My Brilliant Things, inspired by the play, Every Brilliant Thing, by Duncan MacMillan, which I saw in NYC at the Barrow Street Theatre in December 2014. Every Brilliant Thing

1. The scent of jasmine in the air

2. Hugs

3. Being moved by actors

4. Being moved while acting, especially real cries and sobs 

5. The golden ribbon of swirling honey into tea 

6. Showers

7. Kissing a lover after being apart for a length of time

8. Poems that hit you in the gut 

9. Staying up all night laughing

10. New haircuts

11. Babies laughing 

12. Toddlers dancing

13. Surprises

14. When a party guest secretly cleans the kitchen for you 

15. Bonfires

16. When you're swimming, and you suddenly feel the current go down your leg 

17. Compliments by strangers (non-creepy ones)

18. When a story you're reading suddenly has a plot point taken from your own life. 

19. The existence of doppelgängers. 

20. Crunching acorns under foot

21. Orgasms - the little ones and big ones and those you work hard for and those that take you by surprise

22. Tears of joy

23. Tubing the river

24. Music

25. The sound of bamboo wind chimes

26. Foot massages

27. Cheese

28. Walking on cork

29. Being picked up in a hug by a much larger friend

30. Laughing after good sex - like you just got away with something 

31. Realizing on Thursday that Friday is a holiday you have off work

32. Picnics with friends 

33. When you try a new food or drink and you LOVE it

34. Elderly couples flirting with each other, especially if they're a little dirty

35. Finding an amazing bargain

36. Miniature farm animals

37. Floating on a raft in the ocean

38. Stories that are too crazy to be true, but are

39. Trees that have a "room" in the middle to hide in

40. Fireflies

41. When kids say things way more maturely than you expect

42. Sunlight dancing on the ocean

43. Flan

44. Bubbles

45. Flowers that look like animals and vice versa

46. The feeling you get when you hear the first chords of a beloved song

47. Hitting the high note

48. Being told I look like my grandmother

49. When my cat leans on my head

50. The moment the béchamel comes together

51. Cats' chins

52. Super soft blankets

53. Glow in the dark star stickers