My Heart List

     I've been thinking a lot lately about the things I want in my life and about learning to become happy with who I am and to appreciate the blessings I have right now.  I've got a project in mind that I'm praying about but in the mean time I thought it would be fun to share something.
     A few years ago I went to a therapist to specifically help me through the difficult time I was having emotionally with my infertility.  I had the opportunity to learn about what's called a 'heart list'.  My therapist was trying to help me to think about other things I wanted to do in my life that would bring me personal satisfaction.  She recommended I start a 'Heart List'.  It's kind of like a bucket list...but a bit different.  It's things that you would like to do and experience that when you think about them, make your heart flutter.  They are things that can be realistic, but also things that can be impossible.  But the point is that they're things that interest you and that you can find some sort of fulfillment in thinking about them, or doing them, or learning about them.  I worked on my heart list for a little while, though not as faithfully as I could have, but I haven't thought about it in a while.  I pulled it out and decided it would be fun today to share some of the things on my Heart List.

Laura's Heart List:


Learn to fly an airplane
Feel a baby grow inside me
Be present at the debating and signing of the Declaration of Independence
Understand how miracles work with the laws of physics
Crochet myself an afghan (checked this one off)
Paint a picture
Go sailing on a sailboat
Buy a telescope and learn about the stars and constellations
Drive a Mustang convertible with the top down
Save a life
Learn ASL
See the Loch Ness Monster
Go to college
Stay in a cabin on a white sand beach
Learn to play the violin
Heal a wound with my bare hands
Fight in a battle with Captain Moroni
Go to the top of the Statue of Liberty
Get a tarot reading
See the northern lights
Learn glass blowing
Walk on hot coals
Grow a garden
Learn how to shoot a gun
Explore the Hawaiian islands
Run a marathon
Dance at a formal ball
Learn to surf
Dance as a prima ballerina
Travel to Italy
Learn photography
Perform surgery
Go hang gliding
Build a boat
Ride in a hot air balloon
Write a novel
Go rock climbing
Learn the guitar
Go skydiving
Walk on water
Visit Jerusalem
Go horseback riding