These days, negativity, harm, and violence infiltrate the media. A day doesn't go by when news stations aren't flooded with the latest bad news, celebrity scandal, or violent attack.
Negativity has become the new normal.
It has transcended the media and the news to infect individuals every day. We focus on what is not going well in our lives because these aspects allow us to make excuses for not getting everything done on our to-do list. We point the blame elsewhere for why we haven't accomplished our goals.
However, the constant focus on what is going wrong impacts our ability to even notice what is going right-- especially the little things.
Here are 58 little things that'll make you smile (and give you positive moments or feelings to reflect on when negativity clouds your brain).
1. Seeing your best friend for the first time in months
2. Walking in sand
3. The way your hair feels just after it's cut
4. Giant bear hugs
5. Making someone smile
6. Making someone laugh
7. Making someone blush
8. The first snow
9. Skating on fresh ice
10. Laughing so hard you can't stop
11. The sound of gravel crunching under your feet
12. Driving on an empty freeway
13. A hot shower
14. Rolling down a grassy hill
15. The first warm day of spring
16. Working your butt off on a paper
17. And getting an A
18. A perfectly spiraled ice cream cone
19. Cute old couples
20. Sliding into freshly cleaned sheets
21. Clumsy puppies
22. Digging your hands into a bowl of marbles
23. Swings
24. When someone plays with your hair
25. Coloring
26. Thinking about someone you love
27. Holding a hot mug with cold hands
28. The smell of freshly baked cookies
29. Curling up to a movie when it's raining outside
30. Rainbows
31. The moment school ends and it's summer
32. The view at the top of a mountain
33. Funny animal videos
34. When you drive over a hill and your stomach drops
35. Waking up on Christmas morning
36. When someone tells you "Happy Birthday"
37. Driving with the windows down
38. And singing at the top of your lungs
39. The first bite of your favorite meal
40. Looking through old photographs
41. When the leaves change
42. Dancing without caring what people think
43. When a stranger gives you a compliment
44. The perfect outfit
45. The moment you scream "Happy New Year"
46. When you drop something but catch it at the last minute
47. The first sip of coffee in the morning
48. Clothes fresh out of the dryer
49. Waking up without an alarm
50. Finding money in your pocket you forgot about
51. Breakfast in bed
52. Catching someone smiling at their phone
53. The smell of freshly cut grass
54. Taking off your shoes when you get home
55. Letters in the mail
56. Hitting only green lights when you're running late
57. Knowing someone loves you
58. Realizing you're happy
