making a child smile at my work is wonderful for me too...
I manage a McDonald's and love to get kids smiling, and going into lobby and chatting with families and babies...

hugss,sarah

Good thread.

~ A good old fashioned soak in the bathtub with a candle and classical music.

~ Finding a wonderful nature show on TV. Recently saw an amazing one on the migration of monarch butterflies. It was fascinating if you like that sort of thing.

~ A real wood, crackling fire in the fireplace. Smells great. I have this perhaps crazy theory that as the wood burns, it gives out energy and we absorb it as we sit in front of it.(I know, sounds like I am ready to be institutionalized!) I feel the same thing sitting at the beach as each wave breaks and releases it's energy. My theory as to why these two activities are so universally loved by everyone.

~ Calling a friend or relative I love but have not spoken with in a long time.

Cheers, Diandra

I use music, mostly classical, to manage pain that meds dont reach.

Music has alwyas been my drug of choice..

*Look at my kids baby pictures.
*Read my Bible.
*Do something kind for someone else.
*...and now, I'm going to take a bubble bath!

Thanks for all the sharing!

I love taking a whole head of lettuce out to feed my geese, sitting down on the porch, and watching them have at it.

Moe stands guard while Larry (Larissa) eats... and I sit and ponder, seeing that he takes none for himself, as if he knows she needs to eat lots to create eggs.

Larry has laid an even dozen now, one every other day... they're HUGE.

and I think about tending new goslings (I'm going to hatch the eggs in the incubator, and hand-raise them, so they're tame)

watching and caring for all my birds brings me comfort, joy, and I learn a lot about their social habits, which keeps my brain busy, and distracts me from pain.

playing games on the computer comforts me, as does curling up with a good sci-fi novel... surrounded by my drapey beautiful hanging mosquito nets.

oh, and cranking up the Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, Police, Rachmaninoff, or Beethoven... that works for me.

hot tea, in my special large plastic thermal mug, with the big handle, that has inner finger grips... I haven't yet spilled from this cup, or dropped it... and even if I did, it can't break, which really helps me relax, and makes me happy to not have to worry about spilled hot tea, or cleaning up another broken dish.

and I can't BELIEVE nobody mentioned FOOD... which is a great comfort and a joy, especially as my husband is an exquisite cook.

tonight's dinner was duck in a curry sauce, made with peanut butter and coconut cream... on a bed of rice, and a huge salad of curly green lettuce... ahhhhhhhhh!!

last on my comfort list is CHOCOLATE !!

chocolate is a rare treat in the jungle, and I try to eat it very s...l...o...w...l...y, savoring every tiny bit, letting it melt in my mouth before I swallow.

I'm glad to see this thread is still going.

How about jelly bellies?

Yeah, eating chocolate is good, too.

How about putting a bunch of mini-marshmallows on parchment paper and toasting them in the oven-and then popping them in hot chocolate?

Mohito, anyone?

For me it's sitting on the sofa with a nice hot cup of tea and my cat Mokita curled up on my lap. Nothing better in the world.

If that doesn't work, my comfort food......ice cream. But a Mohito sounds so much better

Curling up in bed with my 5 yr old and reading a stack of books...hmm
wish I could still do that with my older children.