What do you want to do in your life before you die?

My dad always scolds me when I talk or write anything about death. He always says that one should think about “life” and not “death”. Death according to him is negative and life is positive. But according to me, nothing is negative. It’s just the positive seen upside down. Can ideas be classified into positive or negative? I don’t know whether there is a justifying answer.
Now let me come to the topic I want my readers to think and ponder. I have been dying(sorry dad) to write on this topic since past few months, but the IT job I am into now keeps me really busy.
“What do you want to do in your life before you die?” is not a simple statement we can afford to ignore. I know ignorance is said to be bliss, but not in this case. I was going through the edition of “The Sunday Express” (Sunday edition of The New Indian Express) in Trivandrum, Kerala(God’s own country http://www.keralatourism.org/ , en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala ). And there I found this article on “The Buried Life” (Please visit the website http://www.theburiedlife.com/ for further information). Four guys have made a list of ‘100 things to do before we die’ and are religiously following the list. They have been successful to a great extent. And they are helping others to build up their list and to follow their dreams. They mention in the website that they were inspired by the movie “The Bucket List”
( http://thebucketlist.warnerbrothers.com/ , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bucket_List ). The movie was truly inspiring. If you haven’t watched it then get yourself a DVD. Now I am into making a list for myself and am trying to spread awareness. It is really exciting to build up the list because it really gives you a perspective of what you dream of, what you want to get from this life. It sets you and the entire universe in motion. Like the statement mentioned in the Shah Rukh Khan movie “Om Shanti Om” for more than a million times, “If you really and I mean really want a thing from deep within your heart, then the entire universe sets into motion to provide you that thing”. Now I have to see for myself how far I shall go. But there is nothing to lose. Do try to think beyond your daily activities. Do try to stretch your imaginations. And do try to read the book “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” by Richard Bach.
Do share your lists with the guys at www.theburiedlife.com and do share your comments on what you feel about this idea and about this article. Your feedback is always welcome.

Videos of “The Buried Life” are available on You Tube at the link http://in.youtube.com/user/buriedlife . The pictures are available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/theburiedlife/collections/