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Hi everyone,

I haven't posted in a while, things have been so busy. I am not one

to post these things but a good friend of mine sent this to me, and I

thought it would be nice to post, it kind of hit home with a few

things for me. So many times I mean to post and don't find the

time. I wanted you all to know that you are in my mind and I am

thinking of you!

Kendra

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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