living · Cornell Legacy Project

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