Subject:................SHOULDA, WOULDA, COULDA READ THIS VERY SLOWLY... ITS PRETTY PROFOUND. Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they havent thought about it, dont have it on their schedule, didnt know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine.I got to thinking one day about all those people on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to cut back. From then on, Ive tried to be a little more flexible. How many women out there will eat at home because their] husband didnt 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 cant. 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: Its Monday. She died a few days ago. We never did have lunch together. Because we cram so much into our 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! Well go back and visit the grandparents when we get Steve toilet-trained. Well entertain when we replace the living-room carpet. Well 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 Im 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 youre 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. Its 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? I had a friend from high school that I was always going to call and never did. The other day her name was in the obituaries so we never had that chat. 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 butterflys 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, Well 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. Show your friends how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND including me if you consider me a friend. If it comes back to you, it affirms your 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!’ whee...... all said .
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 04:02:49 +0000
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