smiling is happiness...

One word which means a lot. To me, happiness is a state of the mind .it is a state that is connected to the circumstances, surroundings, the people around u, your likes and your dislikes, or it may just be something that u like to do.
Have been thinking for sometime as to what makes me happy, or what might make me happy.

I was thinking about all the things that make me happy....here goes (definitely not all ...., but surely i can remember a few)

-Spending time with hubby(especially when he takes an off from work and we roam around the whole city;)

-Long drives with hubby..

-Reading

-Cooking for hubby something special and he loves it..

-When someone praises and appreciates my cooking (though i dont have any professional culinary skills...i cook pretty well..;-P)

-Talking with my dad(my mentor..)

-Teasing my brother and to get teased by him..

-Talking about childhood days with dad n mom...

-Speaking to my mom over the phone everyday in the evening

-Playing with tuffy (my spoilt, funny,yet adorable pet)

-Chatting with Sanu over the phone for hours..(and mentioning each time how much we like each other..:))

-Sitting and chatting for hours on end with friends

-Listening to music

-Chocolates...heaven!

-Meeting a friend after years..

-Mint milk chocolate chip( my fav ice cream, its a heavenly delite ...yummm...just thinking abt it makes me smile and drool)

-Clicking photographs and praising my skills....(more when some else praises)

-Watching a good movie

-Enjoying a nice dinner with family....

-Somebody says, hey u have lost weight!!tht makes my day:)

-Dreaming,

-Travelling like crazy..

-Bike ride on a rainy day..

-Birds chirping early in the morning..

-Seeing a new bud on my plant..

-Laughing out loud without a care in the world..

-Going out with friends

-Sitting and giggling like a nut, for everything, with hubby..

-Memories of school, college....

-Early morning sunshine...(.but not the heattt! especially Chennai heat!!..God save us!!..)

-Feel real happy whn i buy earings from roadside stalls (cheaper the better ;)thts my motto)

-Feel extremely happy when i see ‘new arrivals’ on the window of a bagstore;-P

-Kids....

Some famous quotes on happiness:

§  "The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for-“ Allan K. Chalmers”.

§  “If you smile while you talk, you make people happy”- author unknown

§  “Learn to laugh. This will make you feel better”- author unknown

§  "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go". Oscar Wilde

§  "To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost". Gustave Flaubert

§  " The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed" - Nicolas de Chamfort