When happy and relaxed, some dogs make little grunting noises. Why do we never describe people as feeling “gruntled”? We say that a person is “disgruntled,” that they are out-of-sorts, dissatisfied or grumpy. Why not gruntled? Perhaps you can find a moment today, as you put on your comfiest pajamas, or settle in with a good book, watch birds at the feeders by your window or whatever gives you gentle pleasure, to give out a few small, happy grunts.
What makes you feel “gruntled”?
The Daily Compass offers words and images to inspire spiritual reflection and encourage the creation of a more loving, inclusive and just world. Produced by The Church of the Larger Fellowship, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation Without Walls.
Almost daily I get a little gruntled as I sip my coffee on the back porch under the stars & await the beginning changes of color to the east. I also am fortunate enough to have two little dogs to share gruntles with.
I feel gruntled when I accomplish some work that was beyond the stuff that needed to be done that day. Like yesterday, when I found time to work on my new book about temperament and consensus building. Then, when I settled down to read all the way to the end of a novel, it was with a gruntled, guilt-free joy.
I am such a procrastinator I feel gruntled when I complete even half of a task that needs doing. Unfortunately this condition doesn’t inspire me to complete the other half.
I can identify, Nicki.