5. Toes

Sometimes I wake up in the mronign and I am jsut down...depressed about my job, having to go to work, not getting enough sleep, LIFE ITSELF !
so i drag myself to brush my teeth, get dressed and rush out...somewhere in the car my happiness thing kicks in and i try to appreciate things i have..to pick myself up...
a good one ilike is...
Im so lucky to have toes! 10 toes ! 10 awesome toes to help me drag my sorry self out fo bed every day withotu a second thought and move....10 awesome toes that let me walk to my car without having to use a cane, crutches, a wheelchair, or a paraplegic ! Happy ican move, ambuylate, come and go as i please - What would life be like if i couldnt ? If i needed someones help to get out of bed how would i feel then ? Happy i can run to chase my little daughter aorund the house, go shopping, go walking, running...
and if you do need help, at least youre lucky you can get help. OR lucky you live in a time where the government will sometimes help out with an aide, or that we have modern medicine that soemtiems lets peoepl who couldnt walk -walk ! And if your paraplegic, lucky we have mdoern wheelchairs to elyt you get around............

-im happy i have toes, 10 of them, all fucntional........lucky me.......some people arent that lucky...

4. Wife

Sitting here tryin to study, and my wife is acroos the table doing the same, chilling.
-Having companionship with a loved one makes one happy, how lucky we are to have found our true loves........
-and if you havnt found yours yet, be happy you can go out and find one
and if youre tired of searching, at least know theres always hope..soem hope..that your future person is searching for you right now....
happy not to be alone........

3. Music

I am sitting here doing work [studying for boards] while listening to music on Pandora. Good stuff, making me feel good
-happy i have such easy access to music, something new to humanity
-happy i can HEAR, some people out there can not hear well, due to congenital defects, tumors, old age.....
-happy i have a brain able to appreciate music and some weird emotinoal repsonse to music that moves me....

2. bedbugs

I know someone with bedbugs. Theyre freaking out. But he has come to appreciate how lucky he was before he had bedbugs. Thats a hard thing to do. Appreciate not having problems. That does make one happy. There are so many problems out there. How lucky we are not to have them!
More on that later.
As for him, he his happy we live in a time where one can just call someone else to get rid of the bugs. Easy. That makes one happy i think -realizing how lucky we are to live in the present time where technology lets us solve problems. And, as an added bonus....he replaced his old bed which gave him no end of back problems. Sometimes problems brigns more happiness that not having problems too!
Food for thought

-be happy we live now and not 1000 years ago
-be happy we have our life chaning technology
-be happy when its easy to solve problems
-bbe happy you dont have some horrible problems others have

1 Thanksgiving

I am happy because its Thanksgiving. My family doesnt celebrate it much, but I think beign ablketo appreciate things makes one happy. A person who never stops and looks at what he HAS in his life, never appreciates how lucky he is. Socrates was right

I am happy because...

Sometimes a person can have days where nothing seems to go right or where you just wake up and feel a bit 'down and out' or depressed about career, family, health problems, money issues, little things, big things, so many possible things.....or just life itself.
I find that when this happens, If i focus on the good things in my life, big and small, it helps me better appreciate how lucky I really am, how much good I have in my life [ a lot !] and it inevitably brings me back to my normal happy-go-lucky-state.
Happiness is an attitude, but sometimes it take an effort to overcome things that we think can bring us down.
Ill try to post once a day
Be happy ! Appreciate what you have !