Well, I thought to put up topic like this... An idea is that we think everything which is good, positive and enjoyable and then list them. I want to see how long is the final list we've compiled.
Please count earlier suggestions in your message and add your suggestion(s) after them.
Let me start:
1. Taking a warm bath.
2. A cup of hot chocolate.
3. A cold night in winter when you're sitting in the front of a fireplace and looking a snowstorm outside of a window.
4. When someone are smiling to you.
5. Eating sweeties and chips.
6. A feeling of success when you've solved a knotty math exercise or got on with a difficult horse.
7. Melted Chocolate
8. Winning a class
9. Jumping a clear
10. Your horse showing it loves you
11. Flat out gallop to blow away the cobwebs of school/work
12. Fresh country air
13. Sunrise/sunset
14. the creak of a porch swing when all else is still and quiet
15. a kitten purring on your shoulder
16. holding a sleeping baby
17. the smell of a horse
18. a new haircut
19. leaving work after being there 10 hours
20. Taking a cool shower after a hard, hot day of riding
21. Seeing a foal stand for the first time
22. The feeling you get when your hard work pays off (for anything in life)
23. Getting kissed for the first time
24. Driving in the country with all the windows down
25. The smell of a clean barn with shavings
26. the smell of fresh cut hay
27. Being loved by someone you love
28. The smell of horses
29. Watching lightning storms
30. When a horse puts its head to your stomach
31. Summer days
32. Being hugged
33. Getting email letters from old friends that aren't just fwd jokes
34. Hot tea and gingersnaps on a cold day
35. The smell of leaves in the fall
36. That first warm day in the spring
37. Puppy bellys
38. Sunlit shadows through lace curtains
39. Visits with sisters
40. Kissing baby lips and cheeks
41. Cup of ice cold milk
42. Winter’s first snow
43. A warm embrace
44. A kiss on the forehead
45. The feeling of triumph
46. A nuzzle from your horse
47. Clouds
48. The smell of a newborn baby
49. Your child saying “I wuv you”
50. A pair of jeans that fit just right
51. A bra that does what it’s supposed to
52. Fresh banana bread
53. Dogs showing they know you’re sad
54. Brisk fall air
55. Fall colors
57. Waking up to the smell of cooking bacon.
58. Discovering a new book from your current favorite author
59. Christmas lights on the front porch
60. The number one thing of all time - puppy breath ( number two is puppy bellies, like Vidaloco said.)
61. new regular white work socks.
62, the smell of burning leaves in the fall.
63. the rumble of a muscle car's engine
64. a neck hug from a horse
65. getting a new eyeliner pencil
66. the smell of a homecooked pancake breakfast
67. the smell of a homecooked dinner
68. the sight of a favorite movie on the tv
69. only seeing blue at the horseshows
69. conquering a new, higher jump with ur horse for the first time
70. getting a package in the mail
71. the feel and smell of Christmas morning
72. being with family on Christmas eve night
73. walking out of work/school to your first day of vacation
74. getting a cold drink on a hot day
75. the first snow of winter
76. meeting up with old friends
77. Saying "I DO" and realizing that you really mean it.
78. Hearing that nicker that says hello, not feed me.
79. Grandma's hands holding your's
80. Hearing your kids really laugh...honest and pure.
81. Colours of autumn
82. Kiss with someone under light of a lamp-post when snow is falling.
83. Calm, dusk room in evening (you know this time of a day when everything is blue and silent).
94. Horses
95. The smell of freshly cut grass
96. The sound of the lawn mower
97. Feeling beautiful and confident
98. Watching lovers hold hands
99. Vanilla candles
100. Being made love to, lol
101. lying in bed listening to the sound of rain on a tin roof
102. listening to horses eating hay
103. sitting beside a creek with your toes in the water
I don't mean to interupt the flow but this reminds me so much of my "things to be grateful for" list I used to make everyday. I made a point to think of at least one thing to add every day.
Everyone has come up with such lovely things that bring thankful thoughts to mind. I want to thank all of you for posting here and sharing yours.
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