Whatever else you plan for your holidays, please take the time to go to a movie theater to share in the uplifting story of "The Bucket List." I was privileged to be interviewed on National Public Radio with the movie's producer in September, and I know that this movie has the power to change your life and your well-being, if you are open and daring and willing to go outside your comfort zone.
Even the Dalai Lama, in his 19 "instructions for life," seems to bless the idea behind "The
Bucket List" and having life lists that involve taking action and taking risks. His first instruction is: "Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk." Number 16 is: "Once a year, go some place you've never been before."
So get going and make 2008 the year you mark as the beginning of a great adventure!
(Special thanks to Olivia McDonald in England, who sent along the Dalai Lama's "Instructions for Life" while I was on deadline, smartly pointing out that if I visit her in Winchester in 2008, I will be going outside my comfort zone and holding true to the Dalai Lama's guidance.)
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