every Tuesday, each team’s team time is focused on gratitude. how can we show our thankfulness better? what are we actually thankful for? Some of the things we have done in the past for gratitude Tuesdays have been thank you letters to our hosts, decorating the house with words of encouragement for the squad, or the most recent of these, the ABCs of gratitude, which actually is what inspired this blog. I wrote out something I’m grateful for that correlated with each letter of the alphabet, for example, T: Toads. But I pulled a lot of the ideas for this list from a note I’ve had for quite a while called “things to love about life”. The list is about 200 items long and I update it as often as I can. Today, I’d like to share 100 simple things to love about this life 🙂
1. people with really big laughs
2. people that are huggers
3. when you accomplish a goal you’ve been working towards
4. worn-in sweatshirts
5. the feeling of wanting to tell someone you love them
6. when you can see how much someone loves someone else by the way they look at them
7. random I love you’s
8. that a normal gift is a little piece of metal with a tiny gem in it. “Hey, here’s a little stone, just because I like you”
9. dogs
10. the way it smells after it rains
11. babies in snowsuits
12. feeling someone’s heartbeat
13. drive-in movies
14. the way snow reflects the moonlight and makes the night sky bright
15. nicknames
16. iced coffee
17. when you can’t contain your laugh
18. green/blue/brown eyes
19. people who write poetry
20. the warmth of direct sunlight against your face
21. surprise flowers
22. When someone talks about something they’re passionate about
23. photos on film
24. cats
25. getting dressed up
26. seeing people get better after being low for so long
27. confident people
28. dancing in the rain
29. singing in the car
30. when someone is 100% themselves
31. baby animals
32. taking naps
33. campfires and cabins
34. the feeling of falling
35. favorite songs
36. friendship bracelets
37. pregnancy anoucements
38. new music
39. when you meet someone and you click automatically
40. being content with sitting in silence with someone and it’s not awkward
41. trading books
42. late-night parking lot talks
43. just wanting to be near someone
44. meeting someone’s parents
45. random little gifts
46. mason jars
47. chicken fingers
48. when someone remembers a small detail about you months after you mention it
49. long hair
50. thrifted jeans
51. feeling completely secure in a friendship
52. road trips
53. the beach
54. looking forward to something
55. hiking
56. feeling good in an outfit
57. broken in boots
58. celebrating someone’s birthday
59. people that are trying to do better for the environment
60. pillow pets
61. when someone who doesn’t love physical touch gives you a genuine hug
62. holding hands
63. the friend’s activity page on Spotify
64. meeting an internet friend in person for the first time
65. concerts
66. talking to strangers
67. old Disney channel original movies
68. childhood photos
69. throw blankets
70. vinyl
71. handwritten letters
72. surprise parties
73. Rekindling friendships
74. colorful shoe
75. custom mugs
76. small picture frames
77. lockets
78. wildflowers
79. taco bell
80. shared notes
81. freckles
82. rings
83. ramen with toppings
84. soft lips
85. daydreaming
86. hot showers
87. warm beds
88. nose rings
89. coke zero
90. feeling healthy
91. wigs
92. becoming an aunt one day
93. lambs
94. sketchbook style tattoos
95. walkie talkies
96. brown cats
97. being emotionally intimate with someone you trust
98. pickles
99. sweetie friends
100. existing in the love of Jesus. for free. no strings. just free love. and the best love that could ever be experienced.
So after reflecting on gratitude and the spirit of thanksgiving every Tuesday for the past 15 weeks, I’ve learned a lot of different things. I mostly learned of the Lord’s goodness and grace. For that, I’m the most thankful for. every. single. day
