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Gail is from Boulder. I have been getting this for years..she's a doll..both she and the hubby are HCV..not sure on the status now but I love reading this stuff every morning. If your interested you can e-mail her to add youDizzyrizzy@... wrote: From: Dizzyrizzy@...Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 08:21:29 ESTSubject: MORNING COFFEEDizzyrizzy@... IF I KNEW If I

knew it would be the last time That I'd see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep. If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more. If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise, I would video tape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day. If I knew it would be the last time, I could spare an extra minute to stop and say "I love you," instead of assuming you would KNOW I do. If I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day, Well I'm sure you'll have so many more, so I can let just this one slip away. For surely there's always tomorrow to make up for an oversight, and we always get a second chance to make everything just right. There will always be another day

to say "I love you," And certainly there's another chance to say our "Anything I can do?" But just in case I might be wrong, and today is all I get, I'd like to say how much I love you and I hope we never forget. Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike, And today may be the last chance you get to hold your loved one tight. So if you're waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today? For if tomorrow never comes, you'll surely regret the day, That you didn't take that extra time for a smile, a hug, or a kiss and you were too busy to grant someone, what turned out to be their one last wish. So hold your loved ones close today, and whisper in their ear, Tell them how much you love them and that you'll always hold them dear Take time to say "I'm sorry," "Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay." And if tomorrow never comes, you'll have no

regrets about today. Thanks Starlingtime Enjoying All That Is by Marie T. Life can be stressful. It can and does present challenges. It also brings pleasures and laughter, as well as sadness and tears. Life is an amalgam of all of the emotions and experiences available to us. Sometimes these experiences we accept with joy, others we want to run from and hide, others just plain bore us or aggravate us "to death".Interesting expression "bored to death". Or how about someone being a "pain in the neck"? Or those people that "drive you crazy"? We are so used to using and hearing these expressions that we may not even realize what we are really

saying. That "pain in the neck" person or job that we keep referring to then translates into those tight aching shoulders, the recurrent headache, or that back pain. The person who "drives you crazy" shows up in the stress and tension in your face and life. Yet, who decides that the person is a "pain in the neck", or "drives you crazy" or that something is "boring us to death"? We do.I remember as a child standing at the window at my home in Northern Canada during the cold winter days and repeating my "favorite saying" at the time: "It's boring here." Yet in retrospect, I see that it was only boring becauseI chose to stand at the window bemoaning my

fate, rather than choose to do something else. The winter was simply being itself. I was the one who was choosing to have my life be boring by resisting the winter and not looking for ways to enjoy it.In the same way, the person that we have "branded" a pain in the neck, is only being themselves. Yes, we may disagree with how they think. Yes, they may be inconsiderate of others. Yes, they may be rude and obnoxious. But, we have a choice -- we can decide they are a "pain in the neck", or a "poor unhappy soul". We decide how we will see them. We can decide they are the fruit (a

sour one perhaps) of an unhappy dysfunctional family and thus are taking all their anger and fears out on the people around them. It doesn't make their behavior "right", but it makes our attitude become one of compassion rather than anger and blame.Our whole life is about choices. We get up in the morning. We choose whether we will be grumpy, quiet, joyful, energetic, etc. You might say you don't have a choice, you are tired all the time. Yet, how do we get tired? Perhaps by staying up late watching TV. Or perhaps we are working two jobs so we can afford yet another new car, new dress, new TV, new and improved whatever. Or perhaps we are tired because we are constantly complaining about our life and the people in it. All the choices we make every moment of the day add up to the way we are living our lives.If you come to my house you will see that I am not a very "spic and span" housekeeper. That is because of my choices -- in the evening and on the weekends when I am not working, I often choose to relax rather than scrub floors. That is my choice. Other people, on the other hand, choose to have a spotless house, a spotless dog, a spotless life, and then complain about being tired and not having any time for themselves. It is all

a choice.The most important choice we make every day is whether we'll be happy or disgruntled about the life we live. Whatever we do, we always have that choice. Even the person working for a minimum wage at some fast food place has a choice about whether to enjoy her work and treat customers with a smile and a joyful presentation, or to be grumpy and begrudge every moment spent at the low paying job. While the low paying job is a fact, the attitude we choose is variable. We can choose to enjoy the moment -- even though looking forward to a "better" day and a better job -- and make the best of what we have at the moment.Anytime we choose to be bitchy, grumpy, or moody, all we do is make matters worse -- as I did as a moody and bored child in front of the window. The more we say our life is terrible, the more we feel it is terrible, the more we act as if it is terrible, and the more it becomes terrible. The opposite is also true. The more we act as if we enjoy being alive, the more joy therecomes into and out of our life, and the more we will enjoy being alive.In our society, we seem to have shifted our focus from enjoying what we have, to focusing on what we don't have. and wanting more and more and more. Whether what we want is more "stuff", or more love, or more time, or more joy, or more beauty,

or more health, we still are focusing on what we don't have. Advertising messages encourage us, or should I say push us, in thatdirection. You "need" and must have that new car, that new vacuum cleaner, that new TV, that new whatever. Whatever it is you have now is passé, out of date, not as good as the new and improved version. Whatever it is you have now is not good enough and must be replaced by something else that will bring you more joy, more sex, more love, more money, more comfort, more success.It's always about more. Except that we forget that all this behavior also brings into our lives more stress, more pressure, more debts, more "stuff" to take care of, more "stuff" to worry about.Maybe it's time to stop wanting more of anything and simply start appreciating what we have. Have you heard the story about the man who bemoaned the fact he had no shoes until he met the man who had no feet? Perhaps we need to start looking at how blessed we are with what we have now. Perhaps we need to realize that we have more than enough, and start looking around at those who have less than enough. Perhaps we need to balance the scales and start giving from our opulence rather than wanting more and more.Perhaps this

Thanksgiving (and every day of our lives) we can focus on everything that we have, and be grateful and appreciative of what we have. So many people in the world don't have one tenth of what we have. We live in 3 and 4 bedroom houses. Others live 10 people to a room. We eat three meals a day and plenty of snacks in between. Others don't have enough to keeptheir children from starvation. We have closets full and overflowing with clothes we don't wear -- others wear rags.You might say, you have worked hard for all these things. This is true. But, many of us no longer enjoy our life, because we are so busy keeping up with our bills. Many of us forget to appreciate the sunshine and the birds singing because we are so stressed

running from job to market to home. Many of us are so wrapped up in a "successful life" that we forget that personal success lies in inner peace, love for the people around us, and a feeling of security in our heart.Perhaps as we become more "appreciative beings" instead of "wanting more beings" we will find the peace and happiness that we have been searching for. There is a small step you can take right now that will put you on the path toward your most treasured desire. No matter how ambitious your goal may be, you already have the ability to move toward it. The direction in which you're moving is much more important than the speed at which you're going. Rather than waiting for later when you might could go faster, start moving right now toward whatever you most desire. Even the small steps each bring you one step closer. Even the small efforts will build your momentum. What do you desire to achieve more than anything in the world? Whatever it is, you can

begin moving toward it this very day. As soon as you take that first step, the achievement has already begun to become real. Continue on the path you've set for yourself, step after step, day after day, and your commitment will make the achievement come to life. Think of how great it will feel to be solidly on your way to achieving whatever you have decided to achieve. Then experience that great feeling right here and now as you take that first step, and move forward into the future you've chosen. Ralph Marston Before you click on the REMOVE ME LINKPlease make sure this mailing came directly from me and was not a forwarded message :)Please Add me to Morning Coffee Please Remove me from Morning Coffee Bayla 'C' It! Treat It! Defeat It!

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