Before I get to the point of discussing the status of my little bucket list, something needs to be mentioned about my ventures into the world of online social media. For a few days this week a good friend came to visit. While it was brief, the discussions we had were good. No, not good, they were deep, involved, complex and sublimely enjoyable.This visit was good for the both of us on many levels. I discovered I am not necessarily bad at verbal communications, I just find it more difficult than having on-line relationships on places like Facebook. Sometimes the right thing isn't easy and the things that are easy aren't necessarily right. So, for a while, Facebook will only be a 'once in a while' thing.
And, for me, the ease of verbal communication is directly related to some property of the other party. That property may never be identified or quantified. Maybe it shouldn't be.
Bucket list... We also discussed our bucket lists and something surprising was discovered... I am scared of it. The individual items aren't frightening, and the fact it is directly related to my mortality doesn't phase me in the least.
What is frightening about my list? That at this point, the only thing between these undone items and accomplishing these things is myself.
On one side of the fence is the bucket list. On the other is myself and standing right there on the fence is a second instance of myself with a flame thrower in one hand and flipping me off with the other.
That's it. Just me, and for some reason that scares the hell out of me.
1 comment:
Interesting. Do you think this is all just a matter of perception?
If you woke up on Monday and said - "I think i'm going to do x,y,z today" and just went - would you be able to handle that better than doing it planned in advance as part of some greater "list"?
Either way - I hope you find a way to be kind to yourself and do the things you want to do with your time here on the big blue marble.
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