Happiness is...
getting an email from my best friend.
Leslie
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| Posted by: cori 20-Aug-2004, 05:26 PM |
| My mom and I were talking today and began to define happiness. This made me think about other people and wonder what makes them happy. So this post is for you to share what little everyday things you enjoy. Happiness is... getting an email from my best friend. Leslie |
| Posted by: gtrplr 20-Aug-2004, 05:36 PM |
| Happiness is. . . Listening to Highlander Radio! Of course!  |
| Posted by: Avonlea22 20-Aug-2004, 05:54 PM |
...spending as much time as possible with my best friend, whom also just happens to be my wife.  |
| Posted by: MDF3530 20-Aug-2004, 06:30 PM |
| Happiness is... Getting to spend time with my nieces and nephew. |
| Posted by: Elspeth 20-Aug-2004, 07:20 PM |
| Happiness is..... A rainy day that I can spend reading in bed Watching my kids succeed in something they are jazzed about Hearing from special friends Watching my dog chase her tail Time on the farm Sunsets but not moonrises (they ache too much) Hot BBQ Chicken wings A good movie Great music Chicken herder (inside joke) Watching the absolute proof of ghosts video  Stimulating conversation Tender touches A car that starts in the wintertime A warm home on a winter day and an air conditioned one in the summer Low humidity! A day with no whining A full iced tea jug and plenty of fresh lemmon Dr. Pepper  My book getting published (oops... went into the realm of ecstatic fantasy) The awesome people I've met here Do I have to stop? |
| Posted by: MDF3530 20-Aug-2004, 07:58 PM |
| More happiness... Getting to see my friend Nathan, who works in Virginia Beach. He and I are the closest thing each other has to a brother... Singing along to good songs on the radio in the car (especially pre-"Black Album" Metallica)... Seeing the friendly faces at my Twelve Step meetings... The stimulating music and awesome, if sometimes spirited, discussions here at CelticRadio... Eating a really good Italian beef sandwich and french fries... Hearing my favorite phrase in sports: "...for a WHITE SOX WINNER!!!"... |
| Posted by: freekenny 20-Aug-2004, 08:05 PM |
| O'siyo, Happiness is: ~Wearing my favourite, big, fuzzy sweatshirt while sitting on the beach at night feeling the waves run over my feet  ~Watching/listening to someone laugh uncontrollably because of something funny I shared::lol ~Feeling my nose and cheeks freeze as I ride my Harley on a cool, crisp Autumn eve  ~Realising every day just how truly blessed I am  ~'Talking' to the animals  ~~Sty-U  |
| Posted by: urian 20-Aug-2004, 10:22 PM |
| Happiness i so much a matter of perception. Often times we (as individuals) forget what truly makes us happy. We tend to think in terms of large things:cars, money, world domination... Its my opinion that happiness is ,really, in the small things. watching lightning dance across the sky and having your son there who is in complete awe. I hug from my boy.. the smile when my son sees me an I love you from my son My boy laying on my chest and telling me good morning My son  Waking up next to the one you love Groggy kisses with morning breath first thing in the morning Snuggling with the one you love those quiet moments when neither of you have to say anythign but a million words are conveyed with but a glance and a smile The emotion that comes with a single touch of a hand . the feel of warm breath on skin during an embrace ...enough of that...sorry  sunsets sunrises sitting in a field and getting to the point where you can hear the music being made by all of natures things. where the brook, the wind and the russle of the grass sings to you finishing a story that I am happy with(doesnt happen often) firends comrades loved ones the respect of them being able to be happy looking into my soul and seeing a glimpse of the beauty everyone else sees...its fleeting but its there. anyway..I ramble |
| Posted by: Aaediwen 21-Aug-2004, 04:03 AM |
| Seeing someone honestly enjoy something I've done. Good music The flow of a stream to the page a laughing brook a good rain walking in the woods walking at night talking with friends about everything and nothing Water (I so long to walk a beach alone at night, but it's so far away) A freshly fallen blanket of snow remembering an interesting dream and most recently: finally meeting someone who has been looking forward to seeing you as much as you've been looking forward to seeing them (enough to spend quite a bit of money and time for it) |
| Posted by: birddog20002001 21-Aug-2004, 07:15 AM | ||
A warm gun? or Sleeping late on saturday and the weather is nice and cool, curled up with my wife; then the dogs start barking and nudginge me with their nose and I have to get up walk down stais let them out, feed and water them and then go back up stairs and can still get to that place between wake and sleep. |
| Posted by: zephyr 21-Aug-2004, 09:02 AM |
| Happiness is discovering that the stranger beside you is a friend you just haven't met yet. That and a pint of Bushey's bitter, birddog will know what I'm talking about, for those who don't http://www.bushys.com/ |
| Posted by: cori 21-Aug-2004, 09:16 AM | ||
| Urian, What a beautiful little boy!
You are so right.  |
| Posted by: TheCarolinaScotsman 21-Aug-2004, 09:40 AM |
| Happiness is available to us all the time, if we just learn to recognize and accept it. |
| Posted by: krmsmax 21-Aug-2004, 12:13 PM |
| hearing "I love you" family companionship dogs |
| Posted by: zephyr 21-Aug-2004, 12:18 PM |
| krm, The words are empty unless they are really meant. Too many time have 'I love you' been said just to get what you want The words 'Ilove YOU' should be said only once, that is to the person they are meant, after that the words become meaningless. |
| Posted by: Aaediwen 21-Aug-2004, 01:16 PM |
| I'm wanting to add my 2c on that, although it's somewhat off-topic. Is it not true that you can love several people? One one level there's friends and family. I've also got some friends who count their good friends as loved ones. Perhaps loving someone doesn't mean that they're the one you're going to marry, but someone you care very deeply for and enjoy being around. The gift then, is having several people you love, and several who love you. Then maybe perspective changes that much when you finally find someone to marry. Haven't been there yet. Just my 2c |
| Posted by: urian 21-Aug-2004, 01:33 PM | ||
I agree with you, my friend. will add my 2c later. |
| Posted by: gaberlunzie 21-Aug-2004, 03:20 PM |
| Happiness is.. to love and to be loved a smile on a child's face and in his eyes the promise of the rising sun to the new day the precious moments when time seems to stand still and you are listening with your soul wide opened, feeling peace and inner harmony... I could go on... |
| Posted by: CelticRose 21-Aug-2004, 08:31 PM |
| Happiness is: Waking up to your spouse my dogs being at peace with all people. doing artwork listening to music being with friends and family a good cold beer! |
| Posted by: Shadows 22-Aug-2004, 11:00 AM |
| Happiness is: A state of mind that you and you alone control... anything can make one happy if so allowed. |
| Posted by: BluegrassLady 22-Aug-2004, 05:25 PM | ||
Very true, my friend. |
| Posted by: Camchak 22-Aug-2004, 07:30 PM | ||
Sounds great! What about: A breathe shared late at night A walk on the beach holding hands with the one you love Finding the one and only one who rocks your world waking in the arms of your soulmate a gentle kiss goodnight touching in the rain ???? |
| Posted by: Ceciliastar1 23-Aug-2004, 12:52 PM |
| Happiness is to love and be loved in return That's it for me, plain and simple... |
| Posted by: cori 15-Sep-2004, 02:54 PM |
| Suprising your family with an unexpected visit. (This is especially fun when you live 1,000 miles apart.) Having exact change. Learning something new. Hot cocoa and marshmallows on a rainy day. |
| Posted by: susieq76 15-Sep-2004, 03:23 PM |
| cheesecake and ranch dressing .....though not together, of course |
| Posted by: urian 15-Sep-2004, 04:27 PM |
| peace simplicity |
| Posted by: urian 29-Sep-2004, 09:05 AM |
 time with my boy |
| Posted by: Avonlea22 29-Sep-2004, 09:18 AM |
| Nice to see you again, urian! |
| Posted by: urian 29-Sep-2004, 09:45 AM |
| Had to let you guys know I wasnt off in a padded cell somewhere ...yet Forgot one Happiness is... The dear freinds on celtic whose hearts are bigger thanmany that I have met in person and whose souls are brighter than any star. |
| Posted by: gaberlunzie 29-Sep-2004, 02:32 PM |
| So good to see you, urian! *huggles* |
| Posted by: celtica 29-Sep-2004, 02:37 PM |
| Happiness is to see you with this beautiful smile on your face again, urian Love the pic !  |
| Posted by: urian 29-Sep-2004, 02:51 PM |
| *great big bear hug to all* |
| Posted by: TheCarolinaScotsman 29-Sep-2004, 06:04 PM |
| That's the smile I was talking about. *bear hug* Good to see ya back bro. And tomorrow is October. |
| Posted by: cori 30-Sep-2004, 04:42 PM |
| Good to see you back, urian! Happiness is having friends that lift your spirits. |
| Posted by: urian 02-Oct-2004, 10:24 AM |
| nod very true |
| Posted by: Annham 02-Oct-2004, 10:48 AM |
Good to see you back Urian  |