Multiple Choice PLUS the Joy of Little Things

Pyu, from Japan, poses a multiple choice question.

What is the most important thing in your life?


a) Love

b) Family

c) Money

d) Time



For me, Time to spend with the Family and Friends whom I Love (and Money enough so that none of us is in need).


Which leads to Marjoke's question (which comes with a story).

Last year, I started enjoying all the little things. It started snowing one day and I decided to walk home. One moment, I was standing on the street lookng up to the falling snow and everyone ran by me in a big hurry but if you can get energy out of such little moments, why isn't anybody else standing still in the middle of the street and enjoying the little things?

Beats me, Marjoke. The little things are the things I like to have the TIME to spend enjoying with the FAMILY and friends whom I LOVE.

(See how neatly this all comes together?)

Sounds of JOY!

Just had to squeak this one in while the season is still upon us! From Germany, Marion asks

How do the Santa Clauses speak in your country?

In Germany, and here in the US, they say "ho, ho, ho!"

Colorburst!

From Japan comes this wonderful question (and lovely handmade postcard):

If you describe feelings by colour, what colour(s) is the moment of happiness to you? the moment of joy to you? and why?

Oooooh, how I like this question! I experience a small degree of synesthesia, which is basically a way of perceiving one sense through another. So, for me, for example, the deep blue sky of the western horizon at twilight "smells" like cinnamon. Every time I see that color, it's as if someone snapped a cinnamon stick in half near me. Mmmmmmmm.

Now, I shall consider what color joy might be.