Ma derni\u00e8re lettre parlait d\u2019une croisi\u00e8re en Alaska qui figurait sur ma fameuse \u00ab\u00a0bucket list\u00a0\u00bb (ma liste de vie), et \u00e7a m\u2019a motiv\u00e9 \u00e0 vous en dire davantage sur cette d\u00e9marche et sur ce que je souhaiterais exp\u00e9rimenter avant de mourir. Chacun d\u2019entre nous, chers lecteurs, devrait ralentir, r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir, choisir, nommer et lister les quelques activit\u00e9s, les souhaits ou les r\u00eaves qu\u2019il voudrait r\u00e9aliser avant le grand d\u00e9part. Pensez-y un brin. Surtout nous, les vieux, qui entendons le tic-tac de notre cadran de plus en plus fort.<\/p>\n
Toute ma vie, j\u2019ai ador\u00e9 faire des listes! Liste d\u2019objectifs \u00e0 atteindre, liste de documents \u00e0 apprendre par c\u0153ur, liste de plans \u00e0 approuver, liste de nouvelles recettes \u00e0 ma\u00eetriser, liste de t\u00e2ches quotidiennes \u00e0 accomplir, liste de succ\u00e8s de librairie \u00e0 d\u00e9vorer, liste de lettres \u00e0 peaufiner et liste bringuebalante de d\u00e9sirs inassouvis.<\/p>\n
On peut commencer notre \u00ab\u00a0bucket list\u00a0\u00bb en \u00e9crivant p\u00eale-m\u00eale tout ce qui nous vient \u00e0 l\u2019esprit et apr\u00e8s, on d\u00e9cline par priorit\u00e9. L\u2019objectif \u00e9tant d\u2019identifier des exp\u00e9riences simples ou audacieuses que vous souhaiteriez vivre et de les projeter dans l\u2019univers des possibilit\u00e9s.<\/p>\n
Choisir s\u2019av\u00e8re aussi complexe qu\u2019extraire le noyau d\u2019une cerise sans se tacher les doigts. J\u2019ai cet \u00e9pouvantable amoncellement d\u2019ann\u00e9es derri\u00e8re ma cravate et, malgr\u00e9 toute cette exp\u00e9rience, je ne sais pas encore ce qui vraiment me comblerait avant de m\u2019envoler. Encore un peu de succ\u00e8s? Un peu d\u2019amour? J\u2019ai certainement encore besoin de temps pour exp\u00e9rimenter ce v\u00e9ritable amour que j\u2019ai toujours cherch\u00e9.<\/p>\n
Avant d\u2019\u00e9teindre mon c\u0153ur, j\u2019aimerais refaire le tour de ma Gasp\u00e9sie natale. Cet \u00e9t\u00e9, je suis trop occup\u00e9e avec l\u2019entreprise, mais l\u2019an prochain, j\u2019y vais. Promis!<\/p>\n
J\u2019ai souvent souhait\u00e9 la pr\u00e9sence d\u2019un animal domestique afin d\u2019exp\u00e9rimenter l\u2019affection et l\u2019attachement de la b\u00eate envers son ma\u00eetre. Mais, trop occup\u00e9e \u00e0 semer des restos un peu partout au Canada, j\u2019ai toujours h\u00e9sit\u00e9. Suis-je maintenant trop vieille pour apprendre le langage d\u2019un animal? J\u2019imagine ce petit chiot ou chat bien au chaud sur mon divan qui regarderait les documentaires avec moi et jouerait avec mes balles de laine.<\/p>\n
Je r\u00eavais d\u2019aller \u00e0 l\u2019op\u00e9ra une premi\u00e8re fois parce que j\u2019adore la voix humaine et l\u2019interaction des personnages chantants et j\u2019ai enfin vu \u00ab\u00a0Madama\u00a0Butterfly\u00a0\u00bb au printemps\u00a02023. Un immense chef-d\u2019\u0153uvre. Y retournerai-je bient\u00f4t? Absolument! J\u2019attends le TURANDOT de Giacomo\u00a0Puccini. Cette c\u00e9l\u00e8bre histoire d\u2019une princesse imaginaire de la Chine m\u00e9di\u00e9vale, aussi belle que cruelle. Vite, vite, je me renseigne \u00e0 savoir si nous pourrons bient\u00f4t le voir \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al!<\/p>\n
Je souhaiterais visiter la Su\u00e8de et plus sp\u00e9cialement les boutiques de l\u2019artiste designer Gudrun\u00a0Sj\u00f6d\u00e9n. Dans une autre vie, j\u2019aurais ador\u00e9 \u00eatre sa voisine et travailler dans ses ateliers. Demandez \u00e0 Google qu\u2019il vous pr\u00e9sente les v\u00eatements inusit\u00e9s de cette grande artiste su\u00e9doise.<\/p>\n
Je voudrais \u00e9galement visiter l\u2019Islande, m\u00e8re-patrie de mon \u00e9crivaine pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9e, Audur\u00a0Ava\u00a0\u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir, auteure du c\u00e9l\u00e8bre roman Rosa Candida et de plusieurs autres livres d\u00e9licieux. C\u2019est d\u2019ailleurs \u00e0 \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir que nous devons le magnifique film \u00ab\u00a0H\u00f4tel Silence\u00a0\u00bb adapt\u00e9 au cin\u00e9ma par la grande r\u00e9alisatrice qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise L\u00e9a Pool. \u00c0 voir, absolument!<\/p>\n
Je r\u00eavais d\u2019\u00e9crire et de publier un nouveau livre et je l\u2019ai fait \u00e0 l\u2019automne\u00a02023. Une assez belle r\u00e9ussite qui m\u2019encourage \u00e0 pers\u00e9v\u00e9rer dans l\u2019\u00e9criture.<\/p>\n
J\u2019esp\u00e8re vivre le plus longtemps possible; d\u00e9passer mes cent ans, si l\u2019ange de la long\u00e9vit\u00e9 me le permet. J\u2019aime me r\u00e9veiller chaque matin, ouvrir mes yeux, entendre mon c\u0153ur battre, me lever et b\u00e9nir mes doigts qui r\u00e9ussissent encore \u00e0 taper sur le clavier.<\/p>\n
Notre \u00ab\u00a0bucket list\u00a0\u00bb, c\u2019est une \u00e9num\u00e9ration de souhaits, de r\u00eaves ou de d\u00e9fis que nous aimerions r\u00e9aliser. Il s\u2019agit d\u2019un panier sans fond dans lequel, \u00e0 tout moment, nous avons la possibilit\u00e9 de d\u00e9poser un nouveau r\u00eave ou d\u2019en retirer un qui ne nous dit plus rien ou que nous avons d\u00e9j\u00e0 concr\u00e9tis\u00e9. Vaut mieux faire en sorte que notre liste trouve un certain \u00e9quilibre entre petits et grands d\u00e9fis. Les plus faciles nous motivent \u00e0 entreprendre les plus coriaces!<\/p>\n
On sugg\u00e8re aussi de relire souvent notre liste pour ne pas perdre notre int\u00e9r\u00eat \u00e0 sa r\u00e9alisation et pour y cocher les d\u00e9sirs ayant \u00e9t\u00e9 combl\u00e9s. Ne s\u2019agit-il pas l\u00e0 d\u2019une belle occasion de nous r\u00e9jouir et c\u00e9l\u00e9brer? R\u00e9v\u00e9ler les r\u00e9alisations de notre \u00ab\u00a0bucket list\u00a0\u00bb \u00e0 des membres de notre famille ou \u00e0 des amis pourrait en motiver plus d\u2019un \u00e0 entreprendre sa propre liste. Ne serait-ce pas un magnifique cadeau \u00e0 leur offrir?<\/p>\n
Je crois fermement que d\u00e9clarer nos souhaits \u00e0 l\u2019univers se r\u00e9v\u00e8le la meilleure fa\u00e7on de provoquer leur r\u00e9alisation.<\/p>\n
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Think about it for a moment, especially us elderly people who can hear the ticktock of our internal timers getting louder and louder.\r\n\r\nI\u2019ve loved making lists all my life! I\u2019ve had all sorts of lists: goals to reach, documents to learn by heart, plans to approve, new recipes to master, daily chores to handle, best-selling books to read, Sunday letters to rework and an ever-changing list of unfulfilled desires.\r\n\r\nYou can start a bucket list by randomly writing down thoughts as they pop into your head and then rearrange them in order of importance. The goal of this exercise is to uncover simple and adventurous experiences you\u2019d like to live, and then project them into the universe of possibilities.\r\n\r\nDeciding the order of the items on my bucket list is turning out to be as complicated as removing a cherry pit without staining your fingers. I have an awful lot of years of experience and, even with all this life experience behind me, I still can\u2019t figure out what would truly make me happy before turning off the lights one last time. A bit more success? Finding love? I certainly need more time to taste the true love I\u2019ve always searched for.\r\n\r\nBefore I turn off my heart, I\u2019d love to drive around my native Gasp\u00e9sie one more time. I\u2019m too busy at the office to do it this summer, but next year, I promise I\u2019ll do it!\r\n\r\nI\u2019ve often wished I could rely on the companionship of a pet to finally experience the affection and attachment between animal and master. But being overly busy seeding restaurants all across Canada, I\u2019ve always hesitated. Am I too old now to learn the language of an animal? I can just imagine the puppy or cat keeping warm on my couch, watching documentaries with me and playing with my balls of yarn.\r\n\r\nI dreamed of going to the opera for the first time because I simply adore the human voice and the interaction between the operatic characters. I finally saw \u201cMadama Butterfly\u201d in the spring of 2023. A masterpiece. Will I go back to the opera soon? Absolutely! I\u2019m waiting for Giacomo\u00a0Puccini\u2019s TURANDOT. This famous story of a fictitious medieval Chinese princess who\u2019s as cruel as she is beautiful. Quick, I have to see whether it\u2019s coming to Montreal soon!\r\n\r\nI wish to visit Sweden and, more specifically, the boutiques of fashion designer Gudrun Sj\u00f6d\u00e9n. In another life, I would have loved being her neighbour and working in her workshops. Ask Google to show you this talented Swedish artist\u2019s unique clothing designs.\r\n\r\nI also want to visit Iceland, the mother country of my favourite novelist, Audur Ava \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir, who wrote the highly acclaimed \u201cRosa\u00a0Candida\u201d and more incredible books.\r\n<\/span>\r\nI dreamed of writing and publishing a new book, and I did just that, in autumn 2023. Its moderate success is enough to motivate me to keep on writing.\r\n\r\nI hope to live for as long as possible \u2013 beyond 100 if the angel of longevity will let me. I love waking up every morning, opening my eyes, hearing my heartbeat, getting up and feeling blessed that my fingers can still type away on a keyboard.\r\n\r\nYour bucket list is a tally of wishes, dreams or challenges you\u2019d like to realize. It\u2019s a bottomless basket in which you can drop a new dream or remove one that no longer tempts you or has already come true. It\u2019s best to try and strike a balance between small and big projects for your list. The easiest ones will give you the confidence to tackle the harder ones!\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s also a good idea to regularly read your list so your determination to keep checking off your life\u2019s desires doesn\u2019t waver. Isn\u2019t it an excellent occasion to rejoice and celebrate? Sharing your bucket list with friends or family might also entice some of them to start their own list. And isn\u2019t that a wonderful gift to offer them?\r\n\r\nI firmly believe that declaring our wishes to the universe is the best way to make them come true.\r\n\r\nCora\r\n\u2764\ufe0f"},"yoast_head":"\n