1. Camper van road trip
2. Hike the John Muir Trail
3. See the northern lights
4. TimTam Slam in Australia
5. Write a novel
6. Lead someone to Christ
We sat around and shared some items from our bucket lists. We asked the Malawian local who was with us what was on his list, what did he want to do before he died. His list consisted of completing his education and supporting his family. He just wanted to make sure that when he passed he could leave his family better off, leave them with something good to remember him by.
It was very humbling. My bucket list consists of things for the sake of my own experience, for my own happiness.
There are people who cannot afford to dream outside of the practical. And if they do, it’s often with little hope of reaching those dreams.
It makes me wonder why this is my life, and that is there’s. Why I have the freedom to dream for things that are within my reach, while others are chained by the hard reality of their situation. Someone who may be much smarter than me, more determined, more hardworking, more deserving, can have far limiting opportunities. By America’s standards I lived far from a privileged life, and yet I am far more privileged than the majority of the world.
It’s hard to reconcile. All I can think to do is give as much of myself as I can to others, to whoever is in front of me at the moment, to love them genuinely. To accept that this is my life, and that is there’s. And not take for granted and waste that truth.
