why why why do i try to do everything, and then let the failure of not getting it all done, make me apathetic to life, causing loss of priority or focus, causing unhappiness, when it’s all a made up lie!

i made up the “everything” and yet it controls me, when comparative to 99.9% of the world, i am so abundantly rich, that to not be happy out of sheer gratefulness, is asinine.

so i shall list 50 things i’m grateful for today in my devotions/reflection, and carry on with priority and focus in my actions today, that is my declaration. hear yee.

i am thankful for….

1. maria, who does life with me, and is so reliable
2. my media center which is awesome
3. god’s blessings and constant presence, my faith and citizenship of a follower of Jesus
4. brandon, who trusts me, and relates to me, makes me laugh
5. regie, who is sincere, and will always be my friend
6. my knowledge of macs, and people coming to me for answers
7. for making more money each year, for the last 4 years, with ITA
8. for my growing church family and friends
9. for my house, and all the cool projects i have with it
10. for my pastor, who is authentic and caring
11. my growth in my day job, promotions, bonuses, raises
12. my dog, who keeps me entertained and busy
13. my dad, who checks in on me
14. the resourcefulness god has blessed me with
15. upcoming vacation to relax
16. a great and growing extended family with the rubadues
17. renting maria’s car, being a steward, sharing what we have
18. tuesday night community group
19. the hope my knee will be completely healed and i can run again someday
20. all my tools
21. delicious coffee
22. that brandon got married
23. the craft beer store
24. youtube, for knee and hip stretches
25. my dyson vacuum
26. how much maria knows about media centers
27. iMac applecare – free repair
28. eric m’s coaching
29. mario kart
30. hot days with air conditioning
31. beautiful trees
32. free txt messages
33. keeping in touch with old friends
34. biking and video chatting
35. my wifes hot body
36. kathleen and ricky, and how much i love them
37. computer backups
38. those times when you can unhook from the chaos of life
39. my calendar
40. flexible lunch times at day job
41. my brother, and his house knowledge
42. configuring new software
43. jailbreaking/homebrewing
44. soft pretzels
45. family nights
46. catch phrase
47. website creation
48. the joy out of helping people with technology
49. wordpress
50. the joy of cleaning a dirty room