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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 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 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 Stevie
> 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.
>>
> To those I have sent this to... I love you & cherish our friendship.
>
> "Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here
> we might as well dance!
>
> 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 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 Stevie
> 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.
>>
> To those I have sent this to... I love you & cherish our friendship.
>
> "Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here
> we might as well dance!
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