My JOY List!

i had been meaning to fill out the list weeks ago upon prodding by Bro. Bo Sanchez (Mentor No. 1) in his article ‘What is your Joy List?’

i really want to DEFINE my joy list to enlighten me on things that is really important in this life. then suddenly, work piled up, family issues cropped up, and other temporal matters disturbed the stillness… talk about the great irony of life!

awryt, so now that i have some liberty at work since my boss is in baguio for conference (yay!), i finally have a chasm of time to fill out the list of things that gives me joy.

What makes me tick inside…

1. WRITING. be it business writing, personal or professional writing, it doesn’t matter as long as i write.
2. blogging. writing on my blog is heaven. not only is it a tool to express myself but to learn from myself as well. (that is why this blog is my nth blog… but my favorite so far!)
3. reading. be it bestseller books, magazines, newspaper. even other people’s blog. (exception to the rule: confidential business correspondences. i didn’t want to be involved in any of the raucous!)
4. singing. from simple singing to a lullabye, to as complex as videoke, karaoke, or a grand performance before an audience, doesn’t really matter.
5. singing for God. used to lead a choir and teach them several voices. 
6. singing second voice! basta, trip lang… kelangan laging may second voice and kanta para masaya!
7. lifting a person up. we all know it feels good to be there for someone when they need someone to be there for them…
8. HUGGING people. or my dog Uma and our 2 kittens.
9. mentoring someone.
10. getting in touch with friends, old and new.
11. conversation and fun with my kids!
12. conversation with hubby
13. a special time with hubby… (graphic and x-rated contents! hehe…)
14. conversation with my sisters and nanay. lunch and dinner extended during family gatherings and the dinner table is filled up with stories and updates of each of our lives. 
15. playing the guitar unaduleratedly. miss doing this lately…
16. LEARNING. a new skill, having a new idea that seem to tick. learning from others
17. going out of town with my family
18. saturdays in bed all day!
19. loving someone. and being loved in return.
20. being at the beach! grainy sand, salty sea, wind and sun on your skin…
21. smell of fresh cut grass…
22. christmas shopping! or any kind of shopping for that matter!
23. christmas mornings…
24. christmas gift-giving.
25. christmas songs…
26. laughing over something funny
27. BEING HEARD.
28. fighting for what i believe is right
29. reminiscing a beautiful past
30. nostalgia over my childhood days
31. revisiting old places
32. going to new places
33. being funny and crazy at times
34. looking at old photographs
35. watching old family videos
36. sipping hot coffee
37. playing with my dog and cats
38. having an intimate conversation with ‘Itay’ , my father-God
39. playing in the rain.
40. doing the laundry
41. daydreaming sporadically
42. doing absolutely nothing
43. being able to accomplish almost anything
44. having a filled-up yet satisfying day
45. getting a surprise kiss…
46. getting simple surprises!
47. giving a gift to someone, and for that someone to appreciate the gift
48. a baby’s smile
49. a baby’s coo
50. a baby’s smell, touch and breath
51. being recognized and remembered by a forgetful senior citizen
52. having someone appreciate my writings
53. getting a massage!
54. eating chocolates
55. overhearing someone say a good thing ’bout you

…and the list goes on and on!

please do write your own Joy List. you will realize that the simplest things in life is really what matters and what makes us tick inside.

HAVE FUN!

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;

what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince book