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”?
I feel gruntled when a familiar symphony pops up on the radio. Or I taste a really good dish. Or a persistent pain goes away. Or I have a good laugh.
Gruntled seems to be kind of an “ugly” word to me….but considering that we as humans, exhibit some of the same characteristics as other mammals, I am going to get used to using it! Just relaxing sometime during the day to sit, read the newspaper, clip out articles or photos to send to someone else, clip an ad announcing an interesting event…all cause me to sit still, read the pleasant and sad, not hurrying and finding out “what’s going on in my home town” which is a way to let me feel GRUNTLED. So there!!