MY LIST

On my morning walk each day I like to make a list of things I love…

It’s a wonderful way to start…

A way to strengthen my body…as well as exercise my heart.

l love my wife and family…I list them first each day

I love the myriad of friendships I’ve made along the way.

I love the moon, the stars, the clouds…I love the flowers and the trees.

I love to stand among the raindrops…I love a gentle morning breeze.

I love that I can feel…I love that I have two hands.

I love to watch a sunset…I love to walk along the sand.

I love to fly, I love skipping stones…I love many crazy hair styles

I love to hear a baby’s laugh and watch anybody smile.

I love the mountains…I love the streams

I love to say the word falafel…

I love warm chocolate chip cookies

and I love ice cream on a waffle.

I start my list as I begin my walk

and it grows the more I roam…

the funny thing is…my list is never finished

by the time I get back home.

And I imagine the list would never end

if I walked from June to June

If I walked around the entire Earth…

If I walked up to the moon…

And so I wonder:

Wouldn’t this be a wonderful way to change the world…

If everyone would participate…

We’d be so busy making lists of things we loved…

we’d have no time to hate.