It's the Little Things

1. Waking up to a sunny morning.

2. Opening a well-stocked refrigerator.

3. Receiving a high score on a project or paper.

4. Pay Day.

5. The cold side of the pillow.

6. Smiles on your family’s faces.

7. Smiles on your friends’ faces.

8. Running in to old teachers.

9. Watching the people you grew up with succeeding in life.

10. Reaching an exciting part in a book.

11. Looking through assignments from your junior high and elementary years.

12. Acting like a complete fool with your friends.

13. Watching an artist set foot on the stage at a concert.

14. Coming home to an ecstatic puppy.

15. Smelling popcorn at the movie theater.

16. The warmth of clothes after they leave the dryer.

17. Going to your favorite store and finding a store-wide sale.

18. Going to movies on the nights they premiere.

19. Flying with a window-side seat.

20. Stepping foot on the beach.

21. Freshly-baked brownies and cookies.

22. When strangers hold doors open for you.

23. Greetings from passersby.

24. A fountain drink after going without soda for an extensive period of time.

25. When a song from your childhood comes on the radio.

26. Staring into a bonfire . . .

27. . . . and the smell of a bonfire.

28. Driving with the windows down.

29. Going to the dentist and leaving with a positive report.

30. Finishing homework early enough for a movie night.

31. Leafing through old books – you know the smell.

32. Finding antiques at a rummage sale.

33. Going to the library.

34. Looking through old family albums.

35. Looking at a city from up above.

36. Christmas lights.

37. Christmas morning.

38. Dropping your phone and not cracking the screen.

39. The appearance of fresh fallen snow.

40. Finding DIY projects on Pinterest.

41. Actually completing a DIY project on Pinterest.

42. Getting new school supplies.

43. The smell of candles.

44. Sitting under a shady tree.

45. People-watching.

46. Breakfast for dinner.

47. Watching scary movies at night.

48. Receiving your high school diploma.

49. The smell of coffee.

50. The feeling after writing something with which you are proud.