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The Little Things in Life...

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  • 24-02-2010 4:59pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 16


    It's now official, reports have finally started to prove what we've known all along: that it's the little things in life that make us happy...

    Some of my faves...

    • popping bubble wrap
    • changing your mind
    • telling someone a secret
    • finding a ripe avocado
    • kicking dry leaves
    • playing air guitar
    • letting go to get a better hold
    • being nice unnecessarily
    • telling your old stories to someone new
    etc etc...

    What little joys in life make you feel the inner fuzzy? :o


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 711 ✭✭✭dammitjanet


    When I walk into my house and get a group hug from my nephews and niece

    Random chats with strangers

    When someone gives you right of way when you're driving

    Finding money in your pocket

    A good cuddle

    Someone making you dinner

    A really good coffee
    :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭Thomas828


    Riding my bike here, there and everywhere; reading a good book, a classic (right now I'm reading the Book of Revelations!); the peace and quiet of the small hours; hearing one of your favourite songs on the radio, or even better, over the tannoy at the shopping centre... and I'm sure I'll think of more.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,488 ✭✭✭pikachucheeks


    Random chats with strangers

    + 1.

    I had a great chat with a woman on the train months ago. She was so nice! We ended up reading a fashion magazine together and picking out stuff we liked. It totally restores your faith in humanity when strangers are nice to you!

    Little things that make me happy...

    A hot shower after a long day.

    When your bus arrives on time and you don't have to wait in the cold for hours.


  • Registered Users Posts: 9,032 ✭✭✭She Devil


    Sunshine on your face

    A cool breeze on a hot sunny day

    Hot sunny days! :D:D


  • Registered Users Posts: 629 ✭✭✭lizardfudge


    I like browsing in a €2 shop... taking photos of the products and saying to myself... "Wow! Just €2!"

    Case in point... this piggy bank:

    hatv.jpg

    Wow! Just €2!

    (Yes... I bought it)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 524 ✭✭✭gagiteebo


    +1 for the random chats with strangers

    Waking up and realising I still have another few hours in bed or better still, it's Saurday!!

    Going home to my mum and dad's, no matter how old I get nothing beats that feeling of going back to your childhood home and being in your comfort zone :)

    Making people laugh, giving compliments

    When a new episode of my favourite show comes on

    Sitting in comfortable silence with good friends

    My dog

    When a class goes well or when my students get something new that I've taught them :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 30,731 ✭✭✭✭princess-lala


    Bringing my mam shopping and her getting as excited as me when she sees all the shoes in New Look :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,136 ✭✭✭del88


    A few years back i traveled through Australia in a campervan for six months....the fridge in the campervan broke and i had no cold water...after 2 weeks in the outback i found a campsite that sold ice.....spent the whole night drinking glass after glass of ice cold water.......
    So that's my entry to the list......
    Ice cold water ..
    I'll add a few more tomorrow.......great post


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭Thomas828


    She Devil wrote: »
    Sunshine on your face

    A cool breeze on a hot sunny day

    Hot sunny days! :D:D

    +1. I love sunshine. I didn't always like it so much but last year I did what I should have been doing for a long time. I put my hand in my pocket and invested in a bottle of sunscreen. Now I don't have to worry about sunburn.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,488 ✭✭✭pikachucheeks


    Buying something you've had your eye on for ages.
    When you've saved for something, you appreciate it so much more.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭Thomas828


    The sound of heavy rain - as long as you're indoors of course.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,540 ✭✭✭Giselle


    *Lying in a hot bath on a cold day in the middle of the afternoon.

    *Finding something that you wanted but was too expensive, on sale at half-price.

    *Being told you look good, when you thought differently.

    *Getting to know someone you thought you wouldn't like and discovering how nice they are.

    *Small babies laughing their hearts out.

    *Getting an unexpected email or text from a friend you haven't seen for a while, saying they miss you.

    *Smiles from total strangers.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭Taz86


    Popping on a record I'm really into at that particular moment and dancing round the room and singing into the hairbrush whileposing in front of the mirror! Am I sad or what :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,810 ✭✭✭Mackman


    Taz86 wrote: »
    Popping on a record I'm really into at that particular moment and dancing round the room and singing into the hairbrush whileposing in front of the mirror! Am I sad or what :D

    Yep :p

    A few of mine,

    A ciggarette after a big meal

    An ice cold beer after 18 holes of golf in 30 degree heat

    Waking up, thinking you have to work, then realising its saturday

    Getting post from home (anything)

    Seeing my baby nephew laugh

    Buying an album you're not sure of, then finding out you love it


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭Taz86


    Mackman wrote: »
    Yep :p

    A few of mine,

    A ciggarette after a big meal

    An ice cold beer after 18 holes of golf in 30 degree heat

    Waking up, thinking you have to work, then realising its saturday

    Getting post from home (anything)

    Seeing my baby nephew laugh

    Buying an album you're not sure of, then finding out you love it

    Oi! Ya cheeky git! Mmmm, 'an ice cold beer' - I was dreaming of a nice cold Bulmers today while in work looking out at the sun! Nothing like sitting out in the beer garden on a sunny day.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,080 ✭✭✭McChubbin


    I like browsing in a €2 shop... taking photos of the products and saying to myself... "Wow! Just €2!"

    Case in point... this piggy bank:

    hatv.jpg

    Wow! Just €2!

    (Yes... I bought it)

    Huzzah for €2 shops! I bought myself a handheld bubble machine today! T'is spiffy!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,885 ✭✭✭Getwellsoon


    - finding bargains in charity shops

    - stopping to pet a kitty or a little puppy

    - happy and polite people

    - riding my bike

    - lazing in the warmth of the sun

    - hot apple and blackberry crumble

    - long showers

    - looking at the sea


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,248 ✭✭✭Slow Show


    Having a long chat with a friend you haven't talked to properly in ages
    Smiles
    Hugs
    Texts
    Things to look forward to
    :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭Thomas828


    Freshly laundered clothes and bedsheets; the feeling you have when you've just had a bath and washed your hair; the atmosphere of your home after a thorough spring clean-out.


  • Registered Users Posts: 629 ✭✭✭lizardfudge


    Pulling a massive lump of fluff out of your belly button!

    So satisfying...

    If only I could gather together all the fluff I've yanked out of there over the years and make a jumper... that would be one cosy jumper!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭Thomas828


    Being able to surf the net on your mobile phone. This was barely imaginable even ten years ago.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭Little Acorn


    Getting a cup of tea brought to in bed in the morning, or else having a lovely breakfast made for you when you weren't expecting it.

    Hearing your favourite song come on the radio-especially if in the car or in work.

    Finding a bell pepper, that has a little mini pepper inside it-dunno why but makes me smile.

    That mixture excitement and nerves you get at a funfair in the queue for a scary ride.
    -or the butterflies in the stomach, anticipation type of excitement the night before you have a really fun day or event planned.

    Time alone, cozy in a fleecy blanket on couch, with a great book and some pringles and salsa dip to snack on.

    An unexpected hug or kiss.
    :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭E.T.


    Seeing daisies come up on the lawn and knowing summer's finally arriving!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23 PlayMusiC.SCT


    Cuddling with a sweetheart on a rainy day .

    Clear blue skies

    ****ting big healthy turds

    A full tank of petrol

    Dancing like a nob and having fun

    Mad nights out!

    Cozy nights inn!:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,131 ✭✭✭MissHoneyBun


    Crispy duck pancakes with a glass of vino on the sofa with himself, bliss


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    Really beautiful dusk sky, with all the red, orange, blue, yellow.

    Or if I am driving along and I see something which I think is just a beautiful scene,
    could be just a field with a tree in it, or a mountain, or anything.

    When I make a meal and it turns out exactly the way I like it.

    Or if I see someone smiling, or a dog wagging it's tale.
    Smiling especially, I think that is contagious.


  • Registered Users Posts: 78 ✭✭deasyd


    Reggae music on a hot sunny day In Tramore. Particularly Bob Marley, The Fugees and UB40 and I'm not a stoner.

    Don't wory be happy :)

    Come one the summer!!!


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭me_right_one


    Getting a job finished - satisfaction

    When my babe tells me she loves me (fave)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 335 ✭✭LeahK


    Waking up on a Saturday to the sun shining in your window.

    Smell of freshly cut grass

    Having to go a size down in clothes so they fit

    My boyfriends Arnold Swarchenegger impression

    Getting your back scratched when its itchy

    Clean bedsheets and pj's after a shower on a cold night

    The moment you hand up a college assignment!

    :)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 631 ✭✭✭neil_18_


    Hank_Jones wrote: »
    Really beautiful dusk sky, with all the red, orange, blue, yellow.

    Or if I am driving along and I see something which I think is just a beautiful scene,
    could be just a field with a tree in it, or a mountain, or anything.

    When I make a meal and it turns out exactly the way I like it.

    Or if I see someone smiling, or a dog wagging it's tale.
    Smiling especially, I think that is contagious.

    When i see a dog smiling, i swear, i smile and laugh all day.

    smiling_dog.jpg

    I should come to this forum more often! Better than the doom and gloom in every other forum!:D


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