Like Minds: The Love List Project

Graphic Illustration by Jason Berg

We bloggers tend to think alike.

One thing I love about blogging is the synchronicity between bloggers in my community. Many times I visit my Google Reader to find the authors have written about similar topics, even though the blogs are from places all around the globe. I believe there’s an energy that connects us and it comes out through our writing.

This happened to me recently when I visited Lance at the Jungle of Life and learned that Kristin Tennant of Halfway to Normal had come up with a fantastic idea called The Love List Project. Her idea is to develop your own “love list” and keep it going. She also came up with the idea of sharing our “love list” progress on her blog every Friday.

I loved this idea. But that’s not what amazed me.

That day I happened to be struggling with finding something to write about for an upcoming post. I turned to my “works-in-progress” file and, to my amazement, realized that I had already started a “love list.” I guess like minds really do think alike!

While I plan to share my progress with this list on Kristin’s blog, I realized that the list I currently have would not fit in her comment box :~) So, I decided to share my love list with you today.

My Love List

My kids
The evening sun shining through the leaves of a tree
People who make me laugh
My boyfriend and his cooking
People who make me think
The wonderfully creative people I’ve met while blogging
The sound of the wind as it blows winter leaves
My family of friends, especially those recently found
The feeling I get when I hit “publish”
Strawberry shortcake with ice cream
Watching birds frolic in the bird bath
People who say hello to me when I’m out walking
The sound of waves at the beach
Taking photographs that surprise me
Watching horses running loose in a field
People who never give up
Dolphins playing in the Gulf
Hawks flying high in the sky
Putting my feet in cool water on a hot summer’s day
People who like to laugh
The first bite of chocolate
Moss swinging from an oak tree
A wildflower beginning to bloom
The sound of wind chimes
Candlelight creating flickering shadows around a room
Looking at the stars on a dark winter’s night

When I read over this list, each item evokes a memory and makes me feel happy. I encourage you to develop your own list and watch it grow.

You don’t have to develop a long list. Just start out with one or two items and keep adding more. Once a week on Friday pull out a few of your favorites and pop over to Kristin’s blog to share them. By the way, the illustration I’ve used for this post was created by Kristin’s husband. Isn’t that cool:~)

Have fun with this list. I think writing it will rapidly become one of the things you love!

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Mark your calendar for next Thursday, October 22, 2009!

You’re invited to the unveiling of the new header for my blog. I love it and hope you will also. It’s different, funky, and lighthearted and fun :~)

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