47 Joys
Simple joys within this beautiful life :
- hanging in a harness up on a ropes course
- rocking chairs
- sitting next to a fireplace with a real fire
- listening to laughs coming from other rooms
- sitting in the isles of bookstores while reading or talking with friends
- kettle popcorn
- hole-in-the wall, mom-n-pop restaurants
- the smell of laundry
- pictures of other galaxies
- little bookbags
- sitting in chairs that are too big to the point where my feet wont touch the ground
- ping pong games
- seeing the pictures emerge when developing in the dark room
- holding a photo that took you 4 hours to perfect
- the smell of rain
- “hospital ice” (crushed ice)
- a cappella songs
- organization and all supplies associated
- eating a pineapple (that was picked an hour before and had the rind machete-ed off) in a waterfall.
- chi latte with stemmed milk.
- rating Christmas lights as I drive around at night
- game nights with friends
- new hair styles
- running further than I previously was able to
- dancing in elevators when I am the only one in them
- making list
- sailboats on the horizon of a vast ocean
- screaming so much at football games that I lose my voice
- screaming at higher pitches than everyone around me (at the football game still)
- listening to friends talk about their passions
- singing in my car at the top of my lungs to songs that I can sing well with
- putting on cozy socks
- laying in the prayer chapel listening to others play the piano
- seeing how much I saved at the grocery store
- acting gangsta, because I am completely not
- walks on the beach at night with friends
- hugs from children
- snowball fights since they are hard to come by in Georgia
- completing a painting
- taking naps with friends
- using sign language in public
- spontaneous photo shoots
- entire days spent outside
- seeing my dog being excited when I get home
- lightning strikes over an ocean
- sleeping babies in my arms
- handmade gifts