Will you Dance?

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READ THIS VERY SLOWLY.... AND REALLY THINK ABOUT IT. .

If you pass it on to others, please remove my information.

Will You 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. It is a

work in progress.

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 television? Is that program really that

important? I'm guilty and I'm going to try to fix that, another work in

progress.

I cannot count the times my Mom called me on

Saturdays and just wanted to talk. I was always way too busy to give her the

time I should have. She died a few years ago. Now I only get to hear her voice

on a couple of old voicemails I saved. I keep re-saving them over and over. I

anguish over those lost moments.

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!

Hey! We'll go back home and visit with family

when we find the time. 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. Do we ever find the time? It's elusive. Then it just might be too

late.

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.'

My lips have not touched a big ole juicy

hamburger in a long long time! I love them.. 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 one. If my car had hit a semi 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 run out in the rain

with reckless abandon? I have. I was fun! I got wet and my hair got all

thrashed, but it was fun! Ever followed a dragonfly's erratic flight or gazed

at the sun into the fading night? Ever laid on the ground and watched the wispy

clouds dance across the blue sky imagining something special in each cloud? Do

you run through each day on the fly? When you ask ' How are you?' Do you hear

the reply? Do you care what the reply is?

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 or her sorrow? You

can't take back those times..ever! 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.

To those I have sent this to... I cherish our

love and 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!