The thread for happiness/spreading your joy
As a counter to the thread for unhappiness, which has been going strong since 2012, this is a place to celebrate the good things that have happened and are happening in your life. Regardless of how big or small it is, share what makes you feel a little bit better about the world. On the other hand, if you're feeling down about something, feel free to post here to ask for help, advice or just a virtual voice of support.
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Something more immediate I was pretty happy about was the fact that my wife and I stopped at the bookstore and found a great sale. We picked up five books for less than $15 and followed it up with a visit to the fish spa, where the little buggers nibbled on my toes for the 30 minutes. You don't know happiness until you have little fish eat your toes.
In the context of this forum, I love the fact that we're able to discuss virtually any topic, whether personal or general, and find support from people that we've never even met. I'm particularly indebted to several of you for being positive and constructive as I've continued to make portraits; I was going to throw out a large number of @, but the reality is there would simply be too many of you to thank. And I definitely feel grateful to the EE team, all of whom could have likely made more money working elsewhere, but chose to believe in a 15-year-old game.
My husband and I met on a dance floor. A year later we got married on that same dance floor. It was a breathtakingly wondrous time of life.
I had an accident that left me in a wheelchair for the past 2 years. The pain and depression was overpowering. My husband struggled to adjust to all that was suddenly thrust upon him. He told me, “I can’t do this, I’m not a caretaker”. I fought for the strength to go on each day. In spite of the fact that we had lived and loved together for many years, we have learned so much more about each other over these past two years.
My husband learned that he is a caretaker and grateful to still have me in his life. I learned that there are many ways to dance in life and that I am deeply loved by an amazing man. It is a breathtakingly wondrous time of life.
On a completely separate note, why are your eyes blue in this picture?! In every other one of you we've seen, they're brown!
I don't really have a special story to add, or a great struggle I've overcome, but I have an incredibly tight and loving family, great friends, I'm in good health and I'm madly in love. There can be great joy found in simplicity and what some of us may consider the "basics" in life are a lot less common than most of us probably believe, and I am very thankful to have them. When I get down or overloaded with work, I always think about this, and appreciate it more an more.
I am very happy that Isandir can partake in such simple joys as those he described, and has a woman who loves him. I think Ravenlight's story was incredibly inspiring, and I hope I can show such strength when I experience hardship. Jackjack's mom is a total G! I hope one day to have kids who love me like that and I also wish could be as tough as she is! Plus, he is not even a stick figure! Something is fishy...
A parent of one of my former students is an incredible photographer who visually documented life in one of the slums here, which is about 10 minutes from my house. Father Joe, a famous activist who has lived there since 1973, wrote this about the photos: "Most photographers look at the dark side of the slums, but Yoonki sees something different. He looks at 70 Rai through the eyes of our grandmothers and grandchildren, our teachers, our Monks, Imams and Priests, our food vendors and our noodle shop ladies: He sees 70 Rai as we do - as a vibrant family neighborhood, full of life, full of hope, full of love."
If people who suffer far more than me can be happy, what excuse do I have? I think it's worth posting some of Yoonki's photos here.
http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/33235/should-waiters-be-tipped
I also enjoy a lot being with my grandparents (my dad's parents, they are great!), and with my friends (in school, maybe invite them home and (teach them to) play BG), but other than that I am with a 'Get outta here I'm getting annoyed' mood the whole day.
On another note, my wife and I made a last-minute decision to stop by a different bookstore today, and came across another great sale. 9 books for $20!
There is a saying in Chinese:
"Money can't accomplish everything, but without money you can accomplish almost nothing."
It sounds better in Chinese though, because it rhymes better.
Summer break!
@Awong124, here's an american(not really) saying for you:
"You can't buy love and happiness, but it sure is a lot more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle."
Group hug from children and a car full of gifts, I now have a chocolate and beer stash to last till Christmas!
Kind words from parents about how well the children are doing and encouraging words from the headmaster...
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*Waaaaah!*
Saw a couple of hawks perched on a telephone pole. We mostly just get crows, but our back yard is home to a bunch of house finches who nest in the space below the ledge of the roof.
And to add to my happiness today i am making Sprinkle Chip Cookies.
All in all, I actually really enjoyed it for entertainment's sake, though I prefer the colds that make me sound like Barry White...
Goodness, I’m glad to hear your doing better and can find the humor in it now. A healthy sense of humor can help make many things in life more bearable.