My daughter shared a fun little thing she read online and I enjoyed learning about it too. It was a bucket list that Texan 11-year-old, Jesse Magpantay, had written out on a sheet of notebook paper, and her older brother, Josh, found it and thought it was so quirky and great. He shared her list (hopefully with her approval) and it is out there online now for all to see:
1 - Eat a hammerhead shark, snake, and bear
2 - Get a pet blobfish, kola, sloth and flingo, and seal
(I think she meant koala and flamingo, but you really should take a look at a
blobfish
to see how absolutely homely that poor animal is!)
3 - Get a sign that said something in a bifferent language, then on March 12, 2019, I will translate it.
4 - Try Ariel silks
5 - Sit in a empty room for an hour
6 - Eat 10 taco bell Dorito tacos
7 - Win a taco bell Dorito taco eating contest
8 - Stay a sleep for 24 hours
9 - pet a Cheetah
I just found this list so refreshing and unusual and interesting. Her brother thought the list was hilarious too, and so she gave him some more details about her wishes. She indicated that she'd never eaten things like sharks or snakes before and thought they sounded good. As to sleeping, she simply stated that she really likes sleep and wants more of it. As to the sign, she saw one in a foreign language and felt inspired to want to learn that language. As to tacos - well, we can never get enough tacos, in my opinion. As to petting a cheetah, I'm not sure that's a good idea as even when I pet my cat, Marshmallow, it doesn't always end well for me! I found the one about sitting alone in a room kind of melancholy, especially for an 11-year-old. She told her brother that she just likes being lonely sometimes. Quite possibly, a lot of people could appreciate a little more alone time in their stressed out busy lives.
My favorite thing about Jesse's list (see the picture) is #10. She left it blank. She left herself an open door into the future, knowing that her tastes and interests might change in the coming years, so #10 was left open. What a creative and interesting kid is this young Jesse Magpantay from Texas. It caused me to think about my own evolving list, which I've never really written out, but it kind of exists in my mind, all the same, as things I'd love to do, or hope to yet accomplish. I sure do enjoy the idea of keeping future options open, just as Jesse has done. Who knows what's next around the bend? Who knows what amazing things lay in store for any of us!?
"And now O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope lies in you."
(Psalm 39:7)
Let's see each other in worship
--Pastor Josh
