Don't forget to stop and...

[Molten]

I thought I'd go ahead and tally our first ten. I'm glad to see many people have taken a liking to this thread and I plan to do a few of these some time this summer.

I decided to add a nap to the list. Sleeping in is nice, but a nap is really the best. It is just so calming to know I've got the time. I used to take one all the time in high school, but now I find it hard to find time to lay back at all. That changes for this summer break. I am taking a nap today and I'm going to enjoy it.

1. Cloud watching
2. Watching water flow quickly
3. Take your time
4. Watch the sun rise or fall
5. Step back from obstacles so you can see the big picture.
6. Lego robots
7. Enjoy a camp fire
8. The smell of freshly cut grass
9. The night sky is amazing
10. Take a nap

PS: Let's start keeping a running tally.

[youngWilliam14]

Originally Posted by Molten

1. Cloud watching
2. Watching water flow quickly
3. Take your time
4. Watch the sun rise or fall
5. Step back from obstacles so you can see the big picture.
6. Lego robots
7. Enjoy a camp fire
8. The smell of freshly cut grass
9. The night sky is amazing
10. Take a nap

it was kinda nice not being on the drive team this year (though i was bored a lot, since i was already on it for two years) so:

11.collecting team give-a-ways

[JaneYoung]

1. Cloud watching
2. Watching water flow quickly
3. Take your time
4. Watch the sun rise or fall
5. Step back from obstacles so you can see the big picture.
6. Lego robots
7. Enjoy a camp fire
8. The smell of freshly cut grass
9. The night sky is amazing
10. Take a nap
11. collecting team give-a-ways

I am hearing-impaired (or, hard of hearing) and have been most of my life. Musical sounds have always been important to me. They can be found in music, voices, nature, everywhere and in everything. I lose the higher pitches – the sounds of children’s voices and laughter, the birdsongs, wind chimes, whispers. Those are places where beauty lies and I often wear my hearing aids so that I can simply listen. Not just to the important exchanges that occur on a daily basis in my job, volunteer work, and with family – but also to those beautiful sounds that create peace and magic and laughter.

12. Listening simply or simply listening

[Kim Masi]

1. Cloud watching
2. Watching water flow quickly
3. Take your time
4. Watch the sun rise or fall
5. Step back from obstacles so you can see the big picture.
6. Lego robots
7. Enjoy a camp fire
8. The smell of freshly cut grass
9. The night sky is amazing
10. Take a nap
11. collecting team give-a-ways
12. Listening simply or simply listening

To quote Henry David Thoreau in his "Walden"- "We must slow down in order to go fast." Life goes by WAY too quickly to sweat the small stuff. Slow down is kind of describing all of these things but slow down in general. Spend time with others. Stop worrying about where you are going and just enjoy the time it takes to get there.

13. Slow down

[youngWilliam14]

Originally Posted by Kim Masi

"Walden"- "We must slow down in order to go fast."

"If you want to get where you want to go, you have to run the other way, you know" -Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There

[PaW]

14. thank someone.

It's amazing what a simple, heartfelt 'thank you' can do for someone.

[AndyB]

15. Find the good in people.

[EricH]

1. Cloud watching
2. Watching water flow quickly
3. Take your time
4. Watch the sun rise or fall
5. Step back from obstacles so you can see the big picture.
6. Lego robots
7. Enjoy a camp fire
8. The smell of freshly cut grass
9. The night sky is amazing
10. Take a nap
11. collecting team give-a-ways
12. Listening simply or simply listening
13. Slow down
14. thank someone
15. Find the good in people

I'd say watch a fire, but that's already been taken...

I like to slow down sometimes when I eat and just take the time to taste all the different flavors. It makes the meal better-tasting, and forces me to relax a bit.

16. actually taste food

[ZInventor]

1. Cloud watching
2. Watching water flow quickly
3. Take your time
4. Watch the sun rise or fall
5. Step back from obstacles so you can see the big picture.
6. Lego robots
7. Enjoy a camp fire
8. The smell of freshly cut grass
9. The night sky is amazing
10. Take a nap
11. collecting team give-a-ways
12. Listening simply or simply listening
13. Slow down
14. thank someone
15. Find the good in people
16. actually taste food

17. take a walk through the park with someone special

[GaryVoshol]

1. Cloud watching
2. Watching water flow quickly
3. Take your time
4. Watch the sun rise or fall
5. Step back from obstacles so you can see the big picture.
6. Lego robots
7. Enjoy a camp fire
8. The smell of freshly cut grass
9. The night sky is amazing
10. Take a nap
11. collecting team give-a-ways
12. Listening simply or simply listening
13. Slow down
14. thank someone
15. Find the good in people
16. actually taste food
17. take a walk through the park with someone special

18. watch the rain - bonus points for a thunderstorm

[smurfgirl]

1. Cloud watching
2. Watching water flow quickly
3. Take your time
4. Watch the sun rise or fall
5. Step back from obstacles so you can see the big picture.
6. Lego robots
7. Enjoy a camp fire
8. The smell of freshly cut grass
9. The night sky is amazing
10. Take a nap
11. collecting team give-a-ways
12. Listening simply or simply listening
13. Slow down
14. thank someone
15. Find the good in people
16. actually taste food
17. take a walk through the park with someone special
18. watch the rain - bonus points for a thunderstorm*

My grandparents live on the beach. I grew up spending summers on the beach with family. This is the first summer I might not get any beach time with family, because I'm working at MIT all summer. It's reminding me how much I miss the simple things that summer weeks at my grandparents' house stood for during my childhood- the refreshing smell of salty sea air, chasing seagulls until they flew away, the sweetness of a vanilla ice cream cone, or best of all, listening to the calming sound of the waves crashing against the shore as it lulled you to sleep as you lay on the beach or in your bed at night.

19. listening to the lull of waves crashing against the shore

* Listening to rainstorms is my other favorite simple pleasure, but it was pretty close to this.

[NorviewsVeteran]

1. Cloud watching
2. Watching water flow quickly
3. Take your time
4. Watch the sun rise or fall
5. Step back from obstacles so you can see the big picture.
6. Lego robots
7. Enjoy a camp fire
8. The smell of freshly cut grass
9. The night sky is amazing
10. Take a nap
11. collecting team give-a-ways
12. Listening simply or simply listening
13. Slow down
14. thank someone
15. Find the good in people
16. actually taste food
17. take a walk through the park with someone special
18. watch the rain - bonus points for a thunderstorm*
19. listening to the lull of waves crashing against the shore

I'd say watch a fire, but that's already been taken...

watch a fire again.

20. Just chill, learn to take stuff in stride- it'll start to come naturally.