tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post2360053174803146786..comments2024-03-28T05:59:04.687-07:00Comments on Rural Revolution: Bucket list? What bucket list?Patrice Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-68415551387841782492018-08-12T21:39:00.110-07:002018-08-12T21:39:00.110-07:00As for the days of our life, they contain seventy ...As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,<br />Or if due to strength, eighty years,<br />Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;<br />For soon it is gone and we fly away ...<br />So teach us to number our days,<br />That we may present to You a heart of wisdom (Ps. 90:10,12)PJhttp://springmountain.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-51119808216413453122018-08-12T13:35:02.818-07:002018-08-12T13:35:02.818-07:00I hear ya Patrice, the only thing on my bucket lis...I hear ya Patrice, the only thing on my bucket list is chicken, extra crispy...Brian Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-18988877288301324172018-08-10T02:21:50.420-07:002018-08-10T02:21:50.420-07:00yes
patrice your readership is far and wide proba...yes <br />patrice your readership is far and wide probably more than you imagine.<br /><br />marc<br /><br />marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01629037769913824855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-47246129890997392772018-08-09T07:32:56.825-07:002018-08-09T07:32:56.825-07:00As preppers, our bucket list is an inventory of wh...As preppers, our bucket list is an inventory of what is under all of those gamma lids... (if I have to explain this...)Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-42085907844410871452018-08-08T17:53:08.923-07:002018-08-08T17:53:08.923-07:00Amen.Amen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-43046046242712361912018-08-08T17:51:31.676-07:002018-08-08T17:51:31.676-07:00I do think that's part of America's proble...I do think that's part of America's problem. Everyone is trying to BE someone. Listen... Most people are average. It's highly unlikely I will do something so amazing that it will be publicized on local TV much less national TV. Life has meaning because it's a gift. I was put here to do something only i can do. That might not be going to the Moon... But it might be being a stay at home mom. It might be to raise kids properly to know God. It might be that I'm supposed to say yes to God's plan for my life. I'm called to be a saint. We all are. But we each have a unique way God plans to get us there. A bucket list... Well who doesn't have dreams to go or do something? But to let it control your life and give your life meaning... Nah. I don't buy it. Did mother Theresa have a bucket list? I doubt it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-65478501630158437962018-08-08T16:19:01.097-07:002018-08-08T16:19:01.097-07:00'...Everyone's trying to demonstrate their...'...Everyone's trying to demonstrate their life has meaning. You might say it's a bucket of envy: "If I don't finish these things before my life is over, then my life has been meaningless."' <br /><br />I think that quote is the reason. People live meaningless lives. Wake, work, bed, repeat. They think their job/career is their whole life. Or they think their fun is their whole life. Or whatever.... But Christ gives OUR lives meaning, purpose, life, joy, peace, love....etc and so forth. So following hard after Him leaves us SATISFIED, content, joyful. We don't spend our lives wishing we had done x or y or z.....cause we spent our life knowing we were where HE wanted us, doing what HE CREATED US TO DO! <br /><br />There are crazy things we got to do....cause we followed where God led us. We've had fun. We've gotten to travel alot, but that's our bent....to travel....but while our early marriage was spent wandering the streets in Europe (dh was military), now we're happy as clams in tents in some state park....kids playing in a lake or pond or ocean....us chilling in our camping chairs with a book and a cup of coffee! There are places I'd still love to get to in Europe....but if not.....my life was still amazing, full of love, full of people, and mostly, full of God! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-61674765456816115562018-08-08T15:00:28.470-07:002018-08-08T15:00:28.470-07:00Bucket lists are a symptom ...
The root cause: no...Bucket lists are a symptom ...<br /><br />The root cause: not filling your life with things that have meaning.<br /><br />The symptom: when you've finally sorted out that you haven't done much that's meaningful, you think you can squeeze in a bunch of experiences <i>BEFORE YOU DIE</i> in some utterly predictable way.<br /><br />I prefer to steal fictional people's bucket lists and then invent wildly inaccurate stories about them for a living, but then again, isn't that what writers do?<br /><br />Nota bene for the readers: if you're at risk of becoming a character foil in <i>any</i> novelist's story, you're doing it wrong. :-)<br />Post Alley Crackpotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-59872419202759834082018-08-08T10:53:46.924-07:002018-08-08T10:53:46.924-07:00My wife and I are retired and travel by motorhome ...My wife and I are retired and travel by motorhome to interesting places. We like to hike, see wildlife and beautiful views. So we research new places. We often find them in bucket lists that people have posted. I now know of such interesting places to go to camp, hike, enjoy and be amazed at. So I enjoy other people's bucket lists. Perhaps most of it isn't what I want but some of it often is worth the effort of researching it. I have found so many places to hike and enjoy that I am tempted to share the "list" with others; which I assume is the purpose of bucket lists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-87192947388579408692018-08-08T09:32:21.574-07:002018-08-08T09:32:21.574-07:00Now I want to write down a bucket list. xDNow I want to write down a bucket list. xDJethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964469759658611962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-68606185225843699972018-08-08T08:14:38.098-07:002018-08-08T08:14:38.098-07:00No bucket list is ever as exciting as holding a ne...No bucket list is ever as exciting as holding a new grandbaby. I've done that 13 times. Having a bucket list has no meaning for me.rimfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788416329185500341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-71494879347570308452018-08-08T08:09:10.990-07:002018-08-08T08:09:10.990-07:00We don't have a bucket list but we do have a l...We don't have a bucket list but we do have a list of goals. We are very happy in our lives. We have a strong marriage, 3 wonderful kids and an amazing God. I don't need to do what other people think I should do. Hubby and I would also like to get to Yellowstone.Making Cents Of It Allhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09121344770577065537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-33147127923538509962018-08-08T07:42:53.325-07:002018-08-08T07:42:53.325-07:00Holy cow, a reader in the Seychelles! Welcome!
-...Holy cow, a reader in the Seychelles! Welcome!<br /><br />- PatricePatrice Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-47341601133164746262018-08-08T06:55:04.473-07:002018-08-08T06:55:04.473-07:00hi rural revolutions,from the seychelles
only the ...hi rural revolutions,from the seychelles<br />only the rich arabs and such come here to feed and distrub the natural habits of the sharks (to the great disbain of us locals)<br />but more importantly<br /><br /> But godliness with contentment is great gain.<br />1 Timothy:6:6<br /><br />marcmarchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01629037769913824855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-3277933199168556622018-08-08T06:02:32.849-07:002018-08-08T06:02:32.849-07:00Why Miss Patrice, I am sure you have a lot of &quo...Why Miss Patrice, I am sure you have a lot of "bucket lists." I will grab that bucket to pick strawberries, that there bucket to hold the grain for one of the cows... 'grab me that little bucket over there for my stein stain would you honey?" See, a lot of bucket lists.Cederqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05603951063463035196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-31722623094906240672018-08-08T05:50:25.568-07:002018-08-08T05:50:25.568-07:00The question is not 'Why?', but 'Why n...The question is not 'Why?', but 'Why now?<br /><br />America abandoned God and His Word. We now have generations of greedy, self-centered narcissists. Life is all about them. Their bucket lists of orgasmic experiences are their exit strategy. I say, 'Go for it!' Today is the best its going to get.<br /><br />Dock GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-91618498129289965982018-08-07T22:04:36.814-07:002018-08-07T22:04:36.814-07:00Micah 6:8
He has told you, O man, what is good;
an...Micah 6:8<br />He has told you, O man, what is good;<br />and what does the Lord require of you<br />but to do justice, and to love kindness,<br />and to walk humbly with your God?<br /><br />It seems to me that bucket lists are collections of regrets.<br />Live according to the verse above and the regrets will take care of themselves.<br />Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-15932084782200820832018-08-07T21:09:41.437-07:002018-08-07T21:09:41.437-07:00Well, I must confess, I do have a "bucket lis...Well, I must confess, I do have a "bucket list." But, it is personal and meaningful to me. I have managed to cross a few things off of the list. So far, I have made it to a few special places in the state I now call home. I have learned how to ice dance. Since I work part-time at the ice rink, I have driven the Zamboni (that was a big one), and have had the privilege of watching beautiful sunrises and sunsets with the love of my life. I don't have many more things to "check off," what is left involves seeing my grandchildren graduate high school and other family things. It is pretty special list, one suited for me. <br /><br />If you have your own "bucket list" out there, be sure it is personal, meaningful, and doable. No bungee jumping here. No swimming with sharks either. However, a snowshoe hike in the mountains sounds good. Linda in COnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-44877294351138835742018-08-07T20:19:10.516-07:002018-08-07T20:19:10.516-07:00I think the author has the right of it: a bucket ...I think the author has the right of it: a bucket list can become a compensatory thought of sorts for a life which is a series of compromises. I struggle with this to some extent as well: doing what I must at this point, the temptation is to allocate all of those items to the Neverland of someday. It is a struggle to keep what can be done today in view as a thing that can be just as valuable as those other items which (at least in the mind's eye) seem far more glorious.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-13020932121662121662018-08-07T20:16:25.478-07:002018-08-07T20:16:25.478-07:00Too many people worry about too many of the wrong ...Too many people worry about too many of the wrong things. Without the Lord, all those things will ultimately be meaningless.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-44828133696961884812018-08-07T20:04:52.307-07:002018-08-07T20:04:52.307-07:00Good for you and Don and especially your two daugh...Good for you and Don and especially your two daughters. Life is given to us as a gift and every joy we have is a celebration and affirmation of God's love for us. That is the ultimate bucket list goal, to find God, love and be secure in the knowledge that we have done what our God set out for us to accomplish. I think you and Don made it! Good Job!!!!Sue in Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02943516029419494307noreply@blogger.com