The other day I was flipping channels on TV and came across the movie “The Bucket List” with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. I love that movie. It is a story of two very unlikely individuals that become friends while in the hospital. Obviously there is a bucket list involved, but if you haven’t seen the movie I don’t want to give too much away.
Every time I 
see that movie, I think “I’m going to make a bucket list.” In the movie they have some pretty extreme items on their list. One of my extreme items is to fly on a private jet.
I believe that having goals to stretch us is a great thing. I have always thought of a bucket list as things that are a stretch, but not necessarily out of reach. For example, one item on my bucket list is to see the Ellen DeGeneres Show live. I spent every day watching that show when I was recovering from my hip surgery four years ago and she kept my spirits up. For me this isn’t unattainable, but it is a stretch. Continue reading