A Wonderful Message

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A Wonderful Message

Beamer on Good Morning America - If you remember, she's the wife of Todd

Beamer who said " Let's Roll! " and helped take down the plane that was heading

for Washington, D.C.

She said it's the little things that she misses most about Todd, such as hearing

the garage door open as he came home, and her children running to meet him.

She's now the Mom of a beautiful little girl, .

recalled this story:

I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago whose husband died

suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared some of her

insight with a classroom of students. As the late afternoon sunlight came

streaming in through the classroom windows and the class was nearly over, she

moved a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat down there.

With a gentle look of reflection on her face, she paused and said, " Class is

over. I would like to share with all of you, a thought that is unrelated to

class, but which I feel is very important.

" Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of

ourselves. None of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. It can be

taken away at any moment. Perhaps this is the Powers way of telling us that we

must make the most out of every single day. "

Her eyes beginning to water, she went on, " So I would like you all to make me a

promise. From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something

beautiful to notice. It doesn't have to be something you see, it could be a

scent, perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out of someone's house, or it

could be the sound of the breeze slightly rustling the leaves in the trees, or

the way the morning light catches one autumn leaf as it falls gently to the

ground.

" Please look for these things, and cherish them. For, although it may sound

trite to some, these things are the 'stuff' of life. The little things we are

put here on earth to enjoy. The things we often take for granted. We must make

it important to notice them, for at anytime it can all be taken away. "

The class was completely quiet. We all picked up our books and filed out of the

room silently. That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school

than I had that whole semester.

Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and remember what an impression

she made on all of us, and I try to appreciate all of those things that

sometimes we all overlook.

Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today. Go barefoot,

or walk on the beach at sunset. Stop off on the way home tonight to get a double

dip ice cream cone. For as we get older, is not the things we did that we often

regret, but the things we didn't do.

~ " We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a

little of each other everywhere. " ~

~ " If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the

entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. "