oh happy day...

i feel...i feel happy.
....yea happy.

what a surfacey word.
a word i don't use too often (not because im not feeling that way, but because the word "happy" has a childish and dreamy ring to it). As i have grown older i began to use words like "joy" and "contentment" to express what i was feeling instead of the simple word "happy". Yes i know...joy and contentment are so much deeper than being happy (different post for a different day) but today my focus is on HAPPY.

I felt like a kid,
opening my eyes this morning to a nice cool morning.
the feeling of being alive running through my veins.
hearing the birds enjoying morning conversations.
the smell of my peach Bellini wallflower scent.
i felt happy. i haven't felt happy since my formal dance last year. maybe i tried to grow up too much. maybe i became too serious and jumped over being happy.

today was a typical day- spent time doing laundry, taking out the trash. went to a store meeting. took kylen to the movies. grabbed a slushie. brought marcus one too. hung out for a little bit with a friend. facetimed my old youth pastor. went to church. heard a fantastic sermon-sat next to old high school friends. went to dinner with Janelle. had super good conversation. and now sitting relaxed on my couch, listening to music. As i did all those things i was happy. i even felt a little bit hyper. i had energy all day. i feel like i didn't have to choose to have a fresh perspective- it just came.

days like these are sooo great. sooo refreshing.
i felt just great to be able to live life today. im so thankful for today. today i got to include Jesus in all that i did- how awesome to have a God who wants to be a part of my day. At church i felt cute, comfortable, and enjoyed my long hair. i didn't care what others thought or said to me (i guess i was not high in harmonizer haha) ...i just felt like i was in a cloud. maybe that was a but random but im trying to convey how happy i was today, and still am!

not sure if people feel this way anymore.happy. have we forgotten to just enjoy life? to smile literally for no reason? to look up at the stars and find imaginary pictures and pretend to be all scientific(when really we aren't)? to eat a cookie and say yum?

i feel like the small things in life (like hanging out with friends for a bit, eating a cookie, or feeling cute) are reasons to just smile and just be happy.