Re: Fw: THOUGHT OF THE DAY...

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In a message dated 6/16/02 3:11:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

torpartyof5@... writes:

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> this maybe rather long...but worth reading =)

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> Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one

> so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be

> grateful for that gift. When the door of happiness closes, another opens,

> but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the

one

> which has been opened for us. The best kind of friend is the kind you can

> sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away

feeling

> like it was the best conversation you've ever had. It's true that we don't

> know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't

know

> what we've been missing until it arrives. Giving someone all your love is

> never an assurance that they'll love you back! Don't expect love in

return;

> just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn't, be content it

> grew in yours. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour

to

> like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget

> someone. Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even

> that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only

a

> smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart

> smile. There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you

just

> want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! Dream what you

> want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because

you

> have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.

May

> you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you

> strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy.

> Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it

> probably hurts the other person, too. The happiest of people don't

> necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of

> everything that comes along their way. Happiness lies for those who cry,

> those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for

only

> they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.

> Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear. The

> brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on

> well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. When

you

> were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your

> life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone

around

> you is crying. Please send this message to those people who mean

something

> to you, to those who have touched your life in one way or another, to

those

> who make you smile when you really need it, to those that make you see the

> brighter side of things when you are really down, to those who you want to

> let them know that you appreciate their friendship. And if you don't,

don't

> worry, nothing bad will happen to you, you will just miss out on the

> opportunity to brighten someone's day with this message.

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