I WISH . . .

   An often-heard lament is that 'life is too short' for all there is to know, do, be.
While I am grateful for the many good people, experiences, achievements, etc. of my life,
there remain 'growth areas', blank spots, unfulfilled wishes  as I live at the threshold of my 75th Birthday.  Some of these may yet be attained, others explored, others discarded.  If you have lived for , say, 30 years or longer, might you have your own comparable 'list'?  ( I understand this as somewhat different than the "Bucket List" idea.)

   So, here are some of those things that I wish I better understood, knew more about, knew 'how to':

.Astronomy, particularly after a friend introduced me to the Star Walk App for iPad
.Playing a banjo.  I had a world-class instructor in my friend, Stan Brown, but the fingers of my left hand just are not flexible enough to form the chords.
.Speaking German and Spanish, though I know enough words to express hunger, etc.
.The physiology and functions of the human brain
.Reading the New Testament in Koine Greek.  (Dr. Eiferd at Duke Divinity School did his part many years ago, but it was 'all Greek to me'. Forgive the lame humor.)
.Build something with a hammer, nails and saw.
.Swim. Even though I passed the PE course in college, I have on three occasions had situations that could have resulted in drowning. So, I have huge respect (read fear) of water.
.Fly an airplane
.What makes my electronic gadgets...iPhone, iPad, computer ...work
.Write a book. ( A life-long desire achieved by my long-ago fraternity brother, Charles F. Price. See his website: Charles F Price.com)
.How 'healing' occurs...mind,body,spirit, emotions
.What prompts me to 'like' or 'dislike' some persons almost immediately
.Create a stained-glass design (like my friend, Sam Zinaich)
.My great-grand-parents and their lives
.Grow a vegetable garden again
.Prepare for a Marathon  ( three 15 milers in Charleston,WVa several years ago are my personal bests)
."Make sense" of dreams
.Memory
.What an infant 'knows'
.Why some persons are generous and others stingy
.Read faster (rather than 'Oh,oh, see Jane run'. That may resonate for some of you who learned to 'read' with those books)
.Good poetry
.Remember 'good jokes'
.Sing, rather than make 'joyful noises'
.Make pottery
.Contemplative prayer
.What to keep, what to discard....and not just 'stuff'

   What is on your list  ?

    Satchel