100 beautiful things

A while back, when I was still volunteering for Samaritans, I had a particularly rough evening. I don’t remember why: might have had a long conversation with a desperate caller, or a run of calls from harassers. (Yes, that’s a thing. A really unfortunate thing.) Or perhaps I was in a bad mood from something else entirely, some other aspect of my day. In any case, I decided to immerse myself in things that made me simply, inescapably happy. So I started this tumblr. I’ve added to it on and off ever since, whenever I come across something that makes me deeply happy to be alive. Like frost flowers:

And cloud chambers:

And lava flows:

When I updated it the other night, I got an email from tumblr congratulating me on 100 posts. That’s 100 things that make me happy. Maybe they’ll make you happy too.