Things that make me happy (in no particular order):
1. Watching squirrels eat (their chubby cheeks are too
adorable)
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| Adorable photo from Hudo.com |
2. Listening to music while I do absolutely nothing
3. Walking on luscious green grass barefooted (my nickname
was bear for awhile because I loved to roll around in grass)
4. The smell of rain
5. Admiring beautiful nature sights
6. Walking at night while looking at the stars
7. Cuddling in bed when it is cold
8. Petting my cat (she has taken the habit of wanting to be
pet 24/7!)
9. Drinking a glass of wine
10. Talking on the phone with my friends and family
There is a purpose to my seemingly random list of benign
vices and that is to ask… How often do you do something that makes you happy on
a daily basis? I know that my sister constantly has to remind me to take time
to smell the roses because I am a workaholic and will work day and night if it
weren’t for my basic human needs getting in the way! But it is so simple!
Today I was forced to sit outside until the rain calmed down
because I forgot my umbrella. As I sat there I closed my eyes and took several
deep breaths. It was so invigorating and peaceful! I cannot believe that all
day I had not felt the beauty of nature – especially something so
simple as sitting outside and smelling the rain (although one of my new favorite
people recently told me that he does not know what rain smells like! I thought
everyone loved the smell of rain!). You get the point though – I think as human
beings we tend to be selfish about many things EXCEPT daily little pleasure
moments for ourselves. Imagine if you do several things on your little list of
things that make you happy how much better off we would be as human beings? I
drove home road rage free after that. It was just so peaceful that it put me in
a good mood.
Don’t ignore your happiness especially if you can do small
things like smell the rain, or for people that don’t specifically like
that, the roses.
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