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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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