Such as...
• watching squirrels bop around the lawn or crossing the roads, pausing, then racing like a shot to the safety of the other side
• getting hugs from Janine and Morgan at Goldie and being declared their favourite customer (Morgan once told me that she knew I'd stopped by the other day because Janine wrote in the staff notes that "Lisa SuperStar was in!")
• when the leaves change colour in Autumn
• flipping through the pages of a House & Garden magazine and admiring the interior decor of other people's homes
• spotting a brightly coloured bird when out and about
• when a little kid or baby giggles
• strangers being kind to one another
• the strong aroma of fresh, fresh strawberries or a basil plant and suckin' in a great big whiff
• when someone is really sad or hurt and you can help turn it around by being there, giving hugs, or even just offering a shoulder or a furrowed brow of empathy
• being truly moved by a great piece of art - a Howard Pyle painting that follows you the rest of your life, an adventure novel like High Road to China that transports you into the story and you find yourself flying through the clouds with the characters, hearing lyrics in a Taylor Swift song that feel as though she wrote them from your very own thoughts and experiences: "And you call me up again, just to break me like a promise, so casually cruel in the name of being honest. I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here..." or driving past a home so beautiful that you have to slow down and soak it all in so as to seal it in your memory for future daydreams.
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