Natural High - Smile Dammit

So, I have been sitting here... procrastinating away, staring at my Spanish homework for about half an hour... and then my mind starts to wander.

Okay, that there in itself is a bad sign. Unlike, well, normal people, when my mind begins to wander strange things begin to float into my mind. Like, for example, pears and scalps and their strange similarity... Or ants and their disturbing fascination with wheat.

But this time I was making a list of natural highs. See, everyday in school people talk about getting "so totally buzzed" over the weekend and getting high off drugs or alcohol. Getting a thrill from something so harmful to your body that it's almost disgusting that it would ever be considered that doing that to yourself for 'fun'. Some people do it for the thrill, others for the status, or popularity, I guess. Or simply to reach that high and feel... good.

And so I decided to write down my list of simple highs that can be acted out easily and everyday, free of charge. These are 25 things that occur to me on a regular basis and make my life worth while I guess. Enjoy!

1. A hot shower
2. No lines at the supermarket
3. Getting mail
4. Running on a pretty road
5. Hearing your favorite song on the radio
6. Lying in bed and listening to the rain outside
7. Hot towels fresh from the dryer
8. Deep conversations
9. Finding money in your coat that you forgot was there
10. Laughing at yourself
11. Running through sprinklers
12. Laughing for no reason.
13. Inside jokes
14. Friends
15. Waking up and realized you still have a few hours left to sleep
16. Making new friends or spending time with old ones
17. Hot coffee. Black baby.
18. Swinging on swings
19. Catching the eye of a cute stranger
20. Homemade cookies
21. The sunrise
22. Good hugs
23. The smell of pavement in the rain
24. Rain in general
25. Walking downtown with friends

So the next time one of these happens to you, smile. Because happiness is a choice. For the most part anyway. If you wake up in the morning and say, "Today is going to be great." It probably will be.

And I'm not saying you should to that everyday! Hell, I know there are some days were I have decided looong before I wake up that I'm going to be in a bad mood. It's called PMS. Being a teenager sucks. Moving on.

But on most days, waking up and deciding to feel grateful instead of resentful is sometimes all it takes to change a cloudy day into a bright one. The more you smile, the happier you'll be. It's like, scientifically proven, or something.

Life's a joke. Smile dammit.