Skip to main content

"The Best" Things

Things that are “the best”:

1. Talking under the stars. When I think of this I think of two things. A) The hill at camp. B) The campsite where the camp family first discovered Venus Goddess Island, sitting out on the rocks with Surf and Mocha with our feet dangling and just staring at the stars.
2. Campfires.
3. Warm showers, especially warm showers after not showering for days. TMI? A friend pointed out that cold showers can be nice on hot summer days, but I prefer to just jump in a lake at that point...though when that is not possible the shower is a good alternative.
4. Coffee alone or with friends (the fictional or non-fictional kind).
5. Road trips with friends...or alone. But a few things must be included. Good music. A good book...to be read aloud preferably. Good food, and by good food I don’t necessarily mean healthy. Someone to encourage my caffeine addiction-this is not Rob but I forgive him. Car dancing.
6. Hiking, I just like the feeling of really exerting myself and enjoying creation and getting sweaty. Sweat. Good.
7. Hamburgers. I never get sick of ‘em. They are pretty much the best comfort food. They never fail to make me happy.
8. Jumping in the lake after baking in the sun for hours or after running around and getting nice a sweaty... too much use of the word sweaty?
9. Good hugs.
10.Music that makes you just want to dance and sing along.
11. Coffee...did I say that already?
12. Climbing into bed on a cold night and snuggling under heavy blankets.
13. Letters. I love letters. More than I can explain. Getting a letter always brings a smile to my face. I wish more people wrote letters.
14. Waterfalls.
15.Summer storms.
16. Sitting by a lake or in the middle of a lake... in some kind of flotation device preferably.
17. Late night chats.
18. Cottages, remote cabins, camping...
19. A good book, or story.
20. Long walks on the beach...I wrote this as a joke...but then I realized that they are the best.
21. A warm, cozy sweater... or just comfy clothes in general...you know that pair of pants and sweater that just scream “Be lazy!” to you.
22. Sushi, more specifically all you can eat sushi
23. Dumplings
24. I'm hungry...this is not a best thing just a fact.
25. Sunsets.
26. Mountain views. 

I’m stopping the list here, but obviously there are many more things that are “the best”. I’m sure you can think of some!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day 6- Passages that have Impacted/Encouraged Me

 I have to try really hard not to begin these posts with "so". Apparently, that is my go to starter word...which is odd but true. I skipped yesterday due to the cold that was taking each member of our house captive one by one. Why is it never all at once? Sometimes this feels it would be easier than this long, drawn out affair we have been experiencing. Our youngest has had a fever for the past two days and while at first she handled it like a champ she, like all of us, only had so much to give before she just decided the whole being sick things sucks and is no over it. Anyway, I skipped yesterday and considered skipping today as well but then I felt like I wasn't really challenging myself then. So this might be another lighter post but the point was for me to write every day not write something groundbreaking every day (or ever!). So, when I looked at my list of things one that stuck out to me was Bible verses that have impacted me. I think that even if you aren't a
4 comments
Read more

Starting Again

 Here we go again. I've decided (once again) that I really need and want to start writing again. How is this going to happen with one kid that won't leave my side and another that is pretty indifferent to sleep? I'm not sure but I'm going to try. I'm never entirely sure where to start when I start writing again. Do I follow prompts? Just write whatever the heck I want? A combination of the two? I've considered starting writing again without any connection to who I am...to allow myself to write more freely. Right now that thought is still on the table to be honest. I think the greater growing experience for me, however, would be to put myself in a situation where I journey let go of the pressure and expectations I put on myself for my writing to be something "spectacular" and to just write. Basically, I think what I'm going to do is an advent calendar of writing. Leading up to Christmas, for 25 days, I'm going to commit to writing something. It
3 comments
Read more

My heart

I’ve been having a blast writing these blogs recently. I hope the 10 or so of you who read them are also having a blast reading them. :P  I had forgotten how much joy I get out of writing, for years it has been the way that I connected to God best, and also for a year or so it’s something I’ve stayed away from, for a variety of reasons. But that’s a blog post for another time, maybe tomorrow? ;) Or perhaps when I feel that’s the direction God is guiding my typing fingers.  My spiritual director and I were talking the other week about “Kairos” moments, which means in ancient Greek, loosely translated, a right or opportune moment. Or in the context her and I were talking about, the way that we best connect with God. So, in a sense, the opportune moments for us to connect with God. Make sense? When she asked what my kairos moment(s) was/were I didn’t have to think twice.  Being with people, encouraging people, really TALKING with people, asking the “How’s your heart?” questi
2 comments
Read more