May 16, 2010
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My List of Everything I Ever Wanted to Do, Revisited
I had a dream last night that I picked up a guitar and was strumming, strumming, strumming. When I woke up, I was reminded of this list. Looks like I've finished quite a few things since the original post date... It's time to add a few more things to the list! Or perhaps, I need to make a whole new list, since I wrote that list 6 yrs ago, and so much has changed since then. The man who inspired this list had 127 things on his list. I definitely need to set a higher goal than 42!
My List of Everything I Ever Wanted to Do
Original Post: Jan 14, 20041- Speak Vietnamese fluently
2- Speak one other language fluently
3- Play guitar well enough to participate in leading worship once
4- Go to Vietnam for a missions trip
5- Go to Prince Edward Island for vacation
6- Live outside of US for over a year
7- Climb Half Dome
8- Publish one book
9- Read Tozer's major works
10- Read a work of Bonhoeffer, Augustine, Calvin, Luther, Spurgeon, Andrew Murray, Nouwen, David Brainerd, Jonathan Edwards, Teresa of Avila, Brother Andrew, Watchman Nee
11- Ride a hot air balloon
12- Have one white Christmas
13- Know the entire New Testament as well as I know the Gospel of John .
14- Know the Old Testament as well as I know John
15- Memorize John 11 (narrative of Lazarus)
16- Memorize a book of the Bible
17- Pray with my mom & dad
18- Share the Gospel with a receptive Mom & Dad
19- Share Jesus with Dad's parents
20- Share the Gospel with all my aunts & uncles
21- Share the Gospel with all 28 cousinsThings I've Already Done
1 - Lead & disciple at least one person to Christ who will ''reproduce''
2- Ride a horse
3- Read all of Jane Austen's major works (6 novels)
4- Overcome fear of public speaking (speak in front of at least 100 people)
5- Read every book in the Bible
6- Share the Gospel with my sister, help her walk with Jesus
7- Share Jesus with Mom's parents
8- Take a trip with best friend Sam (Chang) - just the 2 of us (Portland. TIU).
9- Move out of parent's house on good terms
10- Have a good relationship with both parents
11- Go on staff with a Christian ministry (Navs, Campus Crusade, PESI)
12- Have one of my written works published in a book (it was a poem)
13- Get baptized (7/20/97)
14- Go on a short term missions trip (summer 03, CSM LA)
15- Go to China for a missions trip
16- Watch the sun rise over the ocean
17- See one of the Wonders of the World (Great Wall on 7/17/04)
18- See a Shakespeare play in a theater
19- Learn how to ballroom dance (Viennese waltz with Dad for my wedding)
20- Ride a train (China)
21- Walk down the aisle as a bride
Comments (1)
Nice! It's helpful to set goals.
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