I guess this might be considered a spinoff of the How We View Ourselves Thread, but anyways, over the past few months I have begun to take notice and enjoy life's simpler pleasures.  Finding something beautiful in everyday life.  I try to stay informed about what's going on in the world, but all too often reading the news is a rather depressing daily activity.  So, everyday I make it a point to identify one thing, or event I find uniquely beautiful.  Then I can tell myself that despite all the depressing news stories that are reported there are this infinite amount of these beautiful I like to hope a majority if not all of the population is enjoying on a daily basis (I know for a fact that isn't true, but I like to think so anyway).

One particular event that has stuck with me happened last week.  My campus is in the middle of an urban area, so rarely is there a time in the day when there aren't cars or sirens or something making noise.  Except later at night during the week.  At about 2 in the morning I was frustrated with thesis and decided to go for a run.  I ran up to the track without seeing/hearing a single person, car, or anything.  It was just myself and my thoughts.  It had cooled down significantly so there was that condensation/steam stuff (definitely not a science person, but you get my point) coming off the ground being illumniated by the lights around campus in the distance, but the track itself and the fields around the track were unlit.  I did a full track workout in the cold, dark night all by myself without any interruptions of any kind.  Just the sounds of an occasional car passing.  When I finished I just felt a great rush come over me.  Almost as if it was confirming what I believed that if you take a second and just observe the world around you in your own way you realize how beautiful it really is.

I don't know, there's a lot of these little things I notice on a daily basis that really make me smile.  Even though they may seem insignificant to other people.  Does anybody else notice these little things?