Living Life to the Fullest
Tidbits: Joy    

Natural Highs
(Author Unknown)

• Falling in love.
• Laughing so hard your face hurts.
• A hot shower.
• No lines at the Super Walmart.
• Holding or being held by your Love and feeling safe and secure.
• A special glance.
• Getting mail.
• Taking a drive on a pretty road.
• Hearing your favorite song on the radio.
• Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
• Hot towels out of the dryer.
• Finding the sweater you want is on sale for half price.
• A chocolate milkshake.
• A long distance phone call that lets you know someone's thinking of you.
• A nice warm relaxing bubble bath.
• Being with your special someone and making the rest of the world go away.
• Giggling.
• Good conversation.
• A care package.
• The beach.
• Finding a $20 bill in your coat from last winter.
• Laughing at yourself.
• Midnight phone calls from your lover that last for hours.
• Running through sprinklers.
• Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.
• Having someone tell you that you're beautiful.
• Laughing at an inside joke.
• Friends falling in love for the first time.
• Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.
• Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.
• Your first kiss.
• Being part of a team.
• Making new friends or spending time with old ones.
• Playing with a new puppy.
• Having someone play with your hair.
• Sweet dreams.
• Hot chocolate.
• Road trips with friends.
• Swinging on swings.
• Watching a good movie.
• Cuddled up on a couch with someone you love.
• Wrapping presents under the Christmas tree while eating cookies and drinking eggnog.
• Song lyrics printed inside your new CD so you can sing along without feeling stupid.
• Going to a really good concert.
• Getting butterflies in your stomach everytime you see or talk to that special person.
• Getting a massage from your Lover.
• Making eye contact with a cute stranger.
• Playing in the rain.
• Making chocolate chip cookies!
• Having your friends send you homemade cookies!
• Spending time with close friends!
• Running through a fountain with someone special.
• Riding a bike downhill.
• The feeling after running a few miles - an accomplishment!
• The feeling you get the first time you see someone and knowing you already loved that person.
• When you're cuddled up in a sweatshirt outside in the fall all by yourself and have one really good deep thought.
• Taking a shower after a long run!!
• Forehead kisses.
• Sitting among the clouds and bathing in 32-degree waterfalls after a long hike!!
• Holding someone you love.
• A long, strong hug from an old friend.
• A spontaneous hug from a small child.
• Long, hot bubble baths with the Sunday comics.
• Holding your baby for the first time.
• Watching God work miracles for someone you love, right before your eyes.
• Long, slow, deep kisses.
• Seeing the person you love after a long vacation away from that person.
• Finding out you mean something to someone.
• Butterfly kisses.
• Spending quality time with friends.
• Seeing your child smile with happiness when seeing you.
• Watching your friends follow their life dreams.
• Lying on a raft in the pool on a sunny day.
• Walking around the lake on a sunny afternoon.
• Coming home every day to someone who is so excited to see you that s/he jumps up and down and licks your face (ie, your dog!).
• Singing at the top of your lungs while you drive down the road.
• Clean sheets smelling of fabric softener.
• Summer skinny dipping in a cool lake.
• A Summer Rain Storm.
• Reading a great book from start to finish in one sitting.
• Listening to a child's conversation about something really important to him/her.
• The first hot summer day (at the beach).
• Sitting in front of a bonfire on the beach with your friends on a cool summer night.
• Giving your family a kiss good-bye...because you never know what will happen... but at least they will know you love them.
• Walking on the beach at sunrise and listening to the calm of the waves soothe your soul.
• Spending some special time with that one special friend you've had for years and loving every second of it.
• Seeing the glow of love in a child's eyes when giving you flowers chosen just for you.
• Sitting around a camp fire with your children on a cool clear night telling stories.
• Feeling a tired little body finally comform to your shape after an hour of fighting sleep..
• Getting flowers or a card with no signature but knowing whom it's from.
• Watching silently as your 2 1/2-year-old son and the dog mix pancakes for you on the kitchen floor.... eggs... milk...flour... no bowl....
• Taking a walk through the mountains in the Spring time seeing the beauty and the sweet smells of nature.
• Going fishing and catching your limit!
• Holding a newborn baby in your arms and seeing that miracles DO happen.