Just thinking of reasons to smile is enough to coax a grin out of dour mood - and who doesn't need a smile break every now and then?
Maybe the list below will give you some ideas.
1. the sound of rain while suggled under the covers at night
2. Stepping barefoot into the cool ocean after running across the hot sand
3. Robins bathing in a bridbath
4. A baby's smile before her teeth have come in
5. The feel of dirt in your hands while planting flowers
6. A cool breeze on a hot day
7. The smell of peaches fresh picked from the tree
8. Everything covered in white after an inch of snow
9. Kittens
10. Puppies
11. Cats
12. Dags
13. Cats purring
14. Butterflies
15. Knitting with cotton yarn
16. A full body massage
17. Plants sprouting from seed through the soil
18. The first bloom on a giant yellow canna
19. Birdsong
20. Wild ferns
21. Whalesong
22. Falling asleep on an inflated raft in a pool
23. A full moon
24. The evening star
25. Homemade vegetable soup
26. Your grandmother's favorite table cloth
27. Rainbows in the sky
28. Rainbows in the stream of a garden hose
29. The sound of a vacuum cleaner stopping
30. The sound of a dishwasher that's finished
31. The smell of fabric sheets from your neighbor's house at dusk on a Sunday evening
32. Saturday morning
33. The aroma of freshly ground hazelnut
34. Folded towels still warm from the dryer
35. An ice cold smoothie made from frest strawberris
36. A warm smile on a wrinkled face
37. Freckles
38. Little red-haired kids with freckles
39. Yellow snapdragons
40. The smell of cedar
41. The smell of pine cones
42. A birthday card handmade by a 5-year-old
43. Backward S's
44. Copper cookware
45. Southern accents - y'all
46. British accents - I say
47. Campfires at night
48. Ghost stories
49. Poems by Robert Frost
50. The music of Beethoven
51. The music of Eva Cassidy
52. Family resemblances
53. Coloring inside the lines
54. Coloring outside the lines
55. The words "Now, I get it."
56. Yoga : One day being able to do a great toe hold
57. Muscles that ache just a little
58. Breathing
59. Good intentions
60. Seeing an old friend
61. Making a new friend
62. Mountains
63. Valleys
64. Echoes
65. Sunrise
66. Sunset
67. Flower paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe
68. A small, thoughtful gift from a friend
69. A small, thoughtful gift for a friend
70. The smell of garlic being sauteed in butter
71. The sound of garlic being sauteed in butter
72. Luminaria
73. Church bells
74. Four-part harmony
75. Barbershop quartets
76. Brass quartets
77. Chamber music
78. Cello music
79. Harp music
80. Geese flying in formation
81. The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flying in formation
82. A nap on a Sunday afternoon
83. The whir of someone else's lawmower on a Sunday afternoon
84. Gold finches perched in the catnip
85. The way your face feels after it's washed
86. The note F #
87. The chord F # major
88. Fog hanging over a lake in the early morning
89. Fish plopping unseen in a pond
90. Crape Myrtle in full bloom
91. Hibiscus in full bloom
92. A sunny day
93. A cloudy day
94. A rainy day
95. A starry day
96. Being just a little bit hungry
97. Being just a little bit sleepy
98. Gothic architecture
99. Star Trek re-runs
100. Happy accidents
101. Thinking of 101 reasons to smile
첫댓글 102. YOU really get me a smile out of me.