Dream On

Recently I have had the inability to dream.

Big dreams, little dreams, practical dreams, ridiculous dreams.

It seemed impossible.

 

I could write all about why this is happening and the process, but I am not going to do that. Instead I am going to share with you my dreams list.

 

Unable to dream, I sat down with a blue Pilot G-2 and artfully ripped blank pages and started to dream again.

 

These are 100 of my dreams.

 

1. Learn to surf

2. Become fluent in another language and use it in a country that speaks it

3. Kill and prepare my own meal

4. Road trip the US East to West coast

5. Live off the grid for a month

6. Run half marathon

7. Play hockey on a team

8. Drink a cappuccino in Italy

9. Hike to Everest base camp

10. Get married

11. Make own beer

12. Cliff jump

13. Compose a piece of music and perform it

14. Ride an ostrich

15. Stomp grapes for wine

16. Plant a fruit tree and eat off of it

17. Skydive

18. Take Christopher on a missions trip

19. Deep sea fish

20. Make my own sushi

21. Catch fly with chopsticks

22. Hike PCT (not all in one go)

23. Take Dad to see Everest

24. Sail to an island

25. Cage dive with Great White Sharks

26. Swim with Sharks (no cage)

27. Help deliver a baby

28. Crash a wedding

29. Drive a car on a drag strip

30. Fish in every ocean

31. Whale watch in Alaska

32. Take Nana and Papa to Italy

33. Go to Iceland

34. Build a house start to finish

35. Make a wish in the Trevi Fountain

36. Canoe/boat the Amazon

37. Learn Piano

38. Learn to ballroom dance

39. Tattoo myself

40. Experience another country with each member of my immediate family

41. Have a meal with a stranger

42. Pay for a strangers groceries

43. Have a garden and not kill it for one season

44. Learn the cello

45. Learn and perform Bach Cello Suite No. 1

46. Ride zamboni at a Red Wings game

47. Play D and D

48. Learn Photography

49. Take long exposure shots in Africa

50. Do bar ministry in Thailand

51. Help at a refugee camp

52. Visit all 50 states

53. Visit all 7 continents

54. Coach a softball team

55. Help start a business

56. Go to the Olympics

57. Dig a well in a village

58. Complete Tough Mudder

59. Visit the “Stans”

60. Take a boat from South America to Antarctica

61. Do half marathon on every continent

62. Go to Greece

63. Host a murder mystery party

64. Go dog sledding

65. Go crab fishing

66. Learn how to blow glass

67. Play rock paper scissors to decide a whole day

68. Give flowers to a stranger

69. Guide a safari

70. Go to Salt flats in Bolivia

71. Give Bruce Jenner a hug and tell him that he is loved

72. Do a backflip

73. Visit D.C. with Richie

74. Own a Jeep Wrangler

75. Do a polar plunge

76. Be a mascot

77. Lasso an animal while riding a horse

78. Scuba dive

79. Be an extra in a movie

80. Smoke a Cuban cigar in Cuba

81. Go survival camping with John and Julia

82. Go to Patagonia

83. Experience Holi in India

84. Light off Lantern in Thailand during festival

85. Visit redwood forest

86. Help rebuild a car

87. Have a fancy dinner somewhere not fancy

88. Caribou hunting in Alaska

89. Close my eyes point to a globe and go there

90. Teach someone how to play an instrument

91. Try to spot the Loch Ness Monster

92. Visit where my family comes from

93. Sit in a VW Beetle and watch people play “slug bug”

94. Visit all Disney Worlds/Lands

95. Go to the Middle East

96. Swim in the Dead Sea

97. Raft the Nile River

98. Go to Israel

99. Have my own family

100. Teach my children about something I am passionate about

So, those are 100 of my dreams. Some serious. Some ridiculous. But they are mine.

I don’t plan to stop at 100. Will I complete all of them? Maybe. Maybe not. But I won’t let uncertainty stop me from dreaming.

Dang, it feels good to dream again.