Up: [[Pay Attention MOC]] ## Defining Savour To savour is to give yourself over to the enjoyment of something. You can savour many things, even imaginary things. The word ‘savour’ came initially from Latin ‘sapor’, meaning ‘taste, flavour’. It broadened in an Old French revision around the year 1300 to mean “to taste, breathe in; appreciate, care for.” ## Reasons to Savour Savouring adds pleasure to life. The more we notice, the more we appreciate. And noticing and appreciating means more vitality, more aliveness, more awareness that I am alive and experiencing the beauty and wonder this world has to offer. As Einstein famously said, > [!Orbit] Albert Einstein > There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. ## The Difference Between Savour and Sparkle I have a tag for #Sparkle and I make liberal use of it in my vault. It is for anything and everything that catches my attention and delights me. So for a while, I wondered what the difference was between sparkle and savour. I think the essential difference is consciousness and duration. When savouring, I am consciously and deliberately aware of enjoying the moment and I’m making that moment last. Savour is one of the quadrants in DOGS CODE (see [[Devotion Elaborated]]). For now, I’m using focusing on savouring one meal or even just one food each day. And I’m continuing to notice and tag many, many sparkles. ## Savouring Requires ### Use of your > [!map] [[Senses]] ### Noticing and paying attention to what is noticed - [[Quotes - Mindfulness]] - [[Meditation Can Get in the Way of Embodiment]] - [[Deciding to Write Beams]] - [[When Toffee is Gone]] ### Openness to curiosity, wonder, awe, beauty - [[Tracking Wonder]] - [[Beauty]] - [[Quotes - Beauty]] - [[Appreciation of Beauty]] - [[How to Get Curious When You're Not]] - [[What Makes Me Come Alive]] - [[Let Joy Drive the Bus]] ### Being present in the moment so all of the above can happen It is possible to savour a memory, but even then it’s in this moment that you’re recalling the details of that memory. - [[Capturing a Moment]] - [[Heightened Awareness is the Gift]] - [[Statio]] - [[The Feminine Erotic Soul Savours]] ## Poems - [Small Kindnesses](https://grateful.org/resource/small-kindnesses/) - Danusha Lameris - [Today](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/40824/today-56d21ebdad746) - Billy Collins - [Don’t Hesitate](https://www.wordslikethis.com.au/dont-hesitate/) - [[Mary Oliver]] - [A Humble Aliveness](https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2024/03/21/a-humble-aliveness/) - [[Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer]] - [The Radiant Now](https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2024/05/15/the-radiant-now/) - [[Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer]] - [Now](https://www.litscape.com/author/Ella_Wheeler_Wilcox/Now.html) - Ella Wheeler Wilcox - [Mindful](https://www.mindfulnessassociation.net/words-of-wonder/mindful-mary-oliver/) - [[Mary Oliver]] - [In the Meantime](https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2024/09/02/in-the-meantime/) - [[Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer]] - [Bowing at the Feet of the Ordinary](https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2024/08/25/bowing-at-the-feet-of-the-ordinary/) - [[Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer]] - [Smack Dab in the Middle of a Thursday](https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2023/12/07/smack-dab-in-the-middle-of-a-thursday/) - [[Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer]] - [The Summer Day](https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-133/the-summer-day/) - [[Mary Oliver]] - [Holding the Light](https://poets.org/poem/holding-light) - Stuart Kestenbaum