READ
THIS VERY SLOWLY... IT'S PRETTY
PROFOUND.
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 and 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 Canadians 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.
Show
your friends how much you care. Send this to
everyone you consider a FRIEND
including
me if you consider me a friend. If it comes back
to you, then you'll know you have a circle of
friends.
To
those I have sent this to... I cherish our friendship
and appreciate all you do.
'Life
may not be the party we hoped for... but while we
are here we might as well dance!'
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