One of the daily writing prompts I read today asked to list 25 Things I’ll Never Do. I grabbed a piece of paper and thought, “This will be easy.” It was a bit harder than I thought. I jotted them down one by one and stopped at 25. I didn’t go any further. I am sure if I thought more, I could expand the list. For now, here at the ones that hit me immediately:
I will never ______
- Stop loving my wife and children
- Smoke a cigarette
- Go bungee jumping
- Stop writing
- Lose my faith in God
- Be perfect
- Beat my kids at that stupid Super Smash Brothers game
- Get a piercing
- Stop saying “I Love You”
- Take for granted someone’s presence in my life
- Give up on dreams
- Stop listening to music
- Intentionally hurt someone I care about
- Go downhill skiing
- Stop watching the Three Stooges
- Apologize for who I am
- Stop hugging my family and friends
- Forget those who have passed away
- Stop reading
- Sky dive
- Understand people who enjoy making other people miserable
- Act “my age”
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Stop trying to make people laugh
- Realize how truly lucky I am to be living my life
How about you? Can you list 25? 10?
Various Ramblings of a Nostalgic Italian 