sweet spot
n.
1. An optimum point or combination of factors or qualities.

I am grateful for these sweet spots:

• When you wake up, smiling.
• When you just know that you know what you know, and it all clicks.
• When something is so funny it makes you cry.
• When all is right with the world and tension and anxiety are just words, no longer reality.
• When the cake comes out of the oven and it is perfection.
• When the presence of God is so near that you feel like you are sitting in His lap.
• When the dog’s leg kicks in rhythm to the scratching.
• When the harmony is so tight and so tuned it makes a musician’s ear tingle.
• When the Dr. Pepper is so carbonated and cold that it takes your breath away with that first sip and makes you go “Ahhh” without thinking.
• When the warmth of the sunshine combines with the chill of the morning to make your body say, “This feels so good.”
• When chocolate and peanut butter combine.
• When you lay your head on the pillow and relax every muscle.
• When you read a chapter and wish you could share it with the whole world.
• When you finish a long walk or a long ride and aren’t even hungry.
• When there is no mask to be worn, no covering up, no façade to keep up, but accepting who you are, where you are, how you are, and whose you are.
• When the birds sing and the babies giggle – at the same time.
• When you find money in your pocket that you were unaware was there.
• When your daughter says, “I love you” and not just “I love you, too.”
• When you turn the corner and are surprised to see a long lost dear friend.
• When you realize that wasn’t just a coincidence. It was God.
• When the diagnosis is better than expected.
• When the M&M’s are just the right kind of melted.
• When you do something nice for someone else in secret and never receive acknowledgment.
• When your child does so well, your heart is about to burst with pride.
• When the project is completed and the sense of accomplishment overwhelms.
• When you finish a meal and aren’t still hungry and yet, not full to the miserable.
• When you cross the last thing off the list.
• When a wonderful memory is so vivid and clear, it makes you cry.
• When you attend a concert that is so good you don’t want it to end.
• When you go to bed at the end of the day, smiling.