- See the Northern Lights in person
- See the bioluminescent plankton in the Maldives
- Perform pilgrimage to all the major holy sites
- Fall asleep under the stars after a life-changing conversation
- Become skilled at archery and martial arts
- Learn muay thai like Sagat from Street Fighter
- Attend a Renaissance fair wearing a medieval dress
- Make at least one person feel like the most special, significant human being alive
- Look into a pair of sad eyes and heal every grief there
- Climb a massive mountain and share the view from the top with someone wonderful
- Buy a miata, rsx, or '67 stang and go on mini road trips throughout America, taking pictures of interesting small towns
- Go ziplining, skydiving, and parasailing
- Volunteer at a suicide hotline
- Visit hospital patients and read awesome books to them
- Become an impactful writer & human rights advocate
- Help bring lasting social & economic progress to a suffering community
- Support the building & maintenance of shelters, water wells, schools, and orphanages in conflict zones
- Plant at least 100 trees
- Sponsor an orphan
- Go horseback riding along a quiet seashore at night
- Share a sunrise with the love of my life
- Become an amazing cook with a wide range of culinary skills
- Travel to at least 20 UNESCO world heritage sites
- Visit at least 5 major national parks (Yosemite, Olympic, Banff, Sequoia, Rocky Mountain, Denali, Glacier, Big Bend, Biscayne, Grand Teton, Columbia Gorge NSA, Yellowstone, etc)
- Go hot air ballooning in Turkey or Scotland
- Visit Hunza Valley, Pakistan in Autumn or Spring
- Spend a few days meditating, painting, & writing poetry in Kaghan Valley near Lake Saiful Muluk
- Walk across the Salar de Uyuni after heavy rains
- Become fluent in Arabic & Farsi; read my favorite poets in their native languages
- Stay at a Thomas Kinkade-esque cottage in the woods & write a modern-day version of Walden
- Build a small personal library of exquisite literature
- Go adventuring in dream cities- especially Istanbul, Alhambra, Cordoba, Barcelona, Madrid, Isfahan, & Casablanca
- Buy a high-grade telescope and learn to identify major celestial bodies
- Stay in touch with my favorite teachers/professors and write letters to them occasionally
- Study the Qur'an & Tafsir al Mizan in depth
- Write an Islamic exegesis of the Tao te Ching
- Write at least one novel & collection of poetry
- Make praying Salat ul Layl a frequent practice
- Buy some land & have horses and my own little farm, or become a wildlife rehabilitator
- Marry a man who'd be an amazing partner in crime & the ideal companion for my soul's journey through this life and the next
- If parenthood is in the cards, be an unfailingly supportive, nurturing mother
- Love selflessly and entirely, without any inhibitions
- Attain all-encompassing nearness to God
- Forgive every manner in which I've ever been disappointed or wronged
- Die with God's praises on my lips
- Be entirely, unfailingly content with how ever things end up.
x r
jun 29 2010 ∞
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