Bliss Defined.

Just so you know, this is the third time I've tried to post this little ditty. Grr.

Oh, and I have found that SO MANY cute boys live in my neighborhood, it's ridiculous. I have...three crushes right now. On boys. That live in Wedgwood. Or at least, they ride the #65 bus. Isn't that the coolest thing? Or maybe it's just pathetic that I like the boys who ride the bus. Now, I just need to figure out their names. (Yep, it's confirmed, pathetic.)

So, I know I have kind of a hokey blog title today, but I have really been thinking about what bliss means to me and how I experience it in my life. And then, I have to ask, what cause you to experience bliss? For me, it is:

1) Feeling loved. Whenever I get a voicemail message or little email from someone, I feel blissfully content with my life. I suppose I feel blessed and blissed. Ha. But really, this intense surge of happiness wells up inside me and I just want to explode with excitement that those I love really love me back. So, maybe it's more reciprocal love and friendship.

2) Genuinely connecting with someone. You know, it's almost so good it can't be explained. It's that sincere, powerful feeling of linkage with someone that could be part of your relationship with them or not (i.e., connecting with a loved one for a lifetime or connecting with a stranger for only a few moments), but it makes you feel like for at least one second, someone understands everything about you and you don't feel so alone in the world.

3) Reconnecting with people from the past and knowing you still have the same bond you once experienced together. This doesn't happen often, but when it does, I feel like I'm part of a mini miracle. Rekindling old friendships or flames is exhilirating. Plus, it brings up all these wonderful old memories that sometimes, just aren't the same to relive with anyone else.

4) Laughing so hard I want to puke. But it has to be with someone. Immediately after our out-of-college Psychology class last quarter, Kelly and I had this ridiculous laugh-out-loud session about our professors of the class and how much we LOVE them. Still, to this day, we laugh (maybe a bit overenthusiastically) about it because it just sparks the slightest twitch of a laugh that snowballs into belly laughs and crying and on-the-verge-of-puking laughter. Gosh, I love when that happens.

5) Getting winked at. For some reason, when people wink at me, I feel like the queen of the whole world. I feel like there is something about me at that second during that particular day that sets me apart from everyone else on this earth because of that little winking moment.

That's all I got for right now. But, I'm sure there are more life experiences that are blissful for me.

I have to go pack to get ready for this weekend. I'm sure there will be more amazingly insane pictures to share when I get back. Just PRAY that I have time to do some serious homework! Ahh, I'm nervous!