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handmade34

(22,928 posts)
Sun Apr 20, 2014, 09:37 AM Apr 2014

If this isn’t nice, what is?

wisdom from Kurt Vonnegut... (from a graduation address)

"One of the things (Uncle Alex) found objectionable about human beings was that they so rarely noticed it when they were happy. He himself did his best to acknowledge it when times were sweet. We could be drinking lemonade in the shade of an apple tree in the summertime, and Uncle Alex would interrupt the conversation to say, “If this isn’t nice, what is?”

So I hope that you will do the same for the rest of your lives. When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud, “If this isn’t nice, what is?"



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If this isn’t nice, what is? (Original Post) handmade34 Apr 2014 OP
Thanks, I needed that. elleng Apr 2014 #1
Really an important point. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2014 #2
Letting small pleasures make deep happiness is healthy and wise. nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2014 #3
"Sometimes, small pleasures are all you have." yuiyoshida Apr 2014 #4

yuiyoshida

(42,767 posts)
4. "Sometimes, small pleasures are all you have."
Sun Apr 20, 2014, 12:32 PM
Apr 2014

Tokidoki chīsana yorokobi wa, anata ga motte iru subetedearu.

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