Give me something to believe in...

"Something to Believe In"

The link above takes you to the YouTube video for Poison's song "Something to Believe In". It's not available to embed. It's a great song with a poignant message, but it never mentions anything to actually believe in, it's more about the search. I posted a blog post very similar to this earlier this year, but I have had a strange week, with some emotional ups and downs this week, and this song has been in heavy rotation on my iPod recently. I will be going to see Bret Michaels (also a sufferer of diabetes) this weekend at an American Diabetes Charity show, and I have a feeling, when he performs this song, it will be pretty powerful for me.



Since my initial post, to say I've had some life changing events wouldn't do them justice. And with the upcoming end of my teaching at Tri, I've had a lot on my mind recently. So here is a slightly updated list with some new things I believe in.

1. The ability of a small group of people banding together, supporting and encouraging my family, and exceeding my wildest expectations. I will forever be thankful to all of you for your amazing support of "The Peanut Gallery"
2. That we will find a cure
3. The students of Tri-Community Photography Center
4. That this isn't goodbye
5. The ability of a 7 year old child being able to understand, put in perspective, and deal with diabetes. She is the strongest, most brave person I have ever met. I am so proud to call her my daughter.
6. My daughter's "Proud Face"
7. My son's "Angry Face"
8. That we will find a cure
9. Emerergen-C
10. That people will learn my daughter didn't get diabetes from eating too many Snickers bars
11. The sound of my son's laugh
12. The twinkle in my wife's eyes
13. The power of photography
14. The small of a woman's back
15. Apple products
16. Dreams
17. Goals
18. Faded & Blurred
19. That I still haven't hit my peak
20. That we will find a cure
21. Family
22. http://lifehacker.com/
23. The words "I'm Sorry"
24. Adobe's Lightroom
25. The Yardhouse
26. Newcastle beer
27. Dr. Pepper
28. That "Good enough" often trumps perfection
29. The Coke at McDonald's
30. Wasabi
31. Disneyland
32. Trust
33. Friendship
34. Blue jeans
35. My children's future
36. My wife's shoulders
37. That we will find a cure
38. Christmas Eve
39. Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours"
40. Plavix
41. Novolog
42. The smell of wet concrete
43. Fresh cut grass
44. The Arboretum
45. Dodger Stadium on opening day
46. The Seahawk's chances this year
47. The laughter when Beth, Laurie, and Sue are together
48. That we will find a cure
49. "ABCD, burp, dinosaur eyeball"
50. My friend Tommy
51. Spaying & neutering your pets
52. Star Wars and that my children will someday have their own awe inspiring, movie going experience
53. Kevin Smith
54. Rolling Rock
55. The Thin Man series
56. My 40's
57. Metallica
58. That we will find a cure
59. Road trips
60. My son's eyes
61. Spicy chicken noodle soup from Teri & Yaki
62. Chicken noodle soup from Panera
63. Free wi-fi
64. Pulp Fiction
65. The ability of a great song to transport you right back to a particular time or event in your life
66. The power of passion
67. Flu shots
68. That implied is sexier
69. The Canon 100-400mm f/4-5.6L
70. The 28" Westcott Apollo Softbox
71. In-N-Out burgers
72. That we will find a cure
73. Flannel shirts
74. That 10 years with the same woman isn't nearly enough
75. That I still haven't taken a good photograph, but I'm getting better
76. That I have been in the presence of greatness, they just don't know it yet
77. That just being sad or upset doesn't change things, sometimes you need to get angry
78. That I still don't know what I'm doing, but I do know more than yesterday
79. That I actually have things to share, and people that are interested in listening
80. The importance of this red rubber band around my wrist
81. The camera in my iPhone
82. and that we will find a cure

What are some of yours?