Something to remember

[Guest guest]

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.

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> >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, .

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> > recalled this story:

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> >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.

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> >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.

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> > " 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 God's way of telling us

that we must make the most out of every single day. "

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> >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.

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> > " 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. "

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> >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.

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> >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.

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> >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.

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> >If you like this, please pass it on to a friend.

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> >Remember, life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by

the moments that take our breath away