Heaven is.....

Tegan right on the money . [

Putting a £1 on a horse at 80/1 and being there to see it win at the Cheltenham Festival . Although in a few weeks time it will be lying on the sofa watching BBC4 into the early hours knowing I haven't got to get up for work the next morning . Going back a few years it would have been seeing the children fast asleep in their beds knowing they were safe.

Oh dear - now you have reminded me that my first sight of the coral on my yearly snorkeling holiday puts me in heaven too! And opening a new book - and eating coffee ice cream with cream on top. I guess life is just full of good things.

Walking on a sunny beach, a small hand in each of mine and constant chattering about what is on the beach, in the rock pool, what's for lunch, what makes the sun keep going and why can't a cousin be your brother too!.......

Feetle - I am not sure if you failed to notice that I began the OP with that quote? Or did I get it wrong in some way?

I certainly intended this to be one of the threads we could all enjoy without any sniping. Shall we just forget the diversion and carry on with our pleasant chat?

Sitting in the not too hot garden watching many bees humming around my plants, drinking first and only cup of coffee of the day with a wholemeal biscuit, Kindle propped up on Kindle holder, Basil my pet rabbit deep in the undergrowth, cat lazing by my side, looking forward to seeing grandchildren early tomorrow morning.

Didn't take long for the snake to enter the Garden of Eden (snake = the spirit of dissent, not an individual I hasten to add).

Absolvo. Before the next person jumps to correct.

Ego te absolve

Shall I write out 100 times "I must give GN more of my time and proper attention"?

As I said....

Yes I did fail to notice, sorry!

Moved you obviously failed to notice that I put a contribution up thread. The thread isn't boring, but nit picking is.

Foie not foi, *feetle - that would put it in "Religion and Spirituality"

According to the Rev Sydney Smith, wasn't heaven 'eating foi gras to the sound of trumpets'?

It was a joke, Greatnan, although I should have realised it would be misinterpreted.

I am quite sure that the yawn was in response to the nit picking about which topic to choose for the thread - as if it makes any difference!

Gracesmum - you have brought back such a wonderful memory, of seeing my first baby's face and falling in love with her. So much joy, it almost hurt! (50 years later, I get the same feeling when she meets me at Nelson airport!)

MiceElf why did you say that? If the thread is boring just leave it but it is a shame to imply that the OP and all subsequent posters are boring. I just ignore threads which don't interest me as to say so might be seen to demean those who do find them interesting.

A moment of heaven I still recollect from 36+ years ago was the friendly maternity ward of Westminster Hospital on a sunny Sunday morning, all peaceful, baby DD (2) sleeping contentedly in her crib, nothing hurting and looking forward to seeing DD1 in the afternoon to meet her little sister for the first time. It was almost tangible.

Yawn

Oh! surely not Ana, this is a thread about heaven on earth, what we find really enjoyable, and our own personal heaven. People will often describe food as heavenly, nothing to do with Religion and Spirituality, just an expression of delight at something.

Should this be in Religion and Spirituality....?

Mine's reclining in the garden with a book on a sunny afternoon, dog snoozing at my side, just the sound of insects and birds, and maybe a lawnmower in the distance.....zzzzzzzzz.....heaven