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To My Beloved Soul Family

Namaste Much Metta,

Your Beloved Soul Sister Lara xoxo

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Here is another beautiful story that touched my heart, trust you will enjoy reading it and then practice it .. toooo.

>

>After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take

>another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said I

>love you but I know this other woman loves you and

>would love to spend some time with you.

>

>The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my

>MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the

>demands of my work and my three children had made it

>possible to visit her only occasionally.

>

> That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner

>and a movie.

>

> "What's wrong, are you well," she asked? My mother is

>the type of woman who suspects that a late night call

>or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news.

>

> "I thought that it would be pleasant to be with you," I

>responded. "Just the two of us."

>

> She thought about it for a moment, and then said, "I

>would like that very much."

>

> That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up

>I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I

>noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our

>date. She waited in the door with her coat on. She had

>curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had

>worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary.

>

> She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an

>angel's.

>

> "I told my friends that I was going to go out with my

>son, and they were impressed, "she said, as she got

>into the car. "They can't wait to hear about our

>meeting". We went to a restaurant that, although not

>elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my

>arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down,

>I had to read the menu. Half way through

>the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting

>there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips

>

> "It was I who used to have to read the menu when you

>were small," she said.

>

> "Then it's time that you relax and let me return the

>favor," I responded.

>

> During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation -

>nothing extraordinary, but catching up on recent

>events of each other's life. We talked so much that we

>missed the movie.

>

> As we arrived at her house later, she said, "I'll go

>out with you again, but only if you let me invite

>you." I agreed.

>

> "How was your dinner date?" asked my wife when I got

>home. "Very nice. Much more so than I could have

>imagined," I answered.

>

> A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart

>attack. It happened so suddenly that I did to not get to do

>anything for her.

>

> Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy

>of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother and

>I had dined.

>

> An attached note said: "I paid this bill in advance. I

>wasn't sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I

>paid for two plates - one for you and the other for

>your wife. You will never know what that night meant

>for me. I love you, son."

>

> At that moment, I understood the importance of saying

>in time: "I LOVE YOU!" and to give our loved ones the

>time that they deserve. Nothing in life is more

>important than God and your family. Give them the

>time they deserve, because these things cannot be put

>off till "some other time."

>

> Pass this along to everyone with an aging parent, to a

>child, to an adult, to anyone with a parent.

>

> "Please do not take people you LOVE for Granted" .. it is said that people we love the most .. we hurt the most. Lets change this. NOW.

>

> Here's wishing your today is better than yesterday and tomorrow.