stupid little happy things

tips on how to cope: dealing with your feelings, dealing with the consequences of self-harm in your life. share your ideas and maybe pick up some new skills, too. you don't have to want to stop to learn something new here.

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Post by herebedragons » Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:07 am

Beeswax candles- they smell lovely
Cats on a cold day- extra cuddly body heat mongers. :D
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Post by susanM » Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:33 pm

a clean house
having a good choice of food in the fridge
a Christmas card from my uncle (the only one out of the four I actually like :oops: ) made me feel great :D

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Post by Tolby Bear » Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:29 am

Having Chicken noodle soup while sick and its cold outside really warms me up.
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Post by plantt » Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:58 am

--fuzzy socks
--cats
--clean teeth
--having a nice dinner with brother

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Post by lotus » Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:41 pm

*finding holiday cards in with all the regular bills and other mail

*finding out they make my favorite natural soda in diet now! woohoo!

*my kitty sleeping, 'specially if she's sleeping somewhere on me :blush:

*walking on cold, clear, quiet winter nights when everyone has holiday lights in/on their houses

*chocolate!

*feeling really icky and realizing i don't really have to go anywhere and can stay in bed

*buying presents for others and getting excited to find something they will love!

*watching bunnies run around in the snow heehee

*somone rubbing vicks on my back and chest when i'm sick and all stuffed up

*being noticed
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Post by lotus » Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:18 pm

it's me again...

finding new cute little animated emoticons

soft flannel sheets in winter

getting lost in a really good book

finding a new baby leaf on a hard-to-grow plant

wearing sparkly eyeshadow or body glitter

feeling pretty
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Post by susanM » Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:06 pm

A kind neighbour who has been really friendly to me
Nice food
Central heating on a cold day.
My comfortable, loose tracksuit trousers, perfect for exercising and lounging afterwards!
Silly television when I'm too tired to do anything else.

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Post by wilson » Sun Dec 17, 2006 2:17 am

.music. listening to and playing
.getting mail.
.being random.
.when people i know give me hugs.
.going to the beach.
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Post by susanM » Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:39 pm

Diet Coke
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sunny winter days

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Post by Quiet little Angel » Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:04 pm

we had Rim this morning... and it lasted a full 2 hours before the rain removed it... and it was sooo pretty... made me happy...
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Post by mim77 » Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:57 pm

:blush: "Shock the Monkey" it's the ring tone on my phone for my boyfriend.

:blush: emails from friends
:blush: a fav song you haven't heard in forever coming on the radio
:blush: hugs and kisses from my kids
:blush: getting to sleep in as late as I want
:blush: a good dream
:blush: thunderstorms
:blush: hot tubs
:blush: a room lit with candles and a fireplace
:blush: Harold and Kumar go to Whitecastle
:blush: Lazy days watching movies in a pallet in the floor with ur fave person cuddled up with me..

I''m sure there are tons more... But, those are the ones I think of top of my head

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Post by purplefroggydishwasher » Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:41 am

:star: milo

:star: a long hard day of manual labor [eg helping someone move house, or working at the farm] where you feel tired but accomplished

:star: christmas cards from my guides... the little presetns they make and give me as a 'just becasue' thing

:star: milo

:star: sunset on the beach... and then the sunrise on the beach. you are all snuggled in a sleeping bag, its cold but its ok :)
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Post by briochick » Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:51 pm

:star: rain on a tin roof
:star: getting email
:star: making a great grade on a project
:star: an unexpected compliment
:star: finding a dollar on the street

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Post by Seeshellz » Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:27 am

A star I made that hangs on my computer desk above my computer, it's all different pretty colors, blue, pink, purple. It's so pretty.

I made it in crafts when I was in the phosp once. It is just a happy thing.
"If you learn from your suffering,

and really come to understand the lesson you were taught,

you might be able to help someone else who's now

in the phase you may have just completed.

Maybe that's what it's all about after all..."

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Post by wilson » Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:21 am

playing my bass.
people making me realise im cared about
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Post by cipher » Sat Dec 23, 2006 6:23 am

There's a little tabby cat from somewhere in my neighbourhood, likes to curl up in a pile of leaves beside my garage in the morning; catches the sun in that spot after 09:00. Grooms. Stretches. Back to sleep.

I add new dry leaves to that spot after work; nice to see the cat sorting it all properly the next morning...

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Post by Seeshellz » Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:40 pm

A greeting card from my 5 year old niece where she wrote in it I Love You in it. I keep it on my computer desk. It's a happy thing, makes me feel loved. :pinkheart:
"If you learn from your suffering,

and really come to understand the lesson you were taught,

you might be able to help someone else who's now

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Maybe that's what it's all about after all..."

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Post by ViolinPlayingGoat » Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:29 pm

the little girl sitting behind me on the bus last week singing about how it was going to be a happy new year and a special new year and christmas was a long time ago.
i have no idea if she was singing an existing song cos i sure didn't recpgnise it, or if she was making up a song about a happy new year.
it was adorable.
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Post by plantt » Sun Jan 14, 2007 6:11 am

--really corny sappy fun movies
--cats
--watching snow falling

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Post by Seeshellz » Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:48 am

The colourful bead bracelet my 5 year old niece made me out of a bead kit I gave her, it is precious to me, I keep it on my computer desk when I'm not wearing it. It makes me happy. :)
"If you learn from your suffering,

and really come to understand the lesson you were taught,

you might be able to help someone else who's now

in the phase you may have just completed.

Maybe that's what it's all about after all..."

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