Walking in the Light

No worries, I was the firstborn child. I am in no way suffering from any kind of angst or depression. That's the middle child's damage. But it is exceedingly difficult to think of 100 things that make me happy. I got all the way up to 73, but that's it.

I'm not talking about big ideas. Just little things. Look, I'll show you the 73 that I've got.

But this is the challenge for you guys - try it. Try to sit down and write out 100 things that make you happy. I think you'll be surprised at how hard it is - and what kind of things come to mind. And if you can get it, post it. I'll be looking out for it.

Here goes:

100 Things That Make Me Happy

1) Jesus

2) My mom

3) My family of friends

4) Being out in the middle of the night

5) Watching bad movies with friends (and commenting on them)

6) Taking walks with people

7) Finishing a good book

8) Suspense (Movies, Books, TV Shows, etc.)

9) Overcast days (not rainy, just cloudy)

10) Pop Culture References

11) The smell and (especially) the sound of coffee percolating

12) Crème Brule

13) Being thought of

14) The smell of bouillon cubes

15) Dreaming

16) Doing themed things

17) Light, meaningless music

18) Laughing

19) Getting little gifts that are really simple but thoughtful

20) Pan’s Labyrinth

21) Fuzzy slipper socks

22) Socks that are right out of the dryer

23) Romantic Ideas (Not like lovey romantic but just Romanticism)

24) The cups at Charlie’s Coffee

25) Studying with people

26) Hanging out with my boys

27) Discovering songs I really, really like

28) Eating the marshmallows from the Lucky Charms

29) Wearing fun/silly T-shirts

30) Getting mail (Especially letters) or e-mail from someone

31) Poetry with really sensual, tangible language

32) LOST

33) Really colorful flowers that are growing in a totally random place

34) Coffee

35) Looking at people I love

36) Staying up late watching TV

37) Staying up all night reading a book because it’s so good you can’t put it down

38) E.L. Fudge cookies

39) Honey

40) Fruits Basket (and analyzing the characters)

41) Finishing work

42) Jigsaw Puzzles

43) Reading

44) Raw Cookie Dough

45) Pop Culture References

46) TV on DVD

47) Making cake and/or brownies

48) Lorelai Gilmore

49) Girl Scout Cookie Season

50) Hitting the Snooze Button

51) How the French word for Blueberries is Bleuets.

52) Dark chocolate

53) Meaningful Conversations

54) Milk

55) Being true to myself

56) Mawsy and Poppa

57) Hot baths

58) Bubbles

59) Slush Puppies

60) Falling asleep to a lightening storm

61) Foreign Films

62) Pomegranate Juice (Pom Wonderful)

63) Beethoven’s 9^th Symphony

64) Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite

65) The Smell of Cocoa Butter

66) Finishing a hard workout, run, or plyometrics

67) Cooking something that looks AND tastes good

68) Deconstructive Reading

69) The sound of a whistling tea kettle

70) Mary

71) The Rosary

72) Smoking pipe with my boys

73) My futon