Natural Highs to Brighten Your Day
1. Road trips with friends.
2. Laughing so hard your face hurts.
3. A hot shower.
4. No lines at the grocery store.
5. Midnight phone calls that last for hours.
6. Getting mail… REAL mail, not email or bills.
7. Taking a drive on a pretty road.
8. Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.
9. Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
10. Hot towels fresh out of the dryer.
11. Chocolate milkshake (or vanilla or strawberry).
12. Having someone play with your hair.
13. Knowing that someone misses you.
15. The beach.
16. Finding a 20 dollar bill in your coat from last winter.
17. Laughing at yourself.
18. Looking into their eyes and knowing they love you.
19. Getting a hug from someone you care about deeply.
20. Running through sprinklers.
21. Swinging on swings.
22. Having someone tell you that you’re beautiful.
23. Making eye contact with a cute stranger.
24. Watching the sunrise or sunset.
25. Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.
26. Your first kiss (either the very first or with a new partner).
27. Spending time with old friends.
28. Playing with a puppy.
29. Watching the expression on someone’s face as they open a much desired present from you.
30. Holding hands with someone you care about.
31. Making chocolate chip cookies.
32. The smell of fresh cut grass or baking bread.
33. A hairdresser who makes you feel like a princess
34. Spending time with nieces or nephews (or your own kids)
35. Disneyland!
Great list – I’ll comment more in a bit — got to get the youn ens’ to bed right now!
I lived over a bakery for a couple of years in Germany and it was incredible. All I had to do was walk downstairs and get hot bread… it was something that I could not resist doing EVERY day i was there. I didn’t need an alarm clock… the smell woke me every day!!!
What a fabulous experience! I would’ve been the bakery’s best customer. What were you doing in Germany?
What a perfect list. I would add just one more (for my sake: Finding one more M&M in the bag just before you throw it away.
You’re right… I love it when that happens!
Let’s see; you forgot:
Hot chocolate
Properly cooked bacon and eggs
Grapefruit
Apple juice
Ravel’s ‘Bolero’
Driving a 50 year old sports car
Watching re-runs of M*A*S*H and Cheers!
… and many more, but I’ll leave some for someone else.
I agree with you on ALL of those except grapefruit. You left off blood sausage.
I love this list…especially the one about overhearing somebody say something nice about you.
It doesn’t happen often but I love it when it does.
Feeling nervous about something (new job, turning up at a party by yourself) and then having a giggle, realising how nice it is to still feel nervous about things at 30…or however old you are. I still feel dammit
Fresh mango
Hot shower after a particularly gruelling work-out
The first Cadbury’s Creme Egg of the season.
Settling on the couch to watch x number of your fave show in dvd box set. (chocolate, wine, other consumables optional)
Cup of tea made by the tea-lady after year 10s 2nd period
The smell of my hairy airedale after his bath – wool wash and clean doggy and the grass he has just rolled in.
Loved your list.
Lol – missed out – getting so drunk your face goes numb
I find immeasurable happiness with my favorite shows on DVD. In fact, since my cable doesn’t get set up until Saturday I’ve been watching those shows each night.
I was in the Army for a period and I coached Semi-Pro football in Germany. The team paid for my apartment in the small town…it was an amazing perk!!!!!
You mean soccer? VERY COOL! In the Army and a coach. Not quite sure how that all worked but I bet you had some amazing adventures.
oh, just reading through that got a bit of a high going…thanks!
Romi… your site cracks me up. You are hysterical.
#11 – My favorite smell! Love that!
#32 – It smells even better when you are the one who made it….
#19 – Hugs can make up for an entire day of complete shittiness.
#23 – making eye contact with a perfect stranger and getting a smile, that will make my day anytime!
#22 – I think I’m guilty of flattering you on more than one occassion…
I can think of a few things I would add to this list, but one that stands out for me:
Having the lead singer dedicate her next song to you.
Makes me swoon every time.
You’re right: hugs DO make up for an entire day of shittiness. I’ve been having a few shitty days lately and could certainly use a hug because chocolate just isn’t cutting it right now.
If I lived a little less than 3000 miles away, I would be there in a heartbeat to offer a hug or two
You’re very sweet. A hug from you would be most welcome.
Nah…real American tackle football. The NFL was just making its’ NFL Europe push in the early 90’s and a part of that was a grassroots effort to integrate American football into European society at the local level. I coached and played on one of those teams for four years in a small German town. Unfortunately, the team disbanded the year after I left.
Still very impressive!
The stories are endless. Those were four incredible years…
>>You left off blood sausage. <<
We call it black pudding, and I used to love it … still do, but I must only eat small portions of it very occasionally.
Sorry, but I can’t agree with you on this one. To me, eating blood sausage is like eating a scab. But then again, I don’t like traditional American staples like peanut butter and jelly or hot dogs.