Foo - Your description....

....of absolute joy.

I'll go with what alot of people will say, My bike.

Winning a state/national championship

Riding a Bike

Taking Photographs

Knowing one day I will be whole!

Mandy

Seeing my grandchildren (none for at least a few more years) being raised in a stable, loving household.

Seeing my family do well.

Feeling well.

Feeling that I'm able to help my hospitals most ill patients feel better about things.

Hearing the stories of older people about their families and lives.

Knowing beautiful, kind women.

Experiencing the beauty of the Earth, and being a living part of it.

The pure joy of real laughter
Random acts of kindness
Roses
Chocolate covered pretzels

rattie kisses

When my kids accomplish something they had to work at.

Going on vacation once a month. Being able to go out and volunteer or do anything or going anywhere.
Running my own software development company. Doing presentations around the world.
Being recognized for my pure absolute genius :D Coming home to a completely solar panel powered house and then descending into my secret lab.

Being with BF riding somewhere BEAUTIFUL!!!

Riding my bike by myself anywhere here in COLORADO

Going on vacation in two days with BF. :)

Taking my dogs for a walk and seeing their tails wang in the air.

Spending time with my GF.

Just riding. It doesn't matter what kind of riding, just riding is good enough.

Sleeping.

Riding my bike
Playing with my greyhounds(I really miss them)
Seeing something beautiful in nature/the world
Accomplishing something I've never done before
Seeing someone I care about smiling and happy

absolute joy... warm day, feeling the sun on your skin as you bike near the ocean, stopping at the cliff ( my favorite spot) to take in all of it's surrounding beauty, feeling small next to the ocean, feeling tall on your bike remembering that you are healty and have a great understanding of what life is all about and how important he little things are, absolute joy... knowing you dont need anyone to make you feel happy, you just are as you get back on your bike and continue to feel the warm breeze embracing your whole body:D

Waking up again.

Riding my bike with BF in a BEAUTIFUL place.

Riding my bike by myself in a BEAUTIFUL place.

Walking my dogs and watching their tails wang in the air.

Going on vacation in two days!!!!

okay I'm a dork I just posted TWICE. OH WHAT JOY!!!

Bike forums is giving me issues when posting.

absolute joy... warm day, feeling the sun on your skin as you bike near the ocean, stopping at the cliff ( my favorite spot) to take in all of it's surrounding beauty, feeling small next to the ocean, feeling tall on your bike remembering that you are healty and have a great understanding of what life is all about and how important he little things are, absolute joy... knowing you dont need anyone to make you feel happy, you just are as you get back on your bike and continue to feel the warm breeze embracing your whole body:D


Yea...what she said.:D

Yea...what she said.:D

BDG always says the right thing.

Seeing my grandchildren (none for at least a few more years) being raised in a stable, loving household.

I have to agree with Zorro. Last night we had dinner with both of my daughters, their husbands, and my two month old grandson. Everyone is healthy, happy, and loving life. It is the best of times and will get even better in November when grandchild number two comes along.

Inner peace.

Seeing my daughter smile at me.

The moment when I pull back on the stick/yoke of my plane and I feel the wheels leave the ground, knowing I'm not earthbound any longer.

Being out in the woods, rolling along.

Walking in the quiet hush of a heavy winter snowfall.

Seeing a Bald Eagle (or other beautiful bird or animal) go by while riding.

Heaven is joy. I caught a glimpse of heaven just last Friday.

HR bought donuts for everyone.

....do you know what donuts for 1800 people looks like!?

Sleeping in late in the morning cuddled up next to my sweetie.
Sipping a cup of chai while watching and listening to a thunderstorm.
Flying down a white covered mountain on a calm peaceful night.
Seeing the beauty of the earth all around me.
Accomplishing something I've worked hard at.
Puppies.
Dancing.
Excersising my body and feeling the results from it.

Heaven is joy. I caught a glimpse of heaven just last Friday.

HR bought donuts for everyone.

....do you know what donuts for 1800 people looks like!?

I'm happy to be able to help in your visions of heaven: http://www.bebikeclub.com/tourdedonut/

Being a Muslim. Does'nt get any better than that...

this thread... absolute joy to see how people know what makes them happy and reading about it.. sooo beautiful:D

Racing the San Jose, CA light rail train down 1st st, at midnight, when there is almost no traffic at all.
....and winning :D

Hearing a Cello player doing a solo.

Sunset after pulling a 60-miler, and sipping down a gatorade slushie (one of my odd ideas....tasty though)

My grandmother's good ole fat/lard/grease filled cooking...artery clogging bliss.

hoi obb, larb gai, and a cold Singha...

Sitting on the deck with a glass of Pinot Noir.

power and freedom... so i can have the crap i want

financial security

being able to cycle fast would be nice

to lift a lot

to play many video games

to go to an endrocrinologist

to find the answers to questions as soon as the question pops in my head

9 hours of sleep a night

good food


a life that combines those above and all the other things i need and like.

Every time I see a greyhound now, I get a sense of both great joy and sadness. Sorry.

Diving with dolphins in the bahamas, was one of the most joyful, life changing experiences I've ever had.

Landing safely on the ground in the United States after returning from the first Gulf War was a trulkey joyful feeling.

Two miles offshore alone on my ski (kayak), an 18 kt breeze with a big swell running, and whitecaps all over the place.

Shooting a Thompson Submachine Gun.
Seeing an original GT40 on the road.
Finding a bushing kit for my Giant.
Graduating from college and being done with construction.

So far, I've seen and done the first two.

Having perfectly true wheels.
Having the wheels stay perfectly true.
Riding with BF members.
and most of all, riding a bicycle.

Waking up one morning to find out that I'm the last living human.

Two times I felt real, absolute joy were when I was flying an airplane for the first time and when I hit my fastest speed on a road bike. I couldn't remove the smile from my face for weeks.

Enough activity [bike, hike, run] in the redrock canyons to get up an endorphin rush. . .followed by total immersion in a cold shallow stream. . .followed by an 'air dry' in the late afternoon sun. Lets you know you're alive.

Shooting a Thompson Submachine Gun.


Ok, we knew SOMEONE was going to spoil the Summer Of Love vibe we had going!

*sigh*

Ok, we knew SOMEONE was going to spoil the Summer Of Love vibe we had going!
He's just trying to use up all the bullets so no kids get their hands on 'em and get hurt. Kinda like what I do with beer.

Going through a concert, and know that you nailed every hit and that everything worked out great...



(Hence my last concert, where we did a professional song, and pulled it off, plus got a standing ovation)

*clap clap* And the standing ovation lives on, hi565! :)

When my father was in the hospital and very sick, I spent a lot of time just sitting in the room with him. Much of the time he was asleep but when he woke up, it was good for him to have someone nearby.

Anyway, while he was sleeping one afternoon, and I was just sitting there quietly, I began to feel the deepest peaceful joy spread over me. I felt complete and total love, total compassion and total forgiveness for everyone everywhere. The feeling seemed to spread throughout the room, throughout the hospital and beyond.

I couldn't imagine being happier or more fulfilled. I imagined that this must be the way it feels to be in heaven.

As nurses and doctors scurried in and out, I wondered if they could feel it too--it was so deep and so palpable. But it didn't seem that they were quite in the same place. So i didn't say anything.

When my father woke up, I said to him, "This must be really difficult for you."

He said, "No, I've learned so much."

I wondered if he and I were sharing the same feeling.

Slowly the sense of deep joy and peace melted away, but I never forgot that moment--perhaps that little glimpse into eternity.

Slowly the sense of deep joy and peace melted away, but I never forgot that moment--perhaps that little glimpse into eternity.
I hate those moments. When they come, I know everything. Kind of. More specifically, I know how I should respond to everything and anything, like a path has opened up in front of me, pointing me to the place and person I desire to be. Then, of course, before I can take my first step, it closes and I can't even remember what direction the first few feet pointed.

I don't mean to dump on your thread, Siu.

Joy: silence. the absence of everything. when my mind is perfectly still and quiet and all the illusions and walls I build during the day come crumbling down and I stand there naked, in front of the universe.

Rare. Especially these days.

When my father was in the hospital and very sick, I spent a lot of time just sitting in the room with him. Much of the time he was asleep but when he woke up, it was good for him to have someone nearby.

Anyway, while he was sleeping one afternoon, and I was just sitting there quietly, I began to feel the deepest peaceful joy spread over me. I felt complete and total love, total compassion and total forgiveness for everyone everywhere. The feeling seemed to spread throughout the room, throughout the hospital and beyond.

I couldn't imagine being happier or more fulfilled. I imagined that this must be the way it feels to be in heaven.

As nurses and doctors scurried in and out, I wondered if they could feel it too--it was so deep and so palpable. But it didn't seem that they were quite in the same place. So i didn't say anything.

When my father woke up, I said to him, "This must be really difficult for you."

He said, "No, I've learned so much."

I wondered if he and I were sharing the same feeling.

Slowly the sense of deep joy and peace melted away, but I never forgot that moment--perhaps that little glimpse into eternity.

I'm being totally serious here.... That was one of the most profound and moving things I've ever read on a FOO thread!:)

Fixing something for someone just because I can.
Watching the birth of my son.
Seeing my son smile when he sees me.
Riding my bike alone on a beautiful silent spring morning and catching all sorts of creatures by surprise.
Riding with other BF members.
Doing something you never thought you could, but were afraid to admit.
Seeing my father hold my son <--he never met his grandfather and his dad died when my father was 7

*clap clap* And the standing ovation lives on, hi565! :)


*Tear* Thank you! *takes a bow* Thank you so much!












:D

Man, blackberry...that was a very touching moment. Rather unexpected for foo! Cheers!


...I forgot one more thing from my list....winning the computer parts I need to get another machine running off of Ebay (this time I am getting a <3lb ultralight notebook running...yep, weight weenie computers!) :)

Surfing 10' ocean swells with a 25 kt breeze in the Molokai Channel, on a fast boat flying the spinnaker with a solid crew on board.

Inner peace.

:)