Laughter

Since I can't really focus on my New Testament paper for school I thought that I would write a quick blog post.

I have always enjoyed laughing, it seems to make you feel good and happy no matter how you are feeling beforehand. And then there are those people who can make you laugh no matter when or what is going on, which can be annoying if you want to feel angry or sad :P. So far in my life I have only come across two people who can always make me laugh and that is my little sister and my boyfriend.

Also lately it has come to my attention that I am ticklish. Now when I was a young girl i used to be extremely ticklish but as i entered my early teens i trained myself not to be ticklish, to the disappointment of a few. But for some reason I have been becoming increasingly ticklish...why? I do not know. There are times when I can keep my self from laughing and keep my cool but other times I start to head into a shrieking/gasping laugh as I struggle for air.

So who makes you laugh? Are you ticklish?

Happiness

What is happiness? True happiness? And how can you tell if you are truly happy?

When I was in my early or midteens I went through a period in my life where I tried to make it seem like I was always happy. I would refrain from showing any true emotion other then happiness. I could be angry or sad but you wouldn't be able to tell. I could be having the worst day of my life but if you were to ask me how I was doing I would have just smiled and say that I was doing great and then turn the topic to you and how you were doing and what was new with you. I was slowly adding layers onto my mask and eventually there were so many layers that were so thick that I no longer really knew what true happiness was.

During this time God really made himself known to me. It has been a slow process and even now I will struggle with being open with my emotions. I still occasionally stuggle with being more open with my emotions but it is something that I am working on and that God is helping me with and working on me through others who ask me how I am doing and who truely seem to care about me and how I feel, whether it is good or bad.

Lately I have been feeling really happy and this has caused me to wonder what is happiness? And what makes me happy? I think for me happiness comes from not being stressed, from feeling at peace with myself, with the people around me, and with God.

I find that when I am really happy, I get the giggles easily, I have a ton of energy, I am definately ticklish and I feel like I am on top of the world not matter what happens. And I have been feeling alot of this lately.

So what makes you feel happy and how do you show it?

Bubbles

One of the small things that makes me ridiculously happy are bubbles. I just love to blow bubbles....even as acollege kid (and I'm not afraid to admit it!). And when you think about it bubbles are a lot like the good parts of life, they are fun to make and even fun to admire for a little while as they float lazily in the air. But eventually they drift away in the breeze or pop, on their own or because of some other object. Like bubbles there are events in our lives that are fun to experience but eventually all things, good or bad, come to an end but we always have the memories of theses times to look back on if we choose too. For me, the purpose of this blog will to share, and help me self to remember, the good times and maybe the occasional bad times (I have bad times like every other person but they won't be the focus of this blog) in my life and how I'm feeling or what I'm thinking about. I hope that this blog will be interesting and that I'll remember to write in it on a steady basis and that you find some pleasure in it!
So have you blown any bubbles lately?
Ashley