Happiness Is…
• Warm sunshine on your shoulders.
• A gentle breeze on a hot afternoon.
• The first bite of a ripe summer peach, so sweet and delicious with juice running down your arm.
• The scent of a rose in bloom.
• The yeasty aroma of homemade bread, hot out of the oven and dripping with real butter.
• Decadent, rich dark chocolate.
• The moment when a familiar hand holds your own.
• Candy-sticky kisses from a child.
• The fragrance of heaven found only on top of a baby’s downy head.
• The sight of your house after a trip away.
• The sound of joyous laughter.
• A favorite song you’ve heard so many times, you know all the words and can sing along.
• The feel of green grass on bare feet.
• Crawling between cool, crisp sheets, fresh off the line.
• A gorgeous sunset that sets the sky aflame.
• Receiving a note from an old friend.
• Time spent doing nothing with somebody special.
• Waking up with a smile on your face and a song in your heart.
What makes you happy?
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Each Monday I share my thoughts on happiness in my own personal Happiness Project for 2014. Feel free to post your thoughts or comments on happiness.
Besides all of the above:
Spending time with the grandchildren
Sitting on a cliff listening to the ocean waves crashing below
Curling up with the next book in a great series
Thank you Shanna for reminding us to enjoy all the good things in our lives.
Those are great happiness moments, Judy! Thank you for sharing! 🙂
*A favorite song on the radio…* An unexpected ‘hello’ from someone I haven’t seen in a long time….*reading or hearing someone experiencing the same thing as me (I think C.S. Lewis said something like that)….*an invitation to something….*wearing a frilly or sexy something and have it appreciated by the right person…*a small gift of no or little monetary value (my sister would buy a 5 cent candy for my brother every time we stopped somewhere just to let him know she was thinking of him because my brother would live on chocolate if he could)…*a small child putting their hand in yours…*someone laughing at my joke and/or I am laughing with them because they made a comment that went over everyone else’s head…*to know someone I haven’t seen in a long time is doing well and is happy……..and this may sound corny, but: since I see with my fingers sometimes, I feel happy that certain people are not offended when I touch their face……Good question, Shanna….makes me realize how good I’ve got it!
Love your happy thoughts, Jeannette! Thank you! 🙂
My happiness on this Monday is being able to open up my internet with no problems, having no teenagers here to drain all my data, and enjoying a quiet afternoon for the first time in, well, I just really can’t remember when! I like your Monday “Happiness Is” series and it reminds me of the ’70’s cartoons with that same name. It was the cute little boy and girl drawings that were so adorable. Each day I would read them with love-struck puppy love and cut each one out of the paper. I had a stack of them in an album all through high school. I wish I knew where they are hiding now, I would love to share some of them.
How fun, Cindy! If you ever find those cartoons, let me know! 🙂 Happy thoughts to you!