September topic: Bucket list.
‘Okay! I will go with whatever is the alternate topic’.
‘Oops, perhaps that is too easy.’
‘Is it worth a passing glance?’
‘A reflection, possibly even a 500 word memoir?’
‘But I am still resisting!’
‘Was dear Henry passively resisting through his excuses?’
‘Perhaps he didn’t really want to fetch water for dear Liza but couldn’t directly refuse.’
‘If I create a bucket list, I could set myself up for disappointment!’
‘Even worse would be creating a bucket list, because others think I should.’
‘……. And the idea of a bucket list is linked to the expectation of ‘kicking the bucket’.
‘Perhaps I don’t want to contemplate dying or even creating a list of desirables that will foreshadow such a turning of the last page.’
‘To be upfront, I do have adventures or experiences that I could put in a bucket wish list. Disconcertingly, they simply fade to lesser importance as quickly as Henry’s water flows out of his bucket.’
‘In truth, my most memorable experiences have come completely out of the blue. Not from any envisaged bucket list goal’
‘In a small room in Florence, confined to a small ‘back against the wall’ space behind Michelangelo’s David, I was transported to another place, marveling the contours of David’s marble posterior and Michelangelo’s genius’.
‘In Catania, I came upon a plumber’s strike with police, on a fire brigade’s extension ladder, trying to extricate a trio of demonstrators on the top floor of a building. At the same time the rest of the plumbers supported the trio above by sitting on a dozen unconnected new cisterns, in the middle of the street ’. An unforgettable invitation into the Italian soul.
At other times, it sometimes feels like the universe is determined to shake me out of complacency. It offers experiences demanding that I take note of the uniqueness of each individual or the awesomeness of nature in the immediate.’
‘Perhaps creating a bucket list would focus too much on the future and I would miss the opportunity to being fully in the present’
According to Google, the idea of a bucket list became popular after the 2007 Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson movie of the same name.
'Two terminally ill men, with only six months to live, decide to explore life and make a bucket list comprising all the things they have never tried before. A fun movie with some deep philosophical observations.’
During the List movie, Morgan Freeman offered this commentary.
‘You know the ancient Egyptians had a beautiful belief about death. When their souls got to the entrance to heaven, the guards asked two questions. Their answers determined whether they were able to enter or not.
‘Have you found joy in your life?’
‘Has your life brought joy to others?’
On reflection, these two goals could very well be my bucket list.
Graham Jensen
August 2022
‘Okay! I will go with whatever is the alternate topic’.
‘Oops, perhaps that is too easy.’
‘Is it worth a passing glance?’
‘A reflection, possibly even a 500 word memoir?’
‘But I am still resisting!’
‘Was dear Henry passively resisting through his excuses?’
‘Perhaps he didn’t really want to fetch water for dear Liza but couldn’t directly refuse.’
‘If I create a bucket list, I could set myself up for disappointment!’
‘Even worse would be creating a bucket list, because others think I should.’
‘……. And the idea of a bucket list is linked to the expectation of ‘kicking the bucket’.
‘Perhaps I don’t want to contemplate dying or even creating a list of desirables that will foreshadow such a turning of the last page.’
‘To be upfront, I do have adventures or experiences that I could put in a bucket wish list. Disconcertingly, they simply fade to lesser importance as quickly as Henry’s water flows out of his bucket.’
‘In truth, my most memorable experiences have come completely out of the blue. Not from any envisaged bucket list goal’
‘In a small room in Florence, confined to a small ‘back against the wall’ space behind Michelangelo’s David, I was transported to another place, marveling the contours of David’s marble posterior and Michelangelo’s genius’.
‘In Catania, I came upon a plumber’s strike with police, on a fire brigade’s extension ladder, trying to extricate a trio of demonstrators on the top floor of a building. At the same time the rest of the plumbers supported the trio above by sitting on a dozen unconnected new cisterns, in the middle of the street ’. An unforgettable invitation into the Italian soul.
At other times, it sometimes feels like the universe is determined to shake me out of complacency. It offers experiences demanding that I take note of the uniqueness of each individual or the awesomeness of nature in the immediate.’
‘Perhaps creating a bucket list would focus too much on the future and I would miss the opportunity to being fully in the present’
According to Google, the idea of a bucket list became popular after the 2007 Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson movie of the same name.
'Two terminally ill men, with only six months to live, decide to explore life and make a bucket list comprising all the things they have never tried before. A fun movie with some deep philosophical observations.’
During the List movie, Morgan Freeman offered this commentary.
‘You know the ancient Egyptians had a beautiful belief about death. When their souls got to the entrance to heaven, the guards asked two questions. Their answers determined whether they were able to enter or not.
‘Have you found joy in your life?’
‘Has your life brought joy to others?’
On reflection, these two goals could very well be my bucket list.
Graham Jensen
August 2022
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