The Bucket List

Saturday night, I stumbled across "The Bucket List," with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. It was a good movie which was mostly predictable, but the delivery of the message was well said and done.

As I was kicking around on Sunday, the notion of the so-called "Bucket List," really stuck with me. The thought of listing out the experiences which I'd like to have has a kind of appealing quality. I began to wonder how people would act if we each had a Bucket List and were really aiming to fulfill it.

My personal guess is that most people don't have a Bucket List, because there is no sense of urgency to our life. Most of us think that we are going to live a long time. Most of use think that our actions have no real impact or lasting consequences, much like ocean waves erasing footsteps along a beach (not considering the reality of Karma). Others that I've talked with think that if something goes really wrong in their life, there will somehow be a "magical do-over." And because of this we dawdle and can end up tardy or miss our "True life," all together.

So yes, I like the notion of a "Bucket List," as something that keeps us on point. It could be something which can encourage and inspire us to be the person that we would not only enjoy being, but respect being. How many life times do we actually think that we are going to have? One would think that we'd make this lifetime as special and significant as possible. What would be on your "Bucket List?"

Live Well,

Jaye Morris, Curator
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