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The small things in life that make you happy
« on: November 19, 2014, 07:47:04 pm »
In the service of balance I think we needed a thread like this. So:

When my random shuffle plays a song I'm really into.

My cat purring.

Finding a book in a used book store that I've been looking for.

Strangers smiling at you and wishing you a good day.

Freshly ground coffee.

Civilised queues for boarding a bus.

Popcorn clouds.

A sharp and clear autumn morning.

Re-reading Plato.

etc etc.









« Last Edit: December 30, 2023, 12:03:47 am by John C »
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2014, 07:50:14 pm »
Your avatar does service to this thread.
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2014, 08:14:07 pm »
The feeling you get when you just walked out of a warm place onto the windy, cold and yet reinvigorating street. I love everything about it: the first sensations of the winds coming to you, the smell of coldness and the general feeling of being free;

Random good deeds or just politeness from strangers;

The smell of salty, seasoned rice stemming from the little hole on the lid of the rice cooker;

Bubble wrap;

How I feel just before I fall asleep;

People smiling at you when your eye randomly cross;

The stains on the pillars of the gates I walk past every morning that look like poetic faces;

Being in movement, be it on a bus, train, car or just walking around;

Sleeping in a park;

Foggy autumn mornings;

The 'good deed feed' on the Metro I sometimes read on the morning bus;

Absolutely anything related to the Beach Boys, like finding a single CD no one knows or care about and thanking the world for the existence of the kind soul that bothered to put it up for sale in the shop;

Walking into a new city as you come out of the station or airport and feeling its smell for the first time, however unpleasant, as each city has a unique odour;

Everything my dog does, however minor or irrelevant;

And loads more. I just realised there are much more things that make me happy than things that piss me off  ;D

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2014, 08:18:44 pm »
Being all wrapped up on a freezing cold, clear winter evening with the smell of open fires in the air. Wasting an afternoon just people-watching because you don't have anywhere else that you need to be. Journeys to new places with my headphones in, daydreaming. Cats.

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2014, 08:24:43 pm »
Chocolate
Giggles
Running through leaves in the Autumn
Randomness
Cuddles
Ben & Jerry's
Laughing at fuck all
Cheeky glasses of wine
Fat pants
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My cats little poos

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2014, 08:26:30 pm »
Getting a hug from my kid for no reason. Nothing makes me happier.
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2014, 08:27:52 pm »
When you get home and something you've ordered online is sitting there for you

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2014, 08:31:02 pm »
Warm shower on a Friday night

Getting up in the morning and realising it's Saturday

When I stroke my cat and it looks back to see who it is. And the way it meows

Getting texts off my fiancee

When mum shouts "come downstairs, dinners ready!"

Boxing nights with my mates

When my Youtube video loads immadiately on HD 1080p

Hearing the delivery guy knock on the door

Finding what I was looking for on eBay and for a cheap price too

When the car starts to get warm on a cold day

Man Utd losing

When my manager fucks off for a meeting so I can browse any website I want for an hour

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2014, 08:34:21 pm »
Waking up early and feeling energetic instead of pissed off and tired.

When you think it's something like 10-11pm but it's only about 6-7pm and you've still got a bit of time left to do things(because of these early nights)

Acknowledgement of some kind for doing a small favour for someone.

When a song that I love but hasn't been on my mind comes on the radio randomly
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2014, 08:52:54 pm »
Buying perfume for the missus at John Lewis and getting told theres 20% discount that day.

Riding the bike on a sunny day

Getting parts for my other bike on Ebay on the cheap

My kids - theyre 6 and 4 so I can class them as small even though in reality they are massive things in my life.
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2014, 08:53:26 pm »
Relaxing on a Saturday/Sunday daytime watching football to my hearts content. I don't care if I've been working all week and should do 'something productive' with my weekend like visit a National Trust place.
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2014, 09:05:25 pm »
Books
Gadgets
Learning new things
Making other people happy
“Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #12 on: November 19, 2014, 09:09:06 pm »
My penis.
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #13 on: November 19, 2014, 09:09:59 pm »
Having a shit in peace.
If he retires I'll eat my fucking cock.

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2014, 09:10:06 pm »
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #15 on: November 19, 2014, 09:15:45 pm »
Pleasant people on public transport.
Messing about with a football.
Koka Noodles.

Having a shit in peace.

A one wipe shit is something truly special.

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2014, 09:20:16 pm »
Red wine, food, music, living where I live
Manchester United could win fifty titles, but they will always be the Rolling Stones of football. Good, just not quite that band from Liverpool.

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #17 on: November 19, 2014, 09:23:04 pm »
Getting home from a business trip and sseing my daughters face as I walk through the door.

Not cats.
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #18 on: November 19, 2014, 09:26:18 pm »
iPod, Rotring rapidographs, lying down on fresh bedsheets, poetry, finding money in pockets, daughter's smile, wife talking dirty, kicking piles of fallen leaves, throwing rocks in the sea, driving fast on an empty stretch of road in the middle of the night...

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #19 on: November 19, 2014, 09:28:33 pm »
A one wipe shit is something truly special.

Love having a no-wiper that pops out like a bar of wet soap, sign of good diet and digestion, world class shitting.

Since the loo roll is clean, it means a free tissue, great if you're in a tight spot and need to blow your nose.
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #20 on: November 19, 2014, 09:29:06 pm »
Nothing makes me happier than the misery of others, especially old people, animals and children.

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #21 on: November 19, 2014, 09:30:33 pm »
Nothing makes me happier than the misery of others, especially old people, animals and children.
:lmao
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #22 on: November 19, 2014, 09:46:14 pm »
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #23 on: November 19, 2014, 09:49:54 pm »
Prozac!
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #24 on: November 19, 2014, 09:55:53 pm »
Was on the train the other day, pulled out a granola-type bar for a snack. See someone motioning out the corner of my eye. This fella across from me had just pulled out the exact same bar, sort of signalled to me as if to say, yeah, is right mate.

Cracked me up for some reason

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #25 on: November 19, 2014, 10:19:07 pm »
Nothing makes me happier than the misery of others, especially old people, animals and children.
:lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #26 on: November 20, 2014, 12:08:52 am »
Great idea for a thread!

* Rain - the sound, the smell, the neon lights that gets reflected in the street. Wearing an umbrella under it. Watching it in the summer on a patio in the country.

* A perfectly ripe peach.

* Sitting at the very back of a tram and looking backwards whilst listening to a good song. Best music video ever.

* Waking up after having slept 8 straight hours.

There's a lot more!
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #27 on: November 20, 2014, 12:09:49 am »
Swimming in the ocean after not having done it for a good while!
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #28 on: November 20, 2014, 12:28:49 am »
People thanking me when I stop at a zebra crossing to let them through.

Having my studies at uni completely under control, which, unfortunately, happens rarely.
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #29 on: November 20, 2014, 12:39:28 am »
Winning at 5 aside, a sweet feeling

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #30 on: November 20, 2014, 03:40:18 am »
no blood in my stools

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #31 on: November 20, 2014, 04:20:07 am »
A nice sunset

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #32 on: November 20, 2014, 06:18:37 am »
Humans and animals living in perfect harmony.

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #33 on: November 20, 2014, 06:33:38 am »
Roasted Potatoes

Home-made burgers

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #34 on: November 20, 2014, 06:35:28 am »
Seeing others happy.
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #35 on: November 20, 2014, 09:30:01 am »
the spontaneous affection of my kids.

driving home on a Friday with a good cd on.

the joy of "discovering" a new author/director/band.

lazy holidays.
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #36 on: November 20, 2014, 11:03:44 am »
People laughing.
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #37 on: November 20, 2014, 11:16:41 am »
A cup of Earl Grey tea
Toasted sourdough with lashing of butter and marmalade
Good coffee
Hearing a tune from my heyday
Thanks
Fresh 1000 thread count cotton sheets on my bed
Eggs
My cats daily routine
Buildings

And all the world is football shaped, It's just for me to kick in space. And I can see, hear, smell, touch, taste.

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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #38 on: November 20, 2014, 11:18:46 am »
Sitting out on the porch with friends in total silence.

I love that. Just sitting there with friends wherever you are in total silence. brilliant.
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Re: The small things in life that make you happy
« Reply #39 on: November 20, 2014, 11:25:03 am »
Whenever I have the house to myself - Especially when there's a match or a good film on

My cat - Even when she's annoying it makes me smile after the fact

The freedom having a car affords me - I think as a relatively late driver (think I was 31 when I passed) I appreciate my car so much having spent so long relying on public transport