Last Spring a very dear woman from my church gave me a copy of Neil Pasricha's book "The Book of Awesome." Neil began writing a blog that has sent him soaring into ROCK STAR status and is the inspiration for the "Awesome" book. Neil simply writes about the little things in life that he finds awesome; finding money in your jeans, fresh-baked bread, snow days. Sometimes he includes a commentary on what makes that particular thing awesome and sometimes it just goes without saying. It's a blast to come up with your own list of "awesome!"
- Right before you stop at a red light it turns green
- Your kiddo scores the winning run
- Having little kids run up to you and hug you for no reason.
- Special Olympic athletes
- Getting the final answer on Jeopardy
- Birthday cake and ice cream
- Tomato sandwich in the summertime
- Seeing your 2nd grader get off the school bus for the first time
- The way a brand new box of crayons smells
- Percolated coffee
- Puppy tummies
- Catching a wave at exactly the right moment
- Silly Putty
- Your husband comes home a little early
- Cutting down your own Christmas tree
- Sinking the long putt for birdie
- Hammering a nail in perfectly
- The sound of snow
- Hot dogs roasted on a stick around a campfire
- Riding in a Jeep with the top down in the Fall
- Funnel cake at the fair
- Watching your 2 year old try to say the blessing
- Falling asleep on the way home
- New socks
- Knowing all the words to a song
- Being there when a kid starts to "get it"
