Make Every Day a Holiday

I ate a Dove chocolate the other day, and if that experience just wasn't magical enough, they have added fortunes to inside of the wrappers. I always carefully peel the foil back before shoving the entire contents of chocolately goodness down my throat, because reading those little fortunes can be the highlight of my drab days of data entry. Most of the fortunes consist of "Treat yourself to something special today" or something cheesy like that, as if I'm not already treating my thighs to a 200 calories per morsel chocolate. But I read them anyways, and the other day I actually got one that made me fold it neatly and lay it on my desk, instead of crumbling it and tossing it onto the silvery corpses of its bretheren. It read "find little ways to make everyday a holiday." For some reason, this little saying made me stop and think, because lately I've been lamenting my lack of action/adventure in my new life here in Utah. I realized that everyday can be amazing if you choose to make it so. Making time to read a favorite book for ten minutes, sitting down next to a window on a wintry day and enjoying a spicy chai, or doing something amazingly nice for someone you love can make boring days a little more exciting. That's my spiel for today, and if it didn't bring a tear to your eye, you're probably just a little bit heartless.