| Living
in a retirement community means seeing the constant rotation of old
residents being replaced by new residents. For the old, most of them
are in their 80s to over 100. Seeing smiling happy bingo players on a
Friday becomes hearing about their deaths on Saturday. It is time, time to realize your bucket list or any list should not be delayed. That said, here is some of my list:
Life is too short to...
Order the cheapest entree on the menu.
Buy and eat store-made sushi.
Sleep on an old mattress.
Use duct tape to fix the same thing over and over.
Be ignorant of history. Knowing the past
changes how you understand the present.
Be mean. You will regret this
all your life.
Stay silent when speaking out will help people
or situations.
Avoid puddles when walking. Splash in them, dang it.
Stay inside at sunset. God created them, they are amazing.
They are not going away. Having your heirs do this is embarrassing.
Watch TV all the time, regardless
what is on. Make judgments about people.
Eat stale bread. Bread is God's gift.
Gossip. Truth will out.
Purchase absolutely the least expensive, most awful toilet paper.
Rage at and curse the TV.
Give up on someone. Drink cheap wine.
Consume poor quality chocolate (go for the good stuff, like from Switzerland).
Avoid saying "I'm sorry". Behave angrily and irrationally.
Be too proud to ask forgiveness.
Buy store-bought pie. I am a pie snob.
Be serious all the time.
Discount power of prayer.
Make plans to do something or go somewhere, but then don't do it.
Wear cheap shoes.
Eat an ice cream whose flavor you hate for some strange reason.
Neglect friends or family.
Be serious all the time.
Forget what it was like to be a child.
Suppress a giggle.
This list could go on and on. Don't you have a list of your own? What is it? What should you do about it?
This was written a few years ago. I have edited it. The list has grown longer. | |||||
