My Bucket LIst

Go to college

Learn compassion and mercy

Embrace Kalmyk and Tibetan Buddhist culture

Become a doctor

Visit the Himalayas

Tour the Mongolian Steppes on Camelback

Help establish sound medical care in a developing nation

Bring my father to Kalmykia

Protest something I believe in

Be a published author

Teach people happiness

Photograph something world-altering

Attend a Nobel Prize Award Ceremony

Have a discussion with H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama about Kalmykia, Tibet, culture in the United States, and perseverance

Go to a music festival on the beach

Live near the ocean

Own a vacation home

Be prosperous enough for comfort

Change someone’s life for the better

Fall in love