The Bucket List

My grandfather recently passed away, for a while I've been keeping a bucket list of all the things I want to do before I die, and his passing made me realize that there are so many things that aren't on that list. I have things like swim with dolphins and attend the lantern festival, but I am missing the most important things. I mean, all those things are great, because I truly believe that life should be lived to its fullest not just in length, but width as well. What is missing though are the little things, for example: make a meaningful contribution to a charity, change someones life for the better, help someone accomplish something without them knowing, adopt an animal from a shelter, and so on. There are so many things that we should do with our lives before we leave this earth, things that aren't about us but about others. Many people are given so much, so much that they don't even realize what they have. In this day and age we have so much offered to us, we can do whatever we set our minds to, with the exception of gravity and physics almost anything is possible we just have to get out and go for it. I know that I want to do anything and everything I can, that includes the things that have no benefit for me. I don't want my dying thought to be that I didn't do enough in this world, instead I want to leave this world happy and at peace knowing I did all I could have to live and make an impact on this world. My grandpa was an amazing man, he most definitely lived his life to the fullest. He saw the world; he helped those less fortunate than him, he was a man that would give you the shirt off his back. He had a family who he loved more than life itself and he made sure that they had everything they needed. If the world was full of people who lived their lives like my grandfather I truly believe the world would be a better place. So, as for me, I am going to do everything I can to live a full life; I'm going to travel and see the world, I'm going to do things not only for myself but for others as well. Then when I do finally "kick the bucket" I will have crossed everything off my list.