Body & Fitness

25 things that make you feel good

1 A friend giving you their last piece of chewing gum.

2 Someone turning on your electric blanket so your bed is nice and warm when you get home.

3 Your mum making your favourite childhood dessert just because you’re coming for dinner.

4 A complete stranger letting you share their taxi so you don’t have to wait in the rain.

5 A friend turning up at your house with a takeaway coffee (or a bottle of wine) for you.

6 A person you admire telling you that you did a good job.

7 Snuggling up with soft, fluffy throws, a bowl of popcorn and a chick flick on a rainy night.

8 Your kid hugging you for no reason. Double fuzzies if they also say you look pretty.

9 A stranger giving you their parking ticket with time still left.

10 Someone turning your car around so you don’t have to back out of the driveway on a frosty morning.

11 Getting home to find dinner all made and ready as a surprise.

12 Having the kids put the washing on while you were out – we admit this is rare!

13 Receiving an old-fashioned, hand-written thank you card.

14 When a loved one says they’re proud of you.

15 The shopper in front of you at the checkout letting you go first because you have fewer items than them.

16 Opening the dishwasher and finding it has been unloaded – and not by you!

17 Baby animals.

18 The gas station person offering to fill the car AND check your water and oil.

19 Someone not only letting you into the traffic when you’re merging motorway lanes, but doing it with a friendly wave and a smile.

20 A kind soul returning your shopping trolley for you in the supermarket carpark.

21 Someone, anyone, helping you change the duvet cover.

22 Having a good hair day when you haven’t even put in the effort.

23 Neighbours bringing your rubbish bin in for you.

24 The person with no children offering to babysit for you (because they don’t even expect babysitting in return).

25 People laughing at your jokes.

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