name 10 positive things and make this the feel good thread, can be anything you did today, this week, any experience, or thought.

1 - I have a great boss and I love my job.

2- My birthday celebrations started early and they're set to continue into the weekend.

3 - I'm healthy!

4 - I only have 10 weeks to wait until my holiday.

5 - I met some lovely, lovely orgers in Amsterdam. And i'm still smiling about it.

6 - I have a good family and I love them dearly.

7 - One of my favourite songs is playing on the radio right now.

8 - My hair is getting longer!!

9 - The ironing pile is relatively small.

10 - I laughed so much last night I almost wet myself.

1. I have my health.
2. I have a roof over my head.
3. I have food on my table.
4. I have good family.
5. I have good friends.
6. I live in a First World country.
7. I have a good job.
8. I have freedom.
9. I have high-speed Internet.
10. I have Howard Stern (See him on America's Got Talent, premiering May 14th!, on NBC! )

babies growing up healthy, happy and strong

people making jokes and laughing

couples kissing

sunny wheather

good haircut

ultra-fast Internet connection

tasty food

exercise/fitness

water

a good nap

Ace said:

1. I have my health.
2. I have a roof over my head.
3. I have food on my table.
4. I have good family.
5. I have good friends.
6. I live in a First World country.
7. I have a good job.
8. I have freedom.
9. I have high-speed Internet.
10. I have Howard Stern (See him on America's Got Talent, premiering May 14th!, on NBC! )

yes to all those, except I don't care much about Howard Stern.

And regarding that bolded one... I recently read Peter Singer's The Life You Can Save, and it had a real impact on me, to the extent that I think I can say it changed the way I'm living my life. I've taken the pledge he recommended and I am now donating 5% of my income to charity, and I've also commited to donating whatever I have left at the end of life to Oxfam. Singer's recommendation is that people who take his pledge talk about it and encourage others to do the same, so I'm doing that right here. Below you'll find a brief youtube video that gives a high-level overview of Singer's case, and I've also linked to an interview he gave to Point of Inquiry where he goes into greater depth.

On the page linked to below you'll find an MP3 download that contains the Singer interview.

http://www.pointofinquiry..._can_save/

http://www.thelifeyoucansave.com/

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1. Seyhan

2. Zoey

3. Ellie

4. Being a Memaw to the above 3 little girls.

5. Graduating college with honors

6. Son graduating high school in 2 1/2 weeks and going to college in the Fall..so proud of him!

7. My birth mother finally gave me the name of my birth father

8. I am getting my hair done this Friday..something I never do.

9. Summer is almost here!

10. Looking forward to Mother's Day brunch with my family.

1. I finally found a job!

2. I just bought some new dress clothes (for the new job!) and I feel really good about it. Didn't get down on myself when trying them on.

3. I have a great group of friends.

4. I'm keeping up on my goal of making all of my friends/family a birthday card.

5. My previous employer set me up well financially when I was laid off so I have a decent savings to help supplement my pay cut. And the panic is starting to subside.

6. My friend and I are going to Def Leppard & Poison in August which means our makeup is going to be bad ass.

7. I think I'm ready to make some changes in my life.

8. I have the ability to have fun/entertain myself in almost all situations. I'm just starting to realize how many people do not have that quality and drive themselves nuts because of it.

9. I have an appreciation of where I am now. Even on my crappiest days, statistically my life should be worse.

10. I think I'm going to try to bring back the banana clip.

MoniGram said:

1. Seyhan

2. Zoey

3. Ellie

4. Being a Memaw to the above 3 little girls.

5. Graduating college with honors

6. Son graduating high school in 2 1/2 weeks and going to college in the Fall..so proud of him!

7. My birth mother finally gave me the name of my birth father

8. I am getting my hair done this Friday..something I never do.

9. Summer is almost here!

10. Looking forward to Mother's Day brunch with my family.

That is wonderful! And hopefully you'll get some answers.

i'm glad i have my health

my family is my earthly blessing

i love the colors of spring and nature

the sunsets are beautiful and never the same

my friends mean so very much to me

we live in a country where we are free (at least in our minds if we want to be)

music as well as it's many vocals has been a best friend all my life

i adore the ocean's roar it's a place where the sounds of technology cannot penatrate

museums bless us with the fine arts and current artistic creativeness, for that i am thankful

prince is still fine. he was fine, he is fine, and will b fine 2moro.

JuliePurplehead said:

1. I finally found a job!

2. I just bought some new dress clothes (for the new job!) and I feel really good about it. Didn't get down on myself when trying them on.

3. I have a great group of friends.

4. I'm keeping up on my goal of making all of my friends/family a birthday card.

5. My previous employer set me up well financially when I was laid off so I have a decent savings to help supplement my pay cut. And the panic is starting to subside.

6. My friend and I are going to Def Leppard & Poison in August which means our makeup is going to be bad ass.

7. I think I'm ready to make some changes in my life.

8. I have the ability to have fun/entertain myself in almost all situations. I'm just starting to realize how many people do not have that quality and drive themselves nuts because of it.

9. I have an appreciation of where I am now. Even on my crappiest days, statistically my life should be worse.

10. I think I'm going to try to bring back the banana clip.

SHUT. UP!

I swear to God just last week I told my daughter.. "I wish the banana clip would come back into style"

She of course had no idea what I was talking about...

tinaz said:

JuliePurplehead said:

1. I finally found a job!

2. I just bought some new dress clothes (for the new job!) and I feel really good about it. Didn't get down on myself when trying them on.

3. I have a great group of friends.

4. I'm keeping up on my goal of making all of my friends/family a birthday card.

5. My previous employer set me up well financially when I was laid off so I have a decent savings to help supplement my pay cut. And the panic is starting to subside.

6. My friend and I are going to Def Leppard & Poison in August which means our makeup is going to be bad ass.

7. I think I'm ready to make some changes in my life.

8. I have the ability to have fun/entertain myself in almost all situations. I'm just starting to realize how many people do not have that quality and drive themselves nuts because of it.

9. I have an appreciation of where I am now. Even on my crappiest days, statistically my life should be worse.

10. I think I'm going to try to bring back the banana clip.

SHUT. UP!

I swear to God just last week I told my daughter.. "I wish the banana clip would come back into style"

She of course had no idea what I was talking about...

I'm going to need a lot of hair spray to pull it off but I think it's time to bring that baby back. I have a pink one. I would like to get one with rhinestones.