If understanding means I have to be poor I don’t want to understand. In this case I’d rather be able to help someone than to understand them.
Walk on another planet, or at least the moon.
sit outside and look at the moon on a summer night
feel the belly of a brood queen full of kittens
serve their community as a volunteer
I second (third, fourth?) both working in retail and food service. Gives you a new appreciation for the folks offering to supersize you.
Travel to at least one foreign country. And if you’re from New England (and possible most of the northern states), a quick jaunt up to Canada doesn’t count.
Have the glorious experience of a very young puppy bounding up to you like you are truly the best thing ever.
Hey, it’s a start. Think of it as travel for beginners. 
live in a culture they consider to be very foreign to their own.
I’m in China now for my second year and it really teaches you a lot about people by seeing how another group of people(in this case, 1.3 billion Chinese) live.
Haven’t worked retail, but my first job I ever had was working at Taco Bell, and it did give me a new (at the time) appreciation, so I fourth, or fifth that 
Let’s see, what can I add?
Everyone should _______
Go on a cruise ship
Sadly, I haven’t done this myself 
, but seeing the commercials, I just know it would be increadibly awesome.
See a mountain.
Fall in love.
Learn a second language.
See April in Paris and Autumn in New York
Play with a puppy or kitten
Sled down a hill on a meal tray (best fun I had in college)
Witness a baby’s first smile
Great picture Rufus Xavier
Everyone should…
…seriously question their most fundamental beliefs…
…help a stranger…
…be over their head in debt…
…be debt free…
…make a decision they fear to make…
…suffer a loss to uphold a principle…
at least once in their life
…take a big risk.
…learn a language other than their first. Still working on this myself.
…work a really, really shitty retail job so they know what clerks go through.
… serve on a jury (as I did in 2001 in Cleveland, and will be doing next week at the county courthouse down the street from where I now live).
… visit one or more of the great museums (I’ve been to the Smithsonian and the American Museum of Natural History, among others).
… take a long trip by bus (several Greyhound jaunts between Norfolk and Cleveland during my college days) and one by rail (Montreal to Norfolk, in my case).
…? What are you talking about?
That’s what I thought of before opening the thread.
Short of being arrested everyone should have to post bail for a friend
At least once in your lifetime, you should …
[ul]
[li]work in a menial job[/li][li]be present at your own child’s birth[/li][li]volunteer in a soup kitchen[/li][li]spend some time in a foreign country[/li][li]stay up all night and witness next morning’s sunrise [/li][li]experience the thrill of a fish on the end of your line[/li][li]hit a baseball on the sweet spot[/li][li]win an award, no matter how small or trivial[/li][li]enjoy the satisfaction of a job well done[/li][li]hear the words “I love you”[/li][/ul]
…mail me $100 cash…
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Do you accept Monopoly money?
Say the words “I love you” and mean them.