Life: Bucket List Revisited for 2017

In 2014 I wrote my bucket list, in 2016 I revisited it but now it is 2017 I am ashamed to say I still haven’t achieved every much on the list, but I have done some cool things in the past two years:

• Going  Rhodes, Greece
• Going to Prague
• Going to Amsterdam
• Abseiling down the Europa Hotel, Belfast
• Saw U2 at the 02 in 2015
• Doing a Zip Wire across the Lagan River in Belfast

And this summer I am going to do some exciting things as well:

• Going to South Africa on a Safari,
• Going to see U2 30^th Anniversary Joshua Tree Concert
• Going to see Michael McIntyre live  - which has been one of my dreams

So am living life but just not achieving my original bucket list which has now been updated to : 

• Visit New Zealand
• Watch Ireland play Rugby Live
• Write a book
• Get book published
• Jump out of a plane
• Find a cure for MS
• Swim with Dolphins
• Go fishing
• Learn to weld
• Visit Brazil
• See the Iquazu Falls  in Argentina
• Climb Slemish
• Hold a Toucan
• Go to Wimbledon
• Meet Bono
• Stand underneath a waterfall
• Learn to dance
• Learn Pottery
• Do a somersault in the air
• Learn Makaton
• Achieve my ideal weight
• Fly first class
• Go whale watching
• Jet Ski
• Gallop a horse along a beach
• Drink Champagne and Eat Strawberries in bed
• Go Paint-balling
• Milk a cow
• Visit Auschwitz
• Go to Israel
• Swim in the dead sea
• Own a Border Collie dog
• See the Northern Lights

Poetry: Not for Nothing

During the past week the below poem came into my email box from A New Name and on reading it, I knew I had to share it on my blog so here is the beautiful poem:

I want you to know

that I see you.

Not just the bright smile you share with strangers.

Not just the bent shoulders, picking up toys.

Not just the coper, who gets it all done.

Not just the shiny bits; the triumphs and successes.

Not just the qualifications or the clipboard or desk.

I see when you stumble

I see when you sleep

I see when you fall and I see when you weep.

I see it all.  And I see all of you.  And I want you to know

that it matters. You matter.

I see.

Every time you wipe a nose

Or wash another plate.

Every email

every phone-call

every prayer.

I hear.  Every time you love

I catch your words, your works, your heart.

Keep going. I am carrying you.  I am proud of you.

I rejoice over you.  And I’ll never let you fall.

Poem Borrowed From Emma Scrivener