I noticed yesterday that I rarely feel really great about anything. I’m reminded of that Daniel Johnston lyric:

“How can I help but be restless
When everything is so helpless
And all of the colors seem to have
Faded away.”

I don’t know how this happened, but as a result, I would like to list ten things that make me happy. Now, I’m going to leave off my wife and kids, since that’s a given, although my family leaves me very happy. Ok, here goes:

1) The newspaper's sports page.

2) Walking on the basketball court at six in the morning.

3) Bookstores. Well, bookstores don’t leave me giddy happy, but more like calm.

4) Looking at betta fish in their tanks.

5) Gardening, although I suppose I get frustrated when gardening as well when I try to create the perfect gardening. Bad gardening habits!

6) Walking.

7) Reading late at night in bed.

8)Drinking tea and/or burning sage.

9) Watching movies.

10) Writing in the journal.

Now, I noticed that at least eight of these calm me down rather than make me very happy. I’m not sure what that means. More later.