BUCKET LISTS & BLESSINGS!

Recently, a curious forever friend questioned me as to what was remaining on my “bucket list?”  So, I pose the question to you.  What is left on your “bucket list?”

Just so we are crystal clear as to the definition and intention of “bucket list,” I have consulted that trusty source – Google.

The meaning comes from the expression “to kick the bucket” (or to die) and hence a “list of things to do before you die”.  The term was used by American and British screenwriter Justin Zackham in his screenplay for the 2007 film The Bucket List.

In case you didn’t see the movie, here is a quick synopsis…

“Two elderly men, blue collar automotive mechanic Carter Chambers and billionaire Edward Cole meet for the first time in a hospital owned by Cole after both men are diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.  Chambers, a gifted amateur historian and family man, wanted to become a history professor in his youth but chose to start a family instead. Cole, a four-time divorced healthcare tycoon and cultured loner, enjoys drinking kopi luwak, one of the most expensive coffees in the world and tormenting his personal valet Matthew, whom he mistakenly calls Thomas.

While in the hospital, Chambers and Cole manage to find common ground. For fun, Chambers started writing a list of activities to do before he “kicks the bucket.” After hearing he has less than a year to live, he dejectedly discards his list. Cole finds it the next morning and urges him to do everything on the list, adds his own items to it and offers to finance all expenses. Chambers agrees and though his wife Virginia objects, the two patients begin their globetrotting last vacation. They go skydiving, drive a vintage Shelby Mustang and Dodge Challenger around California Speedway, fly over the North Pole, eat dinner at Chèvre d’or visit the Taj Mahal, ride motorcycles on the Great Wall of China, attend a lion safari in Tanzania and visit Mount Everest.”

Here I am at the Taj Mahal and will spare you the slide show of photos from the Great Wall, my African Safari, Mount Everest, and flying over the North Pole.😉

Getting back to the question of what is still on my bucket list…Let me see…

✅ bucket list

✅ dream house

✅ dream car

✅ dream job

✅ dream wedding

✅ dream lover

I’ve been around the world twice and my former students will confirm that I have personally visited each photo in all the history textbooks from grade six through twelve. One of the only places on the planet I have not experienced is Ireland.  It’s ironic that I am half Irish, and now what I desire is more of an Irish Blessing than a tour.  My “Irish Blessing” has turned into a brand new Spiritual Bucket List that I will share with you in case you might want to create one of your own.

Before I post the list, I want to share this message I stumbled upon while scrolling through my Facebook feed.  It’s by Mario de Andrade.  I found it to be quite apropos.

• love myself and my partner unconditionally
• practice humble gratitude each day
• forgive all – especially myself
• do an act of kindness everyday
• be mindful
• meditate daily
• pray unceasingly
• channel
• connect with loved ones on the other side
• expand my consciousness
• visit Mt. Shasta for the healing energy
• always tell the truth
• surrender to my Higher Self
• trust – especially myself
• balance my chakras
• see angels, auras, and orbs
• write a spiritual book for healing grief
• tap into the Christ energy
• raise my vibration
• give back
• heal myself
• help others heal
• love
• lead retreats
• be free to dance

My entire life has been an incredible blessing.  I am excited to finish checking off the things on my new bucket list with my “stairway to heaven.”  Please share some of the things on your list!