Joy lives in small moments, that we often miss in the hustle and bustle of our lives. And our achievements also get lost in the day to day of living. We tend to only notice the ‘big joys’ and the ‘big achievements’, and as they only come along a few times a year, we rarely feel we have anything to celebrate. But that’s such a shame, because most days there is something to celebrate – a project that has progress made on it, a pound lost, a phone call to a friend, a canny purchase of fabulous shoes, a hug with your partner or kids, sunshine, the dog obeying a command, the partner or kids doing the washing up…
…all the small things that make up a life of small joys. So instead of missing them all, and feeling like there is very little in life to celebrate, why not start a practice of nominating champagne moments every day? You don’t have to drink champers every day, the practice is to celebrate, not become a boozer! You could raise your evening cup of tea to the ‘champagne moment’ of the day. Every day, notice all the small things you enjoy, all the small things you achieve, all the moments of happiness and joy that would normally pass you by and designate each one a ‘champagne moment’.
My champagne moment nominations so far today are: sitting in the sunshine doing my morning pages, a great session with a client this morning, a bird flying into the window and being ok, attaching ribbon to the window so birds won’t fly into it anymore (love it when I achieve something practical), my cricket tickets for next week arriving (YAY! So far this is the winning moment for me!), writing a lovely blog post. Woohoo – 6 potential champagne moments already and it’s not evening 3 in the afternoon yet! What are your ‘champagne moment’ nominations for today?
Love
Donna.x
Photo by Nino Andonis