A Big Life

What does a big life entail? I am making a list of 100 things in hopes that they magically happen!

(1) Projects to be passionate about.
(2) To feel empowered and not be reined in creatively (at home and at work).
(3) To live bravely. (Think of the Gryffindors from the Harry Potter series.)
(4) To travel to places I have never been.
(5) To see things from a broad and worldly perspective.
(6) To be able to appreciate a broad range of oeuvres: music, painting, even math (yes math can be appreciated as an oeuvre)
(7) To always maintain my childish joy in life.
(8) To live without worrying about what other people think
(9) Do something that makes you feel a little bit of fear on a daily basis.
(10) To gracefully bear with the pain that life sometimes has to offer. To not live in the shadows due to fear of life's pain.
(11) To live, questioning convention.
(12) To be rebellious.
(13) To separate oneself from the rat race of acquiring more and more materials.
(14) To separate oneself from the "Keeping up with the Joneses" competition.
(15) To see with my own eyes Big Nature: Grand Canyon, Everest, underwater
(16) To not have a "small town" attitude.
(17) To continue to feel great love.
(18) To continue to feel with exuberance.
(19) To be exuberantly generous.
(20) Try interesting food.
(21) Having interesting and fascinating friends and aquaintances.
(22) To live big, but with wisdom and grace.
(23) Having interesting ideas and discussions.
(24) To have high standards for quality.
(25) To live life with a tolerant attitude.

It's funny, but these are things that not all people wish for. A lot of people strive for wealth. Some people (like my husband) strives for a feeling of inner peace. There are yet others who strive for social status. Kind of funny in a way... To be continued...