Reading a little about Hygge (pronounced hoo-gah). Below are the ideas from the "The Book of Hygge" by Louisa Thomson Brits and some of my thoughts.
It's defined as a quality of presence and an experience of belonging and togetherness.
I admit to having the experience of hygge in some phases of my life and not in some.
Hygge is a sense of abundance and contentment, about being, not having.
Hygge (coziness), tryghed (security), and trivial (well-being) are the three graces of Danish culture and socialization.
Like mindfulness, a recent popular theme in our overburdened, overextended, drowning-in- information-with-little-time-to-process-lives, hygge entails commitment to the present moment and a readiness to set aside distractions.
Hygge is fragile because the process in a sense, is the goal. It comes through a collaborative effort and can easily appear but also easily disappear. - Carsten Levisen
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. - Annie Dillard
This is so true...
The most common form of despair is not being who you are. - Soren Kierkegaard
Material goods can rarely alter our happiness, unlike emotional experience. Having can never replace being. - IIse Crawford
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. - Simone Weil
To paying more attention to the people I love, including myself!
