i like to try new things. i don't like to sit still very long. i get a wistful expression if i ever think that i won't be able to try something. there's just too much to experience and too many things to see.
i had a PE teacher once who handed out sheets of paper with a list of things... sailing, fencing, traveling, cooking... oh it was a three column list on one side. she told us to look it over and bring it back next time with all the things we'd like to try checked off.
at the next meeting, she collected the papers and reviewed them. after class, she handed them back and explained that this was a bucket list of sorts to remind us to try new things. when she got to me, she said, "i don't think you understood. you checked everything." i laughed and said, "no, i just hope i live long enough."
that happened when i was maybe thirty and it's as vivid a memory as any i have. whenever someone asks me if i'd like to try something new, i remember the expression of disbelief on her face and i say yes. long ago i lost the list, but i never needed it anyway.
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