The Bucket List

before i caught this movie, i had absolutely no idea what the story was about, and normally, i wouldnt watch a movie that i didnt have a clue about. much to my joy, the movie was simply enjoyable. a simple idea carrying a message so simple: live your life to the fullest. literally.

as i sat there in that cinema watching those two dying old men complete their different tasks(big and small) on that list, i felt a tad bit of shame and envy altogether. sure, it's only a movie. and i dont speak for everyone, but i think somehow, one way or another, most of us are guilty of not having lived our lives to the fullest. at least up til now, we havent.

it's a bit of a shame, isnt it? here we stand, healthy and strong, with decades left to live, but we're not ready. so the question is, do we really have to wait til we're dying to actually live the remainder of our lives to the fullest?

and then comes the envy. with everything, comes money. and with money, comes restrictions. truth is, the reason many of us havent had the chance to "live our lives" is because we simply dont have the privilege to.

but i remembered something the author, Elizabeth Gilbert, had said on Oprah today. "You are the hero to your own life's journey." how very true. if that works, maybe the simplest things in life fulfills us. maybe.

maybe everyone should own a bucket list. i have one. to many of us, it's probably a list of things that we know we would never be able to do, but at least it's a list of things that we dare to dream of doing in this lifetime.

who knows? maybe one day we'd actually be able to do those things.


Say- John Mayer (The Bucket List)

way before we kick the bucket, hopefully.