CFC BLOG #128: Anti Pet Peeving: Pleasant Surprises (Part 1)
Besides the holiday season, I personally think the next most joyful time of the year is the end of spring going into summer! It's like things start to heat up (obviously) but also coooool down at the same time. So to celebrate, similar to what was done for the holidays and new year, the Community for Change is sharing another list of anti pet peeves. This list was created, once again, with many different community members' contributions! Actually, there were so many contributors that I had to break it up into two separate lists, so Part 2 will go out very soon after this one! Hope you enjoy :)
Quick reminder in case you're unsure/forgot: An anti pet peeve is the exact opposite of a pet peeve. So instead of focusing on the little annoyances, an anti pet peeve shifts focus to the small pleasures and surprises that bring us enormous joy.
:)
- Amanda
Anti Pet Peeving: Pleasant Surprises (Part 1)
Getting to the elevator after someone who has already been waiting has pressed the up button -- and the doors open just in time to step right on. -- Amanda Eckhardt
When I go to an infrequently used website and login not fully knowing what my username and passwords are….and I guess correctly the first time! -- Jim Larkins
When you are traveling abroad and check into your room expecting a less-than –spectacular shower and then discover you have room to bathe and great water pressure! A second one is when having already ordered at a restaurant, you see a waiter deliver a plate with the item that came in 2nd on your choices and it looks spectacular and you have order-envy that you didn’t pick that one. I mean they were so close anyway. But then when you get your order, you discover you did make the right choice as there is no way the other item could be this good. You are pleasantly surprised at your own food intuition! -- Morris Pickens
Waking up in the morning, and finding out that I have 15 more minutes than I originally had planned for. Also, I can have a really bad day, but if I have a dinner with Truffles, it automatically turns into a good day. -- Peter Espersen
Showing up at the pool during a normally busy time to find that all lanes are open. -- Joe Bruzzese
When a thunderstorm rolls in unexpectedly during a late summer afternoon and the rumbles of thunder seem to slow the world down a bit and make it more cozy. -- Amanda Posa
Discovering that the seed packets I bought on a whim, and planted months ago, have now produced beautiful flowers - that attract a kaleidoscope of butterflies every day, AND leaving the balcony door open by mistake and finding two trespassers lounging on my sofa - a very cute squirrel and his girlfriend. -- Leonore Nielsen
I love waking up to see a moose in my yard. -- Crystal Valentine
Paintings, sculptures, ballets, and songs that have long names/titles -- Maria Souza
After racing to get ready for work and to get my daughter ready to go to school, we run to the subway and just as we arrive, it is pulling up :) -- Angie Dalton
When I open my eyes in the morning at the exact same time as my wife of 37 years does, and when I and someone else younger than me gets up in the subway at the same time to give their seat to someone who needs it more than we do. -- Irwin Kula
When I turn the corner on a run and I get a full nose of scented fresh lilacs. This happened today and was a pleasant surprise - spring has sprung! -- Steph Wissink
As I was driving to the gym this morning, I realized with gratitude what we have available to us was not within reach even to Kings maybe less than one hundred years ago. Food, instant contact with people (family friends loved ones), transportation, access to knowledge. You name we have it easy --- Muayyad Al-Chalabi
When I think I’ve accidentally broken something but it turns out it isn’t broken or it's easily fixable -- Haryoon Jang
Waking up at 5am realizing it's Saturday and I can sleep in for another hour! -- Diana Magana
Making a perfect u-turn into an open parking spot after thinking I would never ever ever find one -- Pip Coburn