I feel like I am doing better with this. For right now anyway. I smile for little things, like remembering that I own a house and I didn’t before. (I guess that really isn’t so little). And I know I want children soon but for right now I am enjoying the time not having any and being able to do whatever I want. My honey pointed out today how ridiculous some of the things I get upset over are. I guess he is right. I should be happy with what I have. There is a lot to be happy about and I shouldn’t live my life in misery. Life is too short for that. Now if only I could keep my mind on this track.
forbiddenrice's Life List
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1. marry the love of my life, and stay married, and live happily ever after
1 entry138 people -
2. Be happy with what I have
2 entries251 people -
3. live life to the fullest
7 cheers1,415 people -
4. have the wedding of my dreams
21 people -
5. travel more
4 entries . 1 cheer2,909 people -
6. travel the world
2 entries18,516 people -
7. go to a cherry blossom festival
1 entry1 person -
8. live in a foreign country
1 cheer2,453 people -
9. visit the great wall of china
1 entry . 1 cheer184 people -
10. Visit Japan
1 entry5,512 people -
11. go to Italy
1 entry2,447 people -
12. teach English overseas
2 cheers44 people -
13. speak mandarin fluently
1 entry48 people -
14. speak Japanese
286 people -
15. p90x
1 entry . 1 cheer38 people -
16. decorate my house
1 entry400 people -
17. touch a dolphin
2 entries . 1 cheer43 people -
18. go to a spa
1 cheer389 people -
19. go ice skating
1 cheer283 people -
20. go on a cruise
4,094 people -
21. learn photography
2,644 people -
22. get out of retail
1 entry . 1 cheer39 people -
23. get a job i love
1 entry . 1 cheer888 people -
24. Get a civilian job in the USAF.
1 person -
25. write a book
26,022 people -
26. choreograph my first dance for the wedding
1 person -
27. have children
4,120 people -
28. Have summers off
1 cheer3 people -
29. see Andy Lau in concert
1 person -
30. learn to swim
1 entry . 1 cheer2,950 people -
31. Cook Chinese Food Very Well
1 cheer3 people -
32. learn to make sushi
721 people -
33. learn mahjong
3 cheers8 people -
34. learn to sew
3,632 people -
35. Sell stuff on ebay
1 cheer586 people -
36. Invest in Real Estate
295 people -
37. have my own horse
1 cheer54 people -
38. Learn to play the piano
7,418 people -
39. learn Tai Chi
2 cheers1,116 people -
40. Learn a martial art
1,449 people
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Taiwan-February, 2010
Germany/France- somewhere between 2010and 2012
Italy 2012 hopefully… might go to Germany, France and Italy all in one go.
In Buddhism, desire is the root of all suffering. I always want something. I know I have so much, but it seems like it is never enough. And I’m not talking about material things either. I wish I could be completely content with what I have. Maybe I will be someday. But I am so anxious to know if I will get to do or have the things I want most in life to the point that I worry about it. I’m always afraid I will die before this or that happens that I don’t get to truly enjoy many of the things I have that I didn’t have before. I want to be happy with my life as it is right now and not care what other people think or have to say about it. They only pour salt on the wound.

