>>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 women 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/ Canadians 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 Steve >>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 Rollerblades 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. >>It's National Friendship Week. 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!"
