What is one ambition you would like to do in life?

Image of a Lear Jet - photo of a lear jet
@pyewacket (43903)
United States
June 5, 2007 8:50pm CST
This is NOT about a goal...as that usually means some targeted goal in your life situation, like earning more money, better health, etc. Nope...this is completely different in what I'm asking. Is maybe a secret ambition of yours to climb a mountain? Bungee jump (at least once) Go parachuting? Sail a boat? Mine ---- I would love to learn how to fly a plane...and not just a small single engine Piper or Cessna..I would love to advance to jet stage as in the smaller Lear Jets...yup...that's my thing...I want to learn how to fly my own plane..Now let me see I do already now the difference between an altimeter and turn coordinator...Hehehe
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@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
6 Jun 07
My ambition is to carry out the dream my dad had of traveling across Canada on one of the old steam trains. He wanted to take the Amtrak from California up to Canada, the steam train across Canada, Amtrak again down the eastern coast, and then meet my brother, and the two of them drive back across the states to California. My dad passed away before he could make that dream come true, so one of these days, I would like to do it for him.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jun 07
That would be a really nice bittersweet kind of thing to do, ...to fulfill your dad's dream
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• United States
6 Jun 07
This is a great ambition! I would love to see you fulfill this dream for him! He would be proud I am sure. It would be sooo much fun too
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@AmbiePam (92518)
• United States
6 Jun 07
While climbing Mount Everest is something I've dreamt about, my ambition would be to get married and raise, happy, healthy, and loving children. Problem is, I don't have any desire to get married right now! : )
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jun 07
I think it takes a lot of guts to climb a mountain --could never do with my fear of heights though...yet flying never bothered me...go figure....Well when you do get married, am I invited to your wedding..LOL
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@AmbiePam (92518)
• United States
7 Jun 07
Invited? Heck you're going to do the service! Now all we have to do is get you ordained. : )
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jun 07
What kind of wedding would you like--I always kind of fancied a wonderful outdoor kind of setting, maybe during one of fall months--surrounded by some kind of wooded area and have all the beautiful colors of fall all around me
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
6 Jun 07
wow. keep us updated if one day, you will be able to really fly one. who knows, right? there are things we thought which are impossible and one day, we'll be able to get it somehow. and say... nothing is impossible! haha. mine is a silly ambition and i guess it's not just an ambition for me now since i am gonna go put it to life soon. i was raised in a poor family back then. and shallow as i may sound, i only see snow in films (i am from the philippines, no winter here). since then, i always wonder how it is to experience winter. from when i was a kid up to those years when i finished college, my ambition was to experience how it is to really step on snow. there were times when my friends ask me about my ambition in life. i always answer them with "i wanna see snow and experience winter." they laugh at me and say how foolish my ambition is. well, i admit it's stup*d and i just laugh at myself, too somehow. i never thought about it anymore. but unexpectedly, i met my boyfriend who lives in sweden almost two years ago. and on june 28, i will be migrating to be with him. not only will i experience winter... good thing is that, i will experience winter with the man i love the most. so, now, i guess i need to think of another ambition... it might come true again - one day. happy myLotting!
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
7 Jun 07
thank you for being nice and not thinking of me as a silly dreamer. hehe. and yup. i am glad that i will be able to finally experience it. i am not sure if i will really like it or not. for as long as i am with my boyfriend, i'd be happy. and hmmm. since you are dreaming of becoming a pilot of a plane.. i wanna be a captain of a ship then. hehe. kidding. anyway, i wanna try skiing! hehhe. well, since i'll be able to experience snow, why not try to ski. gonna update you about it later! take care.. anne
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jun 07
Wow that's wonderful...and now it wasn't a silly ambition...you had your mind set on seeing snow and experiencing winter,...and now you have your ambition fulfilled...yup...better start thinking of a new one!! And congratulations!
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• India
6 Jun 07
My ambition in life is to build a orphanage. I want to do something to the society. I want to help as many number of people as i can.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jun 07
That's a very noteworthy ambition iinvention!! I hope you get the chance to do that
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• United States
6 Jun 07
This is A GREAT one! I would love to do this!!!!!!!!
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@sigma77 (5383)
• United States
8 Jun 07
I would like to sail a boat on the ocean. Yeah, fat chance...lol. I don't think I could handle the motion of the ocean anymore...so it will remain a dream for me. I might get serious about it eventually.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
8 Jun 07
I'd like to sail too...I guess as far as the motion is concerned I guess it will depend on the size of the ship....if you're concerned about motion I don't think a little dingy would do...or a canoe! LOL
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@jolenegreen (1209)
• United States
6 Jun 07
GREAT question, LOL. I would love to beable to sail and boat or drive one...whatever, LOL. I love boats and always have. That way when hubby is busy I could take the kids to the lake on my own...HEHE.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jun 07
Image of a schooner type ship - schooner ship sailing
I think next to flying I'd like to sail a ship too--boat's a landlubber's name...hehhe...I always loved the schooner types... any kind of ship that has an old-fashioned feel to it and can truly sail with the wind...mmmm..maybe got a bit of the pirate in my.....LOL
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@nandans (1160)
• India
6 Jun 07
I would like to succeed in each and every aspect of my life..
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jun 07
Hey, I hear ya....I want success too!!
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@budsr03 (2350)
• Canada
6 Jun 07
I have always wanted to drive a stockcar! Not to brag, but i'm pretty sure i would have some trophies to show for it! It's just like driving in rushhour except there are no traffic lights or stop signs right? LOL! Pedal to the metal, full speed ahead! Lets have a race Pyewacket! Take care!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jun 07
Well you can race in your stockcar and I'll race my Lear Jet!! I kind of regret that they took the Concorde off the market..I thought that was such a beautiful plane--could never understand the concept though of the flights to England and France and America though--seems it would have been more logical to have used that plane for really long flights, like from America to say New Zealand or Japan
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@brendalee (6082)
• United States
6 Jun 07
I doubt that I will ever do it but someday I would like to take a ride in a hotair balloon. I'm not real fond of heights but it looks like fun. Who knows maybe someday I'll go for it.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jun 07
Well then...I say go for it!!
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@aidonia (4209)
• Greece
6 Jun 07
Travel ,and travel and travel again.I would like take a map start travel visiting even the smaller country on the world.i would SEE the countries not only past over.see the small towns ,how the simple people live ,the culture . I know that need a lot of time (I suppose years)and a lot of money.These moment I haven't both of them but who knows ,right? PS:If you learn drive an airplane maybe you can take me around the world...lol:
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jun 07
Hhehe--I'll keep you in mind...I'd love to travel all over the world too..and my main attraction isn't to visit big cities...I'd rather visit the countrysides of the countries and stay in nice bed n breakfast type places...not glitzy hotels
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@rosie_123 (6113)
6 Jun 07
Well I guess I'm quite lucky as most of my dreams when I was younger were travel related, and I have fulfilled most of thsse - stuff like travelling across Russia on the Trans Siberian railway for example. I guess I would like to climb Everest one day though! A friend of mine actually achieved that dream on her 50th birthday - it was something she has always wanted to do, and finally managed it - so maybe I will one day too!
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jun 07
Wow...to have a friend that actually climbed Mt. Everest--if you ever did attempt it would she go with you--I bet she wouldn't mind achieving that feat again
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• China
6 Jun 07
my secret ambition is diving though i don't know how to swim ,hahah ,everytimes when i watching TV programms about the ocean,i just love the colourful tropical fish ,they are just so beautiful , hope one day i can touch them and swim among them ,that will be terrific! just an ambitions ,and i know the first thing i can do now is to learn how to swim,will that be difficult?tell me ,hahaha !
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jun 07
It's never too late to learn you know--there must be somewhere you can go to get lessons
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@vampoet (825)
• Singapore
6 Jun 07
I would love to fly the Eurofighter. I have the simulator and am like totally hooked to it doing combat missions and all. I would love to fly the real thing over some icebergs or something and see the Northern lights from that altitude or play daredevil by flying close to the water surface and swerving just in the nick of time to avoid an iceberg
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jun 07
Oh yes,...now that's flying!!
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@nejnej (148)
• United States
6 Jun 07
i would like most to the travel the world.. very ambitious i know, even with out money anyway its just a dream..
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jun 07
Well I would love to travel too...haven't done much so far
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@jamie11982 (1658)
• United States
8 Jun 07
When me and my husband get older we want to own our own motor home and travel around the us. We want to stay a little bit of time at every state just for a week or so and have a good time. My mother-in-law travels all the time and so there for me and my husband fit just right for this. We love the traveling but with 4 children and work it's a little hard to do any thing like this. Must it's a want that we have and a dream of ours. As to your airplain flying i think that my 5 year old son would love to help you out with this. He loves to fly. Infact for his birthday his poppy (my father-in-law) took him up in a small plain here at our local airport. It only cost $10 per ride so he goes all the time. He has the same dream that you have and i want him to catch that dream and hold on. I hate hights but if he loves them then that's great. He said that it was so much fun seeing the houses upside down that i wanted to cry as he was telling me. It made me so happy just to see his face so lit up like it was. He's due to go again. He goes flying every few months.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
9 Jun 07
That sounds fantastic to want to travel like that...I wouldn't mind doing that myself...And it's wonderful about your son....I just bet he wants to have his own plane too someday!
• United States
7 Jun 07
Well my secret ambition is to become a mother...although that's not really a secret. You might consider that a goal though... There really are several things I would like to do... I want to learn how to ride a horse (and hopefully own one one day too). I also - as strange as it may sound - would love to learn to skateboard. And I mean tricks and things on a half-pipe. I would love to have my own half-pipe.
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• United States
7 Jun 07
Oh - I forgot to say that your secret ambition is really neat!!! I know you'll accomplish it one day!
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• United States
8 Jun 07
LOL - you make me laugh :) AND You are very welcome :)
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
8 Jun 07
Oh--I would love to learn horseback riding too!!! Hey--I'm part Native American..we're supposed to know how to do that...LOL Oh and thanks for the encouraging words about my ambition...
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• United States
6 Jun 07
Oh wow! I would love to fly a plane, if no money was no object I would. I think I would like to really learn to sing well. It is too late for me to be famous, but at least I can sing karoke :)
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
6 Jun 07
who does not want to fly a plane? i do, too! but i am so nervous to even think about me flying planes. hehe. and i can sing! as for yuou, just sing and sing and sing... you will soon develop the talent. i started from scratch, too and i started late. i started singing at the age of 21 (i am 28 now) and i can sing well already. i know you can, too!
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• United States
6 Jun 07
hmm my ambition that i would like to do in my life is to travel the whole world, hope i can do that.
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• India
6 Jun 07
People are always eager to do one thing or the other in life.My ambition is to earn lots of money so that i can give the best education to my children, go for the world tour with my family.With money i want to buy the best things for my house.A perfect home, a good wife & a perfect mother.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jun 07
I agree with repjolenegreen that is a great ambition --
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Jun 07
oops jolengreen..typed your name wrong...that's what happens when your in front of a computer just a little too long
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• United States
6 Jun 07
I think we would all like this for our children. Well at least I know I would. LOL. Great Ambition!!!!
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• Canada
6 Jun 07
I've always wanted to just disappear. only let a few people know and just travel the world. I want to see everything before sh=it really hits the fan and limits my travels.
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