Friday 23 December 2016

I Discover Happiness

I found happiness two weeks ago, and it was on the inside of my birthday card.  In response to my list - One Hundred Words for Sad - (I Bare My Psyche), my longest-serving friend had written:

Have another
  1. fun
  2. fantastic
  3. creative
  4. fulfilling
  5. happy
  6. loved
  7. loving
  8. lovable
  9. joyous
  10. amazing
  11. carefree
  12. triumphant
  13. beatific
  14. felicitous
  15. propitious
  16. blessed
  17. euphoric
  18. ecstatic
  19. exultant
  20. rapturous
  21. jocund
  22. gladsome
  23. merry
  24. bright
  25. auspicious
  26. elated
  27. laugh-inducing
  28. cheerful
  29. blissful
  30. cheery
  31. thrillful
  32. congenial
  33. delightful
  34. convivial
  35. enchanted
  36. wonderful
  37. gleeful
  38. chocolatey
  39. fizzing
  40. vivifying
  41. affirming
  42. wanton
  43. brave
  44. empowered
  45. empowering
  46. fruitful
  47. vibrant
  48. poetic
  49. lyrical
  50. confident
  51. convivial
  52. uninhibited
  53. hang-up-free
  54. rhapsodic
  55. inspiring
  56. inspirational
  57. sparkling
  58. wondrous
  59. magnificent
  60. awe-filled
  61. tremendous
  62. terrific
  63. heavenly
  64. divine
  65. guilt-free
  66. unparalleled
  67. rewarding
  68. enriching
  69. visionary
  70. dynamic
  71. beamish
  72. radiant
  73. starry
  74. exuberant
  75. gay
  76. jocular
  77. buoyant
  78. bonny
  79. blithe
  80. light-hearted
  81. exhilarating
  82. exuberant
  83. energised
  84. intoxicated
  85. playful
  86. upbeat
  87. mirthful
  88. tickled pink-ful
  89. celebratory
  90. unshackled
  91. untrammelled
  92. free
  93. champion
  94. top
  95. great
  96. emboldened
  97. powerful
  98. jubilant
  99. sorted
  100. perfect
year.

There have been many hard things about the past year and I don't need to, won't, spell them out; enough to say that at times, one hundred words for sad didn't seem enough.

My LSF's list offers hope, and it offers a specific insight in its repetition of the word convivial (34   51) and in word number 85.  I have found much happiness this year in the convivial company of those, like her, who want to live life with clarity and courage; to live without pretence; to live with hope despite everything that's been going on around and in us; to live to grow; to live to play with words, with paint, with dancing, with fire, with food, with music, with motorbikes, with running, with trying out different hats.

Thank you, all of you.  I wish you my LSF's hundred words, well 99, for happiness for Christmas and the New Year.






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