Prompt: What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?
Happiness is for the weak!
But I can’t deny that I’m a weak man. That’s why I can’t resist the milkshakes my gut absolutely does not need…
So what makes this weakling happy?
Waking up to my wife snoring makes me happy.
I don’t like being awakened, but I do like the indisputable, audible evidence that she’s still alive, and, at least today, I’m not going to wake up next to a corpse.
Waking up to my dog making noise does not make me happy. Quite the contrary, when this happens, I seriously contemplate ending that mutt for disturbing me.
But I’m always too tired to do it.
So far…
Hearing the kiddos playing, together, on their computers, or with the dog, makes me happy.
During normal waking hours…
Waking up on a Saturday or Sunday morning, with no messages from work on my phone, makes me happy.
Long weekends and vacations make me happy. Unless they involve a lot of stress or driving. Then, not so much.
Leaving the office at the end of the day on Friday makes me happy.
It’s the longest possible time before more work…
ian m dudley 