If You're Happy and You Know It, Pass It On

Great day, wonderful moment, perfect blessing, joyful celebration....

What makes you happy? Want to pass it on in a big, big way?

We're collecting the biggest list of happy anyone's ever seen and putting it in a book.

The day you picked wild blueberries and ate them on a bluff overlooking the ocean. Your street’s annual block party. Something someone did for you when you were down. The time your mother picked you up early from school to go play at the beach. Listening to Sunday opera with your Italian uncle. Playing music with friends. Your daughter’s short story getting published in the local paper. An unexpected gift. Smiles from little kids. Birdsong. Walking the streets on a snowday and the whole world seems to sparkle like diamonds. Singing to the Beatles with no one around. The way you feel after a long swim. The Kinks. Puddle stomping. The time you waited on Whoopi Goldberg. A dream realized. Jumping the waves at Jones Beach. How much you love Jon Stewart. Eating peaches over the sink because they’re that juicy. The smell of snow. Walking for hours with no particular destination. Lightning bugs. Having your honey kiss you goodnight. Seeing Leonard Cohen live. A good laugh. The first time you swam nude. Talking with old women on the bus. The time you made your first Thanksgiving for family and friends. A new opportunity. Libraries. American Idol. Getting a compliment from a colleague. Being really good at the word jumble in the morning paper. Working the soup kitchen on Christmas Day.

SEND US WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY

In an email to us today!

Send us as many as you want. A quote. A story. A one-liner. A joke.

If you want us to include it in the book, please include your first name, your age, and your city.

And PASS IT ON to everyone you know so they can send us their stories too!

Some other stuff you should know:

Deadline is August 15, 2010

By submitting you agree that we can put the item in a book and related materials and online, and edit for length and content if necessary. In order to include your entry we need your name and address and email address. We promise not to share that information with anyone.

Check out the happiness gallery on Beliefnet for some great ideas!

We'd like to thank the following for helping us to pass it on: Beliefnet, Tiny Buddha, and Spirituality and Practice

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit Save the Children.