My Shabbat Seven v2009.10.31

Seven of the more "peculiar" (in other words, besides the obvious) things I've been thankful for this past week...

• Wii Fit. Even if it's not making me all that more "fit," it at least gives me the feeling that I've done something healthy.
• Preschoolers. My son is one, and of course he's the most adorable little human being on the planet...sometimes. And I'm also privileged to have an office with a door that is 20 feet from a preschool with 15-20 eager-to-be-alive, innocent, curious, & impressionable 3-, 4-, & 5-year-olds.
  
• Indoor S'mores. If you've partook of this delicasy, you know why it's on this list. If you've haven't had this perfect blend of taste & texture pass over your taster, perhaps I'll share a bit of our next batch...maybe. And, yes, this point probably single-marshmallowedly neutralized the first point (Wii Fit) this past week.
  


• Fantasy Football. This probably doesn't make the list if my "ThePastorIsFaster" team wasn't in first place in one league and my "GreenEggsAndRam" team in the playoff picture in the other league.


• Playing "tackle" football with my 3-year-old son in our leaf-laden, sunlit backyard.


• Ideas/Thoughts/Theories. I can easily get lost in thought...which has been known to cause extended moments of indecision and inaction. I take a long time to read books because I like to chew on them with my mind like a cow chews on grass with its 4 stomachs. I like to think.
  


• Friends. Specifically, those rare kind of friends who are so selflessly helpful and caring that you can take them for granted and they selflessly help and care just the same. At different moments in life, it's a different friend. I hope that I could be such a friend to others someday.
  

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!