When I saw this prompt of writing about ‘99 Things I Love’ , I knew I had to do this. So, I started jotting down the things I absolutely love. And believe me, it is one happy exercise. It made me dig into the past and look at the present too and this kept the grey cells busy as they came up with one thing after the other. The happiness and feeling of contentment as I wrote all the 99 things I love is something that I will cherish for a long time…
Here’s my list of 99 things I love, in no particular order…
- My mug of tea in absolute peace
- Smiles from strangers
- A big warm hug
- Finishing a well written book
- A cupboard full of books which I call as my library
- Photographs that have captured some beautiful moments
- Watching rain from my window
- Quotes that inspire
- KG, the love of my life
- Food cooked by KG
- Empathy
- Conversations with girl friends
- Aaryan, the apple of my eye!
- My laptop, can’t imagine life without it
- My Me time
- Reiki for the calmness and direction it gives
- Being free to do what I want, when I want and how I want
- Dinner time with KG
- Aaryan’s holidays. He is coming home tomorrow for a week and I can’t contain myself.
- Aaryan’s letters which he writes from school
- Prayer time
- Hope
- A few good great friends
- Tough times and the lessons I learnt from it
- Chances and opportunities that I have got in life
- The love, care and concern of my parents
- Baking cakes and compliments that KG and Aaryan shower over the goodies I bake
- My blog
- Memories of the past
- Virtual friends and the conversations over phone and chatting online with them
- Watching The Big Bang Theory
- Get togethers with our friends
- Masala Dosa with Filter Coffee at a South Indian joint
- Swimming all alone in a clear clean pool
- Learning something new
- Unlearning and the realization it brings
- Making lists for everything and anything mostly physical and some in my head too
- Ticking off things from my To-Do lists
- My home and everything about it
- The clean and orderly look of my home
- Watching movies on TV which are on my wish list
- Positive, creative and people who have the ability to make others laugh
- My corner of the bed and all the things I need on the side table next to it
- Fresh sun dried laundry
- Online shopping
- Shopping in malls and in the narrow by-lanes of a city
- When someone remembers an old blog post of mine
- Indian winters and everything about it – the food, the clothes and general air of cheer and festivity around
- The look after a nice haircut
- Getting older
- Anything that brings back old memories – smells, music, toys, food, people, places that take me down the memory lane
- People-watching while traveling
- My work and everything about it
- The relief and euphoria of meeting a deadline
- Commitments by me to others and others for anything
- Finding words written by others that echo my feelings and sentiments
- Small acts of kindness
- Sharing small conversations or smiles with strangers
- Gifting both giving and receiving, especially unwrapping a gift
- The view from my balcony
- Word /puzzle games on my phone
- Forgiveness and the peace it brings
- Letting go and moving on
- Attitude of gratitude
- My well-stocked kitchen and fridge
- The nature and its beauty
- The happy and wonderful surprises
- Love
- Cutting, chopping, snipping stories to fit in exactly 55 words
- Counting my blessings
- Sorting out the differences with somebody
- The sound of my own voice in a voice message
- Power naps
- Moving out of my comfort zone
- Spring-cleaning
- Coming back home after travel
- Chats with Aaryan that make me realize that he is growing up, oh so well!
- A clear head
- Getting better… slowly but surely
- Food cooked by my mother
- Catching up with old friends and to realize that time and distance does not matter with them
- Days when I can spend lazing and reading in bed
- Small nuggets of wisdom
- Fast speed internet
- Idle day dreaming
- Possibilities…
- Listening to somebody with a rich baritone.
- Technology that makes life simpler and easier
- When things fall in place
- Making someone’s day
- Finding exactly what I was looking for
- Grabbing great deals and bargains
- Waking up after a good night sleep
- Hearing a ‘bless you’ when I sneeze
- Listening to a favorite song on a loop
- Seeing old people walking hand in hand
- Witnessing something beautiful and amazing
- Receiving a sincere compliment
- Reading old letters, notes, journals…
Would some things from my list feature in your list too?? Why dont you write your own list. You will enjoy doing it. Go for it!
41 Responses
It’s strange that Tea should come up at No. 1, and everything else after that. Maybe you should try not drinking tea for a couple of weeks. If you can’t, you might be addicted to it. Just like how I was. 😛 😛
Destination Infinity
Tea is my absolute favorite and my elixir too. But this is a random list and in no particular order. I can live without it, because, I prefer drinking good cup of tea (made as per my taste and liking) and I certainly dont get it when I am traveling, so I forego drinking tea, rather than having a bad cup of tea! 😛
I so needed this. I’m going to do this. And such a lovely list you got here. 🙂 Keep treasuring the little moments.
Go for it, Sheethal! I enjoyed writing this list… made me go down the memory lane, count my blessings and generally made me so happy! 🙂
I think I should make a list too. Just reading yours was so much fun, probably writing mine would be better.
You must, Jaibala! Looking forward to read your list 🙂
You know Shilpa we have quite a number of things in common 🙂 Too many to jot down but the clean and tidy look of the house makes me happy too and reading a good book…So, many more..Maybe I’ll do a list of my own and we can tally:)
Oh yes, we have a lot in common, have seen it in so many posts that we have shared! You must write your list too, Nabanita, would love to read it 🙂
Great exercise, Shilpa! here’s a mini list for me:
1. My husband.
2. Our kids (DS1 – 18, DS2 – 17, DD -12)
3. Our house.
4. The way neighbors help each other out around here.
5. That we are close enough to a ‘big city’ that we can go there for a day, but get out of it before rush hour!
6. The first touch of sun on my skin in the morning.
7. Sunsets.
8. Vegetables picked fresh out of the garden.
9. Internet friends and acquaintances.
10. Cozy mysteries!
Wonderful list, LuAnn! I like living in a city which is not a metro but has everything of a metro city minus the traffic and congestion. Cozy mysteries… aah! That reminds, it’s been ages I read one. Must pick one soon!
Absolutely love ur list about life and all that matters:)
Thanks Vishal. Glad you enjoyed reading it! 🙂
Many of those would make my list too, including getting older! 😉
Aha! That’s wonderful. Oh yes, the feeling of being confident in your skin is amazing and I guess that comes with a bit of greys! 🙂
Nice list! I just realised after reading yours and a few others I didn’t mention my laptop or my phone…even though I’m addicted to both!!! 😯
Thanks Sanch. I am more addicted more to my laptop than phone!
Like Sanch said.. Mobile and laptop not mentioned but can’t stay without them..!!
Completed my list.. your list looks wonderful!
Cheers
Thanks Geetika. Hopping over to your blog to read your list 🙂
Such a sweet one and you were right! We do have similarities 🙂
The ‘bless you’ is indeed something I love too 🙂
Birds of a feather… 🙂
Oh I loved this list.. and thinking of adding one
Enjoyed reading them. Many are common with me.
That’s wonderful, Lata. Glad you enjoyed reading this list 🙂
interesting list which gives us a reminder as well to do some things which we wanted to from long
Hope u r doing good 🙂
Oh yes, such lists serve as great reminders to act, to cherish and to be grateful too. Good to see you here, Afshan. How are you doing? 🙂
I love lists and I love this list! Thanks for linking up with us this week for #Fridayreflections!
It is a great prompt, thanks for sharing it, Janine! 🙂
Yay what a lovely list, I love the big bang theory too, it is so funny. I also love wonderful surprises. Thank you so much for joining in and sharing your very happy list! #Fridayreflections
Sheldon is my absolute fav. He is soooo crazy and funny.
Simply loved this prompt. Thanks for sharing it 🙂
Quite a few on your list resonates with what I would have on mine (Though I’m not too sure if I would end up making one) 😀
Go for it, RGB. You will enjoy looking back as you remember and cherish the things you love! 🙂
We have many “things we love” in common… Fresh sun dried laundry and making lists for instance…what’s your favorite word game on your phone?
Aha! We have common interests!
I keep changing games frequently. I remember Word with Friends, Wordathon, Text Twist…
he he he he .. the reason i am laughing is because of point 1.. WHAT BLISS
a cup of hot coffee … alone .. on a mountain side .. BLISSSSSs
All the best with everything in the List and here’s wishing you get to do each one of them SOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Bikram’s
Thank you so much, Bikram. You are a gem! 🙂
I love visiting your blog and I enjoyed reading this list.
Thanks Pinky. Appreciate your visit 🙂
Lovely Shilpa thank you – I’d add to the list by saying receiving posts such as yours!
Aww! You are a sweetheart, Susan! 🙂
Hi, It was a nice read. Who would have thought sun dried laundry gave happiness too? Yes, sometimes we take for granted many things that give some satisfaction to us,even it if it is for few seconds.
We do have so many things in common. Can’t believe both of us wrote about Possibilties amongst other things. 🙂