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I received this in an email, and wanted to share:
Too many people put off something that brings
them joy just because they haven't thought about it, don't have it on their
schedule, didn't know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their
routine.
I got to thinking one day about all those people
on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort
to cut back. From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible.
How many women out there will eat at home because their husband didn't
suggest going out to dinner until after something had been thawed? Does
the word 'refrigeration' mean nothing to you?
How often have your
kids dropped in to talk but sat in silence while you watched 'Jeopardy' on
television?
I cannot count the times I called my sister and said ,
'How about going to lunch in a half hour?' She would gas up and stammer, 'I
can't. I have clothes on the line. My hair is dirty. I wish
I had known yesterday, I had a late breakfast, It looks like rain ' And
my personal favorite: 'It's Monday.' She died a few years ago. We never
did have lunch together.
Because Americans cram so much into their
lives, we tend to schedule our headaches .. We live on a sparse diet of
promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect!
We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we get Steve
toilet-trained. We'll entertain when we replace the living-room carpet.
We'll go on a second honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.
Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The days get
shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning,
we awaken, and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of 'I'm going
to,' 'I plan on,' and 'Someday, when things are settled down a bit.'
When anyone calls my 'seize the moment' friend, she is open to
adventure and available for trips. She keeps an open mind on new ideas.
Her enthusiasm for life is contagious. You talk with her for five
minutes, and you're ready to trade your bad feet for a pair of Rollerblades
and skip an elevator for a bungee cord.
My lips have not touched ice
cream in 10 years. I love ice cream. It's just that I might as
well apply it directly to my stomach with a spatula and eliminate the
digestive process. The other day, I stopped the car and bought a
triple-decker. If my car had hit an iceberg on the way home, I would
have died happy.
Now...go on and have a nice day. Do something
you WANT to...not something on your SHOULD DO list. If you were going to die
soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what
would you say? And why are you waiting?
Make sure you read this to the
end; you will understand why I sent this to you.
Have you ever watched
kids playing on a merry go round or listened to the rain lapping on the
ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight or gazed at the sun
into the fading night? Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask 'How are you?' Do you hear the reply?
When the day
is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running through
your head? Ever told your child, 'We'll do it tomorrow.' And in your
haste, not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch? Let a good friendship
die? Just call to say 'Hi'?
When you worry and hurry through
your day, it is like an unopened Gift ....Thrown away.... Life is not a
race. Take it slower . Hear the music before the song is
over.
'Life may not be the party we hoped for... ; but
while we are here we might as well dance!' |
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