A Spring To Do Happiness List

On a beautiful spring day, it can be easy to be happy. On a beautiful spring day that also happens to be Easter Sunday, it’s easy to be joyful. Due to picking up a pesky germ that has me keeping the tissue box always within reach, I think I missed going to church on an Easter Sunday for the first time since I got married. Trust me, that’s a long time. So, the day was a little weird without church and without a family visit, but it was still a great day to remember the blessings of life.

Maybe you started the day with some chocolate or jelly beans from the Easter bunny. I bought a bag of jelly beans, but haven’t opened the bag. I’m waiting until I have others here to help me eat them, but I have been sneaking one or two of the mini candy bars that I had intended to be part of the Easter Egg hunt. Guess I’m finding those.

A little chocolate can sometimes change a person’s mood from grumpy to happy.

At our church we have a special time set aside during the service for prayer requests and also for giving thanks for  good things we appreciate. Sometimes we call them “everyday blessings.” We might mention the little things in life such as sunshine and rain, a grandkid’s hug, a kind word, or flowers. On second thought, those aren’t such little things. Could be chocolate might have been mentioned this morning.

I love this next quote and it was certainly that this morning when I went out to walk the dogs.

My favorite weather is bird chirping weather. —Terri Guillemets

Smiles are another thing to be thankful for as the following quotes say.

What sunshine is to flowers, Smiles are to humanity. ~J. Addison

Let us always greet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.  ~Mother Teresa

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions — the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.  ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Most smiles are started by another smile. ~Unknown source

These next quotes are things we should all keep in mind.

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning “Good morning” to total strangers. ~Maya Angelou

Kind words do not cost much.  They never blister the tongue or lips.  They make other people good-natured.  They also produce their own image on men’s souls, and a beautiful image it is.  ~Blaise Pascal

So now that we are firmly entrenched in happiness quotes and I hope smiling, here’s a T0 Do List for Spring

~Laugh

~Sing

~Read under a tree

~Count your blessings

~Hope

~Hug your little ones or your older ones

~Walk barefoot in the grass

~Give thanks

~Love

~Keep on loving

~Take deep breaths

 

What would you add on your Spring To Do list?