when my son makes me coffee before he wakes me up
driving my car in the sunshine with the top down and the music loud
when one of my model horses wins a ribbon or trophy at a live show
staying in a hotel with an in-room jacuzzi
a good book
when my hair stylist washes my hair and massages my scalp
looking at pictures from long ago
spa pedicures
kittens
my forever horse, Dusty, RIP
my laptop and the world wide web
homemade brownies still warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream
sunbathing
learning something new
teaching others something new
target practice with good marksmanship
retail therapy aka shopping
when a critical patient is doing better at the end of my shift than they were at the beginning
looking at my son's beautiful face
sugar snap peas and tomatoes fresh from the garden
browsing through the stacks at a library
playing video games and pin ball machines
making love in a hammock in the woods
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The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. anonymous
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