Movie Monday - The Bucket List

We're a bit late in the game on seeing this flick, but bear with me... 

We spent the weekend painting the master bedroom. It was our first foray into painting in this new home, and we're hoping to tackle one room per month, but this one wore us out. By Sunday night, we were ready to relax, so we popped this show in. 

Daniel was actually asleep before we knew Morgan Freeman's character was sick, and even before Jack Nicholson's character had made an appearance. Thus, I watched it alone. 

It was slow moving from the beginning and not as good as I had expected. I'm sure you've all seen it so I won't go into the details, but it did make me think about my own Bucket List. I don't like the idea of making one. I do set goals for myself, but they are typically short-term, spanning a quarter or at most, a year. I've thought about it further today, and still don't see myself making a list of things to do before I die. 

I'll just continue to praise God for each day he grants me with my family, and have the mind-set that every day is  a blessing from God. I am proud of what I've done with my life, and I wouldn't like the idea of feeling as if I were cheated or God didn't give me enough time to do what I wanted to do. I'll keep doing what He calls me to do and assume that He'll know when I'm done. That seems more peaceful than feeling as if I haven't accomplished enough. 

UPDATE: I've heard the same song over and over today and it finally hit me that this post needed an update. Maybe we could flip the idea in the movie around and instead make a list of things we're going to do in heaven.