There’s a lot of hate going on in the world these days. I’m not going to start talking politics here at all, nor am I blindly ignoring the reasons behind all this hate. Instead, however, I’m preaching love.
Love. Compassion. Caring. You can do all of that while still disagreeing with one another on things. That said, I’m doing my part to spread as much positive vibes as I can these days. I know it’s not all chocolate and bunnies and rainbows, but if my little piece of the Interweb can help distract you from the political rants on Facebook for even five minutes, then I’m doing my job.
I recently wrote a similar post on Facebook and merely rattled off a dozen or so things that I love. Now I’m taking it a step further and listing out 101 things I truly love. In no particular order, I give you…
101 Things I Truly Love
- My beautiful wife
- The Prisoner (YOU are Number 6)
- New York Yankees
- Open minds
- My amazing kids
- Calvin and Hobbes
- My original Star Wars action figures
- My family
- Frisbee
- Animals (yes, even cats)
- Sushi
- Pizza
- Captain America
- My job
- Lego
- San Francisco (You cannot beat Clam Chowder in a Sourdough Bread Bowl)
- White Castle
- Star Wars
- Disney
- Bloggers
- Bowling (My all-time high score is a painful 199)
- Playing piano
- Board games
- Stephen King novels (Dark Tower series FTW!)
- Say Anything
- What’s Happening?!?
- Pac-Man Fever
- Kickball
- Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas
- Mr. T
- Dogs
- Comic Books
- Video Games
- Atari 2600
- Sleeping in
- Omelettes with mushrooms, peppers and onions
- Bacon
- The Simpsons
- Flash Gordon (the ’90s classic movie)
- The Pittsburgh Steelers
- Highlander
- Nintendo
- Playing poker
- Clash Royale
- Contact lenses (because I hate wearing my glasses)
- Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
- Making my wife laugh
- Watching my kids laugh
- Hot dogs
- Any kind of meat “on a stick”
- Penguins
- Game of Thrones (books and the HBO series)
- Iron Maiden
- Twisted Sister
- Queensryche
- Nachos
- Weightlifting
- Lord of the Rings
- Blueberry Pancakes
- DC’s The Watchmen
- Underdogs
- Underdog
- Mel Brooks movies
- Jigsaw puzzles
- Miniature golf
- Scavenger hunts
- Bike riding with the family
- Geocaching
- Family movie night (all four of us on the couch, munching popcorn and watching the latest flick)
- Shawshank Redemption (One of my all-time favs)
- Ping Pong
- The Muppets
- Easy Cheese
- Cheetos
- NASA
- Traveling with my family
- Listening to my kids play their instruments
- The piano interlude on Eric Clapton’s “Layla”
- Pepperoni
- Super Grover
- Beer
- Marvel Films (Avengers, Assemble!)
- The smell of chocolate chip cookies baking
- Canada (Forget what South Park says, this country’s just loaded with super nice people, eh?)
- Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill”
- Chinese Buffets
- Archery
- Hiking
- Road Trips
- Waffles
- Batting cages
- The Flash TV show (The CW version)
- Foosball
- Going to the movies
- Netflix
- Reading on the couch during a bad rainstorm
- Magic Cookie Bars (Only the greatest cookies on Earth!)
- The opening guitar licks from Led Zeppelin’s “Over the Hills and Far Away”
- Writing
- Harry Potter
- My readers (I wouldn’t have a blog without you guys!)
What do you love?
I love all kinds off simple things… the first flowers of spring, the smell after the rain, sunshine, etc.
I love your 101 list, youre right, with so much hate it is important to get back to a good place.
Thanks, Ellen! Smell after the rain is a great one! Glad you liked my list too. 🙂