mikao's world

endless delights

A random and eclectic list of things that bring me delight and for which I am thankful:

- feeling that tingly feeling when I hear a really good song
- Spreading paint across a sheet of paper or on a canvas
- Eating cotton candy
- Colours, especially nice greens
- Completing a layout for yearbook
- Spending time with friends
- Spending time alone
- Reading the Bible
- The sense of freedom that biking gives
- Feeling the wind upon my face and racing through my hair
- Large expanses of prairie and wheatfields
- sunsets and sunrises
- Seeing the Northern Lights illuminate up the expanse of the never-ending sky
- Car rides where it is understood that you don't have to talk, where it is alright just to sit and look out the window and take i all in
- Being loved
- The feeling of satisfaction after watching a really good movie or seeing a really good piece of theatre
- Seeing other people enjoy things, no matter how small or insignificant
- Visiting my Gramma
- Creating little pieces of art out of unexpected things
- Sewing, creating something out of cloth, making something that did not exist before
- Drinking in the richness of good books
- Realizing God's truths
- Laughing
- Listening to those songs that take me back to fond memories of when I first listened to them
- Wool sweaters
- The feeling I get every Christmas Eve
- Picking up with an old friend right where we left off
- Walking or biking in a summer rain
- My cat Blackey
- Spending good times with my three siblings
- Worshipping God
- Reminiscing with old roommates
- Getting dimes in my change
- The scent of laundry dried on the line
- Lying on a blanket in the middle of a field on a sunny summer's day
- Pink fabric
- Knowing what I am doing is what God wants for me to do
- Taking really great photos
- Being complimented, especially when I never expect it
- When guys take the time to make me feel special
- Reading comments left on my blog
- Discovering good things like chai tea and the joy of flip flops in the summer
- Autumn leaves
- Pajama pants that are just a little bit too big
- Cotton button-up shirts
- Pea coats
- Fresh carrots and peas straight from the garden
- Blooming lilies
- The road by our old farm
- Corduroy pants
- Waking up from a dream
- The quilt and pillows on my bed
- friends who take the time to really listen
- Getting a new watercolour paint set
- Not being anxious about the future
- Knowing that God has a perfect plan for me
- The scent of lavender
- Cooking stir frys and pastas and other good things
- Partially realizing the depth of God's love for us, because we never will really understand it
- Walking under a light and lofty blanket of stars
- great conversation
- Seeing that the Big Dipper is wherever I go
- The little surprises of life
- Making collages of poetry and quotes and words
- Writing what I think is a really good poem out of those little word fridge magnets
- Shopping and buying nothing at all
- Trying on prom dresses
- Walking outside on beautiful nights
- Lying in the middle of a really great field of grass and just gazing upwards
- Seeing a harvest moon
- The smell after a rain, the finest over all perfumes
- Cherries
- Fresh raspberries with sugar and cream
- Finding a passage in the Bible that I had forgotten about or did not realize was there
- Making jewelry out of beads from my grandmother's attic
- Visiting with old friends
- Sharing life
- Walking a deserted road
- Meeting people I have never met
- Making postcards to send away
- Getting an email from someone I was just thinking about
- Getting a real letter or package in the mail
- Care cards from my college days
- Road trips with friends
- Shopping alone
- Shopping with another
- My mom picking me up upon my return home
- Having people over for supper
- Dreaming about days to come
- Thinking about all the myriads of possibilities of roads my life could take, knowing that God will lead me down the right one
- Knowing that somewhere, out there, is the one that God has made for me and I for him. May we wait patiently for the delights that are to come.

Our God is a great God...