Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it. - William Feather

I'm going to play a bit of catch-up.

Monday was a hectic day at my internship.  There's been some behavioral problems that require a lot of attention, which has lots of people on edge.  Plus, there's some really important meetings later this week, training on Tuesday, and just everyday craziness.  It being a Monday doesn't help either.  But, with that being said, there's always time for a smiling heart moment, and mine was working with a student on his English homework and helping him finish it, even though he continuously said he couldn't do it.  There's just something awesome that happens when someone realizes that what they thought they couldn't do is something they can do.

Tuesday was a relaxing day.  The staff at my internship were off for training in Toronto, so I got the day off.  Of course, I spent it doing nothing, which in and of itself had my heart smiling (especially since I didn't know I'd have the day off until Monday afternoon).  I really had two smiling heart moments on Tuesday.  The first was when I finished reading Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut while sitting out on my back porch in the sun.  The second was watching The Croods with my little sister.  It was nice to spend some time with her while watching a really good movie about the importance of family.

Today my smiling heart moment happened during a meeting at my internship.  Personally, I feel like I'm getting along well and adjusting to life there, but what I personally feel isn't necessarily what everyone else feels.  So it was really nice when the staff members all commented on how quickly and easily I have connected with the students and the program, and even said that most people don't normally transition into it so well so soon.  One of the Youth Workers commented that she could tell the students like me because they went from saying that they didn't need any help, to asking me for help.  She said that when they actually want you to help them, that means that they like you.  So yeah for me!

"I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'" - Kurt Vonnegut

So what brought me to update today?  The quote in the subject line.  In his commencement speech to the 1999 graduates at Agnes Scott College, Kurt Vonnegut ends with the phrase, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is," and that got me thinking.  If this isn't nice, what is?

The weather is amazing.  I spent some time prepping the garden to plant some vegetables, which I've been waiting to do since last year.  I also found some granadilla fruits (haven't eaten them yet, but just that I found them is pretty awesome and smiling heart worthy).  I ate a deep fried cannoli, and yes, it made my heart smile (I know what the health nuts are thinking, and yes, I see the irony).  I played two rounds of mini putt (and lost both rounds).  I got my eyes checked and the changes to my prescription is so mild that I don't even really need to buy new glasses, but (another smiling heart moment) because I have awesome coverage, I am getting new glasses (talk about privilege!).  I even had time to watch this really inspiring TED Talk: 

So, back to the original question, if this isn't nice, what is?

Edited after the fact:  The quote is originally in A Man Without a Country (also by Kurt Vonnegut), but it was while watching the commencement speech today, where he repeats this quote at the end, that I decided to update.