So I think of the concept of the bucket list. What is important or desirable to accomplish on this earth? In this short life? This moment that is mine? Before eternity dawns.
My bucket list won't have trips to Nepal, sky-diving or professional achievements. Here are some of my aspirations. Wants, not necessarily needs all. But that's what a bucket list is.
- Seek God.
- Experience romantic love.
- Develop your natural talents.
- Use your body; feel the rewards of moving, of doing, of pushing yourself. Breathe in pure air. Feel your heart beat from exertion.
- Experience parenthood. Recognize it as one of life's most precious gifts.
- Sacrifice for someone other than yourself.
- Help someone who can do nothing for you. Then do it again. And again.
- See the masterpiece that nature is around you.
- Learn the lessons animals can teach.
- Work hard. Be thankful you can.
- Love others.
- Explore the world through travel, through reading, through curiosity and questions.
- Be a good steward of all you have been given: your family, your health, your place in life, your talents, your years on this earth, your mind, your body, your soul. Realize that one of these will last forever; none of the others was designed to.
- Experience the joy of music.
- Seek peace. Understand you won't find it outside of yourself before you find it inside.
- Fail, and try again. Develop strength.
- Help others. Give. Be generous. Forgive.
- Appreciate art: natural, man-made, formal or accidental. Whether done by a master or a child.
- Let your greatest triumphs be triumphs of the spirit.
- Express your love to others. Love is everything. God is love.
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