tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039972.post7045762756102506719..comments2024-01-17T09:01:50.117-08:00Comments on mind-muffins: Things to do before I die....Belladonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13704410443745252997noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039972.post-27280185348417959982007-05-10T09:24:00.000-07:002007-05-10T09:24:00.000-07:00Hey, what's so bad about Gila Bend?Sorry, I couldn...Hey, what's so bad about Gila Bend?<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I couldn't resist. What I really wanted to tell you was my own personal ambition, which is this:<BR/><BR/>When I'm on my deathbed to have my kids all gathered around me and they're sorry to see me go.Christopher Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03040506750850825847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039972.post-67285417890969110302007-05-09T16:47:00.000-07:002007-05-09T16:47:00.000-07:00Yay! I also agree with your words, and like your m...Yay! I also agree with your words, and like your mission statement.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645484704486562810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039972.post-63056107689103078842007-05-08T19:41:00.000-07:002007-05-08T19:41:00.000-07:00I was in an RS presidency with a great girl who wa...I was in an RS presidency with a great girl who was very go-go-go (as many RS presidents are, bless their overworked hearts). She had a spiral notebook with a list of all the things she was determined to do before she died. On one hand I thought it was cool that she had articulated to herself some things that would make her life rich. It was better than my more wandering existence, anyway. On the other hand, I worried some of the things you worried -- that if life handed her a bad hand all of a sudden and she simply wasn't able to fulfill some or many of them, she would feel like a failure and beat herself up. <BR/><BR/>That was my same problem with that "The Secret" business that's been sweeping the land -- yes, motivation and high hopes are important, but when you really believe that the universe has to give you anything if you just want it enough (The Secret) or work hard enough for it (concrete goal setters like my friend), then there can be some serious anger at the universe and/or self-loathing. <BR/><BR/>That's my way of saying that I like your system. It's healthy.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389656325499233438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039972.post-36132134671201734672007-05-08T11:32:00.000-07:002007-05-08T11:32:00.000-07:00Beautifully said.Beautifully said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com