Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 10:20 AM
Subject: Let's Dance...
READ THIS VERY SLOWLY......LET IT SINK IN!
Life might not be the party we hoped for, but while we're 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 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 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? Ever 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 and FAMILY 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!"