I realized today I hadn’t blogged for a couple of months and over a year since my last delight post. My delight project started over 5 years ago during COVID and while it was never intended to be a regular thing, I have been able to maintain a focus on delight even though I’ve not been as faithful to write about it.
Driving home this evening, I had this moment of gratitude that I deemed as delight. Today was not a day that I’ll likely remember. It was pretty ordinary by almost any measure. But it was full of delights along the way that I was mindful of throughout.
I had 4 great calls and conversations with clients. Each one of these have been people that I’ve worked with over the year and for some over the years. Each conversation was about the hope, excitement and work we would create together. The trust that these people have put in me is not something I take for granted. I ended each call with a smile, looking forward to being with them in person.
I took a little break late in the morning to pick the rest of my apples. Apples themselves are a delight I previously wrote about. This year, I had a particularly abundant amount. A huge harvest. Today I picked off the last of them. I’ve typically just eaten them, but this year I managed to convince my wife to make apple crisp, who said she’d make apple crisp any time I peeled enough apples. I have several bags of peeled apples frozen and ready to be used for apple crisp on demand.
I wrapped up work early and headed to the golf course. My buddy texted me late to say he wasn’t going to make it. But the sun was shining and our golf season isn’t going to last long, so I decided to play alone. The course wasn’t busy, and so it was a very leisurely round. In addition, I took advantage and tapped into another of my previous delights. I believe I found 58 balls.
It was a perfect temperature and a little of that fall crispness in the air. I love summer, but I truly find delight in being outside when the temperature sits right around 15C/60F. I did have one scary moment. On the 5th hole, which is a downhill par 3, I hit a pretty good shot. When I could finally see the green, my ball was about 4 inches behind the hole. I’m not sure how it didn’t go in. I’ve never had a hole-in-one and getting one when you’re playing by yourself would be terrible and always in question.
As I drove home from the golf course, I just felt a deep sense of gratitude for the entire day. I realize how privileged/blessed I am to have a job that I can often do from home. I’m privileged/blessed to have a yard with an apple tree. I’m privileged/blessed to be able to play golf. I’m not sure there’s much here I take much credit for it’s not lost on me that not everyone can enjoy or experience these delights. I’m also sure that not everyone, even if they could, would find delight in these things. I can’t speak for anyone but these are things that brought me delight today. As I said, I’m sure I’ll forget this very ordinary day. Maybe writing it down preserves it in some way. Tomorrow should bring some more delights. You just have to pay attention.
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