I was asked this earlier today. My blogger friend A takes this personal inventory a lot. What makes me happy? Besides endorphins? :-)
- Sitting under the stars on Salmon Point with my wife
- Listening to my younger daughter teach herself how to play the piano
- Listening to my parents bicker about who drank more wine
- Blue skies without a cloud
- Blue skies with interesting clouds where you can lie on your back and decide what they are.
- Doing stupid s**t with my brother in law
- Footprints in the Sand
- The thought of going to see Star Wars at midnight with my older daughter in two weeks
- Making music
- The Gospel of John
- The satisfaction of something you've worked hard at coming to fruition
- Full moon on silver snow
- Tickling my grumpy wife's feet when she has to get up on a Saturday morning
- Fighting off my attacking children on that same Saturday morning
- Watching my brother torment my mother, and vice versa
- Talking shop with other musicians
- Maundy Thursday
- Seeing places I've never seen before
- The calm in the sanctuary before an early morning or late night Mass
- Summer barbeques
- Cursillo
- That my Dad got his book published
- My wife's many missions of mercy to rescue her friends and/or the girl guide district.
- My kids being weird
- The fact that there are people who need and depend on me
- The Experimental Farm
- Conroy Pit
- Smoked Meat sandwiches (especially from Nates)
- Islands
- Swimming
- Small winks from God that let you know he's there, but which you can't tell anyone about lest they think you crazy!
- Singing 'Gracie' in memory of my mother in law
- Lemonade, rasberries, fresh and seedless green grapes
- My brother's exotic collectibles, including a cannon, Lenin head, and giant cast iron alligator.
- Dinosaurs
- Amazing grace
- Amazing Grace
- Watching a child's face when they see something wonderful the first time.
- Main street in Picton
- Hog's Back in summer
- Mooney's Bay on a quieter day
- The O-Train
- Making a difference
1 comment:
nicely done! BUT...I didn't see eyeliner, marlboro lights, or hair clippies anywhere in the list. tsk. tsk. (kidding)
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