“Most people are about as HAPPY as they make up their minds to be” Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States of America
OKAY... we have to face it cause it's a self evident truth....it is a lovely life. We like to moan and highlight the negative because well... that's news. It's always news if it goes against the norm. The fact is the norm is the good stuff, the getting through the day safely and small but nice thigs happening on a minute to minute basis.
It has always struck me that people are inherently good given the opportunity, and that the times and the world we live in are actually pretty cool. Luck and geography dictate how lovely your life will be my Dad always said. I'd go further... I'd add timing. Don't know about you but I'd rather be alive now here in northern Europe than say 60 years ago!
No bombs falling and nothing getting in my way of being who I want to be or stopping me from being just me. Food in my belly, a rather nice roof over my head, great mates, wine in the fridge... and the most bizarre family on earth who I love to bits (esp the one I made).
Yep... overall... a pretty good deal. I live in my fave country on earth, on the doorstep of the best city on earth. Yep I have my problems same as many and more that most...but overall...It's a lovely life.
There are so many more reasons to be happy than sad. So I'll be interested to know if any of you can beat my of the top of my head 111 things that make me happy....
My son, even though he drive me nuts!
My family, though I sometimes take them for granted
Anna in Italy (for a lifetime of being understood completely)
Just spending time with my mates
Being on my own when I want to be
Laughing till it hurts
Talking absolute bollix
The invention of bin-bags, toilet paper and toothpaste
Thinking
Coming up with a concept when I was blank a second before
Cats
Finding a much loved film is half way through and settling down to watch it anyway
Being helpful to someone else by just doing what you do
Learning a new skill
Watching the sky at night while stilling with a glass of wine
Facebook
Taking photos
Cooking a damn good meal
My mother laughing
My Dad's dancing
Getting feedback – even negative stuff
Having the perfect put down
Musicals and any kind of dance performance
Teenagers
Movies aimed at Teenagers
Novels that capture the here and now
Being ridiculous
Rock music
People who are genuinely shocked by anything I do
Deep meaningful discussions in bed when you are loving the convo so much you fight sleep
Knowing I can't mess up the one relationship that counts
Spanxs
Formal attire
Understanding peoples motives
Being witty, ironic and sarcastic
Making change happen
Having epiphanies
Seeing balloons tied to front doors to mark a celebration
Coffee
Cushions
Bring a writer
Anything that gives me that “I've only bloody gone and done it”feeling
Rainbows
Being caught in the rain without an an umbrella and not caring about what happens to my hair!
LONDON
BRIGHTON
Hot...and I mean HOT showers
V shaped swimmers torsos
Men
Shoes
Being pleasantly surprised
Being impulsive
Ranch dressing
Being stunningly average at ice skating and horse riding but doing it anyway
Being a brilliant dancer no matter what anyone else thinks!
Bouncing on beds
Infatuations
Tactile things.. and people
John Cuszak
Omelettes
Having an inbuilt GPS... I never get lost!
Books
Diving in beanbags
Making strangers into friends
Starting a chain reaction
Walking in the city after midnight
The Suburbs between 3.30am – 5.45am
Debating
Acting like a kid
My bedroom
The colours Green and Purple
Ireland
My redneck family in Oklahoma
Wind ups
Sunshine in England and the way everyone morphs because of it!
Snow in England and the way everything simply falls apart!
Public Transportation (over all it DOES work!)
NHS (over all it DOES work!)
That certainty of being safe that living in Britain gives you
Being able to slag off living in Britain without being unpatriotic
The Grumpy's (old men, old women, young men... TV magic)
Mascara
Being good looking
Friends who always bring wine when they come over
My two gay best mates who are so unbelievably crap they make me smile just thinking of them
Good times
Tony Hawk
Having few inhibitions
Being better than all my enemies
Taking note and seeing the unspoken story
Sparkles
Comfortable silences or long phone conversations that last and last
The middle of my bed
Inside jokes
The vanilla ice-cream they do at DisneyLand Paris
Airports and the anticipation of travel
Riding on an intercity train in the direction that lets you “see where you have been”
Remembering San Francisco with Janey
Proving what sounded like bullshit was REAL
Being too stupid to lie
Sex, Love and other things that don't last long but you can lose yourself in the joy while they are on
Pepperami's
Novelty calendars (esp the David and Goliath ones!)
28th West Kent Boys Brigade for giving me back my Friday nights
The worst place I ever worked for giving me the best friends I ever had
Batteries
Hair extensions, wigs, hats and scarves (see point 44)
Cups of tea
Conversations that only happen with cigarettes
Old skool dance music
People watching.
And that is just of the top of my head... I haven't even mentioned natures gifts or anything on a more spiritual level, just 111 things of the top of my head that make me happy.
As the song says....Happiness is Easy.
Give it a go... 111 of the top of your head... starting.............NOW!!!
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Ah, happiness - isn't that the thing that all of us strive to find, to achieve and then to maintain for the rest of our lives? Being happy isn't quite as simple as having money or being an A-listed celebrity, despite what the media may tell you. Once you dig past the surface and get away from the superficiality, the true meaning of happiness - comfort, content and joy - becomes clear. But still, the one question that gnaws at us all endlessly: How do we achieve it? Perhaps the answer isn't as complicated as we think.
ReplyDeleteNobody is happy all of the time, but some people are definitely more fulfilled than others and it doesn't seem to have much to do with material goods or high achievement. Being happy is supposedly simple, supposedly easy, this and that as you watch an endless list of reality shows and "ultimate guides". However, looking around more carefully, you may realize that people living any kind of lifestyle may be more content with it than you - your neighbour, that kid from school, the dog walker down the road. So what do they have that you don't? Don't just find out - get it for yourself.
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