Come come sit with me, grab yourself a drink and pull up a chair.
Let's talk about our bucket lists that we have secretly done. Some items are easy to cross off. Others take years, a little courage, a bit of luck, or sometimes a whole lot of patience. But I think we all have a list, whether we've written it down or not.
LOL, I'm going to tell you a few of mine... not all of them, but some.
I would love to travel to Ireland and Greece. Those are right at the top of my list. I have also always wanted to go whitewater rafting... mmmm, but that one is going to take a lot of courage.
The funny thing is, we start these lists early in life, but life tends to get in the way and we forget about them. Work, families, responsibilities, bills, and just trying to get through the day can push those dreams to the side.
Before we know it, years have gone by, and those things we once talked about doing are sitting quietly in the back of our minds, waiting for us to remember them.
Here's the thing. I was at a retreat during the week, and one of the questions we were talking about was, "What would you be doing if money wasn't a worry?"
One of my co-workers said she would live somewhere she could surf. She loves surfing. When she talked about it, it wasn't just excitement—it was joy. The kind of joy that comes from deep inside.
Her whole face lit up as she talked about it. Then she showed me a few videos of her surfing. I was like, "Dang, that is awesome!" But uummm... you will never get me on a surfboard. LOL.
We just laughed.
My other co-worker talked about travelling and seeing the world. She has already done a fair amount of travelling, and she is about to head to Greece and Spain.
As she talked about her trips, I realized she is living part of her bucket list.
That got me thinking.
Sometimes we think of bucket lists as things we will do someday. But what if we're already doing some of them?
Maybe not all of them, but pieces of them.
Maybe we're already living parts of the life we once dreamed about, and we haven't stopped long enough to notice.
But here is the other piece that goes with it.
You have this bucket list, and sometimes you want people to go with you to help fulfill it. Maybe it's a trip, an experience, or something you've always dreamed of doing.
But what if nobody does?
What if your friends aren't interested? What if your family can't go? What if the timing never works out?
Will you have the courage to go by yourself?
Listen, I know that it can be hard to do things alone because we all like to share our experiences with the people we love and care about.
There is something special about turning to someone and saying, "Did you see that?" or "Can you believe we just did that?"
Those moments become memories, and memories are often sweeter when they are shared.
But sometimes life doesn't line up the way we hope it will. Sometimes the people we want beside us can't come, don't want to go, or are on a different path than we are.
So what do we do then?
Do we keep waiting?
Or do we find the courage to go anyway?
All I am saying is take a look at your bucket list.
Dust it off if you have to.
See what is still sitting there waiting for you.
Then give yourself permission to do it—whether it is with someone you love, a friend, a group of strangers, or all by yourself.
Life has a funny way of passing by while we wait for the perfect timing, the perfect circumstances, or the perfect person to come along.
Maybe it is time to stop waiting.
Maybe it is time to start living some of those dreams.
Just do it.
🌹 Lisa's Whisper:
Don't wait for life to give you permission to live your dreams. Give yourself permission.
Thank you for sitting with me.
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