Love/Hate Challenge

Just Plain Ol’ Vic dared me to take the Love/Hate Challenge to list ten things I love, ten things I hate, and then nominate ten bloggers to do the same. I pass on nominating ten bloggers, instead using the challenge as blog post fodder.

Thank you, God, for these blessings:

1. My family: my husband & our teenaged son
2. Our extended family, both mine & my husband’s
3. Our dogs, Thumper & Coco
4. My friends, both offline and online
5. Leading a purposeful and meaningful life by loving others
6. Roses, actually I’m a fan of flowers in general
7. Sunsets, especially over the Pacific Ocean
8. The Sierra Nevada mountain range. My husband and I married at Lake Tahoe, so the place holds a special place in my heart.
9. Sonoma County where we bought our first home and our son was born
10. San Francisco where I was born

Having free will and being imperfect means that we humans do err; in fact, at times we sin greatly. I equally hate racism, sexism, homophobia, & mental health discrimination.

1. Human Suffering
2. War
3. Human Rights Abuses
4. Hatred
5. Racism
6. Sexism
7. Homophobia
8. Mental Health Stigma & Discrimination
9. Environmental Degradation
10. Housecleaning – Housecleaning is trivial compared to the other things on the list. I’m at home, so I should keep our home clean and organized. I guess what I really hate is my failure to attend to my housekeeping responsibilities.