Can We Talk 2

Bucket List

Prompt: List 30 things you want to do before you die.

1. Learn to drive a stick shift.

2. Travel--Boston, Maine, Portugal, Scotland, Channel Islands, Spain, Greece, South Dakota, Alaska, American Samoa, Wyoming, India, Italy, Madagascar, South Africa, Egypt. . . You name it, I haven't been there, but I want to go!

3. Fall in love again with someone who loves me.

4. Write a completed, decent novel.

5. Write a non-fiction book.

6. Be financially comfortable (not rich but unworried)
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7. Be friends with a nice celebrity.

8. Develop an idea to improve conditions and elevate standard of living on reservations.

9. Create memories with my young nephew and great nieces and great nephews.

10. Lose 20 pounds and keep it off.

11. Finally, host a successful party that isn't just a family gathering.

12. Master the art of growing petunias and pansies, maybe geraniums.

13. Inspire other people to be kinder, gentler, more sensitive, and patient people.

14. Keep my car clean, inside and out. (It is now pretty much)

15. This is kind of vague, but leave something of value for the next generation.

16. Have someone, anyone, see some wisdom in me, provided there is some.

17. Encourage others to treasure the arts, painting, music, theater, sculpture, dance, literature. Share my passion with them.

18. Eat more vegetables.

19. Find the perfect hairstyle for me!

20. Have a few close friends to care when I die. that means I have to build those relationships now.

21. Set a good example for others to follow.

22. Encourage the spiritual growth of other people, especially confessing Christians.

23. Teach people to pray who don't feel comfortable doing it.

24. To know Jesus better than I do, to grow in my friendship with Him.

25. Shed my old inhibitions, negative thinking, wrong self images, my own mental barriers.

26. To be a prayer warrior.

27. Gain more knowledge.

28. Develop leadership skills.

29. Change the direction of someone else's life for the better.

30. To keep being creative and dreaming of new things.