Re: Fwd: Ready Slowly-----pleaseeeeeeeee

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THAT... was beautiful!!! 

It brings tears to the eyes... because you know deep down inside...

each and every one of us either is or

"has been" guilty of at least one... or some of the things on that

list.  

We ARE so busy!   We forget the really IMPORTANT things.  

It's a shame... and sometimes it hurts.

Thank you... I will certainly pass it on!

~Kerrie  

serene wright wrote:

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Subject: Fwd: Ready Slowly-----pleaseeeeeeeee

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Subject:

Ready Slowly-----pleaseeeeeeeee

From:

"Ralph Houston" <rhousto3@...>

Date:

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:33:59 -0400

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Its funny that I get this email today b/c last night I watched

the Bucket List with Jack Nicholson and Freeman, if you have not

seen it you should rent it.  The movie is sad but more its eye

opening.  The point of the movie is to stop saying, "I'll get to it

tomorrow" or I wish I could have or would have . . ."  It drives home

that each of us needs to live for today and stop pushing everything off

for tomorrow.  And I am not talking about laundry and chores, I mean

doing those exciting things that we think are out of reach. 

Be Bold, Be Beautiful Be Spontaneous!!

 

 

I

really thought that this was pretty true for those of us who seem to

let life fly by too fast sometimes.

Good

Morning Friends - Have a great week!

 

 

----- IF

you read slowly enough, you'll find YOURSELF in this message.....I did.

 

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 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 the kid

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 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.  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!" 

 

Smiles

and Blessings  

 

--

Kerrie Amatelli, Founder and President

Triple Your Heart® with Ripples of Love

LMOPP.com, LLC

P.O. Box 2550

Pawtucket, RI 02860

Phone:1-401-723-2241

Fax:1-401-723-2352

http://www.RipplesOfLove.com

[Guest guest]

It is so very important to have these reminders...reminders of what is

truly Important in life...LOVE...when we leave this place and our

bodies behind it will matter not at all how much " stuff " we have

accumulated, how fat or thin our bodies or bank accounts are..what

really matters is the lives we touch, the hearts we connect with...we

won't be saying.. " I wish I had bought that new car..I wish I had

washed those windows...,I wish I had worn a different outfit to the

store or the party... " I want to pass through this life holding hearts

and hands...I want to leave a legacy of LOVE...through the little

things I do...reaching out to someone in need...there's always someone

who needs...a smile, a shoulder, an ear...

Let us all remember that we are truly ONE...and to share LOVE...in

every moment of every day...to show reverence to our fellow brothers

and sisters...to show reverence to our Mother Earth...and in so doing

we leave a mark that cannot be erased...the butterfly

effect...creating ripples of love and human-kindness..

I send LOVE and DEEP GRATITUDE to you all...without you life would be

so empty...

let us remember that all we do...all we say, and all we think is what

creates the NOW and the FUTURE...

BLESSINGS AND LIGHT..

Serene