Favorite Things

What are your favorite things?  We all have things that we like best….
We usually think of food, hobbies, or travel.

But listen to what my mentally handicapped friends are telling me:

“…I like working…, eating…, parades, …, swimming…,
 riding horses, singing…, …dancing, …,
bike riding, shopping, watching T.V.,
having people come visit me…, and sleeping in late.”

“…my favorite things are going for walks, …, exercising,
typing letters, …, play sports, …, working,
going home for visits, …, walking dogs, …, parties, …, fishing, helping others…”

They're not just talking about food, hobbies, travel…
They're also talking about working, exercising, helping others…

A famous poet, Stephen Crane, wrote:

“A man saw a ball of gold in the sky; he climbed for it, …
it was clay.  Now this is the strange part: when the man went to earth and
he looked again, lo, there was the ball of gold.  Now this is the strange part:
it was a ball of gold.”

Maybe, like that man, we shouldn't take things for granted.

Just maybe, like my wise friends, we should consider “everyday”
things to be our favorite things…
 
 

Jim Holcombe
Cedar Rapids, IA