Was reading a book at lunchtime that asked me to list the things that make me glad. The first thing I had to do was look up the word "glad" in the dictionary. Hey, I didn't want to put down something that made me happy but not glad. I had to have the definition RIGHT. Anyway, the definition was as follows: "feeling joy or pleasure; delighted; pleased" OK, so it's pretty close to happy, but not EXACTLY the same (humor me). Anyways, here's my list in no particular order. I challenge anyone reading this to come up with their own list.
Red licorice and Swedish fish
Hiking on Hadrian's Wall (or any place else, really)
A Clean house (shut up, this is my list)
Gardening when there are no time pressures
Swinging my younger daughter upside down
Reading with either of my daughters, but particularly the older one because she doesn't really need me to read with her but likes me to anyway
Swimming or biking with my husband (particularly finishing a long ride)
Reading a good book, especially if it involves a rainy day, a fireplace and a blanket
Toasted marshmellows
And I have to admit a song from my college days came back to me as well. The phrase in particular? "Be ye glad, oh be ye glad, every sin that you ever had has been paid up in full by the grace of the Lord, be ye glad, be ye glad, be ye glad."
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Nice post! Maybe I should have looked up "glad" sooner in the dictionary!
And I like your "glad" list. I'll take you up on your challenge and come up with my own list for tomorrow's blog entry.
I hope everyone has a list of glad things... they definitely do make life much more worth the living, don't they. =)
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