“I like it when somebody gets excited about something. It’s nice.”

-JD Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

A little kid at the park sprinted over to his dad to show him a super cool-looking bug that he found. That’s nice.

My daughter proudly showed me that she can now put her face in the water at Swim Lessons without fear of dying. That’s nice.

My wife charged around the living room with great gusto when it was announced that the Backstreet Boys will, indeed, be “back” at the Las Vegas Sphere this summer. That’s nice.

I ran into a patient of mine who not only lost 30 pounds, but was able to ride his bike with his wife on the Greenbelt for the first time in years. That’s nice.

My daughter knows how much I love flashy footwear, and she could barely contain her glee when she revealed her new red shoes that perfectly matched her dress for the Daddy Daughter Dance. That’s nice.

Someone actually read my book, and it resulted in him identifying silent coronary disease and proactively addressing his health. That’s nice.

God gave you and me another day to count our blessings and witness people’s excitement about big things, little things, and everything in between. That’s really, really nice