My Bucket List

My 'bucket list', or, things I want to have happen before I die is actually longer. 
Much longer. 
But some of the things in it I rather not disclose. 

Why? You ask,
Because a woman's heart is like an ocean,
 whose secrets go deep into the underworld, 
and therefore, 
cannot possibly be revealed risking a reader who does not swim. 

So, before I go up in flames (no burial please), 
and reach for the light, cross the river of forgetfulness, 
and merge with what IS, 
I would like to, please:


Be happy

Be healthy

Be fully present 

Be a student of yoga, always

Respect my cycles

Teach in a dedicated, sweet energy, crowded Mysore room

Release the "pain body" 

Write at least 20 more books

Win an Oscar

Be the radiant woman I am, always

Come from wisdom, center, peace and discrimination

Do my practice

Intend then Detach

Want less things

Take my time

Give a hand where I can

Love my Husband, always

Love the children around me and family and all people too

Express gratitude, daily

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What is in yours that you can unveil?


6 comments:

  1. Beautifully said. Love it!

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  2. A couple from my own (pre-Ashtanga) list:

    Visit Cuba
    Take a road trip across the Continental US
    Go bungee jumping and white water rafting in New Zealand
    Travel the Silk Road
    Camp in the Sahara Desert
    See the glaciers in Patagonia, Argentina
    Learn to play the cello
    Have tea with the Dalai Lama

    Yours is simply beautiful, and it reminds me that I need to go back to mine and strike off those items that don't matter as much....

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  3. Beautiful list Claudia, especially loved "Want less things."

    Mine yet to be sorted out, but here are some:

    - Be healthy
    - Be happy
    - Be human always
    - Love my wife <-- I'm not married yet.
    - Visit Africa
    - Meet James & You in Dubai / India
    - Die happily. :)

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  4. Thanks S.Addict, I love the Patagonia one! nice. I cannot believe I grew up in Argentina and never been... and tea with the D. Lama, sweeeet :-)

    Waqas, you just got me thinking, 'die happily' is a VERY IMPORTANT one. Noted! I am taking that one too! :-)

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