Life Goals

When we first moved to Texas, I was visiting Kelly one day. This was almost three years ago now. On her bulletin board, among pictures and post-its with phone numbers and reminders, there was a list. It was on yellow legal paper and it was the list of her life goals. I was impressed with her list, which included writing a book and learning Spanish, and many other things. It inspired me want to write my own. Being all AR as I am, I've never much into lists. I prefer to let the thought process go in any direction it wishes. But I thought that seeing all these dreams of mine in black-and-white might actually give me some kind of push to take action. So here's the list. And, being AR as I am, these aren't necessarily in the order I hope to achieve them:

1. Grow my family in the Word of God.

2. Make sure my kids know they can always come to me and their dad with anything, and that we will never love them less; make sure my kids are happy and healthy and that our family is close; invest in my family.

3. Plant a church - hopefully an Hispanic one.

4. Visit my friends who are missionaries, both in the US and abroad.

5. Encourage my husband to follow his dreams of furthering his education. Do what I can to make that happen for him.

6. Learn Spanish; be fluent.

7. Work with youth again one day.

8. Finish the books I'm writing.

9. Read the Bible from cover to cover.

10. Memorize many verses of Scripture.

11. Have more children; adopt children.

12. Finish my seminary degree.

13. Become a teacher.

14. Become a chiropractor.

15. Run a 5K.

16. Run a 10K.

17. Run a marathon.

18. Do lots more mission work.

19. Open the 10-to-10 Donut Shop.

20. Help with or start a nursing home ministry.

21. Become healthy and stay that way for life.

22. Share the love of Jesus with all my friends and family who do not have His love in their lives. Live my life consistently so that my commitment to Christ will be evident.

23. Visit all my friends that live in different states or countries.

24. Learn to be a better cook.

25. Learn to sew (believe it or not, this one scares me more than the rest!).

26. Learn to play piano and guitar.

27. Sing on Broadway.

28. Audition for a movie.

29. Spend lots of time in community theatre and / or teaching it on the college level.

30. Never stop making life goals; never stop learning; make sure that my life is never lived in vain, but that I can be of some benefit to others no matter where I am or what I am doing.