The following is not an original, but poignant. I could not have said it better. . .
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 women 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 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 Roller
blades 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 butter fly'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.
It's National Friendship Week.. Show your friends how much
you care. Send this to everyone you consider 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!
