Episode 138: A Pillow Fight that Ends With Laughter
A list of things that might make you happy, day in and day out. A list of happy things for when you're feeling down.
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Looking up houses online in neighborhoods you’d like to live in, looking through the rooms and daydreaming.
Using an egg beater to make whipped cream.
Saying their name over and over, the most beautiful sound you’ve heard in ages.
A clean sheet of paper, ready for your thoughts and scribblings.
Watching the leaves change, day after day, slowly into golds and oranges.
Feeling energized after a hard workout.
Putting together a quilt, sewing the patches together.
A pillow fight that ends with out of breath laughter.
Wandering around an airport lounge with time to kill, watching the other passengers.
When someone visits a place you love, and sends back glowing reports.
Repairing something that was broken, letting it become useful and beautiful again.
Gently watering and taking care of a new plant.
A super powerful breath mint that surprises you with how strong it is.
Testing out speakers in a store, listening to loud music and dancing in the aisles.
Playing with flashlights in a dark room, making light patterns and seeing things differently.
Narrow streets in a small Italian town, the apartments rising high on either side of you.
When a song you love comes on the radio.
Talking through all your plans to visit a far off place, making your little lists.
Remembering all the reasons you started something in the first place.
Realizing that finding joy as often as you can takes some practice.
Happiness Spells Podcast is a five minute list of all the greatest pleasures and smallest joys in life. Increase your capacity for positivity, curiosity and gratitude.
This episode of Happiness Spells was written, arranged, recorded and produced by Amanda Meyncke in Temecula, CA. Our music is by Chris Zabriskie.