This will make you smile…

Sometimes when times feel a bit bleak it can be really helpful to recall the small joys that make us smile.
Here’s a little list of 15 things that make me smile, off the top of my head. I definitely felt better after writing it. Gratitude is a powerful mood booster too.

15 things that make me smile

🌸 Beautiful flowers

🌘 Watching the moon reflect on the water

☀️ Fresh, line-dried sheets

🪶 Hearing the tuis sing

🪴 Sitting in the garden
🌳 Swinging beneath the oak tree

👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨 Hanging out in person with my friends

🌶 Growing herbs and vegetables

🧘‍♂️ Meditating

🎵 Singing and dancing
👬 Holding hands

❤️ Snuggling

🌈 Sending  encouraging messages

🎨 Playdates in the studio just for fun

🖼 Peoples smiles when they see my art

Uplifting others is a great way to uplift ourselves. I love to serve as a bright beacon of hope (especially during these fearmongering times). Keeping things small and nimble has helped boost my resilience during lockdowns, lockins and slowdowns. These are just a few simple pleasures that make me smile. Will you share some of yours with me?

Lots of love

Cassandra
🐝🎨😍

p.s.Here’s a few things to smile about that others have shared with me:

• So what brings me joy? Much like you, it seems!
  the smell of the earth when rain touches
• the call of the bellbird in the dawn-seeing the mist in the trees in the early morning
• the feel of cold river water on my body on a hot day-the feeling I get when the dog looks up at me to say hello welcome home-
• the feel of my sheets when I climb into bed (just lashed out and got linen)-looking at the colours in my wardrobe when I wake up
• learning something new-a blue sky-fresh mown grass
• the wind in my face as I ride my bike-feeling my bodywork into a stretch
•  snuggling in my bed with a good book
• laughing with my friends
• watching the leaves fall

15 things that make Anthea smile:

• Waking up to sunshine
• Pruning in my garden
• Hugging my sister
• Seeing a baby smile
• Sitting in the sunshine
• Spring flowers
• Spending time with a friend or friends
• Getting a Wordle right
• Driving somewhere
• Playing a game
• Painting without worrying about an outcome
• Being warm on a cold day
• Lying under my tree reading on a hot day
• Swimming in a warm sea
• Having a cuddle

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