1. Gardens, and the life-cycle changes they make throughout the spring, summer, and fall.
2. Dogs and cats - unconditional love and loyalty, if you treat them right.
3. Continued attempts at world peace.  Maybe someday, we'll get there.
4. Communication, whether it is via modern technology, the telephone, or good old face-to-face.
5. Bacon.  Because it's BACON!
6. Antique furniture, books, albums, photos... things that capture the beauty of the past, while helping us appreciate the benefits of the present and the promise of the future.
7. Glorious sunrises and sunsets - inspiring ways to begin and end days.
8. Work that is challenging, interesting, and rewarding.
9. Clients and colleagues who engage, share ideas, and collaborate.
10. Music that reaches inside, soothes the soul, and touches the heart.
11. The brilliant people that we know, as well as the ones we haven't met yet.
12. Seat warmers in cars, for those long New England winters.
13. A cold drink on a warm day, and a warm drink on a cold day.
14. Nature, and the critters you can still catch a glimpse of, as "civilization" continues to grow around them.
15. You.  A business like ours is nothing without the people with whom we work.  Thank you so much!

Last week I attended an event in Boston, and one of the speakers was David Whyte, a poet, author, and organizational thinker.  He is the leader of the Institute for Conversational Leadership. 

What is intriguing to me is that he is a poet, through and through.  And he has not only been successful at the craft, but he has been able to extend it into other things, and into the business world.  Mostly, I'm jealous - because what I wanted from a very early age was to be a poet... 

I have heard hundreds of speakers, so it's rare that I'm blown away by someone.  I had heard about Whyte many years ago, but had never had the opportunity to hear him speak.  He began his talk by reciting a piece of Shakespeare - and then he repeated it - beautifully, and powerfully delivered.  Then he broke it down sentence by sentence and provided the organizational context.  The room was full of CEOs, senior executives, and business owners - and you could hear a pin drop.  Everyone was riveted!