1. Work in any form. I don't care if its shredding for 3 hours at work - I have come to appreciate the value of work. Maybe I can understand a little more why mom was always working, even when she didn't have any reason to, or income. It feels so good to be productive. It's been a struggle lately to feel that. I've learned a lot.
2. Giving and receiving sincere compliments. Yesterday I was feeling kind of down, and someone walked up to me and gave me a sincere compliment on something they thought was my talent. For some reason, it meant the world to me and totally lifted my spirits.
3. Running and then eating a good meal. Most of the time, I'm not motivated to cook a good meal unless a) I have someone to eat it with or b) I'm actually really hungry. Saturday I ran 8 miles with my friend Maranda, and came home feeling like I had earned a good, solid meal instead of 10 pieces of toast like I usually eat. I made some yum stir fry and devoured it. So so good.
4. Temple. There is nothing like the peace inside the temple. I don't think it's possible to find that kind of still, calm feeling anywhere else in the world. It can't be compared to anything in the world. All of the cares of the world seem to melt away when I go to the temple. Biggest stress reliever ever.
5. My Family - I really don't know what I would do, who I would be without my siblings and parents. Yesterday I got to talk to Emily and Angela and it helped me so much. I'm pretty sure 85% of my decisions that I have made in my life are made solely on the fact that someone in my family told me to do it. HA. Terrible. But true.
And lastly, I am grateful for anything that can make me laugh. No matter how trivial it may be. For example, we passed this sweet dude with an even sweeter mustache on the way to Salt Lake City on Saturday. I managed to snap a shot of him on my cellular device. Check it out:
Peace out, dudes!
