This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Texas chapter.
96 Beautiful Things
Whenever the dogs bite or the bees sting, Maria from The Sound of Music thinks about her favorite things. Here is a compilation of 96 (almost) priceless things that never fail to make me smile and fill my heart with gratitude.
- Clouds shaped like animals
- Chocolate and peanut butter combinations
- Single parents
- Coral reefs
- Teachers
- Pasta. Copious amounts of pasta.
- Bare baby feet
- Snuggling
- Homemade strawberry jam
- Holding a hot drink with two hands and putting your face in front of the steam
- Big old trees
- Fresh picked basil
- Decorating cookies
- Sminkles (Smile wrinkles)
- Singing The Phantom of the Opera songs loudly.
- Comfy jeans
- When dogs run really fast and their ears stream out behind them
- Late night giggles
- Sweet potatoes
- The entire Tarzan soundtrack
- Accents
- BIG hugs and tiny side hugs
- Stars
- Walking in a big city surrounded by strangers
- Coconuts
- Little smiles
- Pajama bottoms
- Screaming really loud at sports games
- Naming your plants
- Earth worms
- Home
- Baby foxes
- Tango dancing
- Eating too much Halloween candy
- Bees, especially the fuzzy ones
- “Hips Don’t Lie” by Shakira
- Puddles
- Peanut butter Puffins cereal
- Libraries
- Maple syrup (the real kind)
- Cows
- Green things
- Nice cashiers at the grocery store
- Watching someone unwrap a gift you gave them
- Crusted Italian bread
- Lighthouses in the fog
- Frog ribbets
- Perseverance
- PB&Js cut in triangles
- Small acts of kindness
- A long, busy day
- Self-confidence
- Bears eating honey with their paws
- Advent calendars
- Learning from other people
- Pretending to run really slow so that little kids can beat you in a race
- Seeing someone you know at Target
- Animal crackers
- Storms
- Corn mazes
- When little kids blow kisses
- Hands
- Rubber ducks
- Hatching baby alligators
- Waking up on a cold morning but your feet are warm
- Grandparents
- Moss
- Old fashioned trains
- Learning a word in a new language
- Dreams
- Family time
- Messing up really badly and learning from it
- Kind people
- Charlotte’s Web
- Sacrifices
- The day when a war ends
- Napkin notes
- Sidewalk chalk
- Blankets
- Apologizing and making up
- Apple juice
- Saxophones
- Big juicy tomatoes
- Being afraid and doing it anyway
- Balancing
- Singing “Happy Birthday” to someone you really, really love
- Dinosaurs
- Empathy
- Being there for someone when they need it the most
- Funny cat videos
- Trying new things
- Being surrounded by nature with no man-made objects in sight
- Pink sunsets
- Free T-shirts
- Lifting off the ground in an airplane
- Being happy just because
So when the exams bite and the breakups sting or you’re just feeling really sad and need some sunshine, make your own list of your favorite things. You can sing about them too, if you feel so inclined. I promise you will feel so much better.