Feeling a bit down? Help yourself to some ordinary pleasures and savor them!

I’ve had my share of necessary losses,
Of dreams I know no longer can come true.
I’m done now with the whys and the becauses.
It’s time to make things good, not just make do.
It’s time to stop complaining and pursue
The pleasures of an ordinary life.

— Judith Viorst

Recently I heard a snatch of a lively song that tickled my fancy… and fortunately, I was able to capture the artist and song title.  Today I found it on Youtube.com and it set my feet to tapping, got me laughing out loud and dancing a jig in my head. Listen for yourself: Stuck Like Glue by Sugarland.  It’s hard to hold on to a bad mood while listening to that tune…

And, once again, a simple pleasure rescues my psyche from the doldrums… Must remember – lively music helps my mood.  Here’s another one that lights up the happy in me by the Zac Brown Band, Lil Bit of Chicken Fried:

It’s the simple things in life that mean the most
Not where you live or what you drive or the price tag on your clothes
There’s no dollar sign on a piece of mind this I’ve come to know.

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