Mondays suck. Plain and simple. One second you’re living up your weekend with friends and family, having a grand ole time and then suddenly BAM Monday morning hits you in the face like a ton of bricks. We grumble and groan about how tired we are, or how much work we have left to do, or how much we’d rather be doing anything else, because there is nothing good about Mondays.

Or is there?

The world is a beautiful, bright place. There’s good in it, lots of it actually. It’s the little things that make life wonderful, like a warm cup of tea or a lazy summer night. The things we take for granted are the ones that make Mondays wonderful.

1. The crunch of fresh snow
2. Putting on warm clothes, fresh out of the dryer
3. Singing. Singing loudly
4. Waking up early and realizing you still have hours to sleep
5. Cheesy pick-up lines
6. When you make a reference to a movie and someone gets it
7. Finding money in the pockets of old jeans
8. A good cup of coffee
9. Puppies
10. Popping bubble wrap
11. This thought: there’s something that you can do better than anyone else in the world
12. Nutella
13. Riding a swing again
14. Winning a scratch off lottery ticket
15. This thought: somewhere in the world, a new mom is gazing at her newborn baby
16. Mini marshmallows
17. Baby elephants
18. Fitting everything perfectly
19. A mother’s hug
20. When your dog cuddles you when you’re upset
21. An unexpected compliment
22. The smell of books
23. Getting into a bed with fresh sheets
24. Catching fireflies
25. Taking your bra off after a long day
26. Airport reunions: bear hugs, long-awaited kisses, happy tears
27. Peeling glue off of your hands
28. Long weekends (Thank you MLK)
29. Taking your shoes off after a long day
30. Fuzzy blankets
31. The trailers before the actual movie
32. Feeling good after you’ve eaten healthy all day
33. The dessert you eat to reward yourself for a day of clean eating
34. Waking up Christmas morning
35. Hearing your favorite song on the radio
36. Glazed Krispy Kreme doughnuts
37. Fuzzy socks
38. Chocolate chip cookies, fresh out of the oven
39. The first snow fall of winter
40. Finishing a tube of Chapstick
41. Cuddling
42. Driving with the windows down in summer
43. Fireworks
44. That first morning stretch
45. Jumping in puddles on rainy days
46. A full tank of gas
47. Going out of your way to crunch autumn leaves
48. A sunny day at the beach
49. A cold shower on the sunburn you received from the day at the beach
50. Changing out of jeans and into sweats
51. Spontaneous day trips
52. TOUCHDOWN!!
53. The way your dog greets you when you get home
54. Seeing a shooting star
55. Acing an important test
56. Hearing “I’m proud of you”
57. Dancing in the ktichen
58. Pumping gas and ending on an even amount
59. Licking the spoon after you bake
60. Fresh flowers on the kitchen table
61. Sunshine
62. Olive Garden breadsticks
63. A good jog
64. Getting a well-deserved promotion
65. Opening the oven before the time goes off
66. Hearing “I love you”
67. This thought: Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward

So in the end, if we opened our eyes to the small things, I think we’d realize that Mondays aren’t so bad after all.