My Happy List

Okay, my therapist called me today and suggested that I make a "happy" list - a list of things that make me feel happy. When he asked me to do this last week. I was not feeling it and really couldn't think of anything that made me happy. Happy? I haven't felt happy in weeks! Well, when he brought it up today, I thought I would give it a try. I would like to share that list with you. Try thinking up your own list of "happy" things. You'll be surprised at all the little things that really do brighten our lives.

My Happy List:

Seeing my son and daughter play together

Hearing my children laugh out loud

Hearing anybody’s children laugh out loud

Playing solitaire on the computer

Watching Stargate SG-1 (NOT Atlantis)

A bottle of raspberry Kombucha (fermented Chinese tea)

Hanging out over my mom’s house

Grand Theft Auto IV (a guilty pleasure)

Playing Sodoku

Dancing

Watching my husband dance

House Hunters

When one of my kids comes and gives me a big hug for no apparent reason

Futurama

The Soup (A talk show on E!)

Staying in bed until 10am

Anything from Korn (my fave rock band)

Seeing my girlfriends from high school

Fresh, hot buttery cornbread

Listening to my mp3 player while washing dishes

Helping someone

Sunny days

A beautiful sunset

Cats

Watching squirrels play and wondering what they must be thinking

Daydreaming

Writing

Spongebob Squarepants

Puppies

Walking along in the city and spotting a deer (yes, they do live in DC)

My husband’s silly jokes

Finding the shoe I want in my size

The perfect jeans

Roasted marshmallows

Chocolate

Good sex (Okay, GREAT sex!)

A clean kitchen (especially if I was not the one who cleaned it)

Peeking in on my children while they are asleep

A Joel Olsteen sermon

A Joyce Myer sermon

Eckhart Toll – Stillness Speaks

Stargazing

Learning something new

Getting my hair done

Ice-cream

A “family hug”

The full moon