- My husband. Handsome and true
- Freya. Our foundling kitty
- My sisters. Two of “The Sisters Three”
- Snow
- Sun
- Crunching leaves in the fall
- An evening with friends
- Aerobics
- Yoga
- My friends at Aerobics and Yoga
- Thoughts of my parents – deceased just this year
- Sewing
- Gardening
- Reading
- Traveling
- Did I mention traveling?
- Hiking
- Cooking – not baking
- Birds of ALL kinds
- The sound of water – lakes, rivers, the ocean
- My friend’s cabin in Colorado
- My friend in Colorado
- Polka dots
- The color green
- Or red
- Candlelight
- Lavender
- Black and white photos
- Coffee
- Tea
- Tennis
- Velvet
- My best friend’s children
- A good pair of reading glasses
- Rain! Oh, yes I love rain.
- Touching base with old friends on Facebook
- Audiobooks
- Clean sheets, dried in the sun
- Wearing sweatpants all day
- A good haircut
- Laughing children
- The call of a raven
- A blue heron in flight
- The sound of crickets
- Drums
- Dancing, dancing, dancing
- My writing desk – three stories up in the trees
- Christmas garlands
- Horses
- Seltzer water
Here’s how this works: set a timer for 15 minutes; timing this is critical. Once you start the timer, start your list. The goal is to write 50 things that made you happy in 2016, or 50 thing that you feel grateful for. The idea is to not think too hard; just write what comes to mind in the time allotted. You may find that if you use numbered mode, and just type what comes to mind, like me you will have enough time for more than 50. When the timer’s done, stop writing. Finish whatever sentence you’re on, but don’t add more. If you haven’t written 50 things, that’s ok. If you have more than 50 things and still have time, keep writing; you can’t feel too happy or too grateful! Add the photos, links, instructions, etc after you finish the list––the timer doesn’t matter for getting these details down; it applies to the list itself.
To join us for this project: 1) Write your post and publish it (please copy and paste the instructions from this post, into yours) 2) Click on the blue frog at the very bottom of this post. 3) That will take you to another window, where you can paste the URL to your post. (folks have trouble with this, but it’s not that hard. 4)Follow the prompts, and your post will be added to the Blog Party List. Please note: the InLinkz will expire on January 3, 2017. After that date, no blogs can be added. Scan to the bottom of this post to find the inlinkz.
Please note that only blog posts that include a list of 50 (or an attempt to write 50) things that made you feel Happy or 50 things that you are Grateful for, will be included. Please don’t add a link to a post that isn’t part of this exercise; Dawn will remove it. Aside from that one caveat, there is no such thing as too much positivity. Share your happy thoughts, your gratitude; be creative; be happy and grateful, and help us flood the blogosphere with both!
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