What little things make you happy?

"Little Things" (A field of cotton awaiting harvest ...)

Celebrating the "little things" in life creates gratitude and facilitates perspective and fuels the fires of inspiration! I decided to compile a list of things, my "proverbial spoons full of sugar to help the medicine go down ..." during the Autumn months. Here is it:

1. Blow bubbles 2. Enjoy a walk outside 3. Make a collage 4. Draw or list things you delighted in this week 5. Make a promise to yourself, write it down in a letter and mail it to yourself 6. Go rock hunting 7. Google 'writing prompts,' close your eyes, click on one and write! 8. Cut words from a magazine or junk mail, put 'em in an envelope or make a collage of words 9. Find your favorite cartoon in the newspaper and attached it to today's journal page 10. Use a road map for a collage 11. Read an entire book without stopping 12. Set the timer for 15-minutes and dance or sing at the top of your lungs! 13. Make watercolor paints with "dyes" from the garden 14. Allow a small piece of dark chocolate to melt in your mouth 15. Capture funny faces you make with a digital camera 16. Take photographs of clouds 17. Dig in the dirt 18. Plant seeds 19. Bake some chocolate chip cookies 20. Take photos of wildflowers 21. Practice "safe-falling" when you visit your son's Judo class 22. Savor a dip of ice cream on a cone 23. Attend an art class 24. Embroider designs on a denim shirt 25. Read a book about a topic of interest 26. Meet a friend for a walk at a local park 27. Plant pansies 28. Eat some Brach's candy corn 29. Savor a homemade cappuccino 30. Order pizza to go and watch Dancing with the Stars 31. Go for an early morning hike on a crisp, Autumn morn 32. Step outside or take a country drive just before the sun rises and inhale the beauty and light of that moment it first comes up over the horizon line 33. Watch your dogs play chase 34. Have lunch on the patio so you can enjoy the warm Autumn weather 35. Uproot the ever-so invasive Bermuda grass from your focal point garden 36. Savor your favorite flavor of a Starburst® fruit chews 37. Share the sunshine with a paint horse named, Renner 38. Sip cappuccino with your teenage son (on the first actual cold and delightfully cloudy day of Autumn) 39. Cuddle your cold and wet Golden puppy with a towel (warm from the dryer) 40. Taking small and savored bites, enjoy some lemon shortbread cookies 41. Enjoy a nature walk on a cool Autumn morn 42. Prepare your garage for incoming potted perennials 43. Get an interesting view of life: chat with your teenage son and his friends 44. Capture the color and beauty of Autumn via sketches or photographs 45. Walk 3 miles, earbuds placed firmly in your ears — blasting your favorite tunes and let your brain take a nap 46. Sip a mocha latte (with extra whipped cream!), wrapped in a quilt while seated on your patio, just before the sun illuminates the morning sky 47. Tell the world to take a number and do what you have to do 48. Savor dark chocolate covered cherries while savoring e-mails from beloved friends 49. Bake a pumpkin pie from scratch 50. Turn off the phones and laugh out loud as you watch a comedy 51. Peruse family photos with your teenage son ...