Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Things I Love

Been working my way through "Waking the Dead" by John Eldredge. He tells the reader to make a list of the things they love. A fun exercise! Give it a try. Here is some of my list:
  • stories in the kitchen at night with the team
  • eating. food. creating food.
  • mom. dad. Charis. all my relatives
  • my friends' children
  • adventure
  • NEW (food; places; music; arrangements; people; language; culture...)
  • singing to Jesus; playing my flute; playing the guitar
  • listening to musicians live
  • watching dance performances
  • one-on-one heart-to-heart girl chats
  • surprises
  • journaling / writing
  • swimming / water
  • organizing / making things clean and orderly
  • variety
  • physical labor / getting my hands dirty
  • helping people
  • cats. kittens.
  • Boone. Waxhaw. Portland. Java. Jakarta. Papua. Carlinville. JoL. Schuyler. Haiti. Orlando skies. the cliffs. downtowns.
  • cafes. coffee houses. hole-in-the-wall restaurants.
  • mountains; rainy days; a hot drink in a mug
  • puzzles. playing card games. reading a good book. watching movies with friends/family.
  • details
  • seeing monkeys in the wild; watching animals
  • the Word
  • being alone
  • PEOPLE !!!
  • laughing; waking myself up laughing
  • praying––with people; for people; by people; alone
  • taking pictures of people or things

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