At the airport Saturday morning I was thinking of the past few weeks and all that’s happened and what lies ahead and how it would be nice to have some encouragement and inspiration. I stopped at Starbucks for a cup of tea and the man ahead of me started talking to me. We discussed where we were headed, where we were from, what was happening in our lives at that moment. Turns out he was a retired Marine Drill Instructor. As we said goodbye, he said in a drill instructor voice “Stay motivated, stay focused!” and patted me on the shoulder and left. I then went to the bookstore and happened to pick up a copy of “The Art of Racing In The Rain” which turned out to be so beautiful and inspiring. It moved me to tears so many times. On the plane, I had the entire row of seats to myself and I was so grateful because I cried all the way home. Not because I was sad, but because I was happy and because life is a beautiful thing.
Jane_Do's Life List
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2. laugh on a daily basis
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3. find a job I'm proud of and enjoy going to everday
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4. stop procrastinating by doing one thing every day that I don't want to do
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5. before making decisions ask myself "will this make me happy?"
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6. learn 43 new french words
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7. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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8. finish knitting my scarf
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9. "Clean sweep" my life to 100%
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10. never give up - PERSEVERE - always strive to be the person I want to be, create the life I want to live and live it to the fullest
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11. hike 43 different trails
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12. bowl a 150
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13. make an apple pie from scratch
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14. donate 300,000 grains of rice on freerice.com
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15. meditate for 20 minutes every day
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16. actively manage my depression
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17. stop talking about it and actually go camping this summer!
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18. keep in touch with my family even if they don't reciprocate
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19. be more confident, stop worrying about what other people will think of me and just be myself
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20. take my telescope to the desert
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21. visit all 50 states
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22. be more social
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23. share beautiful words
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24. practice gratitude
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25. give without expecting anything in return
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