- Peeling the whole orange in one go.
- Peeling the whole egg in one go.
- Finishing composing a song (or finishing learning how to play a song).
- Seeing “100%” written down on an assignment.
- The boss saying “thank you.”
- The smile on my mom’s face when she can tell I enjoyed her cooking.
- Teaching children about basically anything.
- Going up the down escalator.
- Going down the up escalator.
- Singing in the shower to an imaginary audience of thousands.
- Shaving facial hair into different shapes and patterns before shaving the whole thing off.
- Learning something new.
- The crystalline nature of freshly fallen snow.
- Hot chocolate on a cold winter day.
- A fruit smoothie on a warm summer day.
- Waking up and realizing you’re not sick anymore.
- The thought of the girl I’m into smiling because of me.
- People who are willing to love and accept one another, in spite of their many differences.
- A lone dandelion on a lawn of grass.
- Smiles in general.
- Hugs.
- Giving a pedestrian at a crosswalk the right of way.
- Someone helping me with groceries since I’m a dime short.
- Helping someone with groceries who’s a dime short.
- The laughter of children.
- When the chords in a song sound just right and resonate with my thoughts.
- Sunrise.
- Sunset.
- Finding twenty bucks in your pocket.
- Forgetting you left it there and finding it again that night.
- Beating a personal high score at a video game.
- Cleaning out papers after a semester of studying.
- Finding an oddly shaped baby carrot.
- Eating the airy puffballs that sometimes form on pizza.
- Learning and performing a new taekwondo move (or dance move).
- Beating my mile time.
- Singing a song in public and having someone sing along with you.
- The sound and feel of a perfect high five.
- Cuddling.
- Showing affection to someone who shows you hate.
- When a girl is all dressed up for a formal night out.
- When a girl has her hair up and is in sweats and doesn’t care what she looks like.
- Little boys in tuxedos.
- Pets after you feed them.
- The smell of rain.
- The first minute in a hot shower.
- When crises bring people together (ex: people hugging while crying).
- When someone changes an opinion on a before strongly held belief
- Closure
- Finishing a great novel
- Finishing a puzzle
- The look on someone’s face when he gets the punch line
- Every time I see her name
- Getting a new bench press record.
- A girl complimenting anything about me.
- Goosebumps as the breeze hits the back of my neck.
- The first bite of a plump nectarine.
- Seeing how many peas can fit stuck in my fork.
- Taking my pants off after a long day.
- When someone says “You made my day.”
- Complimenting someone.
- The feeling of inertia as the plane descends.
- Giving out halloween candy.
- Getting a straight or a flush in poker.
- Seeing an animal (even as simple as a deer or squirrel) in the wild.
- Opening the door, the fly leaves, no flies enter.
- The moment of meditation after I do something wrong.
- Drawing a perfect circle with a compass.
- Hitting green lights my whole way home.
- Getting a call from a friend from long ago.
- Writing handwritten letters, licking the envelopes, and mailing them.
- When you climb to the top of the tree.
- When you hike to the top of the hill.
- When you wake up without hitting the snooze button.
- The fog layering glasses when eating soup.
- Seeing very old couples happy together.
- Giving food to a patient at the hospital.
- Giving a hug to someone who needs it.
- When all of the popcorn pops.
- When the sequel is somehow better than the original.
- When there is someone to share the Kit Kat with.
- The moment I slip on my lucky boxers.
- The initial feeling of jumping into a puddle.
- The sound of a leaf crackling while walking in the fall.
- When she hits me up first.
- The moment of silence after listening to a good song.
- When I accomplish something someone told me I could never do.
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