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Waking up with a special person’s arms around me

 ”Waking up with a special person’s arms around me, a bunch of flowers, the smile of my best friends who have seen me through the ups and downs , hilarious laughter with my happy family, sunshine, swimming even in winter in my local gym, feeling special, writing a great article, seeing pets and their owners and knowing that when I get a flat of my own, I’ll buy a Labrador! Thinking about how my house will look one day…ticking stripe couches, old films and shelves of books, and tea! tea! tea! Forgiveness makes me happy, love makes me happy. Thinking about the fact every one of us is the same makes me happy.”

—Susanna, London, England

books

 ”Books make me happy.”

—Sylvia, New York, NY

wine

“The TV off, the stereo also silent, a wine from the Alsace in a coffee mug sitting next to my bowl of peanuts. I am supine on the couch on a Saturday night with my book (Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay) while my son is at my sister’s house and daughter is hanging with friends and I know that I can be anywhere but here is this simplistic or sybaritic and does one need to cancel out the other? I don’t know. I’m happy.”

—Angie, Belleville, NJ

The Tipping Point

Find out if you are a “connector” or a “maven.” Read “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” by Malcolm Gladwell.

— Linda, New York, NY

the tao of pooh

“‘The Tao of Pooh’ by Benjamin Hoff is mind-expanding in a gentle way.”

— Linda, New York, NY

Free To Be You And Me

“‘Free To Be You And Me’ by Marlo Thomas is super awesome and you can sing along!”

— Linda, New York, NY

From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

“I really enjoyed re-reading the adventurous story, ‘From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler’ by EL Konigsburg recently as an older child just as much as I did when I was a younger child.”

— Linda, New York, NY