The Top 1000

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4,250 thoughts to “The Top 1000”

  1. When you wake up in the morning and look at the alarm clock and find out you still have a few hours to sleep…the best feeling ever!!

  2. this might have been mentioned already (or even be on the list), but falling asleep during a thunder storm or plain old rain storm is great (: soo relaxing!

  3. You know what I think is awesome? Soldiers. The brave men and women serving our country to protect it from bad guys. Weather you live in America, Canada, or Britain, it doesn’t matter, the people serving your country are the most awesome people around and deserve the greatest thank you you can give.

  4. First time here and I really like it. Since I don’t see it here, I have to assume we’ll see kissing show up sometime August of 2012. Because kissing, in all it’s iterations, rocks.

  5. Your friends seeing you on tv at a sporting event. The camera scanns the crowd and stops on you for just a second…. smile and wave

  6. I love coming home to my own, wonderful bed after sleeping at someone else’s house for a while. Nothing’s better than your own, broken in bed!

  7. I just went last sunday with my boyfriend to get your book, because i saw the video post on postsecret.com and your book caught my attention. I really like your book, a lot of awesome things that you can forget about, but then then later remember. Some of the things reminded me of my childhood. but i wanted you to know we really enjoyed your book!

  8. Knowing the little quirks to your car.
    Do you need to have the left turn signal on for the wipers to work?
    How about the the heater on for the radio to work?
    Only you know…..

  9. I’m a Phys Ed teacher and one of my favorite AWESOME moments is when my students are playing dodgeball. I love watching my students react the second after a dodgeball almost hits them in the head. They have this expression that they just escaped death and the euphoria that that emotion brings. Their eyes are wide; they’re speechless; they try to find who threw the ball, then uncontrollable laughter! AWESOME!

  10. Seeing a baby yawn is one of the cutest possible faces from their sweet puffy faces. You see her mouth starting to open and oh! here it comes you see her tiny mouth stretch to it’s limit and the aftermath may include a smile of another yawn you never know.
    AWESOME!
    this book is absolutely amazing and it gave me a different outlook on life… thanks!

  11. -walking on those passenger belts in airports and speeding by everyone walking on the floor.

    -driving over a hump in the road at just the right speed, giving you that brief dash of roller-coaster feeling.

  12. Getting candy at the drive-thru window of the bank. What kid hasn’t debated whether or not to ride along on a bank trip? You know that it will probably be extremely boring, but you also know that there will likely be some form of candy on a stick as your sweet reward. It’s usually a toss up as to what kind of lolli you’ll get — from the generic green bank-sucker to the higher quality DumDum, and on rare (& totally awesome) occasions you hit the jackpot…BLOW-POP, BABY!
    Even as an adult, I am not at all ashamed of requesting my sugary treat at the window. And every now and then, I get rewarded without asking; usually by that sweet old lady who remembers me from childhood rides with my mom.

  13. -Reading a text message that gives you butterflies.
    -That big morning stretch and yawn.
    -Coming home realizing that you had cleaned the night before or earlier so you can just sit down and relax.
    -The awesome feeling of your son or daughter running up to you with open arms when you get home from a long day of work.
    -Leftovers!

  14. Awesome – How just by sticking one leg outside of the blanket cools you down when you are way too hot in the middle of the night.

  15. i have not read all the 1000 awesome things, so i don´t know if this thing is on the list, but i think that it’s awesome going back to sleep after pressing the snooze button.

  16. Being up at a cottage and sitting on the dock chatting with friends right at the end of a really hot day.

  17. Sending a monkey email to a friend who has never seen one before and getting an email back telling you that you made them laugh so hard they fell off the chair. Try it. Google monkey email and start sending. You’ll make someone’s day. Awesome!

  18. Dear Niel,
    I found out about this site from the cakewrecks blog and i am hooked!Each day brings more laughs and happiness to my day. Even when i’m feeling bad, i just try to remember the awesome things. Keep up the happy! ;)

  19. The way a backyard looks after it has snowed and the kids have spent the day playing in it.

  20. The perfect glass of milk-It’s the moment you finish your cookies and start washing down the remaining milk in your glass. You realize that you have poured the perfect glass of milk, washing down all your cookies. You don’t have to go to the fridge to get more and you don’t have the half inch to inch of milk left in your glass. You have just poured the perfect glass of milk and you are the king of cookies and milk for a day.

  21. Drinking a cup of water from the bathroom sink tap. The water is colder, more refreshing and tastes better.

  22. eating a poptart that just came out of the toaster and is all warm and crispy on the outside but gooey on the inside.

    singing karaoke in the basement with your best friends during earth hour.

  23. Climbing out onto the roof of a cottage with your best friends in the middle of the night, listening to the crickets, looking at the stars.

  24. When something triggers your dream from the night before and it comes rushing back into your head.

    Feeling the condensation on a water glass in the summertime. Love that.

  25. -embarrassing moments
    -the lids on the pickle jars that make that pop noise
    -saving an animal or returning a lost pet
    -looking up baby names

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