Several years ago my friend Becky Brown, then Nelson encouraged me to make a list of 50 things I wanted to do in life. She’s done the exercise and found it really revealing. I took her up on it, and have kept the list ever since. Tonight, I found it and looked down the list, wondering if I could check any off. I was surprised at how many I’ve completed. I made the list in July of 2005- seven years ago. Here’s the current status:
1. Scubadive
2. Take a course on the Alezander Technique
3. Travel to Italy
4. Safari in Africa
5. Read the Old Testament
6. Swim in a warm ocean
7. Take a drawing Class
8. full body Massage
9. Sing Madame Butterfly
10. Go white water rafting
11. Visit Mexico
12. Go Crabbing
13. Go through the Temple
14. Get a pedicure
15. Get my Masters degree
16. Read the Classics (getting closer)
17. Speak Italian Fluently  (hmmm, can I count this one?)
18. Sing Professionally
19. Direct a musical
20. Sing Eliza Doolittle
21. Go skiing (cross country)
22. Visit the Mayan Temples
23. Walk under a waterfall
24. Sell greeting cards
25. Paint on a huge canvas
26. Go parasailing
27. Direct a community choir
28. Take a yoga class
29. live over seas
30. Visit an orphanage
31. see extreme poverty
32. get married
33. have children
34. landscape my yard
35. pick a grapefruit tree
36. visit Nauvoo
37. visit Jerusalem
38. Explore Photography
39. Sing with the Tabernacle Choir
40. Learn the guitar
41. Have a home that people ‘stop in’ to
42. Exercise throughout life (so far so good!)
43. Spend a day in an art museum
44. learn to ballroom dance
45. visit the Scandinavian Countries
46. Run a triathalon
47. Sing for the prophet
48. Play the piano well
49. Remodel my home
50. Serve a mission 
I haven’t looked at this list for a while, and granted my list would probably look different if I made one today, (Which I ought to! As should you.) but I was surprised to see that in the past few years since looking at it, I’ve checked 9 things off the list- without even realizing it! I felt overwhelmed with gratitude for the abudant life I’ve been blessed with.