- The perfect cup of coffee.
- The Little Prince and how the end will always make me cry.
- The feeling of finishing a huge project that includes actual manual labor, like building something or tearing something apart.
- Yellow flowers.
- The quick flash of white reflecting off of a seagull's wings, when it flies just under the moon.
- Whistling.
- The Grasshopper and the Bell-Cricket
- Being far enough from city lights that you can see the stars.
- Having the right words at the right second.
- Hearing the right words at the right second.
- Playing a song perfectly.
- The feeling of having a baby fall asleep on you.
- The song "sister suffragette" from Mary Poppins.
- The hour building up to the sunrise.
- Clean socks.
- When you wake up and it's raining.
- Waltzing and talking.
- Finding something you've been looking for in a store for a cheap price.
- The smell of Christmas trees.
- Sitting next to someone whose shoulder you can lean your head on.
- Black and white photographs.
- Soft hands.
- Receiving a letter in the mail.
- A good laugh.
- Throwing popcorn at the person in front of you in the movie theater.
- This picture.
- Genuine compliments.
- That song that will always make you smile.
- Red telephone booths.
- Teaching a kid to fly a kite, and then running alongside them, cheering them on.
- Musicals.
- A quiet walk with an old friend.
- Randomly finding the perfect Bible passage for a given time.
- Licking the whisks that were used to make brownies or cake.
- Being able to think of the things that make you happy, when you need to feel happy.
i'm with you on most of those. i do this as well. it's a good exercise and it usually leads my thoughts to more pleasant pastures. also one of the nice things about having a blog. every time i do a "happy" post i "tag" it with "good things" so that i can refer to it later. it's nice to have that.
ReplyDeletewhy do you need to feel happy, little cretin?
You "tag" it? What does that mean?
ReplyDeleteAh, no particular reason. I just feel gloomy once in a while and it's nice to be able to pull myself out of it. Also, Wednesday's stink. BUT, along the trail of happy thoughts, I only have to go to VC twice (today and next monday) in the next two weeks. This is a lovely thing.
Speaking of lovely things, "Told you so" by the Guggenheim Grotto. Weirdest name. Fun song.
ReplyDeletewhen you write a post, there's a part where it says "label." You type whatever you want to label the post so you can refer to it later. On my blog you will note little phrases after most posts, such as "quotes" etc. if you click them a bunch of posts with that theme will present themselves. it's handy.
ReplyDeleteI will listen to said song, on merit of weird name alone.