Aspirations

    Before I die I want to….
    This question appeared on a chair inside the municipal building in my town.
    The answers scrawled on the chair were diverse and sometimes quirky. For example, one person wanted to save a polar bear. 
    Another person wanted to raft through the Grand Canyon. That answer caught my eye. Years ago I did just that.
    Some answers were serious. A person wanted to have a child. Another person wanted to speak more than one language.
    I’m 58 years old. At this age, I think more often about my mortality. What matters the most isn’t doing cool stuff.
    If I were to write on that chair, I’d say, 'Before I die I want to do stuff pleasing to God.'
    Because everything I do—or fail to do—will factor in when my soul is judged.