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 people 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? > > 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 Canadians 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." > < BR>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. > > > "Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we > might as well dance!"
