Guest guest Posted February 23, 2002 Report Share Posted February 23, 2002 I just received this and thought it was nice. Hope everyone can enjoy the week-end. Lynn Subject: Take it to heart > > > 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 > > gasp 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 > > Stevie 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 hips 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, > > 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? > > You better slow down. Don't dance so fast. Time is > > > short. The music won't last. > > > > 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 " ? > > > > You'd better slow down. Don't dance so fast. Time > is > > short. The music won't last. When you run so fast > to > > get somewhere, you miss half the fun of getting > there. > > > > 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. > > > > Thanks for being my friend! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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