HI Delma, You are right. We must smell the roses and do what we want while we can. Thank you for this. I will save this because it really makes you think. Again thankyou. Original message:
> Will You Dance With Me? > Will You Dance With Me? > 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. 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 gas up 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 Steve 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 Roller blades 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 butter fly'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. > If it comes back to you, > then you'll know you have a circle of friends. > To those I have sent this to.... I cherish our 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! > -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
