EVERYDAY HAPPINESS

An acquaintance of mine recently posted the following query on Facebook: "What are some normal, everyday things that really epitomize happiness/love to you?"

I started thinking about this and commenting some of my things, and man, I just couldn't stop. I love this question so much. Here are a few of the everyday things that I feel denote happiness.

- hot fries
- leaning up against someone while we're covered in blankets having watched several hours of movies/tv
- buying food for someone else
- "human" by the killers
- singing with my sister
- phone calls that are over an hour long
- the prospekt's march edition of Coldplay's "viva la vida" album
- listening to music with windows down while sitting in the passenger seat of a car
- sending compliments to a friend
- CAMPING
- long car rides
- that moment when you're planning a paper and SUDDENLY ALL YOUR IDEAS COME TOGETHER AND YOU COULD WRITE FORTY PAGES ON IT I LOVE THAT MOMENT
- autumn leaves/the sky/trees/mountains/clouds/being outside/going on walks when it's just barely chilly
- card games
- snuggling/falling asleep with little brothers

- late night talks when the car is parked in front of the house

- reading a book in one sitting
- waking up to fresh snow
- sleepy laughter
- underlining sentences while reading/notes in the margins
- libraries
- opening a new bag of chips
- Christmas lights
- the resonant sound of beautiful music from a string instrument

What does happiness look like to you?