Stolen from the aforementioned article in The Guardian, and then modified to fit me.

By the way… this little list took me quite a while to compose. But it was worth the time. I needed to find some of the positive things in my life to remind myself that life isn’t all inky black hopelessness.

Lu’s Reasons to be Cheerful:

1. Only 5 1/2 months till the new Harry Potter book comes out!
2. I have a big, thick, gooey brownie left from Saturday night, which I will eat tonight
3. The new season of American Idol has begun (yeah, I know. I’m a cheeseball.)
4. There’s a possibility of doing some freelance writing assignments… Whew! That was hard to write, to put out there for all to see… fear consumes me on this point….
5. It snowed Sunday morning
6. I belong to God
7. I am loved.

Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live. — 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18