As you may have seen the movie Bucketlist with Jack Nicholson, this is one of my favorite movies as it is also a belief. Not even just that if you know you are going to die you can do the things you always wanted to, but what about unexpected tragedy? In this day and age, unfortunately you could walk out your door, be at a mall, gym or work and something happens. I will not give examples as I don't want you going away from here thinking or worrying. If you take anything from this piece, take away the motto 'love like you'll never see that person again' and 'seize the opportunity'. My friend recently mentioned how much she missed out on when she was younger and in a closed relationship- she could've went to many exciting functions and met many a variety of people. Well each single opportunity she turned down because she was more worried about someone else than living for herself, she probably missed "x" amount of new friends to meet, and maybe "x" amount of more opportunities that could've come her way- all just from missing one of those opportunities. She has cost herself "x" amount of friends that she would probably be still in contact with today - whether to further her career, or knowledge, or meeting "Mr right" or just to have more gabbing friends today, she will never know what she missed. And now that she is out of that closed relationship, she will never retrieve those offers. But there are many more to come - We all have a path and a journey in life. We don't know where it will lead us sometimes - but that is why i believe 'life is a journey not a destination'.
My bucket list is so huge- but starting with achievable things like i never really learned to ride a bike - never had one growing up- and never getting my license - i cannot drive a car- those are achievable. On my bigger side is things like vacationing- you can bet if i had money or an offer to get away I would - when i come back, all will still be well - my house will not fall apart without me (as much as i think no-one can do it without me- haha) . But the price to pay if i said no to it is a regret- and i do not ever want to regret.
Now maybe your bucket list is to bungee jump or climb Mount Everest, but start with the little things or the achievables. Work your way up to the bigger things. But remember to say "i love you" to those close to you everyday (or however you let them know they are important) because if something happened to you tomorrow you don't get a second chance.
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ReplyDeleteHello Lori,
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to visit your blog and celebrate this achievement with you. For indeed, this is a major achievement, isn't it?
Starting a blog is probably on your bucketlist, subconsciously, though you did not mention it specifically on this blog post. I remember you tweeted about it one night, telling us that you've always wanted to start a blog but really did not know what to write about.
Voila~!!! Here you are... And now that you got it started, doesn't it feel so good? And don't you just suddenly realize that there are really so many things that you can share with your readers? For indeed, life is a collection of many small interesting events, all of them unique to you and worth writing about... Simply because they are yours, your own unique experience, branded by you alone. What an empowering thought!
Keep on posting... Pretty soon you will have a big collection of personal stories that you can turn into a book, which is another item on your bucketlist.
I celebrate this milestone with you. As a Twitter friend, I'm happy you have taken on this joyous adventure. I look forward to more of your stories and I hope that you find joy capturing the moments of your life and sharing them with us.
Warmly,
-Angie
(twitter.com/angels510)
thank you so much- you really are an angel and truly know this is one of my dreams-the other is write books- a novel (by me), and childrens books (which is in the works) with my sister the illustrator-
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