The Power of One

Name one simple thing you can do each day that is guaranteed to bring you more joy and satisfaction in your life. Something that is ridiculously easy and enjoyable to do and that will take no more than five minutes of your time.

Give up?

It's savoring.

Ok, I can hear you asking, "Savoring? What's that? I thought that had something to do with tasting  gourmet food or something like that."

And you're right...to some degree.

Savoring, according to the new rules of Positive Psychology, involves two distinct parts:

1. the awareness of pleasure

2. your attempts to make that awareness last as long as possible.

Sherrie St. Cyr, over at her delightful Stress Management Expert blog, does a great job of explaining just how to accomplish these very things in her article, Two Secrets to Savoring.

Why not take some time right now to go check our Sherrie's article, try out her suggestions and then leave her a comment?

Comments

[Sherrie]

Thanks Ellen, glad you liked it!

[Vincent Wright]

Hi, Ellen,
Savoring is an EXCELLENT topic to see here on OASIS!

Each time I visit, I savor what I find here, Ellen.

By the way: For me, for 77 seconds each morning, I savor my smile.

While it may sound a bit odd, it's a wonderful exercise for an old guy like me to just keep on smilin', Ellen! :-)

(I also end the day with a similar smiling routine.)

Here's hoping you savor your SMILE because "Smiling Makes It Look Easy"! :-)

Vincent