Since making my decision, a feeling of contentment has washed over me, and every day I become more excited about my future prospects.
hygge: noun A quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or wellbeing (regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture).
In fact, my every foray to the US delivers a similarly warm glow; a feeling of contentment and a restless desire for discovery in one fell swoop.
Among the finalists, though, there was one bit of solace: "hygge," a Danish term defined as "a quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being".
Thus she quotes the journalist Benjamin DeCasseres, reminiscing in 1931 about the sprawling German saloon Luchow's: "The ultra Teutonic waiters, the dripping bar, the mounded free lunch, the heavenly odor of pig's knuckles, sauerkraut and Paprika Schnitzel — all of the things saturated me with an indescribable feeling of contentment".
But before he and Mr Bush settle in for the night with a warm feeling of contentment over political developments in Iraq, there is another pooper they must reckon with as catastrophe engulfs the country they claim they went to liberate and the nation they went to free.
Short of going somewhere with no Wi-Fi, no cellular connection, no Internet, there's really no way to grab that feeling of contentment.
'Happiness' is often used, in ordinary life, to refer to a short-lived state of a person, frequently a feeling of contentment: 'You look happy today'; 'I'm very happy for you'.
This leads to a feeling of contentment.
The feeling of contentment is, however, short lived.
