My 100 happy book

I started writing in my little notebook, with the aim of writing something in every day that made me happy. I write at the end of every day, so I can go to sleep with something pleasant in my brain-space :o) (Yes, it works!)

If anyone else wants to join in, please do let me know!

#100happy Best of the Web: Christmas Postsecret

from postsecret.com

100happy - A Beautiful Life

My friend Katie posted this lovely graphic on her blog. I think she found it on Pinterest. (If this is yours, please let me know and I'll credit you!)

I couldn't not post it, it's so prettyful :o)

#100happy Best of the Web: Yet More from Postsecret :o)

#100happy Best of the Web: More from Postsecret

from Postsecret

Quote of the Day - John Lennon

By loveandmemories on Pinterest.com

Quote of the Day - Michael Jordan

I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. 
~ Michael Jordan

Quote of the Day - Winston Churchill

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.
 ~ Winston Churchil

#100happy Best of the Web: TheFuuuuComics

All from thefuuuucomics.tumblr.com

#100happy Best of the Web: Postsecret

All from Postsecret [link]

#100happy photographs - 1-10: Happy Faces

10 Happy Faces is a gallery, a compilation of 10 of the happiest faces on Flickr.

#100happy on Twitter

For more #100happy, search hashtag #100happy on Twitter or follow @hundredhappy


@Shellie1210 Little things that show you he loves you; bringing back a surprise Kinder egg from the shop :-) mine had a little car inside.


@RachelPatti Icing a cake at close to midnight dressed as Lady Gaga. I love my life.


@irismacro Everything will be okay in the end.


@furiousgerbil Right. Tonight's dream will involve Rita Hayworth, A talking edam and a badger called Jeff.


@timminchin Incredible. RT @jacques_aih "I shot the serif". Sounds like a character assassination.


@Dr_Ellie Saw 2 "subfertile" patients today who fell pregnant once I referred them to fertility clinic before they even had 1st appt! Magic referrals!


@jakehumphreyf1 Nothing can bring you peace but yourself -Ralph Waldo Emerson Night all x


@rizzlekicks This cat outside the studio loves me, feels like I've got a pokemon #childhooddream


@tiamowry He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. -- Epictetus

Ultimate Dog Tease :)

Tell me you didn't laugh your socks off at this. Go on, I dare ya.

from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw

Autumn.

from my Flickr page

#100happy today - Brits are Brilliant!

Reasons Brits are brilliant #524632996: Give them a patch of sunlight, even at the end of October, and they will lunch in it & appreciate the glory of the miracle it is!

#100happy from the BBC

The BBC asked people to write in with their happy things and compiled them into this article.

Here's some of my favourites:

I am revising for my A-levels next week. Happiness is when your family make a huge barbecue and picnic extremely quietly, sneak into the house and burst into the room shouting "surprise!" and brandishing a cold beer!
Katy, UK


Happiness to me, can be ever so lasting, when I am connected to my creator. When I am in touch, I am rewarded, I am reminded always, of love, kindness, forgiveness, compassion, generosity, humility, understanding, tolerance, curiosity, humbleness, beauty, of peace. In those moments I can see what life is all about. In those moments I have glimpsed the whole picture. 
Nourel, UK


Happiness is what everyone looks for. Everything we do is primarily for happiness. I would like to share something I came across on a poster which goes something like this ... "This is the time to be happy and this is the place to be happy. The way to be happy is to make others happy." I've tried and it works!!
Anoop, India


Here are some things that make me happy: becoming a Grandma is an almost certain recipe for happiness; having a funny old husband to cuddle up to, to find your glasses and keys when you lose them, and put a lovely warm wheat bag in the bed at night; three friendly Labradors to welcome you home in the evening; hanging out the washing on a fine sunny day; having a job working with teenagers where every day produces lots of laughs and plenty of challenges, a glass of Waipara Springs Reserve Pinot Noir, friends coming to stay; and, of course, chocolates.
Ros Rossiter, New Zealand

I am only 13 but I constantly wish I could do something to help people feel happier. I think it would be good for schools to encourage more youth groups that go into the communities and help out. I would love to have a youth group in my town where people can make friends and work hard to make their community better, but people just can't be bothered to help without getting anything in return.
Amy, UK

An Indian Swami gave me this equation of happiness. Happiness = number of desires fulfilled / number of desires created. The happiness increases if you increase the numerator, as one feels happy as soon as one's desire is fulfilled, or you decrease the denominator ie create fewer desires. As the mind is capable of increasing the denominator endlessly and there are practical limitations in increasing the numerator, it is better to train the mind to generate fewer desires. A person with no desires is the happiest person on earth.
Manmohan Sehgal, USA

Chocolate
Claire, UK

#100happy today - Twirling Stationery Around To Make A Helicopter :D

from http://thefuuuucomics.tumblr.com/

#100happy today: People Should Smile More

#100happy is everywhere.

100 Happy is one thing per day that makes you smile. Feel-good ammunition for when things get tough and the promotion of day-to-day mental wellbeing. 


After reading this Opendiary entry trying to spread smiles throughout the world, I felt like trying it myself.


Tomorrow I will post some of these:

in random places in my world and record any reactions they get :)


Stay tuned...

Kickarse Poetry: "Invictus"

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

 ~ William Ernest Henley 

Stoic Henley suffered bone tuberculosis and had to have most of his leg amputated aged 17 but wrote ^ this in 1875 to defy melancholy and encourage determination within himself. What a dude.


Credit for introducing me to this poem goes to Front magazine, by the way (if you're reading this at work, be warned that if you click the link for the mag there will be bare boobies, ohnoes!) as model Emily has the final verse tattooed on her arm which is kinda cool.

Song Lyrics of Awesome - Lonyo

Close your eyes whilst listening to this and sway, remembering when you were in your late teens and there was that certain guy or girl on holiday that you were properly Jonesing for.

Ahhh, nostalgia, you fit-ass beast.

~

Mi unico anhelo es..
No volver a pensar en ti
I want you to know
That my heart and soul's for you
And I thought you should know
I'll do anything you want me to
Move your body round me
Come on and get undone
It's the summer of love
Move your body round me
Get off and get undone
It's the summer of love
Sending out an S.O.S.
It's the summer of love
Sexy girl, it's time to get your ass
'Cause it's the summer of love
Sending out an S.O.S.
It's the summer of love
Freakin' girl, you got an entrance
Sexy girls
Are with the bad boys in the club
All they wanna do
Is feel the heat of summerlove
Move your body round me
Come on and get undone
It's the summer of love
Move your body round meLonyo - Summer Of Love (Comme Ci Co... on http://www.nuttylyrics.com/lonyo-summer-of-love-comme-ci-co/id403275
Get off and get undone
It's the summer of love
Sending out an S.O.S.
It's the summer of love
Sexy girl, it's time to get your ass
'Cause it's the summer of love
Sending out an S.O.S.
It's the summer of love
Ravin' girl, you got an entrance
Check it out
Au revoir, chica
Come see and get undone
Sweet pea and get it done
Hey man, get undone
Move your body round me
Come on and get undone
It's the summer of love
Move your body round me
Get off and get undone
It's the summer of love
Sending out an S.O.S.
It's the summer of love
Sexy girl, it's time to get your ass
'Cause it's the summer of love
Sending out an S.O.S.
It's the summer of love
Ravin' girl, you got an entrance

(Lyrics nicked from NuttyLyrics)

#100happy - Lonyo - Summer of Love (Comme ci Comme ca)

#100happy today - Thursday 29th September 2011


*The coffee machine at the training centre
*Finding out it was a half day course and spending the rest of the day wandering around the city
*Sunshine and hot temperatures!! It was 28 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. Madness.
*Iced peppermint latte
*A violinist and cellist in the city centre playing Pachelbel
*Browsing around Topshop and Accessorize and Monsoon*Trying on my "The One" wedding dress and it being a perfect fit
*Giving myself a payday treat of a "grown up" handbag that's big enough to put all my work stuff in
*Sunshine! (So good I typed it twice)
*Getting checked out even though everyone else was wearing hotpants and I was sweating my jubblies off in my uniform complete with obligatory tights and wool blend pencil skirt
*A helpful dude in the post office
*Crumpets and pate and cheese and grapes and pineapple juice

Song Lyrics of Awesome - Incubus

Hey now, in spite of this we’re doing just fine
Even diamonds start as coal
Give us time to shine
Even diamonds start as coal
We’re incomplete and infantine
Even diamonds start as coal.
Give it time girl, the fire feels divine
The sweetest things
They burn before they shine
We think way too much
Look at us losing touch
A promise is a promise until...
Yeah, in spite of this we’re doing just fine
Even diamonds start as coal
Give us time to shine
Even diamonds starts as coal. 


~


You can do anything.

Lucky You

Oh lucky you
There's nothing to lose

#100happy - Beautiful South - Song for Whoever

100 Happy is one thing per day that makes you smile. Feel-good ammunition for when things get tough.  For more on #100happy, see undane.co.uk or search #100happy on Twitter.



#100happy for 15th and 16th October:

• Waking up to sunshine streaming through the gaps in the curtains
  
• Bagels, sausage, scrambled egg and tea
  
• A trip to B&Q with The Boy
  
• Having two dear friends (and their spaniel, who is named after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer) visit our new house
  
• Chatting about life, love and Manchester United in a country pub
  
• Lamb and redcurrant pie with chips, cabbage and gravy
  
• Real ale
  
• Singing along to some inspired choices from the jukebox in the local and staying til the early hours of the morning
  
• Getting a lift home from the landlord in his Jag(!)
  
• Waking early and watching the rugby
  
• Returning to bed for a cheeky nap
  
• Sunshine
  
• A mug of hot Vimto
  
• Fluffy socks
  
• Having no housework to do because we already did it during the week
  
• Tea and ginger biscuits
  
• Red berry scented candles
  
• Cuddles

Quote of the Day - Rizzle Kicks

The Winter will come
we just have parties inside, it's still fun

- Rizzle Kicks

Song Lyrics of Awesome - Snow Patrol

"All that I am, all that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes
They're all I can see"

~ Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

Quote of the Day - Holbrook Jackson

Happiness is a form of courage.

~ Holbrook Jackson

WHEEE!!

from ihasahotdog.com

Hygge Hugs

After watching an episode of BBC's Coast (you can watch it here), I felt compelled to look into the Danish Art of "Hygge" more closely.

Described as a feeling of "cosiness", I couldn't think of anything more fitting for this blog, really.

Hygge can be anything: sitting in front of a roaring fire with a hot spiced tea, spending time with friends and family on the beach and singing a song together... anything that is familiar, nostalgic, heartwarming.

Hygge is apparently pretty difficult to describe as there are no synonyms for it in another language than Danish, but this website describes it in such a lovely way.

And here are a few of my favourite images from Flickr that I think sum-up what my interpretation of "hygge" is:-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/puk_photography/3011628255/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/helle-belle/5170261980/

Quote of the Day - Albert Einstein

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.


~ Albert Einstein

Keep it Simple.

Sometimes the greatest joy comes in such simple things :)

from the fabulous http://thefuuuucomics.tumblr.com/

Quote of the Day - Benjamin Disraeli

Nurture your mind with great thoughts;
to believe in the heroic makes heroes.


~ Benjamin Disraeli

Optimism

Never underestimate the power of HOPE :)

(from ihasahotdog.com)

Quote of the Day - Charles Dickens

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

~ Charles Dickens

Lucky Jim - Lovely To Me

This is such a sweet little song. Even if it does remind me of a bread advert. It's just so, so lovely <3

Enjoy!

Remember 9/11 for the stories of bravery, love and kindness of people who refused to cower in the face of terror. Lest we forget. "In the depths of winter, I finally realised that there was within me an invincible summer" ~ Albert Dumas. Remember that you all have these qualities within you and use them every day. <3

Quote of the Day - Aesop

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Honey Bear's Underwear

Sometimes I drop my plate
Sometimes I spill my drink
But even when I make mistakes, I know
the Sunshine's always hiding inside of me
Wise words of the sweet, sweet honey bear!

Snippets of Advice #1

"Whenever you find yourself sexually attracted to someone, remember that they poo and they know you poo too."


Sound Advice from @ScurrilousFacts on Twitter

Quote of the Day - Buddha

"Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die"

Hey, your flies are undone!

This little bit of research from YouGov amused me: 


82% of British people would tell someone they knew if they had accidentally left their flies undone


87% would let a friend or acquaintance know if they’d accidentally tucked their skirt into the back of their underwear


See the full results here.

IrisMacro and I are trying to compile a list of happy things. It started off as a quest to find 100 things that make us happy and is affiliated with Iris' awesome blog, UNdane: Iris Jones vs. The Great Mundane.

But we're not happy with that. We won't stop 'til we're at 100 BILLION happy things! :o)

We started the #100happy tag on Twitter to try and spread the joy and also created a Flickr group to share the photographs that make us smile.

#100happy can be anything that makes you feel happy: as big as the thought that one day there might be world piece, or as silly as the realisation that there's a plate of cold sausages in your fridge when you get home from work.

Here's a few of our faves:

IrisMacro Christina 

#100happy today - looking forward to roadtripping across the USA...going to Memphis & driving down highways through deserts with music.

11 Jul 

IrisMacro Christina 

#100happy today - the thought of building up a thousands strong collection of instax photos so I can fill a room with them floor to ceiling.

emmylou1602 Emmy Lou 

Mum brought a Costa hot chocolate into work for me! God bless my mummy :-) #100happy

LittleSeattleOb Little Seattle 

#100happy @emmylou1602 headbutts from my kitty

emmylou1602 Emmy Lou 

Belting out Michael Buble's Cry Me a River at a million decibels and pretending you're a Broadway star and a total badass. #100happy

rectopathic Amelia F 

@emmylou1602 Kisses, praying, hot baths, chocolate sauce, duvet hugs, new perfume and dancing. <3 #100happy

"Dad officially in remission!! YESS!! Take that Cancer, your ass has officially been KICKED! #100happy"

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What makes YOU happy?