Exploring the Depths

Upon reading a friend’s blog about her adventures overseas and finding a list of some of the challenges and adventures she plans to have someday, I at first got a disheartening feeling of sorrow for my own un-adventurous living comparatively.  That was my first mistake: compare my adventure to another person’s adventure.  There is a completely different adventure in store for every person’s life so I should not compare.  Second I saw her wish list, or bucket list you can call it, and I remembered at one time I had a similar list but guess what i’ve lost and forgotten all about?  I had a rightful urge to write out my own bucket list again and to not limit it, but go all out and be a dreamer.  Too often I find myself not dreaming, and limiting my dreams to only what I think I can achieve or what is remotely possible for me according to my circumstances.  BLAH!!  Help me get out of my own little box Lord!  God gave me an adventurous heart because after all “the heart of God is wild” as one of my favorite books says, so why should I try to tame my own self?

Here’s my NEW bucket list; NO HOLDING BACK ALL HANDS ON DECK DREAMING RIGHT HERE:

* See the seven wonders of the world

* Go surfing, rock climbing, spelunking, sky diving, suba diving, hang gliding, tubing, zip-lining, snowboarding, kayaking, white-water rafting, sailing, cliff diving, horse back riding, and any other thing that sounds fun

* Ride a passenger train, a hot air balloon, a dirigible, a submarine, a rocketship/spaceship, a motorcycle

* See the Amazon and hike the rainforest

* Also see the worlds most awesome waterfalls

* Learn to ballroom dance (more than the little swing I know)

* Learn to play the guitar well enough to worship with at least, or extremely well, why not?

* Learn to play the harp, flute,   

* Write something really beautiful that turns into a book of some sort and is published

* See the nation’s capital, all the tours, all the history

* Run a race, marathon, or triathlon and become a person of running

* Live in the wilderness for an extended amount of time (hopefully not alone)

* Live like a hobbit for at least a year!

* Live on an acreage or farm, hopefully on some hills across from some mountians, that sports a greenhouse, lake, orchard, oak trees, horses, goats, and chickens; all for cultivation and use

* Roadtrip around America!

* Set foot on every continent, maybe excluding Antarctica: too cold for me.

* Go back to CHINA and love on all the friends there

* See the famous artworks of the world, new and Ancient

* Study theology, ancient manuscripts, Greek, Hebrew, and know the bible by heart

* After all that study, go to the Holy Land! And the Vatican

* Get married and have babies!  Including Adoption!!

* Study more art: Art history, painting, sculpting, paper and book making, printmaking, performance, woodworking, glassblowing, stained-glass, photography, ceramics, etc!

* Go to every museum in America and when I’m through with that, the rest of the world (especially the art museums)

* Stargaze in the desert

* Ride an elephant, a camel, and any other exotic animal

* Own my own coffee shop/restaurant/bed and breakfast/art gallery

* Learn to sew and make awesome affordable useful clothes

* Have a stand at the Farmers Market

* Be a summer camp counselor/facilitator and go to VBS (I’m never too old!)

* Go on a cruze

* Do something completely awesome like bike to California for a year, live in a tree, or do intense long term missionary work

* Do a Discipleship Training School with YWAM; do any other internships or faith formation retreats

* Live with a really big family to see how it’s done

* Work on an organic farm

* Learn lots of handy crafts, and HOW TO COOK LIKE A CHAMP

* SEE THE REDWOODS

* Read every book I’ve ever wanted to, and many, many more

* Get a tatoo

* Watch as many sunrises and sunsets as I can

Obviously this list will continue to grow as I think of more adventures I can have! But this gives me a lot to work on ;) some I will be able to cross off probably by the end of the year, and others really may never ever happen, but hey, it’s fun to dream!