Before ending the book signing at The Bell Pub in England I did a little survey by asking who of the ladies had a Bucket List. Two hands went up. When I asked why others did not have one the answer was always something like this, “I never thought about it. I know there are things I still want to do before I die, but never made a plan.”

Well a bucket list is a plan.  Life coaches and therapists often suggest to write down what is in our heart to show us what we really want.

I handed out paper and pens and after 15 minutes collected the answers. Here are some of them:

• A nice young man – ( this came from a pretty, vivacious blond)
• Botox facial filler
• Go up and down the High Line in New York
• To walk the Inca Trail
• To walk the full distance of the Great Wall of China
• Learn to surf – well
• To build and own a donkey sanctuary
• Travel to Venice on the Orient Express
• To visit all the wonders of the world
• To write a children’s book
• To run the London Marathon
• Go to Iceland
• Travel to Avignon and stay for a long time and paint
• Take a train across Europe and stop at the places I really want to see
• See more of South Africa
• Take a river cruise down the Danube
• Go to Koblenz in Germany to see a painting my grandmother did, which now hangs in a museum there.(I asked her if she had ever seen it and she said never)

Some of these dreams are a little more difficult to fulfill than others, but not unreachable if you allow yourself to make it a priority.

By the way the lady who had never seen her grandmother’s painting is on her way to Koblenz. She said, “I am glad I came today, this is really a wake-up call.”

Tell us what is on your bucket list!

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The following photos are an encouragement for the lady who wants go to Avignon in France and paint.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And never forget – A Smile Changes Everything

Brigitte