(almost) EVERY BRILLIANT THING

I recently watched a one-man show called Every Brilliant Thing. It the story of a young man who starts writing a list of every brilliant thing in the world for his mother after her first suicide attempt. I will do the same. My list will be incomplete, but I will return to add items to it as I think of them.

1. That God thought, “I need one of these",” when He made each person

2. Waking up next to a dog

3. Puppies

4. This video

5. Friends

6. Feeling understood

7. Family

8. The thrill of victory

9. A genuine compliment

10. Being with someone and not needing to speak

11. Walking a dog on a peaceful evening

12. Sitting out on a patio/porch on a peaceful evening

13. New socks

14. Ice cream

15. The excitement of dogs when their owner returns home

16. Helping someone and feeling as though you were more impacted by it than they were

17. Laughing so hard that you can’t breathe

18. When the ice on the sidewalk is so thin you can crack it just by walking on it

19. New love

20. Singing at the top of your lungs and not caring what you sound like

21. Connecting with an audience while on stage

22. Making someone laugh

23. The music of Gavin DeGraw

24. The music of Jamie Cullum

25. The music of Matchbox Twenty

26. Gregorian chant

27. The music of Billy Joel

28. Finding others like you

29. Having a conversation so enjoyable that time disappears

30. “Spiegel im Spiegel” by Arvo Pärt

31. Doing a physical activity that is so enjoyable you do not care about how tired you are

32. Sleep

33. The Star Trek TV shows

34. Learning

35. That desire to share something you just learned with someone

36. Being creative

37. Improv comedy

38. The Sherlock Holmes stories and books

39. The BBC show Sherlock

40. A good mystery

41. Board games

42. Playing RPGs with the right people

43. The writing of GK Chesterton

44. The TV show Frasier

45. Catching your dog in a cute pose

46. Goofy smiles

47. Dressing up in a costume

48. Playing pretend

49. Inside jokes

50. Quoting movies, TV shows, and books with someone in place of a conversation

51. Being vulnerable with someone and receiving vulnerability in return

52. The Eucharist

53. Receiving good advice

54. New ideas

55. Putting on an outfit and thinking, “Dang, I look good.”

56. A beautiful painting

57. Processing a movie with the right person immediately after watching it for the first time

58. Going to a movie in the theaters by yourself

59. Putting your feelings on paper

60. The right song at the right time

61. Prayer

62. Holding a book you wrote in your hands

63. Being an ADHD coach

64. Improvisation

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