第58章一辈子要做的50件事
50ThingstoDoBeforeIDie
佚名Anonymous
Afewweeksago,Ifollowedafriendintoanart-supplystore。Ifoundhimpigouttubesofwater-t,whichsurprisedmebecausehe’snotanartist。
“Isignedupforawater-colorditstartsweek,”hesaidsheepishly,“Idon’treallyhavetimeforit,butitwasonmylistof50thingstodobeforeIdie,soIwentforit。”Thissouing,“Whatelseiso?”Iaskedhim。
“Allkindsofthings,”hesaid,“EveryfewmonthsIlookatthelistaofoext。BeforeIhadthelist,ImoaaboutwhatIwasmissinginmylife。NowIjustdostuff。”
“Iseeyourlistsometime?”Iasked。
“Idon'tknow,”hesaid,“itrevealsalotaboutme。Writeyourownlist,andyou'llsee>
SothatnightIdidjustthat,andhewasright。ThelistrevealedawholelotaboutortaalsorevealedhowhopelesslybehindIamatgettihi。
Justwritihelpedmeshsomeofmyprioritiess。Ifilledupthefirst20blanksquickly,butthehinkcarefully。EventuallyIaddeditemsI'vethoughtaboutforyears,dreamsI’vecarriedwithmesinceIwasyoung,andthingsthatresoheardaboutthem。Whehelistlater,someentriessurprisedme。
First,Iwanttotravelmuchmore,partiyareolderandetoseetheworld。IwouldliketotakethemthDenmarkandtheRockies。
I’malsosurprisedtofihihatobedonesoon。IfI’mgoioroller-blade,foriterstartbeforeIturn50。
&heitemsareintimidatiheymeanaseriouse。IwouldliketopublishanovelbeforeIdie,andIalsowouldliketolearntoplaypianowithastri。IfI'mgoingtoaplishthesethiartwritingeverydayandpolishingmypianoskills。
Likemyfriend,Ieroplaining。WhenI'mboredwithlife,Itakeoutmylist。MaybeI’llsendofffortravelbrochuresorsitdowninfrontofthepiano。
Ihavealishedanamazingstrihioldmethekeyaringthegroundsothatlifeysteriousways。“Ifyouwantyourshiptoein,youmustbuildadock,”shesaid。
Thankstomylist,I’mwonsomebigdocks。
几周前,我和一个朋友去了一家美术用品商店。他不画画,所以当看到他挑选水彩时,我觉得很奇怪。
“我在一个水彩画学习班报了名,下周开课,”他羞怯地说,“事实上我根本没时间去学,可那却是我列出的一辈子要做的50件事之一,所以我还是报名了。”听起来很有趣。我便问他:“你列出的还有别的什么事呢?”
“各种各样,”他说,“每隔几个月我就拿出单子来看看,决定下次该做什么事。在没列出这个单子时,我总对生活中失去的太多而感慨。而如今我只是努力使生活更充实。”
“我什么时候可以看看你的单子吗?”我问。
“不知道,”他回答,“它毫无保留地将自我展现出来。你若也列出自己的单子,就会理解我的意思。”