What's on your bucket list?

I recently attended a small group study called "Live Like You Were Dying" by Gary Smalley. The study was written in part based on the country song with the same title by Tim Mc Graw.

The idea was to imagine that we only had 30 days to live...what would we do differently in our lives? The study encouraged us to figure out what is important in our lives. We talked about loving deeper, speaking sweeter, and giving forgiveness more freely.

We've also talked a lot about our "bucket lists" what would we do if we found out we were about to kick the bucket?

Go ahead, just write whatever pops into your head, what would you do if you found out you only had 30 days to live?

Now compare your bucket list with your to-do list for the day, I'd guess you will not find the same item on both lists.

Why is that? Why do we fret over the economy and fuss over all the millions of things we think we need to get done all at once on a daily basis. There really is no guarantee of a tomorrow for any of us, boy, are we wasting time living as if the future is all we have.

Tonight when I get home from work, I guarantee there will be a full sink of dirty dishes, at least 3 loads of laundry to do, and a stack of bills that need to be paid, but I'm going home and sitting outside. I plan to let the sunshine warm my heart. I will sit at the table with my family long after we've finished eating just laughing and listening to my crazy children's stories. I will hug my husband and make him sit next to me on the couch for a while.

The laundry the dishes and the bills will wait...I'm gonna make sure the people in my life that I love dearly know it today....