When I Have Fears Before I Die

Bucket List
(A discussion of 3 things I would like to accomplish before I die) Dying is a strange thing. Some people are deathly afraid of it, while others look forward to the day they will leave this earth. Everyone wants to leave a legacy of some kind and would like to accomplish a few things before they pass away. People use the idea of death to live life to the fullest. They say that you only live once so you might as well live while you are young. People create crazy life goals of things they want to accomplish before they pass away. The thought of mortality drives people to do crazy things like skydive, swim with sharks, etc. Almost everyone has something they want to accomplish before they die. John Keats in his poem When I Have Fears
I absolutely love reading and I’m excited to be able to have more time to read for fun this summer. I have a lot of over 50 books that I would like to read before I graduate college. They vary in genre, but a majority of them are nonfiction and historical or philosophic. I love learning about what other people believe and how they live their lives. The library and coffee shops are my two absolute favorite places in the world. In college, I imagine if I’m not in my dorm room, I will be at one of those two locations. There is something about the smell of books and the feeling of a library that puts my mind at ease. It is like the feeling of standing by the ocean, with the breeze in my hair. It is a sense of freedom. My library would have a slide ladder as well as mahogany furniture. I want it to be my space where I read and relax. I imagine that I will have my desk and office there as well. For my sanity, I will have a library at my house. Reading about all these places around the world feeds my hunger to travel the world. I have traveled a lot in my short life, but there is so much more to see. Now that I have read more classics in literature, I would like to revisit some of the places I’ve been so I can make a literary connection. I desire to visit Berlin, Tintern Abbey, and so much more. I want to do what my parents did, and take my kids traveling. Those
I have ambitions, but I’m not sure what exactly what I want to accomplish. I feel like in college I will be able to know what I want to do more. I relate a lot to John Keats When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be and also Chapman’s Homer. I want to accomplish something great, and I didn’t truly appreciate world travel and literature until I took this class. I want my children to appreciate the country we live in, and treat everyone kindly and with respect, no matter their backgrounds and life. Love is the great overcomer, and only with Christ can people be changed. I want my children to have a strong foundation in the Church so they can love one another and change the world. Treating people kindly and with respect can go a long way in changing the world. I want my children to have good educations and I want them to be able to think for themselves. I want to leave a legacy in my family and write and journal my life so when I grow old, I can remember all the great memories and experiences I have had the opportunity to live. I am super excited to see what the future holds, because you can only plan so much. Life can get in the way, but I hope to accomplish these things before I