Tell me the one thing that brings you absolute joy.

[Writer]

For me, it's the sound of running water. What about you?

[jpgray]

1. Taking a piss. :Let's get married

[Writer]

4. ((chuckle))

:rofl:

[SnohoDem]

73. Good one

I usually go hours without reading something that funny.

:spray:

But you owe me a keyboard...

[Fox Mulder]

2. Being in the great outdoors.

I guess I haven't felt any absolute joy for about a year now. :(

I guess a nice fall day brings me joy as well.

[Haole Girl]

3. Hawaii

...snorkeling with hubby in Hawaii.

[Beausoir]

62. Me too! When the plane lands on the runway on Maui....pure joy

everytime.

Such a long flight and I fly with 5 kids. Once we are wheels down at Kahului, the joy begins!

[Suich]

5. My niece's sons...

15, 17, and 18 years old. I've known them since they were born and these three make my heart happy and bring me absolute joy!

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear Writer.....

When I walk out onto my city's pier.....camera in hand on a gorgeous evening with the clouds spectacularly overhead, and the sun melting into the ocean.........

I'm ready then for some really wonderful picture-taking!

Absolute joy abounds!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[Omphaloskepsis]

7. Solving a problem...

I love to take something broken and get it going again. Same thing with programming. I love to find a problem and write a program that comes up with the solution.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. My little dog, who I adopted last Thursday.

I now have two Brussels Griffons, this little guy and my baby, Meneken, who is my sig. I never thought I was a little dog person, since my breed is cockers, and I adopt from rescue. But I was offered this dog and couldn't turn him down. I'm not used to puppies, since I adopt older dogs, and he has been chewing on my arm, LOL, but he's so cute, with such a sweet temperament, that I have no regets... Meet Jack!:loveya:

[zanne]

34. Jack is adorable.

Enjoy the puppiness!

[Rhiannon12866]

71. Thank you! I know that he's not going to be a puppy for that long...

But I have always adopted older dogs, so this little guy is an anomaly with me. And, I agree, he is awfully cute, so can't do much wrong with me...:loveya:

[Beausoir]

61. Congrats on your new arrival!

He looks so cute!

[Rhiannon12866]

77. Thank you! He is both a real joy and a little terror, LOL!

But he's awfully good for a puppy, very smart and learning fast, with such a sweet nature. I got him a squeaky stuffed bunny yesterday that he's taken to carrying around by one ear, LOL! And he's especially cute when he's sleeping...;)

[SammyWinstonJack]

64. Jack is beautiful. I love little dogs, too.

[Rhiannon12866]

79. Thanks! I never thought I was a little dog person, but my guys are from

rescue and they find me. And I've become a little dog person since they are so portable, LOL, and just so damn cute. I am now the proud dog mom to TWO eight-pound wonders, Jack and my beloved Meneken, who's the dog in my sig...:loveya:



Is that your little dog?! What a cutie!:loveya:

Rhiannon:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

82. Awwwwww!

How is Meneken with the new arrival?

[WilliamPitt]

9. Scottish bagpipe music

Makes me want to kill the English.

:P

[Writer]

10. You have just made me roll over...

:rofl:

[Monk06]

20. Listen to Beethoven's Funeral March from the Eroica played at the

funeral of the Queen Mother.

The pipes and drums of the Irish
Guards played the best funeral
dirge in history. Absolutely flawless.

The pipes are the only instrument
adequate to the expression of solemn
emotions on state occasions.

[tjwmason]

26. If Scottish bagpipe 'music' is being played

then I'd actually consider it a favour if you killed me. :P

[swimboy]

49. Well, I thought

I would click on this and whatever it was that brought you joy, I would surprise you with it in October.


I'm reconsidering. :P

:loveya:

[tjwmason]

68. The thing that would bring me absolute joy in October

is to meet a particular fellow from Richmond (the American one, not the real one :P ).

Charming, witty, stunningly good-looking, impeccable taste in music and gin - if you meet him smuggle him over with you.

:loveya:

[Rhiannon12866]

30. I actually like bagpipe music.

That was the signature music of my rather progressive women's college, back in the '70s. A full scholarship was available to anyone who could play the bagpipes, as long as they had the grades to be accepted. When I hear it, I still get choked up...:P

[KatyMan]

45. the joke goes

that the Irish gave the Scottish the bagpipes as a joke, but the Scots haven't caught on yet ;)

[Rhiannon12866]

70. Got it, LOL! ;)

But it still chokes me up...;(

BTW, my Irish relatives were from County Kilkenny and County Mayo. :-)

[Missy Vixen]

11. Any time at all with our friends

Life is short. I cherish those we're lucky enough to be friends with.

The other thing that brings me absolute joy is any time at all with my young friend E. He's two. A hug from him makes me glad to be alive.

Julie

[Broken_Hero]

12. being on the beach

back home...

[NMMNG]

13. Animals

Holding them, playing with them, watching them at play, etc. They are just amazing.

[Rhiannon12866]

29. Check out my reply to this and meet my new little dog.

He'll make you smile, I promise...:D

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5578709&mesg_id=5578867

Rhiannon:hi:

[zanne]

38. Lying in bed, covered in fur babies.

There isn't much room for my hubby, but I've been married for a looooooong time.

[NMMNG]

75. I used to cat sit for a co-worker who had four cats

During the night I could expect to have Samantha curled up against the back of my legs, Wally attacking my toes, Lucy sleeping at one of the far corners of the bed and Buster (the stranger hater) occasionally peeking into the room just to check me out. She moved away several years ago and I really miss those cats.

[Rhiannon12866]

80. My friend, who is also married, does the same thing, LOL!

With three cats, three dogs, a little girl and her husband, she's lucky that there's room for her...:D

My little guy, in my sig, sleeps on the pillow next to mine, but I learned from the first day that I brought him home that this was what he was used to, so he gets what he wants, as well...:-)

[Monk06]

14. Babies all kinds. all species. Praise and protect the little ones.

[last_texas_dem]

15. Lying in a pile of clothes fresh out of the dryer

I could get away with doing that a lot more when I was a little kid. It's not as much fun once you've washed the clothes yourself! Still, you can get sort of close to the feeling by putting on clothes that are fresh out of the dryer.

[lildreamer316]

16. My son.

..and my husband, really.

[Heidi]

17. If I had to name one thing, it would be this place,

because it encompasses so many other qualities I love: water, mountains, Call Me Wesley, The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger, my studio and work, my goddaughters/nieces, my past and my future.

[Broken_Hero]

18. ha, reminds me of home

my hometown is built on the side of a cliff/mountain, with the ocean right next to it...:)

[Heidi]

19. It took a long time for this place to feel like

home to me; now, the only things missing are my family in the US and my granny's southern cooking. :)

:hi: my friend. How's your evening going?

[Broken_Hero]

21. evening is going

its actually morning, 3:35am, I got a doc appointment at 9am, but I can't sleep...I laid down for over two hours, tossed and turned, and said to hell with it...might as well stay up...and hang out at DU...:) Other than that...I can't really say.

[lizziegrace]

22. Music in all it's forms

when my daughter was little, her belly-laughs were music to me!

[lildreamer316]

23. I'll second that..

..wait; am I allowed to have more than one?

[xchrom]

24. walking in paris.

[NewWaveChick1981]

25. The smell of the air after a summer rainstorm.

:)

[buddhamama]

27. my son

[taterguy]

28. The lucky shot

Thank you bird for flying into view at just the right moment. I also have some fond memories of shots I made back when I played basketball

[Celeborn Skywalker]

31. Jazz music,

being around good friends, walking through a forest on a quiet spring day.

[Wcross]

32. My dog family....

I have the parents and four of their pups living with me. The interaction of the dog pack is fascinating. The different personalities and the happiness they bring me makes life wonderful.

[fizzgig]

33. my cat

i am surrogate mom to four cats at my house, but there are no words for how my little girl makes me feel.

i got the little orange and white long-haired tabby when she was six months old and even though i've lived in my own place for over a year (she lives with my dad), whenever i come to visit she's waiting for me at the door

her face tells me how much she's missed me and the way she makes a beeline for my lap as soon as i sit down makes me so warm and fuzzy inside

i wish i had a pic to show everyone

[Arugula Latte]

51. Kitties are the best things in the universe.

:loveya:

[datasuspect]

35. the smell of napalm in the morning

[Beer Snob-50]

36. Sitting on a beach

in the evening with a nice big full moon reflecting off the water.

[warrior1]

37. My dog Sara

[av8rdave]

39. My kids

now 17 and 20. Don't know where the years went!

[KatyMan]

40. Easy...

My wonderful wife. I can't believe I'm so lucky! :D

[Bonhomme Richard]

41. A good response from the audience when...........

I play and sing a tune.

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[mdmc]

43. kids n the flag

[retread]

44. My wife's laugh. n/t

[Gatchaman]

46. Steam engine whistle

and the smell of coal smoke. Priceless.

[wildhorses]

47. my nephews...even when

they are bugging the shit outta me:P

[hippywife]

48. The very sight of

my handsome husband.

[ScreamingMeemie]

50. My children...

...when they're not causing me absolute pain, that is...

[yellowdogintexas]

52. my daughter tops the list

husband is close there

then the cats

then DU

Then any time spent on the beach

but I love Yellowstone, caves in general Mammoth Cave in particular

and time spent with dear friends.

[miss_american_pie]

53. Rich consonance

villanelles
chocolate
fireflies
toddlers

[idgiehkt]

wow.

me too.

[miss_american_pie]

57. My whole list?

:hi:

[idgiehkt]

65. the consonance

and assonance as well, wherever I find it...

"When I get shocked at the hospital by the doctor when I'm not cooperating when I'm rocking the table while he's operating.” — Eminem

(found that in wikipedia and it's a great example of why I can't dislike tht kid no matter how much I want to)

[miss_american_pie]

66. Oh yes

I want to detest him for some of those lyrics and I can't. :hi:

[Poll_Blind]

54. My son's voice. I am an athiest so I don't believe in an afterlife but...

...if I could be granted just one, meager, wish, something that could comfort me in an eternal cold darkness I would choose the sound of his voice. I am certain that every parent would answer something similar and that is why it pains me so to see how we, in this truly wicked world, so unthinkingly take away, with ignoble justifications, the source of greatest happiness: Our children. For, though they may not be mine through birth, the love of a parent for their children is the same the world over and I'd like to think that could be the beginnings of understanding that we are are, despite our differences, One.

In Iraq.

In Palestine.

In Israel.

In Darfur.

Everywhere.

PB

[auntAgonist]

56. heartfelt and timely

for me.


thank you!

aA
kesha

[WritingIsMyReligion]

58. Art.

Notice how clever I am? :P Art can comprise music and writing together, not to mention actual visual art and theater and....

:D

[Pierre.Suave]

59. Currently...

A certain girl...

my nephews and nieces...

friends...

[Name removed]

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[Guava Jelly]

63. Talking to the

These wonderful Lady's have made me smile , blush , and down right need a cold Shower!!
I love them All!!

[catbert836]

67. Classical music, especially with one or more organs

Just can't get enough of it!

[Kat45]

69. My bird, Grace.

She is so adorable, I can't help but smile when I look at her.

[Left Is Write]

72. My marriage...

the look of pure childish happiness on my son's face when he laughs, the gentle and loving nature of my younger daughter, and the sound of my older daughter's voice when I know she's okay.

[mvd]

74. Cheering someone up

It's the best feeling. And good music, of course.

[Redstone]

76. When Mrs R and the Little Guy wake me up together.

Redstone

[LaurenG]

78. Sex

what? :o :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

81. Loving...because

you become the love you give.

[Richard Steele]

83. Wandering around picking bits of rusty metal off the streets and sidewalks