::I love my job - my boss, my customers and my product - even when they frustrate me::
::I hate people who are too busy talking on the phone to drive::
::I love being an aunt::
::I hate that I sometimes exhibit the qualities I dislike in others::
::I love that Veteran's Day is on a Friday (Oh, and the veterans, too)::
::I hate Walmart on payday - and pretty much every other day, too::
::I love being needed::
::I hate that I'm not the person I should be::
::I love good advice from unexpected places::
::I hate insomnia::
::I love a good joke, a good cry, and a good thrill::
::I hate when I fail on disciplines I thought I had mastered::
::I love the gift of memory - for better or for worse::
::I hate the abuse of the ideas of tolerance, victims and acceptance::
::I love when I have the opportunity to be tolerant, compassionate and affirming::
::I hate disloyalty and lack of respect for authority::
::I love a good party::
::I hate when I wish my week (and my life) away::
::I love reading blogs and being encouraged by other people's victories and struggles::
::I hate that I'm so weird about personal disclosure::
::I love to see my friends when they are irresistably happy::
::I hate when people don't proofread their writing (of course, the occasional typo/misspelling is acceptable)::
::I love second chances::
::I hate that I have so many guilty pleasures::
::I love the innocence of children, charming naivete, black clothing, that other people love jobs that I would be miserable in/terrible at, the bewitching obnoxiousness of the Afflac duck, a chilly night with a stack of blankets, small doses of super-happy people, raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens, etc., etc, ad infinitum::
Christin, You sound busy enough that you wouldn't have the time to come up with a list like this. I may be a simpleton, but I'm not sure I have that many thoughts in a day let alone during the time I might sit to write a blog entry.
Posted by: Mike Aman at November 12, 2005 06:51 PMI love your post. :-)
Posted by: Bekah at November 13, 2005 08:32 PMMike, sometimes I just need to sit down and think about the good things in my life and the things that need improvement. I think it's a valuable exercise.
Bekah - thanks!
Posted by: Christin at November 15, 2005 09:30 AMI meant for the tone of my initial post to be complimentary. And I agree that we should take the time just as you said. I like focussing on the good things rather than that "needs improvement" category. You know, the whole fragile male ego thing.
Posted by: Mike at November 16, 2005 08:18 AM