suggested by The Real Eureka Springs"Describe something seemingly unimportant or ridiculous that makes you happy."
Okay...
Hearing Will laugh
Finding a $20 bill that I didn't know I had
Seeing a rainbow
Walking out of Target having spent far less than I usually do
Thinking about someone, hearing the phone ring and having that person be on the other line
Chocolate covered pretzels
To be understood
A night sky full of stars
Singing along loudly to my favorite song at a stop light, windows down -- and not giving a damn what the people in the cars next to me think
That endorphin rush you get right after a great workout session
Spontaneous dance parties
Happy crying at the end of a great movie
A perfectly mixed cocktail, a perfectly baked potato (slightly salty, crisp skin, tender inside), a perfectly cooked fillet (rare, baby, rare)
A recalled memory that makes me laugh out loud just at the thought of it
An unexpected gift
Holding hands
The moment in September when the light in the morning sky looks just a little different, signaling the approach of fall
The first kickoff of the first game of football season
Discovering a great movie on the telly -- and having time to watch it from start to finish
A spontaneous hug
Singing this song with Will -- it's one of his favorites.
And it sums up things rather serendipitously for me as well...
For happiness is anyone and anything at all
That's loved by you.
Now it's your turn: what are the little things that make you happy?
8 comments:
I am so doing this whenI get home from work.
Lots makes this chick happy. I can't wait to share.
Finishing a chapter in my book.
Playing on the slip and slide with my kids and NOT breaking any bones.
Unlocking another exercise on my Wii Fit.
so much more...
What a great list. Everything on your list makes me smile too. I may need to start using mind bump for my own!
Everything makes me happy.
But that first cup of coffee in the morning while everyone else is sleeping...sigh.
Boy, I like this. I like the stark short sentence contrasted with the texture of the language. Well done! :)
Someone other than me making the coffee.
Aw, great list, Jane. Except that change in the light on a September morning is one of my saddest things!
Re: seeing a rainbow.
When I was coming home from my LV/SD I could see a rainbow in the midst of the clouds as I was driving towards the town I live in. I was just some sort of optical illusion because as far as I could tell the sun wasn't shining through anywhere. But after sometime I was fairly convinced that for once I wasn't losing it and there was a rainbow in the middle of this overcast mess. It was very faint but amazing at the same time. I felt like it was welcoming me home.
As I got closer to town it intensified and then I lost sight of it. As I neared my exit, I saw it again, but it wasn't the same it I saw before, it was the other end of it. And then there were two rainbows! One was faint and one was the most beautiful rainbow I had ever seen, seeing every band of color.
When I walked into the door and sat down at the computer I could see one end of one of the rainbows right out my window. It really had welcomed me home!
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