31 Ways To Be Happy--

[Life is sweet]

# Rearranging the furniture in your house and feeling like it looks new

# Making paper flowers with recycled newspaper

# Humming

# Laughing, laughing and more laughing

# Delighting in the smell of an apple pie baking in the oven

# Making and drinking fresh lemonade

# Warming your toes as you sit by a fire

# Listening to music, hearing the sound of a violin or the voice of your favorite singer

# Going to the library and discovering a great new book

# Reading a magazine

* Smiling at someone and waiting for it to be returned

* Volunteering and telling someone you care through your kind and giving actions

* Saying "Thank you"

* Being nice

* Giving a compliment

* Making greeting cards and sending them to the people you care about

* Playing cards with the family

* Going on a treasure hunt with your friends and family

* Playing charades with your friends and family

* Playing catch with your child

* Having a hula hoop contest Watch

* Stargazing and watching the heavens light up

* Taking a walk and taking in nature

* Riding a bike and feeling free

* Picking strawberries and making jam

* Planting a vegetable garden

* Picking a handful of yellow flowers in the yard

* Making a kite and flying it

* Making a picnic lunch and enjoying it with friends in the park

* Feeding the birds and watching them play

* Watching sunrises and sunsets and seeing the beauty all around you

[Roses]

*Going swimming with your family

*Making play 'bases' with your children then hiding out in them

*Putting all the cushions on the floor and pretending they are stepping stones over crocodile infested waters and the sofas are the boats

*Making funny shapes with your bodies

*Dance to Classical Music - be a swan or a plane or a lion or pretend you are flying

*Roasting marshmallows