I really liked this article. Most people have bucket lists like jump off a plane, go to Europe, swim with dolphins, blah blah blah. Sometimes you see something like perform a random act of kindness, help out a stranger, witness a sunrise. And when I see stuff like that it makes me have a little bit more hope in humanity. Its easy to say how many things we would like to do before we day, how many fun adventures we would love to take but why not pay attention to the smaller things?
Like instead of sitting on your phone or computer all day take a break from technology for a whole day and just watch how wonderful nature is or how amazing your family is. We spend so much time working and obsessing over things and places that we don't really need to do or go see. We spend so much time wanting more from our life that we forget to stop and enjoy and be thankful for what we really have. We should spend more time working on small things like stop being so negative.
What happens when you die and you have done everything on your bucket list? You have seen all these places, done tons of new things, but what does that do for you after your dead? All the time you spent enjoying these things you don't really need you could have been building a better relationship with someone. You could have made an amazing impression on someone and they may never forget what you did for them. Isn't that more important than going to see the great wall of China? The wall isn't going to remember you visiting, but that person whose life you changed will remember it forever.
I think we should spend a little less time wanting more and more from other people and for our lives and spend more time working on how we could touch some else's life and really make a difference. So next time you find yourself thinking about what new video game you have to have, or you save your money for that vacation you have to take, just take a minute to think about some type of selfless act you could do for someone else instead of obsessing over your new obsession. I'm going to start trying to think this way too. Hopefully it will help teach my children to be better people and to perform many random acts of kindness, after all if I don't teach them to act like that then who will?
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