Ok, everyone. So we have all had plenty of time to just sit and think with all of our meditating this week, right?
When your mind wanders, do you ever think about things you still want to do with your life?
Share them with us!
What dreams/goals do you still want to accomplish in this life that you have not yet accomplished?
What dreams do I have? What goals yet undone?
ReplyDeleteShe asks for our 7th week thought.
So I ponder again, though it’s hours past ten
Of what prize in my life’s still uncaught.
There’s my book of Phone Poems (I’ve a hundred or so)
To a publisher I want to send
And my non-profit org soon will be in the morgue
If some time I cannot apprehend.
But the thing I want most, that I cannot yet grasp
(I hope you don’t think this too funny)
Is time every day, to serve in God’s way
And to stop selling my time for money.
:) Great Poem!!!!!
DeleteEmily
I don't really know the answer to this one. At one point I wanted to run a marathon, but I don't want to do that so much anymore. I don't like running enough. I do love traveling and have a few more places I would like to go. To name a few: Australia, Thailand, New Zealand, Prague, Sweden, Jerusalem, and a few more and maybe some I don't know about yet.
ReplyDeleteWhat do I want to be when I grow up?? I don't know. I used to want to be an engineer. An aeronautical engineer actually. Probably don't have time for that anymore. I suspect after Collin's in school I may go learn a bit more about photography so I can actually feel more comfortable behind my camera. That would be fun. All that aside, though, I see myself volunteering for some sort of social/service work. Helping the homeless or people struggling with drug addiction. Maybe finding a way to mix my photography in there somewhere. I'd also love to travel. I want to see this beautiful world I'm on before I'm viewing it from above!
ReplyDeleteThis is a tough one...I want to see my boys happily married/sealed in the temple, play with my grandchildren and see the Prophet with my own eyes. I want to travel with Scott, go whitewater rafting and skydiving. I'd also like to get my Master's in Reading and a degree in Interpreting for the Deaf.
ReplyDeleteI would like to go back to school and get my masters. I hope to visit New Zealand with my family one day and have a reunion there with our friends from our BYUH days. I want to go to Germany with my siblings again, but take my hubby with me this time. And, I want to be a part of some kind of medium scale event planning- at a place like gardener village or thanksgiving point (those of you that are familiar with Utah).
ReplyDeleteI have spent a lot of my meditation time thinking about what goals I have for myself and my family now and in the future.
ReplyDeleteI think the biggest goal I have right now is to build and cherish relationships I have with family and friends. I don't want to wait for the future to have a strong relationship because no one knows what the futures holds and I don't want to waste the time I know we have together.
I would have to say for the future the most important thing I want to accomplish is to have my children to grow up to be critical thinkers and ask question about the world around them. I want them to learn to love people even when they are different or have a different point of view than them. I want them to be successful and happy in life.
A few particular things stick with me when I'm asked what my dreams and goals are. First, I want to have opportunities to sing again. And not just for my students...but like I did when I was in school. Singing arias and classical music, rather than what I hear on the radio. I miss it like a part of me that's partially hidden.
ReplyDeleteSecond, just like Erin, I want to raise an eternal family and see them be successful in this life and the next. I want the same happiness for them that I have and I want them to know who they are and never doubt that Heavenly Father loves them.
Singing, Family, and the Gospel. Go figure. I'm so predictable. Haha.
I would like to get certification to be a CFLE (Cetified Family Life Educator) to piggyback on my Bachelor's degree in Family life. With it, I want to help families learn skills that will help their family units stay strong.
ReplyDeleteI want to volunteer at a Crisis Center.
I want to finish the novel I am writing with my twin sister, Megan.
I want to continue writing music, and hope to write a musical with my twin, as well.
I would love to travel when my children are grown.
I really want my children to grow up happy in the Church, to gain strong testimonies, and for them to believe that they can do anything they put their minds to!
This is Brad. I want to obtain a PhD, run a marathon, attend all four grand slams, visit Europe again, go to Asia, serve a senior mission with Em, and raise happy hard working kids.
ReplyDeleteEver since becoming a mother, one of the things I most long for (at least for the short term) would the the time, money, resources and storage space in order to grow and can my own food. My dream is to have shelves full of my own food storage including meats, fruits, vegetables, soups and sauces so that I can feed my family free of preservatives and additives all winter long. Especially since living here where there is no shortage of power outages, I feel so insecure relying on freezing to preserve my food and dream of having a room full of my own food storage. In the longer term, I want what most people want, I think. I'm not real creative. I would love to travel, have always wanted to learn to play the violin and want my kids to grow up strong, grounded, and self-reliant and to see them start strong families of their own.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly enough, none of my meditation activities have been centered around any dreams of future accomplishments, so no amazing stories there. I've sort of stopped "dreaming" over the years, and I just have an 'operational plan' that I try to execute against that involves being reasonably happy, healthy and at least being able to pay the bills and put something meaningful aside, along with planning for the unknowns. Dunno what Freud or Jung would say, but maybe that peace of mind is my "dreams" being accomplished...
ReplyDeleteThis was a hard question for me because for so long I have been focused on goals that have already been reached or are no longer applicable. So much will change for me in the coming few months and I am redoing my "bucket list". I want to travel the US, learn photography, and actually have time to really study the scriptures, not just read them. I look forward to getting to know each of my grandchildren personally and to spend time with and helping all my family in NC. I think this is a good start on my new list.
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited for my kids to get to know you personally, too!!!
DeleteThis was a hard question for me because for so long I have been focused on goals that have already been reached or are no longer applicable. So much will change for me in the coming few months and I am redoing my "bucket list". I want to travel the US, learn photography, and actually have time to really study the scriptures, not just read them. I look forward to getting to know each of my grandchildren personally and to spend time with and helping all my family in NC. I think this is a good start on my new list.
ReplyDeleteI love your new list! :)
DeleteAs part of my Better U Challenge, I have been sending a thought each day to my six terrific children, their awesome spouse and my two oldest and exceptional grandkids, Brinley and Dade (they were not on my email list initially but were added recently). As I have tried to find a thought for everyone, especially me, to ponder (or meditate about), I have found that there is still so much to learn about so many things, that I almost cannot find a starting point. After meditating about this, I came up with an answer - simply keep doing what makes others (family and close friends) happy and I too will be happy. Yes, I too would like to travel the world to places I have not yet visited, but doing so alone would not be that much fun; that I know from business travel for many years. Gotta go now to do more meditating. Ed (he who still is UNKNOWN).
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