Wednesday, November 26, 2014

41 Things That Make My Living Better


1. Freshly picked blackberries

2. Fireworks and the whole visual aspect of people celebrating, in general

3. Eating at restaurants in different states/countries

4. Getting a package in the mail, even if I ordered it for someone else

5. Stopping to listen to all the different sounding laughs when in a lively conversation with friends

6. Overcast days in the summer

7. Seeing elderly couples holding hands

8. When my dad sends me selfies

9. Old-fashioned candy shoppes

10. Swinging in Matthew's backyard

11. Homemade guacamole

12. 4 and 5 o'clock P.M. (every day)

13. The feeling I get when I'm rock climbing

14. Giant soft pretzels

15. Sleeping in

16. Amusement parks

17. When Eliza is about to tell a story and prepares me for it by saying, "Okay, now I would only tell you this..."

18. New boxes of crayons

19. Snapping a photo of someone in mid-laugh

20. Being told I smell good

21. Lightnings bugs

22. When my mum rides her scooter down the driveway

23. Working in a music store

24. Those times that I get to hang out with Tye

25. Pockets

26. Those old, haunting church bell chimes

27. GoPros

28. Making food with friends

29. Breakfast

30. Leading a group of people in worship

31. Going to festivals with Jes

32. Movie nights with just my brothers and I

33. Deep conversations with Olivia (as well as when she bakes sweets to put on my merch table)

34. Taking walks with people

35. That really positive feeling I have about myself after I've worked out

36. Getting excited about things

37. When James Reza gets excited about things

38. Watching really horribly made films

39. Adventures with the Salas boys

40. When people pick me up and twirl me around while hugging me (especially if it pops my back)

41. The poems the prison inmates write and give to me




















"You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses." -Ziggy