favorite things

What are some of your favorite things?

the thought ocurred to me while i was watching a tennis match on youtube.  it was an old match that only a tennis fanatic like me would care about.  i honestly just enjoy watching the ball go back and forth.  it's one of the most beautiful things in the world, i thought to myself.

that last thought made me stop and ponder a little deeper.  i'm a 26 year old black male...and one of my greatest past times is watching a little ball go through the air? 

YES. that, and a good comic book.  a great laugh.  an engaging board game.  just a few of my favorite things.

through all of the stuff i've encountered in life, i still have this innocence about me.  this child-like demeanor.  trust, i'm far from sheltered, but the things i like are so simple.  i'm not lusting...i'm not chasing...i'm learning to pursue that which genuinely captures my heart.  it's still remarkable to me how many of the societal snares i've escaped.  the sex, the alcohol, all the other things that left lasting effects on people's lives is not an issue for me.  definitely had my issues and struggles, but i'm free in a lot of areas that others are not. honestly i don't want to attribute all that to god, b/c then i have to explain why he let so many other get into those things.

the things i like in life are genuinely because of who i am...not because of what people say i need to be.  i'm becoming more and more comfortable with that.

i may not fit the image at times...but i beginning to like what i see more and more.  really.  i'm a pretty cool guy :-)