I’m a fairly even keel guy. My moods don’t go up and down a lot. I just pretty much stay the same. I frequently get asked, what gets me excited in life? What fuels me? Here are a few things. Feel free to add your own list.
1. Helping people get excited about their Jesus relationship.
2. Making Cheryl happy. (Walks with Cheryl.)
3. Spending time with my boys (when they want to spend time with me!)
4. A peaceful long run in the cool of the day.
5. Uninterrupted study time (or uninterrupted time period).
6. New thoughts, dreams, ideas, and strategies.
7. Throwing my plastic balls into Michael Bayne’s office across the hall from me and scaring him every time. (Just generally picking on people.)
8. A sense of accomplishment!
9. Seeing my sweet Yorkie get so excited when I come home (every time!)
10. Knowing I’ve pleased my God!
this is true…he throws crap in my office all the time, today I threw a plate (paper) back at him…TAKE THAT! Ron’s passion is throwing things!
Dogs are great. They make you feel like a celebrity. In a house full of cavemen, I need that! 🙂 That’s why I have 4 dogs — one per male in the house I live with. (Just kidding.)
You have many of the same things that fuel my passion for life, too. Here are mine:
1. Being in the center of God’s perfect will.
2. Making my husband happy.
3. Teaching. I don’t care what age you are, I love to teach you new things about God and anything else you want to know.
4. Uninterrupted time to read, study, write, whatever. This rarely happens as a Mom to twins with autism, age 13 and a gifted son with bipolar, age 17, but one can dream.
5. Working with kids with special needs and seeing them thrive, learn and grow.
6. Helping people understand people with disabilities and embrace them as valuable.
7. Chocolate.
8. My dogs — especially my goofy doodle. He is so full of joy, I wish I could bottle it and smear it all over me. I have never seen a dog this joyful. He really embodies that word, and his leaps for joy make me laugh.
9. Being a grandma. Who would have thought it would be this much fun? I love playing with my grandchildren and just listening to them talk. They are fascinating little people!
10. Riding my motorcycle full throttle down a country road, and taking time to stop and take pictures of things that catch my fancy.
11. Bubble baths, sugar scrubs, pear-raspberry candles. Oh yeah.
12. Curling up with a good book and hot cocoa in front of the fireplace during a snowstorm. Now that’s living!