1. The presence of people in your life who think you're worth a dime...or cool...or not crazy (when all you feel is sucky, or uncool, or nuts).
2. Random acts of kindness.
They're just fun. Especially the anonymous, secretive ones.
It's kind of like feeling the rush of sneaking around and getting into mischief, but getting into mischief is replaced with benefitting someone else.
2. Corinne Bailey Rae.
I first noticed her a decade ago because she had a guitar and was cute. Right away, I liked the sound of her vocals and later realized she's from England. Maybe you know what I mean when I say her English accent gave her 500 bonus points in my heart.
Someone put her debut album on my iPod back then, but only now am I discovering its merits. The album is like one of those frozen drinks from Sonic on a warm day - refreshing.
3. "Mercy, Mercy Me" by Marvin Gaye.
This is THE pivotal piece of music for me. Changed things forever when I heard it as a teenager. The combination of utter soul and a lyric that has a social conscience was for me revolutionary.
4. Good t-shirts.
One of my favorite things!
If this makes me sound like a geezer, so be it:
back when I was growing up, even things like t-shirts were made with much more quality. These days, t-shirts usually seem thin and cheap, so I'm thrilled anytime I find a good one.
5. No line at the bank.
It's a beautiful thing since I live in a cash society now and visit the bank every week.
I came across this aerial photo of the center of town. It's a place where people like to hang out, but sometimes it's empty like in the picture.
6. The nice gentleman who somehow has access to sweeter pineapples than other fruit peddlers in town.
7. Friends I've had since before puberty.
One of them just texted me a goofy video of concert footage he captured at a recent Boyz II Men show. Probably some of the people reading this note aren't old enough to know the name Boyz II Men, but I guess that ends up being part of the beauty of friends who do go back ions in your life experiences.
8. Jobs that include free housing.
9. Times when my students see me smiling at some memory in my mind and proceed to ask me who I'm thinking about.
10. The golden glow of natural light that illuminates my apartment on weekend mornings.
(No idea what the sun looks like in my apartment on weekday mornings - I'm a school teacher!)
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