Post something that made you HAPPY today.

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Making a pasta bake that was actually tasty

Somehow I ended up with two cheeseburgers in my Maccas meal

i was generically happy today until i considered the true definition of happiness, and came to the conclusion that i did not know what it is and never would.
but if i knew exactly what happiness was (i reasoned) , then i would have a higher probability of ruling out my states of mind as being happy, and i would never really know how to compare what i feel with what the rules are for being defined as happy, and so i was "happy" that that was the case.

i then became "happier" when i discounted the question as "of no importance", and made some coffee and just spectated out my window at nothing except for what immediately caught my attention............which was:
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there is a spider that lives in a small matted web on the inside of my windowsill, and i noticed it a few weeks ago when the days started to become warmer, and it emerged into view and started to refurbish his old neglected web that was dormant over winter. i then forgot about him (it is actually a her i think) until today when i noticed a fly crawling around inside the window trying to find a way out.

i started to feel sorry for the fly because i was contemplating his life. how many days has he lived? where has he flown during his short life? what "close calls" has he narrowly avoided with artful dodgery in his time? did he ever mate?
now he was reduced to a forlorn dusty husk of his former self, and he crawled with rapidly depleting vigor around the window hoping he would magically find a way out (silly mind which is kind of cute).

i decided i had to rescue him and i knew that he was almost dried out, and it has not rained outside for days, so immediate release would probably be detrimental to him, so i sprayed some water from a nebulizer (uncontaminated) on him so he could soak up some water before i cupped him and released him outside.

i watched as he regained some vitality after a few minutes, and then...pounce! the spider sprang out from his little webbed hole and struck the fly and immediately immobilized it and i was at once sad and happy. sad for the fly's demise, but happy that the spider who had had nothing to eat for months and had waited patiently all that time finally got to eat.

then i started to wonder how boring it must have been for the spider to sit there and do nothing but wait for months.
it is well for him that he does not have any imagination or else he would have been tortured by lack of stimulation.

it took a couple of hours for this simple private aspect of my day to transpire, and i was so happy that i am financially secure enough to not have any obligations to be anywhere at any time. what a world of wonder i can live in.

i wondered about what is going through the minds of all those truck drivers caught in traffic jams and stressed about getting their deliveries done, and all the labourers who are toiling away at arduous jobs who would like to be able to just live their lives for free, but nevertheless are compelled to work their backsides off for all their healthy lives just so they can have somewhere to sleep with their family that they need not fear being kicked out of.

wow i am lucky. but am i happy? or am i smug?
it feels good so i guess i do not care what i am.

but the fly is dead and the spider is fed and i guess that is all that need be said.

Weird thing make me smile.

Sometimes the things that make you the happiest are the simplest.

My coffee is nearly done percolating.

I feel quite happy today because I got my College to change my name in all their files, so classmates don't get to know the one I was given at birth.

I am making a really good baked pasta dish for my late lunch today. It will be done in an hour

Coffee and my cheese bagel.