For the record, the past few years have been difficult! Don't get me wrong, they were infused with many wonderful moments and milestones but also shadowed by darkness and loss. . . that time is now over! As I start this new year I know that I am extremely blessed and I choose to live each new day infused by delight!
Yesterday I was delighted to start a new blanket for my beloved son and his new bride, today it is the ability to enjoy a fresh salad with homemade dressing, tomorrow it is coffee with a friend. . . each day is filled with moments and it is up to me to choose how to react to them. I choose delight!
I wanted to have the word in Hebrew as a reminder so I asked the best scholar I know to translate a version I had found on-line, he was kind enough to send the following reply:
תענוג "Delight, pleasure. The notion of making the guts soft. That 'full but not stuffed' or that happy buzz from a glass of wine with an old friend... all the wonder and comfort without the dread of a negative coming."and it is perfect, it is exactly what I want from this year, a type of Danish hygee that will surround me and my loved ones. . . an appreciation for the small things in life that bring me pleasure. . . and if I am lucky perhaps I can delight my loved ones in return 💜
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