Dreaming Big

Pastor Kevin has been talking about dreaming big and starting small.  Last week we were challenged to write a list of our life goals, our bucket list if you will.  He said something to the effect of, your life is as exciting as your bucket list.  If your list is boring and dull, then you will be bored with your life.  In dreaming big it's ok to put things that seem too big to accomplish on that list.  So I have been thinking about what to put on my list.  Some are practical, some seem too big, some are just things I want to do.  And what better way to start my blog than with my list of life goals. So here it goes: 

1) Get married (I know, but it really is number one on my list, I really want to get married)
2) Adopt or foster children (but this can wait for another 7 years or so, timing really is everything)
3) Work for a NGO in a developing country (maybe even start a NGO because why not? I can dream big!)
4) Learn to speak Spanish fluently
5) Live in Europe for a year
6) Work for WHO or World Vision
7) Skydive
8) Learn how to drive a Vespa or motorcycle
9) Travel to every continent (still left: Africa, Antarctica, Australia; the A's)
10) Buy a house
11) Live on the East Coast (New York, DC, Boston...any of those will do)
12) Go to culinary school
13) Take art classes (drawing, painting and pottery)
14) Learn how to play guitar

That's all I can think of right now.  Looking over this list, it actually feels too small.  I mean, I feel like I should be able to dream bigger; this list is almost too do-able.  I am so comfortable dreaming in reachable goals that it really is beyond my normal capacity to dream as big as I think Kevin wants us to dream.  I need to dig deeper, reach higher, try harder to dream bigger. 

On a side note:
I have been interviewing people for my MPH project, and something that one of the women said really stuck with me.  She said to really figure out why you are doing what you are doing.  What are your reasons, what are your intentions?  What was the original reason that you went into nursing?  What is reason that you go back day after day and take care of patients?  Find that reason, find that first desire and live for that.   

Actually, maybe that's not a side note.  Maybe that's exactly what this bucket list is all about: finding that first desire, finding that passion and creating goals that are wild and free and larger than you can possibly imagine.  If only I could start dreaming with that freedom again.  If only it were that simple to break out of this type A personality that only allows me to live within rigid borders so I can dream big.