(Fwd) FW: good article

[Guest guest]

READ THIS VERY SLOWLY... IT'S PRETTY PROFOUND.

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.

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 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?

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? 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 Week.

Show your friends how much you care.

Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND.

Author Unknown

Don

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