Episode 141: Kick Off Your Shoes and Dance in the Grass

The world made right through noticing the littlest things. So let's celebrate all of them.

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Pistachio ice cream.

Washing your hair, how soft and clean it is.

Sitting in a comfy chair in a hotel lobby, making up stories about all the people going to and fro.

Flipping through a book of English idioms, learning funny turns of phrase.

A good jean jacket with a popped collar.

Walking along a rainy beach on your own, the wind in the trees and the gray ocean alongside you.

Rolling a sprig of rosemary between your hands, smelling that spicy scent deeply.

An encouraging word, from someone who doesn’t know you.

The hush of the library in the afternoon.

Planning a big meal with whomever you call family.

Listening to Ann Patchett talk about writing, how inspired you feel by her words and thoughts.

Watching butterflies float along, as if on a butterfly highway.

When someone lets you go in front of them in line.

Putting a paper bag out for the cat, watching it play in the bag for hours.

Sitting in therapy, week after week, talking about everything.

Freckles all over your beautiful face.

Sprinkling colorful sprinkles on a sugar cookie.

When someone turns in your lost wallet, and everything’s still safe inside.

Making a copy of your house key for a trusted friend.

Swirling cream into steaming tea, the two colors blending beautifully.

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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.