My Favorites

WHEN I begin to feel a little (or a lot) DOWN
Feeling like a wilting Gerber Daisy....
I pull up my list of
FAVORITE THINGS

It's Long...but it makes me Happy

My VERY FAVORITE THINGS
(not in any specific order)

Falling in Love

Laughing so hard your face hurts

Gerber Daisy's

A hot bubble bath

No lines at the supermarket

A special glance from someone you do not know

Getting mail

Taking a drive on a pretty road

Hearing your favorite song in the car on the radio

Lying in bed listening to the rain outside

Hot towels fresh out of the dryer

Chocolate milkshake…or vanilla or strawberry

Softly giggling with a friend

A good conversation that you don't want to end

The beach in the rain or sunshine

Finding a twenty dollar bill in your coat from last winter

Late night conversations on the couch that last for hours

Laughing for absolutely no reason at all

Laughing at an inside joke

Laughing at yourself

Having someone unexpectedly tell you that you are beautiful

Friends

Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you

Waking up still realizing that you have a few hours to sleep

Your first kiss- either the very first or your very first with a new partner

Making new friends or spending time with old ones

Playing with a new puppy

Having someone play with your hair

Sweet dreams

Hot chocolate

Road trips with friends

Swinging on swings

Making eye contact with a cute stranger

Making chocolate chip cookies…or better yet, having someone else make them for you

Running into an old friend and realizing that some things, good or bad never change

Watching the expression on someone’s face as they open a much desired present from you

Watching the sunrise

Getting out of bed every morning and being grateful for another beautiful day

Knowing that somebody misses you

Getting a strong hug from someone you care about deeply

Knowing you’ve done the right thing no matter what other people think

The butterfly feeling in your stomach when the curtain goes up at a performance

The grand finale of a fireworks display

Snowflakes on your tongue

Making snow angels at midnight on New Years Eve

Holding hands, feathering fingers

Uncarved pumpkins, those with the really deep lines that are short and squat

That first cool night when you sleep on freshly washed feather top mattress pad and crisp sheets

Door County cherries

That anxious heart pounding feeling while getting ready for a night you’re really looking forward to, with loud music on in the background

When someone walks past you and they smell fantastic

A book so good that you can’t put it down, but don’t want it to end

A night so good you don’t want it to end

The jazz station that used to play in the background of my classroom

A flock of geese flying overhead

Yellow finches in the bushes

The smell you experience when you get off of the plane outside in a tropical destination

The mist of a waterfall

Sitting behind a waterfall

Pink clouds at sunset

My Chicago Black Hawks jersey and jeans

Spending over 20 minutes in front of a favorite piece in an art museum

Watching the polar bear swim at the zoo

An absolutely obnoxious night out of bowling, drinking, and kareokeing with the girls-preferably to Paradise by the Dashboard Lights or Nancy Sinatra’s-These Boots Were made For Walking or any tune from Grease-just plain silliness-haven’t done that in 6 years

Saving a drowning bug out of the water in the pool

A moment in a movie the makes you or the person next to you tear up

The top of a ferris wheel…even though I am afraid of heights

A picnic

Jazz in the Park

A cold marble floor

Sun through the window

A flowing creek that makes soft noises

The butterfly museum, especially when they land on you or a friend

Sweet juicy oranges, or preferably cold clementines

Catching a toad, not a frog

Collecting rocks from a special place

Bare feet

A warm blanket

The Sunday paper, read in a certain order, at a slow pace, with coffee

Helping a lost dog find it’s family

Getting ready for vacation

Standing in a long line and striking up fun conversation instead of getting fidgety, and then when you get to the front, being really nice to the clerk

Helping someone old, even if it’s just with a smile

Making someone’s day

Someone making mine