Why life is worth living

[Amerpie]

1. Forgetting to turn the alarm off Friday night so that when it rings on Saturday morning I can turn it off and go back to sleep.

2. Hearing a song on the radio that I know all the words to

3. The way I feel when I get on an airplane to go on a trip.

4. When my kids come home from school (daughter) or the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (son)

5. Books that are good from the opening paragraph all the way through to the last line.

6. The particular grunt-grunt-smack sound produced when John Smoltz throws a fastball past a batter.

7. Eating oysters in a restaurant when somebody else stands there and shucks them for me.

8. Picking the first ripe tomato off of the plants I started in March.

9. Reading email from my family and friends.

10. Sitting on my patio looking at the oak trees in my yard and knowing that those are MY trees.

11. Going to the bank and not having to show id because all the tellers know me.

12. The mountains of NC

13. Watching my friends kids grow up.

14. The way my dogs acts when I get home from work.

15. A quiet house, an unread newspaper, and a hot pot of coffee.

16. People who will not listen to racial jokes.

17. Hearing somebody say "It's really coming down out there," and looking out the window and noticing the snow is actually sticking this time.

18. That period of time in the spring and fall when neither the heat or air conditioning is needed.

19. The practice of waving to folks who do favors in traffic.

20. Watching Doc Watson holding someone's elbow as he walks onto the stage at the beginning of a concert.

[monarch]

1. Nice post

Thanks!

[Snoggera]

2. because

If I didn't have my life, then somebody else probably would have it and be screwing it up even moreso than myself, and on that subject, at least, I am very selfish. If I can't have it, then nobody can.

[undergroundrailroad]

3. Beautiful thoughts.

Thanks.

UGRR