If your morning starts on a happy note, does it make your whole day better?

Lately, I prefer my day to start on a calm note.

I’ve been taking a break from work, which gives me space to curate my mornings.

I am mostly indoors during the day, so I conceptualize projects that make my immediate surroundings pleasant. This Pinterest DIY has been in mind for a while.

(Something close to a shishi-odoshi, but without wanting to chase the deer away😊 Where we live, we hardly see one or two near the forest border, asking us for treats)

I purchased this special antique copper water storage bowl months ago partly due to my fascination with Indian antiques but also because I wanted to fuse that liking into my initial ‘Odoshi’ idea. Except for the base (the copper bowl), everything else is a DIY project that came to life in one Saturday.

The day I found the copper bowl at the store, I knew it would become my indoor fountain one day..

The execution took me several months in between, though. Nevertheless, the joy when I first had this running in my living room was like a feast to my senses. The sound of water blurs out background noise to a great extent, helping me focus on whatever I’m doing at that moment. Or just nap on the recliner.

But yet, there is something that effortlessly makes me happier than the sight or sound of this fountain..

The fresh flowers my dad picks for me every day.. (My parents live a street away. He usually leaves the flowers in my mailbox.)

Today, I was out for my morning drive, playing music and also observing the pleasant weather. On the way, I found my dad near this tree and stopped the car. He was picking flowers for me, placing them neatly in this disposable container he probably took from my mother’s fridge after she used up the herbs that came in it.

The very sight of my dad picking flowers for me made my morning feel like the rest of my day was going to be wonderful..

I forgot the fountain and flowers for a moment..

All I could see was him. Him smiling at me, handing over the box of flowers to me.

A simple sight, a simple gesture, could change your entire course of the day.

How wonderful is it to be loved!

(On my way back home, I was listening to Mrs.Susheela’s playlist. If the sight of my dad picking flowers is to my senses like the first minute of entering a French bakery where the chef just baked huge pans of milk bread to brown perfection, where the buttery aroma spreads across the entire room, her voice is like honey drizzled on top of that loaf.)

If you could pick just one sight or one sound that happens in your morning that instantly lifts your mood and makes your whole day better, what would that be? I'd love to hear your favorite morning moments below.