El Río Pasa
(Ancient Otomí poem)
The river flows and flows
and never ceases.
The wind blows and blows
and never ceases.
Life passes on, never to return.I love poetry and I keep a notebook with a selection of my favourites, reading through it I came across this beautiful poem. This coupled with watching The Bucket List has really got me thinking.
I am very happy with most aspects of my life and although there are many things that make me think 'I want to do that', but only a few that I really feel the need to do.
So here is my list:
- Take part in The Playtex Moonwalk
- Go on safari
- Work in a school/orphanage in Africa
- Get a tattoo
- See my children happy in adulthood
- Help someone to achieve their dream
- Take my children to Florida to see Disney and the Epcot Centre
When I started my list it was as long as my arm. I read it through and tweaked it and then sat and thought about it properly. Were the things on my list really what I needed to do? I redid my list with the things that I needed to do and got down to these 7 points. This list has some promises to others (I promised Matthew I would take our children to Florida one day and I promised Alan I would do the Moonwalk with him) but really it is a list of things that I can honestly say that I will be sad not to have done by the end of my life.
What would your 'to do' list be?
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ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely list - some easier to achieve than others. But a tattoo you can get done straight away - the otehrs you might need to wait a bit longer. So do it - and then you can be happy to have crossed one off your list. I have a tiger on my right ankle and I had it done 16 years ago. I still love it now!
ReplyDeleteMy difficulty with the tattoo is I have an idea what I would like, a design comprising 4 stars, but I keep changing my mind on how the design should be. Until I have a definite design, I won't do it. There is also the question of where to have it lol.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the Playtex moonwalk?
ReplyDeleteIt is this Suz:http://www.walkthewalk.org/Challenges/ThePlaytexMoonWalk
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