For so many years now I have relied on simple pleasures. To help me to get through a day, there is coffee, music, aromatherapy, chocolate, a walk in nature, a refreshing bath…but nothing has long term efficacy. There is some therapeutic value in so many things, but it is not always feasible to rely on a multitude of pleasant distractions each day.
The trouble with this approach is, of course, that these simple pleasures afford me a measure of temporary relief but they do not cure me, though their influence is healing.