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Every so often you’d find yourself dishearten with the state of the world around you.

If you’ve been reading this blog, I believe I’ve brought to your attention a few more dreads such as inflation and the growing weakness of our financial institutions.

My only intention in writing ‘dreadful’ posts is for them to serve as a ‘watch out!’ sign so you might take the necessary precautions. My intention is that you understand what’s going on and take relevant action. I do not want you to be dishearten and throw in the towel.

So, there will always be tough issues. You know them and you know how to go about dealing with them. Day in, day out, you go about your game plan. Then one fine morning while sipping coffee, you say to yourself, “life’s too tough.”

This is where simple pleasures come in.

Simple pleasures turn my attention from worldly problems. They turn my focus to the people in my life, to the food I am enjoying, the music, the chatter, to the humidity in the air and the earth I’m stepping on.

Leverage these simple pleasures and they can put in the right positive mood. That’s it isn’t it? It’s all about how you feel. The stock markets can crash today but a beer session with good friends can put you back to fighting spirits. Your boss can announce a retrenchment exercise but a good excursion with your kids can show you more important things in life.

I’m compelled to share with you the simple pleasures I’m enjoying right now:

• A 3-dish-1-soup home cooked meal
• Writing a good blog entry
• A grande mug of the daily brew at Starbucks
• A chatty mahjong game
• Taking pictures on my lomo-cam
• A walk along beach with my love
• Taking my kids and their cousins out for a movie
• Visualizing my dreams
• Reading a good book
• Go on a shopping spree with my vibrational wallet (more about this in a future post)
• Take a bus ride

Make your own list of simple pleasures today. Have some fun!