Happiness
There are a lot of things happening in this world that I find frustrating. Heck even infuriating....
But today is not about that.
Today is about Happiness 😊
It’s important to stop every once in awhile to consider your happiness. Where do you find it? How do you create it? Are you surrounding yourself with people and activities that lift your happy?
Years ago I kept a happiness journal. I had gone through a breakup just after college that really got me down. Soon after Oprah of all people did a show about happiness. In it she spoke of keeping a diary where your task was to list five things daily that brought you happiness. Being sad at the time made this task a struggle, but it quickly got easier and became a very life affirming habit.
So today I just want to share some (five) things that make me happy.
In no particular order.
My dogs
This is no surprise. I LOVE these two. Look at those faces. I love being eye to eye with them and wondering what they are thinking about. I let them on the furniture. I love their stinky breath when they lick my face. I know my time with them is finite. However, I do everything to make sure they have the best lives possible. They will be forever loved.
My friend’s kiddos!
I love that my friends got laid and the result was these cool little humans. It’s a win for everyone! 😂🤣 First off, I am endlessly fascinated by how similar these kids are to their parents. Secondly, as they grow up I get to be a cool combo of family and friend to them. Kids need support in all kinds of ways as they make their way in the world. It makes me happy to be an extra person they can come to for advice or fun as they grow up. Finally, they are all cool humans. It is uplifting to know kind, empathetic, joyful, intelligent children who will hopefully carry these traits into adulthood.
Meeting Steemit peeps for reelz 😄
What’s more entertaining than Steemit people? The answer is Steemit people IN PERSON! Getting to meet both @thedamus and @summertooth induced much happiness in 2018. Who’s gonna hang in 2019? Only time will tell. ☺️
Deep fried ice cream
It’s cold but is prepared in heat! HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE?!!! Fried ice cream with strawberry sauce is one of my all time favorite desserts. It’s the kind of dessert you skip dinner for just to have room for all of its goodness. It’s a vanilla ice cream ball, coated in like corn flakes and a bit of honey, fried, then covered with strawberry sauce and whipped cream. FAN-frickin-tastic.
Seeing sea mammals up close but IN THE WILD
This one line made the whole post.
"I love that my friends got laid and the result was these cool little humans."
😂🤣😂
😂 Hey... it was good for them (hopefully) and everyone is benefiting in the end. 😂🤣
Sorry you are going thru trying times! Can't be sad too long surrounded by all that love you have around you. I hope things work themselves out for you. Seeing the bad things as lessons to be learned helps in being less depressed with the circumstances. Sending you thoughts and prayers from Canada xox. 💙 💜 💙💜
Oh my goodness. Nicest message! But no trying times here. Just trying to think about all the good things... while apparently sounding like a sad sack! 😂🤣
You are the best!
oh great then! I guess i miss-understood when you said you found things in the world frustrating. maybe I thought it was now and not at some point as a reference. I'm french I miss understand english things often lol. You can still have all the love tho.
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Woo Hoo! From what i could tell, you must have many, many multiples of 5 things that make you happy! Meeting downtown and hitting-up Mainbranch with the Assassin was good times!!!
😁👍👍
...oh yeah, and that deep-fried ice-cream-marvel of gastronomical physics has me rather intrigued
Have you never had the deep fried icecream?
So
Faking
Delicious
Never had deep fried icecream 😕🥺😖😢
WHAT?!!!! OK when you make it to Seattle we are getting some.
Sooooo good. Except for the time a waiter put hot sauce on mine instead of strawberry sauce. 😐
You can also get it with chocolate sauce. ☺️
🍨🦖🦖🦖
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Ooo a 1-5 breakdown. 😄
1 - Or put down the phone and feed us?
2 - Oh snap 🍆 s and 🌮 s for all!
3 - Well that is only going to happen if someone organizes it.... and you know how that goes. 🤣
4 - Have you ever made one?!!!
5 - Ocean dogs 😍