Have you ever....

This is a wonderful post I found on Renaissance Blogger. It fits in beautifully with the Dynamic Transitioning Program #2. Consider the Possibilities - the Power of Blue Sky. It's about stretching your imagination and enlarging your life experiences.

Have fun with it!

Wanna play? It’s simple. Copy, paste and if you’ve done it, bold it.

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity

25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life

Giving Thanks

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving - we're having a group of about 15 over to our home for dinner, laughter, closeness. My husband and I are truly blessed with lots of love and support in our lives.

Some of you know that Dynamic Transitioning was essentially born out of a health emergency that affected my husband 4 years ago. He had an allergic reaction to an antibiotic and ended up in a coma for 6 days. When he came out of that coma he was a changed man in many ways and our lives have never been the same. My husband had to go on full time disability, he cannot drive, he has a seizure disorder he never had before, depression....it goes on and on. His neck was somehow damaged during the coma and two years ago he had neck surgery, which didn't go well, and now he suffers severe pain and discomfort from that. There's more I won't go in to.

As the true extent of his problems began to overwhelm me, I searched for the strength to get through this. I am a take charge kind of person and don't sit still until I find a solution. However, this one was daunting. It turns out that when someone has these types of problems, there is no one solution. It is a series of small solutions to pieces of the problem. And, it has no end in sight. Even if he gets better...and he HAS...he will never go back to the day before the event.

So, like any good problem solver, I turned to my resources and pulled down all the books I have on personal and spiritual development and began looking for the "answer". I soon realized I would NEVER be able to focus enough to read through all of them. I found myself wishing that I had ONE place to turn to....and that is how Dynamic Transitioning was born. I created that place with Dynamic Transitioning - The 7 Point Program and realized that my husband and I were in the biggest transition of our lives! We could get through this feeling sorry for ourselves and flailing about, or we could rise to the challenge and use the opportunity for inner growth.

I developed this program and realized that others could benefit from it as well. I've been speaking to groups, working one on one with folks, and practicing the program myself as a way to find meaning and usefulness through this seemingly hard experience. My husband gets better, then has a setback, then gets better again. My job is to be as consistent as I can and keep our lives "normal" - on a routine, etc. Some days I'm better at it than others, that's for sure.

I picked the word Dynamic because I wanted to convey strength, power, and movement. I picked the word Transition vs change because transition to me signifies a process. Dynamic Transitioning is a powerful process.

My husband is stable today but will never be the man he once was. This is extremely hard for both of us. But like everything else, we have a choice each and every day, to look at this as a negative or as a positive.

As Thanksgiving Day approaches, we're feeling very positive. We have alot of love in our lives from friends and family. We're very fortunate, in spite of what's happened. We live in America - the most hopeful country on the planet. We believe in our love for each other - no matter what. We have watched our son get married to a wonderful woman and start his own journey. We have so many fun and funny experiences to look back on. And when he has a really bad day, I try to just be there for him...quietly loving him back to center.

My cup runneth over. I am very grateful. I hope you are too.