Discovering the Unseen Joy in Simple Things

Life, we so often take it for granted. We fail to recall enjoying simple things which are free of cost. It gives us wholesome joy. Living life to the fullest is what we can give back to our life. One fine day your life will flash before your eyes, make sure it's worth watching. If you love life, it will love you back. If you're reading this, Cheers! You're alive. If that's not something to smile about, then I don't know what is. Feeling grateful is an essential part of living a happier life. My life is by no means is perfect, but it's my life and I'm happy. Below listed are some 200 reasons I find happiness in.

1. A Perfect High-Five sound with your best friend
2. An unknown baby giving you a sweet smile
3. Accomplishing a difficult task with ease
4. Admiring your own hand writing
5. Applying mehndhi after many years
6. Arranging your bag for an excursion
7. Be the chief of mischiefs, but still retains to be the teacher’s pet.
8. Being confident on your exam results
9. Being In your best friend’s profile picture
10. Being the first one to wish your loved one on their B’day
11. Being the very first person to applaud in the crowd
12. Being told that you look beautiful.
13. Breezy night
14. Buying a new mobile for your parents
15. Buying a new perfume
16. Buying a new watch
17. Buying chocolates for your younger ones
18. Calling friends by nicknames
19. Carrying heavy burden but still retaining that smile in your face
20. Changing your hair color
21. Changing your hairstyle
22. Changing your wallpaper frequently
23. Cleaning your room
24. Clear and traffic-less road
25. Clearing your first interview
26. Counting days to get back home from hostel
27. Counting the days for a festival
28. Cutting a cake for your loved one
29. Cutting a paper with scissors for no reason
30. Cutting nails for your parents
31. Cutting your B'day cake with friends
32. Dialing a wrong number unknowingly
33. Doing all your crazy things with that, one stupid friend
34. Doing something for the very first time (milking cow)
35. Drawing with your finger on a dusty surface
36. Drinking tea without brushing the teeth not telling it to others
37. Drinking water
38. Driving a bike in the rain
39. Dropping a visit to your relatives, after a long time
40. Early morning bath
41. Early morning beach sun
42. Ears plugged in with headphones with no reason
43. Eating ice cream on a sunny afternoon
44. Eating ice cubes from the freezer
45. Eating your favorite dish with your loved one
46. Emptying your friend’s tiffin box
47. Enjoying the sound of water
48. False Fighting with a kid
49. Feeling the breeze by standing in front of the fan
50. Feeling the warmth from a coffee mug
51. Feeling the wrinkles of grandparents
52. Fidgeting with your fingers
53. Finally arriving at your destination after a very long trip
54. Finding the dress, in your choice of color
55. Finishing your exam and leaving the hall as the first person
56. First filling air in the balloons and then filling in water
57. For no reason, removing the batteries of television remote, and putting them back
58. Getting a hug from a long-time-no-see friend
59. Getting a window seat in the MTC
60. Getting to see your old photograph from somebody else
61. Getting wet in the rain
62. Getting your first job’s employee ID
63. Going for wedding of an old friend
64. Going through old emails
65. Going through old photographs
66. Going through old SMS conversations
67. Gossiping with your best friend
68. Guessing your friend’s password
69. Helping an old age person, to cross the road
70. Increasing and decreasing the TV volume for no reason
71. Increasing the TV volume to gain attention
72. Inserting smileys in a chat
73. Jumping on the dug of sand squeezing it with hands and feeling its going from hand.
74. Keep looking at your watch for the lunch bell to go
75. Knowing that your being missed by somebody
76. Laughing all of a sudden, remembering old funny incidents
77. Leaving from work early
78. Leaving your hair loose for a photo
79. Letting way for the ambulance while driving
80. Licking the chocolate wrapper
81. Lighting a birthday candle
82. Like and then unlike a post on Facebook wantedly
83. Logging into Facebook account on your B’day
84. Long sleep on a Sunday
85. Long warm shower after heavy workday
86. Looking at old notebooks
87. Looking at somebody & having a feel of knowing them earlier
88. Looking at the watch for no reason
89. Looking at your mobile phone for no reason
90. Looking at yourself in the mirror
91. Looking deep to motion of a swinging fan
92. Looking for your loved one in a crowd
93. Looking gorgeous on a normal day
94. Loving your life without reasons
95. Making a popcorn & get excited everytime it pops out
96. Making a perfect signature
97. Making faces at unknown people
98. Meaningless talks with your loved ones
99. Meeting your school teacher after years
100. Missing your bike keys and searching them with your buddies
101. Move your body with rhythm of a trees movement with wind
102. Night stay-over with your friends
103. Opening a notepad and then closing it again
104. Peeling off the price label in your new dress
105. People looking at your eyes and speaking
106. Playing the games again that we had played as kids, and again feel the excitement of losing & winning
107. Playing with the torch light
108. Polishing your nails
109. Positive feedback and appreciation for your work
110. Preparing coffee for the first time
111. Proving a smart person, a fool
112. Putting on a new pair of slippers which is perfect for your foot
113. Putting the alarm to snooze
114. Rahman’s voice in the early hours of your day
115. Randomly landing in an exciting website
116. Reading your Facebook status multiple times before posting
117. Rearranging your books
118. Remembering your first meet with your best friend
119. Removing and wearing your watch for no reason
120. Restarting your phone for no reason.
121. Reward for your hard work
122. Scribbling on the bus seats
123. Scribbling on the walls
124. Scribbling with two pens at the same time.
125. Scribbling your name in a paper
126. Seeing a baby laugh
127. Seeing grandparents holding each other hands
128. Sharing a chocolate with your siblings
129. Shifting things from their usual place
130. Shopping with no reason
131. Signing on a paper & imagining it to be an autograph
132. Singing for your loved ones
133. Singing while in the shower
134. Sitting all alone, and observing the sunset
135. Sitting alone in the terrace
136. Sitting down after standing for a very long time
137. Sitting in a crowd silently
138. Sleeping in an open space at night and counting the stars in the sky
139. Smell of a new book
140. Smell of the new dress
141. Somebody complementing that the dress looks good on you
142. Somebody playing a song matching to your current mood
143. Somebody recognizes you on your first phone call
144. Somebody remembers minor details about you
145. Somebody telling that your assistance was really useful
146. Somebody telling you that they wish to be like you
147. Somebody tells you that they were waiting for your arrival in a get- together.
148. Songs that remind you of your early life
149. Speaking to friend who was once your enemy
150. Splashing water on face without counting it.
151. Standing in the balcony during rain
152. Standing in the sea and getting your feet wet.
153. Staring at the roof
154. Succeeding at the first attempt
155. Successfully untying a knot.
156. Swinging as high as possible and then jumping down from it, to feel those two seconds which feel like eternity
157. Switching on the TV and completely forgetting it
158. Taking a picture of yourself with your mobile phone
159. Talking about your hometown to a new friend in a new place
160. Talking to a co-passenger
161. Talking to your family friend after many years
162. Talking to your friends and realizing how much life has changed
163. Tasting a new dish
164. Teaching your favorite subject
165. Teasing a unknown kid
166. Thanking your parents without a reason
167. The clock strikes 12 on your B’day.
168. The first drop in the roller coaster ride
169. The smell of your shampooed hair.
170. The sound of a Cool drink makes when you open it.
171. Those encouraging words from your loved ones
172. Throwing a stone in the river, and counting how many jumps it makes before drowning
173. Touching the feet of a new born
174. Typing fast on the keyboard just to hear the sound
175. Typing your password without a mistake
176. Unknown person warns you while driving
177. Ur SMS coming back as an WhatsAPP status
178. Waiting for a weekend
179. Waking up in the night just to watch the rain
180. Walk through the shops without buying anything
181. Watching a bird move freely in the sky
182. Watching a feather floating with slow wind
183. Watching a happy ending movie
184. Watching a horror movie alone
185. Watching a movie more than once
186. Watching your favorite movie with your loved one
187. Watching your favorite star’s movie FDFS
188. Watching your school days video
189. Wearing your friend’s specs and posing for a picture
190. When your idea is accepted and appreciated.
191. When your mobile shows “Fully charged”
192. Whispering during a strict staff’s period and somebody else getting caught
193. Writing a post card instead of an e-mail
194. Writing on your palm with a pen
195. Writing your first poem :)
196. Your first day at your first job
197. Your first salary
198. Your friend trusting you to keep a secret
199. Your friend’s parents appreciating you
200. Your loved one giving you his/her first piece of the B’day cake :)