Here's mine:
--Be content at the time of my death that I’ve done as much
as I can to have a positive impact on others and our world.
--Feel that other people have forgiven me for whatever negative
stuff I might have done to them, and that I have forgiven them likewise.
--Make sure my material life is pared down and in order so
that whoever has to deal with my crap after I die won’t have too hard a time of
it.
--Feel somewhat certain that my daughter is going to be able
to make it without me.
--Feel calm and peaceful as I face death (just as I faced
childbirth, floating on the waves of inevitability).
--Find out what happens at the end of Pandora Hearts manga. :)
I don’t want to climb Mount Everest, win a Nobel Prize, or
travel around the world in a hot air balloon. In a way, I wish my list could be
as cut and dried as that. After all, going to a specific place on Earth seems
pretty easy, but the inner work it takes to rest in a state of contentment,
peace and forgiveness can be a real challenge.
But in a way, every
goal is only attainable if you really want it, and really work at it. Part
of my trouble in life is that I am sometimes ambivalent about what I really
want, unsure if I’m just being swayed but what other people think I’m supposed
to want. So I think this list is about as honest as I can be, for now.
Whatever your bucket list holds, may you fill it with
checkmarks of completion, and die knowing you really lived.
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