I’m sure we’ve all been inundated by the ‘Happiness Is…’ posts on Facebook – little things that make people happy demonstrated by a cartoon representation.
While I didn’t associate with most because several of them were personally generated. For example: Happiness is… having confidence to take over the world. Not.
Trying to stay close to reality here, here are a couple of things that make me happy. Unconditionally happy.
So, to me – happiness is…
– Sitting alone in a cafe with a book and my thoughts. Of course the right company only adds
– Floating with eyes shut in a pool when there’s no one around
– Thunderstorms
– Baking that chocolate cake, and licking the batter off the spatula whilst the kitchen is filled with aroma
– Seeing the parents happy, and at peace
– Petrichor. Every time
– Stumbling across a song and playing it on loop all day long
– Spending New Year’s eve with pizza, cake and an arsenal of movies I’ve watched numerous times
– A crisp winter morning. Bundling up, and taking a walk
– Seeing the Sun melt into the horizon, while streaking the sky a million hues of orange and pink
– Flipping through old photographs. Sometimes.
– Waking up one morning feeling beautiful, and spending the whole day glowing
– Free WiFi when you’re travelling
– Drawing things on steamed mirrors after a hot bath
– Whipped cream
– Whipped cream
– Conversations with people involving no sms language
– Abstract poetry
– Abstract poetry
– Seeing that familiar name flashing on your phone. Without a reason or occasion
– Being gently rocked to sleep while on a train. After slurping down the tomato soup, of course
– Having a pet to come home to
– Doing the laundry and have hands smelling of fabric softener
– Reaching out for the volume knob at the same time as someone else
– Hot chocolate and marshmallows
– The idea of autumn
– The idea of autumn
– Planning the annual Harry Potter, LOTR and SATC re-runs
– Taking perfect droplet pictures; and finding people who appreciate them
– Gloating over three hard drives full of movies, series and all things precious
– Ambling around in a book store and smelling all the new books, discreetly – of course
– Travel planning! Making heaps of documents and grids on Google Drive – then have them come to life
– Finding that perfect topic to write about, and feel immensely satisfied after clicking on ‘Publish’
– Standing in the middle of a sweet shop. Bengali, North Indian, Pastry – bring them on!
– Helium balloons
– Sitting down with old National Geographic magazines on the tiled floor, in a sunny spot
– Sitting down with old National Geographic magazines on the tiled floor, in a sunny spot
– Having an enviable collection of colourful socks
– Writing letters, and receiving mail
– Blueberry cheesecake
I’ve just consumed an entire Mars bar while writing this – not to forget to mention, I’m beaming!
This list will definitely be revisited!
You should try it as well 🙂
Wow. This post made me happy 🙂
Ofcourse there are many others in the list too..
One of the many being the colorful socks. I have a drawer full of them 😀
I'm totally flicking this idea, if you don't mind that is 😉
I'm so looking forward 🙂
I was looking at one of those random 'Happiness is…' posts and thought that it would be a constructive use of time to put all this positivity in one place.
Socks are the best! 😀
And yes yes, I'd love to read your list!
This was perfect. Loved it.
🙂 Thanks, Bhardwaj!