No matter how bad it gets, you know one thing is true…it can always be worse. Be Happy That shares 101 upbeat, offbeat reasons (along with 101 upbeat, offbeat illustrations) to be happy that…

• All beaches aren’t made of quicksand.
• You respond to gravity.
• You haven’t been hollowed out for use as a canoe.
• Drinking hot cocoa doesn’t make you invisible.
• People can’t see thought bubbles over your head.
• You no longer have to bathe with your siblings.
• Falling in love doesn’t make you spontaneously combust.
• You don’t age in photos.

• Your pet can’t talk back to you.

Melissa Heckscher is the author of six books, including Be Safe: Simple Strategies for Death-Free Living and DIS-missals: 36 Fill-in-the-Blank Rejection Letters for Every Occasion. She lives in Los Angeles, where she is happy that earthquakes don’t trigger PMS.