This is one over which I happen to agree with several generations of family pets; the pleasure of having a good scratch; one that successfully banishes a persistent and deep-seated itch.

Having a quiet chuckle on hearing your team leader getting a bollocking for something you warned them about but "they knew better".

The opposition's top batsman lofts yet another six, this time over the pavilion, and smashes through a car window, which belongs to his captain, who is also his batting partner.

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This was one of the few entertaining moments for our team on Wednesday.

The sudden feeling of clarity left behind when a large piece of furniture that has sat in a room for many years has been removed to the scrapheap.

Getting into one's car that has been sitting outside on a sunny day at the end of winter and feeling warm for the first time in the last three months.

Being the first person to make footprints in fresh snow.

Switching off and going home or, to put it another way, going home and switching off.

On my way to work, getting through the S-bends between Hampstead Norreys and Compton, on the B4009, without dropping below 60mph

When someone else makes a coffee for you at work, and gets it just right.

Going through a series of green traffic lights.

I dropped into a trade outlet to match and buy some bolts at lunch time. Not only did the guy find the right ones, he also said; 'You just want 20 - just put a pound in the charity box'. So: unlooked for kindness and generosity (Thank you Fixingsplus)

Discovering a game like this and remembering to notice the good little things again, instead of ranting about the little bad ones.

[NJ] I had a similar experience in the optician's section of ASDA of all places! They replaced both the "nose rest" rubbery bits (when I'd lost one), gave my glasses a good clean, and asked only for a donation in the charity box. I was stunned and delighted.

Is it only me who cleans my glasses under the hot tap with washing up liquid and polishes them on a clean tea-towel? Everyone at work gets used tome 'washing my windows' every morning... (and back on subject)
the squintingly bright sun that has appeared through the office window making me struggle to see the screen, after days and days of gloom.