Fwd: Fw: Love & Live

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Sat Mar 29 16:02:03 2003


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>Subject: Live!
>
>This has been around but it is well worth reading many times!
>
>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 gasp 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 hips 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?
>
>You better slow down. Don't dance so fast. Time is short. The music won't
>last.
>
>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"?
>
>You'd better slow down. Don't dance so fast. Time is short. The music won't
>last. When you run so fast to get somewhere, you miss half the fun of
>getting there.
>
>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.
>
>Thanks for being my friend
>

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>Subject: Live!
>
>This has been around but it is well worth reading many times!
>
>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 gasp 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 hips 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?
>
>You better slow down. Don't dance so fast. Time is short. The music won't
>last.
>
>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"?
>
>You'd better slow down. Don't dance so fast. Time is short. The music won't
>last. When you run so fast to get somewhere, you miss half the fun of
>getting there.
>
>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.
>
>Thanks for being my friend
>
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