You know what? Seldom do we stop and appreciate all that life hands us. Well, alright let's face it. Most of the time, life usually just throws them at us. Violently, and with no warning.  But I'm cutting to the chase, no fluff. I'm appreciating life right now. Let's make a list. 

Just some of life's highs (but is not limited to nor is in any particular order): 

Those smiles that make your face hurt 

Missing someone

Knowing that someone misses you, too

Skipping school for a day, just for mental health and good measure

Giving gifts

Your first kiss

A warm bed on a cold night

Good hair days

Sleeping in 

Warm nights

Baking cookies, but eating most of the dough first

Snow days

Finding money in your pockets

Running into an old friend

Finishing a good book

Christmas

Falling in love (I hate cliches, but when it happens, you KNOW it's literally everything it's ever been cracked up to be, which is why it is so deserving of its place in this list)

Sledding

Finishing something you started a long time ago 

The day you cross off the first thing on your bucket list. 

Friends, I know that some/most/all of these may seem incredibly trivial. But, I promise you, they are not. Nothing that fills your heart to the brim with good feeling, makes your soul really move, is ever, ever trivial.