Happiness. A bit of a stretch, but why not?

List 30 things that make you happy.

Here is a good exercise for me today. I woke up feeling lousy, again. Summer colds man, no wonder kids are so miserable when they get one.

It’s hot and humid already. Moods are low. Rain is in the forecast. What might make me happy? I’d be great with fine, happy feels like a bridge too far. I’m even fine with letting today be a throwaway day. Suffer away, why not, I will appreciate happiness all the more later, tomorrow, next week, I don’t know.

But here goes…

My grandkids, always, family mostly, kids are a wild card, parental worry crops up, what can I say?

My friends

Coffee, the perfect cup at the perfect temperature

Comfortable clothing

A good outfit

Cookies, fresh baked with extra cold milk

Being accepted and loved

Chester town’s farmer’s market

A break in the weather!

Plums ripe off a tree

Baking

Feeling at home

Early corn on the cob

Yoga

Humor

Seeing beautiful things

Good Music

Looking forward to something fun

This is a tough list to make. I wouldn’t have thought so but, I’m only half way…

Being lucky

Having plenty of money

My own bed

My boat

Art

Playfulness

A good laugh

The ocean

Driving in the jeep

Flowers

An amazing meal

Luxury

A good movie with a friend

Pizza

Little surprising perfect moments

Good memories

Lots of things make me happy. I’m usually a pretty happy person, but I do know the other side. My little discomforts are small today and comparatively, quite trivial. I know that when I feel better everything will look and feel differently, but nice to make a list and feel a little happy as I think of each thing.

Today and yesterday and the day before, pain killer, Tylenol, ibuprofen, aspirin, any one of these has made me happy for a few hours…I’m very happy they exist!