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Earlier this week I was reading a post on a blog by a lovely lady called Andie which is 101 things in 1001 days.  Andie has 101 goals to accomplish and one of those goals is to list 100 things that make her happy.  I thought that was a great idea and it inspired me to pen my own 100 things.   So later that day I sat down and began to write type, all the while picturing myself feeling happy and listing all the pictures and feelings that came into my mind.  One hundred of them flowed out pretty easily – there was a bit of a pause around the #28 mark when I looked at the number wondered if I would get to 100.  I didn’t try to list big or ‘deep’ things as I believe it is in the small that our lives are lived, moment by moment.  Happiness is felt in the now and I wrote the list from the place of what gives me happiness as it happens not so much what makes me happy over the longer term, though a few of them crept in as well.

My list was varied and I shan’t bore you will the complete 100 but shall give a few snippets to give you the gist.

#24 having a computer

#25 the internet

#96 travelling and holidays

#26 watching a good movie

#5 being me *flicks hair over shoulder*

#87 eating sushi in one of those places where it revolves around [love this]

#72 all the possibilities that are ahead of me

#88 warmth from the sun

#17 when I achieve a life time goal

#4 feeling loved

#36 going to sleep

Making the list reminded me how much happiness I have in my life [thanks Andie].  A lot of the things on my list cost nothing; they are gifted to me – like love or warmth from the sun.  Happiness is truly in the way we view things.  If we look for the goodness in all things that is what we shall find and being grateful for what we currently have in our lives instantly makes our life great.  Life is good if we decide it is good, similarly if we decide everything in our life is crap then a crap life is what we will get.

Whether we currently feel we have a little or a lot [especially in a material sense] if we look at all that makes us happy we instantly have a lot, we instantly live a rich life.  When you go shopping do you bother looking at the stuff to don’t like?

~ You might like to do your own list of 100 things that make you happy or even share some in the comments section below.  Either way it is focusing you on what is good and great in your life.  Sending the signal out to the universe that this is your life, your happy life.  What you focus on expands as they say, so focus on the happiness in your life and watch it grow.

Enjoy

above photo by renaissancechambara via Flickr [cc]

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Some other postings you might like:

Happiness, fulfilment – what’s stopping you?

Life is in the doing not the having

Allow your inner voice to speak

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#101 my ‘official’ two cups of morning coffee always makes me happy

photo by ballistik coffee boy via Flickr [cc]

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