Falling in love. Having your 2:00 class cancelled on a beautiful day. Laughing so hard your face hurts. Watching a child do something for the first time after you taught them. A great idea. A scholarship. A hot shower. No line at the book return. A hug. A special glance. Acting in the theater. Tailgating on a warm Saturday. Clean sheets. Getting mail. Walking your dog. Love. Listening to your walkman. Falling asleep in the sun on a cool day. Taking a drive on a pretty road. Hugging a big teddy bear. Playing miniature golf. Getting a strike in bowling. Catching your soap on a Friday. Working on a successful project with a good friend. Going out to dinner. Getting an "A" on a paper. Going out on a Saturday night, coming home sober and having had a great time. Going dancing. Not getting carded. Listening to loud music. Lying in bed listening to the rain outside. Walking out of your last final. Finding the sweater you want is on sale for half price. A chocolate milkshake. Getting a good grade. Oreo ice cream. Finding out there is no final in a hard class. Getting accepted to a program abroad. A long distance phone call. Birthday cakes. Going to the movies. Your favorite lunch. Getting invited to a dance. Being a senior. Clean laundry. Not having an 8:00 class. A bubble bath. Giggling. Holding someone you love in front of a fireplace. Being in love. Whitewater rafting. A ski trip. Seeing someone you love do something outstanding. Making the winning score. Rollercoasters. Spring Break. A Saturday shopping trip with a good friend. Being told you did an excellent job by your peers. Going home for Thanksgiving break. Chocolate chipA cookies. A care package. Seeing the Grand Canyon. Sliding down a waterslide. Taking a walk singing Christmas carols. Sledding during a fresh snowfall. Hearing a song that reminds you of someone you love. Running your best time. Watching a beautiful sunset. Hugging your mom or dad. Being yourself. Holding a kitten. When your boss says "Perfect". When your dog jumps around because he is happy to see you. When a friend says "You're someone special." A clear day at the beach. Pay day. An unexpected present. Knowing someone really understands. A suprise visit from a friend. Seeing a shooting star. Fresh flowers. A special smile. Finding quarters for your laundry. Solving a problem. Eating. Laughing at yourself. Watching a candle burn. Saying "I love you". Slam Dunk 360 degrees. Being the ACC champs. Midnight phone calls that last for hours. Driving in the rain. Walking in downtown Buenos Aires in the Spring. Sex on the beach. Walking barefoot in the sand. snowboarding/skiing on a beautiful day. Scoring a goal in a game. Dancing with a beautiful man. Singing cheesy songs with your friends. Marshmallows over campfires. Crying in the rain. Camping in the mountains. Resting after hiking all day. Hugging your daddy. Watching the sun rise over the river after dancing all night. Taking off high heels. Walking barefoot on wet grass. Running through the sprinklers. Building a fire on the beach with your friends. Screaming at a fan-filled game of "futbol" ( the real football). laughing for absolutely no reason at all. Having someone tell you that you're beautiful. Getting all hot and sweaty and then diving into a cold mountain lake. Sleeping naked in silk sheets. Taking off your ski boots after a days skiing. Knitting. Blowing bubbles. Knowing that some very special people think that you are special too. A crackling fire and a good book. Reaching your "zone" in any sport. A warm smile at the end of a hard day. The feeling of accomplishment when a plan comes together. Knowing that someone loves you even though you don't deserve it.
(The following submitted by Suzanne Farag, although the beginning repeats, the rest are different.)
NATURAL HIGHS (II) Falling in love. Having your 2:00 class cancelled on a beautiful day. Laughing so hard your face hurts. Watching a child do something for the first time after you taught them. A great idea. A scholarship. A hot shower. No line at the book return. A hug. A special glance. Acting in the theater. Tailgating on a warm Saturday. Clean sheets. Getting mail. Walking your dog. Love. Listening to your walkman. Falling asleep in the sun on a cool day. Taking a drive on a pretty road. Hugging a big teddy bear. Playing miniature golf. Getting a strike in bowling. Catching your soap on a Friday. Working on a successful project with a good friend. The view from the top of a snow-covered mountain. Going out to dinner. Getting an "A" on a paper. Going out on a Saturday night, coming home sober and havinghad a great time. Going dancing. Not getting carded. Listening toloud music. Lying in bed listening to the rain outside. Walking outof your last final. Finding the sweater you want is on sale for halfprice. A chocolate milkshake. Getting a good grade. Oreo ice cream. Finding out there is no final in a hard class. Getting accepted to a program abroad. A long distance phone call. Birthday cakes. Going to the movies. Your favorite lunch. Getting invited to a dance. Being a senior. Clean laundry. Not having an 8:00 class. A bubble bath. Giggling. Holding someone you love in front of a fireplace. Being in love. Whitewater rafting. A ski trip. Seeing someone you love do something outstanding. A good conversation. Making the winning score. Rollercoasters. Spring Break. A Saturday shopping trip with a good friend. Being told you did an excellent job by your peers. Going home for Thanksgiving break. Chocolate chip cookies. A care package. Seeing the Grand Canyon. Sliding down a waterslide. Taking a walk singing Christmas carols. Sledding during a fresh snowfall. Hearing a song that reminds you of someone you love. Running your best time. Watching a beautiful sunset. Hugging yourmom or dad. Being yourself. Holding a kitten. When your boss says"Perfect". Whe your dog jumps around because he is happy to see you. When a friend says "You're someone special. "A clear day at thebeach. Pay day. An unexpected present. Knowing someone really understands. A suprise visit from a friend. Seeing a shooting star. Fresh flowers. A special smile. Finding quarters for your laundry. Solving a problem. Eating. Laughing at yourself. Watching a candleburn. Saying "I love you". Slam Dunk 360 degrees. Being the ACCchamps. Midnight phone calls that last for hours. Driving in the rain. Walking in downtown Buenos Aires in the Spring. Walking barefootin the sand. Snowboarding/skiing on a beautiful day. Scoring a goal in agame. Dancing with a beautiful man. Sleeping in the arms of someone thatyou love. Singing cheesy songs with your friends. Marshmallows over campfires. Crying in the rain. Camping in the >>> >>>mountains. Resting after hiking all day. Making out with your >>>girlfriend >>> >>>for hours on end >>> >>>> and forgeting the world. Hugging your daddy. Watching the sun rise >>>over >>> >>>> the river after dancing all night. Taking off high heels. Walking >>> >>>>barefoot on wet grass. Running through the sprinklers. Building a >fire >>> >>>>on thebeach with your friends. Screaming at a fan-filled game of >>> >>>>"futbol" (the real football). Laughing for absolutely no reason at >all. >>> >>>Having >>> >>>> someone tell you that you're beautiful. Getting all hot and sweaty >>> >>>>and then diving into a cold mountain lake. Sleeping naked in silk >>> >>>> sheets. Listening to the sound of waves crashing on a beach. Taking >>> >>>> off your ski boots after a day skiing. Knitting. Blowing bubbles. >>> >>>> Knowing that some very special people think that you are special too. >>> >>>>Catching a snowflake on your tongue. Screaming in the middle of >afield >>> >>>>at the top of your lungs. >>> >>>>Receiving a standing ovation. Lemonade on a summer afternoon. >Laughing >>>at >>> >>>an inside joke. Falling asleep with a purring cat next to your face. >>> >>>Pink and white clouds in a sunny blue sky first thing in the morning. >>> >>>Friends. Unexpected >>> >>>> rainbows. Smiles. Falling in love for the first time. A hug after a >>> >>>> hard day. Slumber parties. Star gazing in warm weather. Pet-sitting >>> >>>> for a friend. Frolicking in the rain. Riding a galloping horse over >>> >>>> fences. Getting a dance that you've worked hard on, right in the >>> >>>>performance. Hiking pilot rock by moon light. Knowing you are loved. >>> >>>> Accidentallyoverhearing someone say something positive about you to >>> >>>>their friends. Landing on the runway,after a long flight homeward >>> >>>>bound, and >>> >>>>knowing someone will be there to greet you. Getting to eat a real meal >>> >>>> after having survived on jam and bread while eurailing around Europe. >>> >>>> Going out on a weekend, getting smashed, and then either slam dancing, >>> >>>> or passing out inside a BayBank with a homeless man nearby. Watching >>>the >>> >>>> sunrise and set in the same day in Key West. Kissing a friend. >>> Kissing >>> >>>> a stranger. Crossing the finish line. Driving through the Utah >desert >>> >>>> listening to "The Joshua Tree. "Finding out that the 90210 you were >>> >>>> going to have to miss because you had too much work to do is a repeat. >>> >>>> Waking up and realizing that you still have a few hours left to sleep. >>> >>>> going on retreats. Midnight walks in the city. Dancing and singing >>>in >>> >>>>cold rain with great friends at midnight. Wishing on a star and having >>> >>>> the wish come true. Having so many of these things remind you of your >>> >>>> own friends. Watching animals. Flannel sheets. Hearing the voice of >>> >>>> someone you love. A back rub from a friend. The smell of apples and >>> >>>> fallen leaves on a cold October evening. Shrooms--(they're natural). Eating ice cream. Walking in the rain. Good hair days. Being sincerely complimented. Being remembered. Messages like these. A hug from a friend. Knowing somebody cares. 8:00 class cancelled. TCBY Yogurt. Talking in your sleep. E-mailing. Playing soccer in the rain. Road trips with your friends. All nighters with friends. Cool sunny days. Moonlit private beaches. Staying on the phone for hours with someone you love. Remembering the first time you kissed the person you love. Jumping in a pile of crunchy autumn leaves. Drinking pink lemonade. Listening to a gooooood song. Catching up on all of the gossip after being away for months. Surprise birthday parties. Knowing that you've met someone that won't disappear. Driving fast with the wind in your hair and the stereo blasting your favorite song. Learning something new. Finishing a book. Bringing joy to lonely residents in a nursing home. Watching old movies with a best friend. Having someone you like call you. Anticipating the future. Spinning in a circle in a wide field and not caring if anyone laughs. Holding hands with a princess. Christmas with family and friends. getting lots of email over the weekend. Baking for other people. Listening to a tape that you recorded with your instument and having someone tell you that you are good. Knowing that you just did your best performance ever on stage. looking up at the sky and contemplating the meaning of life and why you're here. listening to a summer's rain. Holding someone special in your arms and letting life just pass you by. Knowing you have the BESTEST friends in the whole wide world. A first Kiss. May 24 weekends. Winning a really hard soccer game with your favorite team, best friends, and being covered in mud. Getting into a really GOOD snow fight. A cup of hot chocolate ona cold winter day. walking beneath frosted trees glistening in the first light from the pale winter sun,just after an ice storm. . a warm smile from a stranger that sends your heart racing. Mid-afternoon naps with the best of friends. singing. smiles, for anyone, from anyone. same thing for hugs. life. White hot chocolate on cold days. Watching the squirrels play on warm days with new friends. a warm smile from that one guy you've had your eyes on. triple chocolate fudge cake. WINNING A DANCE-A-THON. babies: their fingers, toes, tiny faces. children: the future singing when you don't care how bad you sound, or who hears you. reading something that makes you cry because it's so beautiful, so perfect, and so true! A really good hair day. Looking deep into the bluest eyes you've ever seen. Laying on the grass on a beautiful summer day. Talking about life with someone who completely understands your point of view. Hearing your soon-to-be favorite song on the radiofor the first time. Climbing a rock in the ocean with a really goodfriend and just letting the tide come in around you so you are isolatedfrom all the bad things. West Coast Swing. life in general. Friends who will listen to all your problems. Friends that cheer you up after arotten day. Computers that work. Driving fast the wrong way down a one-way street at night. Runner's high--feel those endorphins racing through your body. A smile from a complete stranger who is absolutely beautiful. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos. Mahler's first symphony. Family. Getting a physics 122 problem right AND understanding what you did. The good old days, when life was innocent and care free. wishing to relive moments with good friends and past loves. Goingto college and meeting the greatest people, and still keeping intouch with the old. Knowing you have the greatest friends in the world. Pineapple. A smile across campus. Looking in your mailbox to find that a friend sent you aletter and a surprise : )Going home. Being told "smile, everything isok. "Knowing that all your old friends still love you, and then makingone more. Having a really hard and long day, coming to your room, turningon the radio, and hearing your favorite song just starting. Your sister's smile. Walking outside and seeing a rainbow. Lying on thegrass while reading a good book on the last day on summer. Getting a kiss from someone when you least expect it. Being told, "i love you just because. " Having HIM/HER say hi first. Really soft tissues. that time between 3-4am when everything just seems really OK. Free Cable. Winning something, not because you were the best, but because you were the silliest. Bonsai. Usin "O' " instead of "OF. "VOICE MAIL! Tupperware. Finding the Barbie you used to play with, just the way you left it. Cotton Candy. Talking to a friend for the first time in a long time, as though no time had passed at all. Getting new e-mail from a good friendthat isn't a chain letter. dancing in the summer rain. having a dance party in the middle of the street. finding someone else with the same favorite color. beautiful harmony. unexpected hugs. the feeling you have after you bond w/ someone and know that he/she is going to become a good friend. Rainbow Jimmies on an ice cream. . Getting that roll of film developed and looking at the pictures for the first time. your own bed. not having to stand in line for dinner. . having a great roomate. . wearing a new outfit. . . 80's movies. . oldies music. birthdays. Bailey on Wed. nights. . Ice Hockey. Hugging Piglet when you feel sad. Getting a good night sleep. Jumping off the parking garage-and surviving. Clueless. knowing that you can make new friends, but that the old ones will still remain the best friends you've ever had. having Eeyore to hug when things get really tough. having friends to support you through the rough times. when everyone comes home on break. figure skating. fat free frozen yogurt that still tastes good. no line for grill cheese. cuddling. ER. great friendships that last despite distance and time Beach Parties. Friendly's. dancing wildly (and badly) around your livingroom in front of your friends and they don't laugh. summer. graduating. gossip. GUYS!!!. sex talks . making a wish on a star . finally getting that last, impossible math problem at 3 a.m. surviving the B 45-46 DOC trip (yay!). walking out of class to a beautiful view and a nice day. doing the macarena with wild abandon. free food or t-shirts.. nutella. pie. e-mail smiley faces. disco music. naps. unexpected calls from high school friends. being walked home by your friends. listening to a symphony with your eyes closed. finishing the 45-46 DOC trip--section F. moonlit nights at the Jersey shore. Laughing until your stomach aches. Disney movies. Reminiscing with old friends... cheesecake....drumcircles with frisbee friends, Sunday afternoons at Pine Valley, flat out run on horseback across a wide open meadow on a warm summer day, kicking back outside on a warm sunny day and doing nothing even though you have a million things to do but knowing you need this time for yourself...Tigger! That special person who can't help but make you smile...sun glistening on newly falling snow...sunrise in the mountains...a cool summer breeze...