Word of the Day: Bliss

Follow your bliss.

Fuller Quote:

If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track

that has been there all the while, waiting for you,

and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.

When you can see that, you begin to meet people

who are in your field of bliss, and they open doors to you.

I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid,

and doors will open where you didn't know

they were going to be. (Joseph J. Campbell, 1904-1987)

bliss: supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment; ecstasy

bliss out: (slang) to experience bliss or euphoria, or to cause someone else to experience bliss or euphoria (Example: "Just follow the trail to the meadow in bloom and bliss out." "This recording is guaranteed to bliss out Mozart fans.")

Some things that have caused me to 'bliss out' (in no particular order):

husband & children (family)

open road (adventure, discovery)

mountains (from a distance or in a canyon)

green furrowed fields in spring

shady woods

water: streams, falls, rivers, ocean waves

hot fudge sundaes

books, poems, quotes, ideas, words

art supplies & office supplies

dogs

fish tacos

crossword puzzles

animals in nature

Japanese gardens

the musty smell of a basement or a museum

rolling hills dotted with cows

small cottages

laundry fresh from the dryer

movie theater popcorn

sailboats on a pier or in a bay

picnics

floating in a swimming pool, ears submerged

perfume

Observation: Very few people need a reality check, but almost everyone needs an occasional 'bliss check.'

Question for Readers: What is your bliss?