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To ask if you've ever experience a moment of pure happiness?

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PaddleBoardingMomma · 27/01/2022 20:38

I'm talking unadulterated pure bliss, a moment in life you just knew there and then was what real happiness felt like, a moment captured in time you can look back on now and still feel joyous about? If so... please share :)

I've never felt it, not that "perfect" moment any way. I'm beginning to wonder if it's happened and I didn't appreciate it, or if it's just never happened for me. Maybe other peoples stories might help me decide the answer on that one!

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Lola528 · 27/01/2022 20:46

I did .. my first visit to Castaway Cay in the Bahamas. Kids were off scuba diving with DH, I was sat in a chair on the beach, half on the white sand, half in water, sun beaming down, toes in the water with fish swimming by (yes, even in the shallows!). Cruise ship off to the left in the distance if I opened my eyes, just such a stunningly beautiful island. Though there were, of course, other people around, I just felt so at peace, so content, so blessed and so happy in that moment that I’ll never ever forget it. Like nothing bad could happen and that it’s where I was meant to be.

Sadly back to reality since .. lol

Great memory though

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PaddleBoardingMomma · 27/01/2022 20:48

@Lola528

I did .. my first visit to Castaway Cay in the Bahamas. Kids were off scuba diving with DH, I was sat in a chair on the beach, half on the white sand, half in water, sun beaming down, toes in the water with fish swimming by (yes, even in the shallows!). Cruise ship off to the left in the distance if I opened my eyes, just such a stunningly beautiful island. Though there were, of course, other people around, I just felt so at peace, so content, so blessed and so happy in that moment that I’ll never ever forget it. Like nothing bad could happen and that it’s where I was meant to be.

Sadly back to reality since .. lol

Great memory though

THIS really does sound perfect. The sort of moment that has always evaded me, but I'm so pleased you have something so beautiful to cherish!
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Vickles20 · 27/01/2022 20:49

There’s a few, as an adult:/
Walking down the aisle seeing everyone who I loved
Sitting next to my husband on the plane jetting off on our honeymoon, holding his hand.
Various moments with our 4 children (ballet shows, nativities, performances.. just whenever they’re looking out for us to see if we’re going watching, and we are. Just moment when they see you.. just heaven. Little moments when they each do something lovely. Little joy moments.

Selfishly, for me, I’ve been lucky to have a few. I’m an actress/singer in my spare time.. and I’ve been lucky to have a couple of amazing leading lady roles. Opening the email and seeing my name is just gold dust. It’s hugely competitive and I don’t always make the cut, but when I do.. man, it’s brilliant!

Curtain calls in those roles with standing ovations for me and friends. Just amazing. Hearing your name being called out.

Seeing my husband, sister and children watching me during a pantomime one year. Just lush seeing their little faces looking down at me.

NewYearCalavicci · 27/01/2022 20:50

My rescue dog was terrified women , he would hide in corners and literally wet himself if I got to close.

The say he came to me asking to be stroked is a day of pure happiness that I will never forget.

ClumpingBambooIsALie · 27/01/2022 20:50

Most orgasms.

Potatopotate · 27/01/2022 20:50

Finding out I was pregnant with my first. Life was difficult at the time for various reasons, but nothing could have touched the way I felt when I discovered she was with me.

ShirleyPhallus · 27/01/2022 20:51

I do have this feeling quite often, we have a beautiful garden where the sun sets through the trees and casts the most gorgeous, soft, golden light and it’s lovely to sit in the garden, in that patch of light, having a coffee and listening to the birdsong, watching the toddler run around etc etc.

Gives me a real sense of true happiness. It’s actually contentment I think.

shouldistop · 27/01/2022 20:51

Seeing ds1 for the first time after he was born. Sadly I mainly just felt utter relief after ds2 was born as the Labour had been horrific.

Itwasgoodwhileitlasted · 27/01/2022 20:52

I'd taken up running and was starting to se the benefits and get a runners high.

One lovely crisp Spring morning I was running along a river path with lots of greenery and looking very pretty when I had a phone call offering me a job I hadn't applied for.

Then my favourite song came on.

The second one was my second born after a 5 hour Labour (first baby I had a very rough time). The sun was shining through the window, my family was complete and the midwife put on some music in the birth suite while she made me the best tea and toast ever!!

Youcansaythatagainandagain · 27/01/2022 20:52

Yes. It was my first time on a small beach about two hours from where I live. We had to pay a small amount to reach the beach. It was in a small cove surrounded by cliffs , no dogs were allowed, it was so clean, the sun was shining and my children who were very small at the time, spect their day running to the water edge and running back. I remember feeling incredibly happy that day.

I stayed for a number of months in Australia and remember feeling a sense of peace there that I have never felt at home other that the day described above.

purpleme12 · 27/01/2022 20:52

When my child was born. Magical

When I went on my only holiday with my child when she was 4. I'm not sure if we'll be able to do it again (money) which I knew at the time. Amazing

Many other moments as well

Shinydiscoballs1 · 27/01/2022 20:53

I can't think of a specific occasion as such but I do get bursts of happiness and excitement about life in general from time to time. Usually when I'm in a good place in my head and feel balanced etc I love it! Does anyone else get these?

Cheeseandlobster · 27/01/2022 20:53

@NewYearCalavicci

My rescue dog was terrified women , he would hide in corners and literally wet himself if I got to close.

The say he came to me asking to be stroked is a day of pure happiness that I will never forget.

Oh bless him. It's so lovely he learnt to trust you and I hope the woman who gave that poor little love such a terrible fear gets the eternal shits
DinaDirvla · 27/01/2022 20:53

Yes, recently. I'm 50 this year and it suddenly hit me that pretty much everything I wanted out of life, after many years of making do, scraping by, stressed and anxious and endlessly fighting invisible enemies, has all come together.

I literally have everything I want, and I don't need anything more. I was standing with DH, and just as I said "Aren't we lucky?" he randomly said "I'm so happy."

There's a lot to be said for being content with your lot, especially when it's been a slog!

Verillion · 27/01/2022 20:53

Loads. I remember sitting in an open doorway reading as the sun streamed in (I was about 10). I thought this moment is perfect and wanted it to last forever and felt totally happy.

I try to consciously notice moments of perfection and let myself sink into them quite often. Doing meditation has helped with this (as does not expecting happiness to last).

nocoolnamesleft · 27/01/2022 20:54

On the drive home from getting my first covid vaccine, on the first day of the UK roll out. Joy, relief, gratitude, amazement, hope. But mostly joy. I couldn't stop singing. I felt so alive.

dudsville · 27/01/2022 20:54

I have an annoyingly silver lining positive perspective, so I'm the opposite. Most of my moments are blissful. It's the days that are randomly lackluster that catch me by surprise. I had one this week! Thankfully I just acknowledge that it's temporary and will pass and get on with my day but taking a little more care of myself given the temporary downer.

shouldistop · 27/01/2022 20:54

Oh a lovely day rather than moment. I found out I was pregnant with ds2 on Mother's Day 2020. We had tried for a long time and I'd almost given up hope. I was so happy and it was just such a lovely day. Dh, ds1 and I went out to the middle of nowhere with a picnic and I felt like I was glowing Smile

GoldenFondue · 27/01/2022 20:55

Just after I had my first baby. I'd been cleaned up and stitched up, he'd been cleaned up and wrapped up. I was holding him while my bed was being wheeled to my ward and I couldn't believe I was a mum, he was here and we had both survived it all. Realising that I was a mum and we had made it, I'd never felt so happy and content.

We wheeled passed a lady mopping the floor and she said 'aww happy mum, lovely baby, congratulations' and those were honestly the best words that I had ever heard.

MuchTooTired · 27/01/2022 20:55

Sat on the sofa with my DTs today. They were both on their tablets, I was on MN, and they had snuggled up one on each side of me. I just felt so warm and happy. I quite often doubt myself and think I’m a less than good mother, but in those few minutes I thought to myself that this is what family is all about, and I’m doing alright.

Wellhungdonkey · 27/01/2022 20:55

My DC are grownup now but my memory of a beach in Cornwall. A quiet corner away from the crowds on a warm day with DH chasing them both squealing with laughter and me sitting watching while reading a good book. Still makes me smile and feels very real even 20 years on.

Gardeningcreature · 27/01/2022 20:58

Yes lots.
One was marrying my dh. I burst into tears and cried years of pure joy throughout the entire service. I never thought I would find what I suppose you call your soul mate.

AngryApple · 27/01/2022 20:58

The moment you first hold the little baby you’ve given birth to! Perfection.

MrsTerryPratchett · 27/01/2022 20:59

Happiness is partly genetic. Some people get a lot (me) and some don't. You can create a fertile soil for happiness to grow.

But yes, I fairly frequently get a burst of pure happiness.

LighthouseLass · 27/01/2022 21:04

Waking up for the first time at home with DC1 after having to spend our first few nights in hospital.

Lying with my sleeping baby on my knee, a shaft of sunlight falling on their little scrunched up newborn face.. Then hearing the first dreamy bars of Andy Williams' "You're Just Too Good To Be True" on the radio. Totally summed up my feelings in that moment.

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