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From: mamahoogie
Date: 04-05-2004, 07:06 PM (1 of 9)
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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 favourite: "It's Monday." ...She died a few years ago. We never did have lunch together. Because we all cram so much into our 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. I've decided to live forever - so far, so good.
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User: mamahoogie
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From: shirleyp
Date: 04-05-2004, 07:28 PM (2 of 9)
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There would never be enough words to say how true this is. I am one that needs to do this more often. |
User: shirleyp
Member since: 02-12-2002 Total posts: 352 
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 04-05-2004, 07:34 PM (3 of 9)
such true words....I learned at an early age, there may never be a tomorrow....so I always live for the now....it's a great place to be !!!
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: bren
Date: 04-05-2004, 07:58 PM (4 of 9)
At one time!!! I needed a day's notice!!!! but as I get older ...I realised it's not worth giving up company of a good friend because I have a hair out of place, or I don't have my dusting done . I'm getting better at it... and it's alot more fun. 
Bren:
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User: bren
Member since: 11-30-2002 Total posts: 489 
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From: dmoses
Date: 04-05-2004, 08:35 PM (5 of 9)
Thanks mamahoogie. So true! 
Take care,
Donna |
User: dmoses
Member since: 02-22-2002 Total posts: 964 
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From: Mother in Law
Date: 04-05-2004, 11:34 PM (6 of 9)
| Mama You just gave me reason not to go on this diet LOL Nah I'll feel better not eating that Blue Bell ice cream. ROFL |
User: Mother in Law
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From: MariLynnTX
Date: 04-17-2004, 01:36 PM (7 of 9)
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I was 77 on April 5 and I think I can truthfully say I have never in my life turned down an invitation to stop whatever I was doing and go have coffee or lunch unless I was incapacitated (like when I spent 9 months in a wheelchair after a bad accident) or in the hospital! And I have NEVER regretted it...to me, time spent with friends is always time well spent. The things that are really necessary always get done some time and the things that don't get done were not really necessary, compared with visiting with a friend. MariLynntx
Life is a song...we give it harmony or dissonance.
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User: MariLynnTX
Member since: 08-13-2001 Total posts: 256 |
From: paroper
Date: 04-17-2004, 08:03 PM (8 of 9)
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My sister and I never really got along very well. A few years ago, during a terrible ice storm, only two days before Christmas, we were drawn to the same hospital to sign papers and wait while our mother (whom we thought was dying) underwent a serious operation. For the first time in my memory, we laughed and talked and really had a wonderful time...the best time of our lives together. My mother survived the operation and lived another 3 years. My 55 year old sister, the next day, leaving CCU after a visit to my mom's side, collasped and died in the hospital parking lot of an aeortic aneurism. You never know when time will run out.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: MariLynnTX
Date: 04-18-2004, 08:56 PM (9 of 9)
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Pam, you are so right...you never know what will happen, so always go with what your heart tells you is right. You will always treasure that good time with your sister. MariLynntx
Life is a song...we give it harmony or dissonance.
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User: MariLynnTX
Member since: 08-13-2001 Total posts: 256 |
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