We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.- Carl Sagan

Fill in the blank: Before I die I want to __________________.

This has proven more difficult to answer than I first thought.  It’s not that I don’t think.  I do, often too much.  And it’s not that I don’t think I’m going to die. I know it is a certainty.   I have forgotten how to want; or at the very least, I’ve forgotten how to commit to my wants.  I worry that I’ll want something, and then someday maybe I won’t.   I have to give myself permission to want, but more importantly, I have to accept that it’s okay to want and to not receive, at least sometimes.  I have missed out on some truly wonderful things and people because of my fear.  While I can’t change the past, I can guide the future.  I need to find courage in my questions and I think the depth of my answers will naturally follow.