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 people 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
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 cone.
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 some thing
on your SHOULD DO
list. If you w ere
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?
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 and
FAMILY WEEK. Show
your friends how
much you care. Send
this to everyone you
consider a FRIEND.
"Life may not
be the party we
hoped for ... but
while we are here we
might as well
Dance".
