Celebration Stories, Experiences and Ideas

We want to share what our community is doing to turn their ordinary days into extraordinary lives. You will see that celebration can come from any given source, at any given moment, even in those times when we feel crabby or disappointed. If you are inspired to try an of these ideas, please come back and let us know what happens.

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Right after Katrina, I felt like there wasn't much to celebrate or be happy about in the world.  So I came up with the idea of promoting “Life Day” at my school.  continued...

With the slogan "You're Alive, Be Happy."  I told as many people as I could about it and to show their appreciation for life they should wear yellow. (Why yellow I don't know, maybe because it's such a nice color). I put signs up all over my school the week before and handed out little note cards the day of.  I had a couple hundred students part of a sea of yellow that day, including several teachers (some that weren't even mine) including the head football coach.  The date is September 20th and I have continued to celebrate Life Day since I started it. -- Timothy L.
I will go for a walk today and celebrate the buds on the trees and the flowers coming up. -- Anne P.  

I’m going to take one of the celebration ideas from the Simply Celebrate book — hiding money for strangers — and make it into a date.  continued...

I'll break $50 into fives, and brainstorm with my date over lunch where we are going to hide the money. And then we'll take public transportation to the different places and have fun. I'm sure we'll build memories that will last a very long time. Pretty cool huh? -- Eric S; Los Angeles, CA
When I'm in a busy line at the grocery store and the cashier is obviously stressed, I try to say something to convey that I'm in no hurry and to let them know they can relax a minute. -- Anonymous
As I was reading the section on your newsletter asking us to take a moment to look around us to see something we loved, little Simon, my cat, was beside me.  continued...

 He stood up and gently touched me with his paw. That moment I took a good look at him and said, "There is the boy I love."  And I said, "Hi, Hi Simon."  He rolled over in a state of clear joy. Yes indeed, these are the moments that sustain us. And they come often if we allow them in.  -- Suki H.
This past Valentine’s day, I bought some roses and went outside the store and looked around and just knew who to give them to.  -- Mary F.