Sometimes, all you want to do when your life gets too bad is to start over. Quit. Give up. I get it, but there are some things so special in life that make it worth living.
1. The sound of your best friend / crush laughing
2. Staring outside of the car window and just watching
3. Daydreaming
4. Finishing a wonderful book and knowing there are still more books of that series to read that are already published so there is no wait
5. Achieving a goal (Realistic drawing, cartwheel, a good grade)
6. Making new friends
7. Goofing off with your friends and laughing about the weirdest things
8. Eating weird food combinations
9. Your best friend messaging you hearts
10. Cleaning — cleaning actually calms a lot of people and it's satisfying to see something you've accomplished (a clean backpack for school, a clean room to sleep in, organized folders on your desktop or photos in albums) It gives you a sense of purpose and satisfaction
11. Finding that thing you lost in your childhood and reminiscing over your memories
12. Being production — it gives you a sense of accomplishment
13. Looking at the sky and finding funny shaped clouds
14. Hugging someone
15. Expressing your creativity
16. Becoming someone to somebody, enough so that you say you love each other and want to spend the rest of eternity together — platonic or romantic love
17. Reading fluffy scenes
18. Drinking hot cocoa with marshmallows in the dead of winter with a fuzzy blanket around yourself dressed in comfy sweats
19. Playing in the snow
20. Smelling wonderful scents (like libraries, hotels, books, scented candles, flowers, your baby sibling's freshly washed hair)
21. Random acts of kindness. Kindness can turn around someone's day immediately — whether it be a smile, a "hello", or a friendly gesture. Kindness is the gateway to someone's soul. A simple act of kindness can give you hope for the future, hope that there are still good people in this world and that there are people still worth fighting for. So fight for them. Your friend or family member, or even a stranger. Fight for them. Fight for those people who make the world good.
22. Answering a question right in class
23. Finishing something before the
deadline
24. Laughing until you're gasping for air and your stomach is hurting
25. Dancing around insults, because you shouldn't let the haters get to you
Always love yourself. You matter, no matter what you think. If you think you are worthless, you are not. You are important to the very livelihood of this world. You are one of its many people, sure but every soul upon this planet makes an impact upon the future. Everybody makes a change. So make a change. Stay alive to make that change. It doesn't have to be a big change, make someone's day better, do someone a favor — anything to make this world a happier place. So, don't give up. Don't give up the force that allows you to make a change for the future. Everyone deserves happiness, and so do you. Stay alive, to bring others happiness if you are not capable. But just know that loving yourself puts you one step closer to pure happiness. So love yourself to death, because if you won't I will
— cait
