What makes you happy?

Playing Guitar or Piano are my favorite happy activities to do. Swimming, yoga, hiking in the woods, riding my bike, walking the dog are all in the moment mindful activities that do make me happy doing them. Cooking and gardening are also activities that will bring a smile to my face.

There’s so much that makes me happy. Horse riding, dancing around the house to upbeat music, swimming in the sea, particularly when it’s a windy day and the waves are huge! Spending time with friends and family. When I’m in the moment, I’m at my happiest.

Just being out in the sun makes me happy. Or feeling a gentle mist of rain on my face. Fog makes me scared/happy. Does that make sense?
But my all time happiest is when I’m at the beach.

Making someone feel good. Or blowing something up. I’m flexible.

@chyna Scared/happy? Yeah, fog is eerie, but also cool and makes a nice cloak over things. Yeah, that makes sense.

Having a peaceful and smooth relationship with those around me. No troubles, misunderstandings and arguments!

Seeing and being outside.

Afterglow.

My dogs, my birds, reading a good book, enjoying a sunny day on my patio, laughing with my family, all make me feel happy.

Talking with my close friends as often as possible, time spent with my kids, working on projects around the house and going on trips, hugging and laughing!

These days, I really enjoy chatting with some new people in my life.

Quality time with my boyfriend
Working with dogs
Listening to my favourite music (especially whilst driving)
Being in the Scottish Highlands
Being near the sea
Adding a new lighthouse (picture, ornament etc) to my collection.

-Profound human connection
-Fresh fruit
-Chocolate
-Listening to music
-Touch
-Feeling the sun on my skin
-Taking a shower
-Exercising, especially cycling
-Seeing/interacting with animals
-Being able to buy and cook food
-Teaching/studying

Nature
My pets
Learning
Happy brownie sundays playing in my yard
Entertaining friends
Road trips
Summer nights
Humor

Being me, I’m such a lucky tw@.

Sitting on my patio while the clouds are pouring rain down.
Getting a back rub from my husband.
Doing something nice for someone.
Having a “girl’s day” with my daughters.
Eating deliciously unhealthy foods.
Watching a favorite movie.
Snuggling with my cats.
Vacations.
Reading a fabulous new book.
Sunbathing, then diving into a refreshing pool.

Yesterdays Happy Brownie Sunday was bliss out watering my yard, misting myself and the trees and making rainbows in the sky with my garden hose. I always sing that old Monkees song…only change the lyrics to ” another happy brownie sundaaaaay….” lol

Seeing the man I love.
He doesn’t love me, infact he is married.
But he has made my life into something hideously beautiful, and that makes me so, so happy.

I just re-read that, and realised how confusing it sounds.

Feeling passion, realizations, relaxation, satisfaction etc.
Things like music, walks, mornings, nights and other stuff can trigger this.

!!! Touch makes me happy. As a friend of mine just said to me today, “I never realized how much humans need touch until I grew up and everyone stopped hugging and touching.” Or in my case, I never realized how much humans need touch until I grew up and stopped practicing serial monogamy.

When everybody else is.

Dancing to music that people never dance to.

@this_velvet_glove : Care to share? :-p

@bookish1 Heavy metal :p I dance to it to make my friends laugh (I’m the worst dancer in the world, believe me :p)

Botanical Gardens make me happy! And I’m heading to meet another jelly at a Garden in a hour!!!

Music

@snapdragon24 Welcome to fluther. Your avatar made me happy. I love snapdragons.

It’s always nice to do things for other people, simply that can make many of happy… however I think just to lay in tall grass, on a warm sunny day, looking up at a blue sky. with light fluffy clouds drifting by, whilst listening to some cool sounds and a beer wihtin reach..that would make me happy…...

@this_velvet_glove : NICE, I have never seen anyone really dancing to metal, haha…

I just remembered another one! Singing! It is beautiful and sunny here for the first time in weeks and I’ve been photosynthesizing and singing all day!

thank you @Adirondackwannabe, every flower has a personality, I chose one that slightly reflected mine :)

@bookish1 That’s great! :)

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