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Note: I received this in
my email, and don't know who the author is, but I feel it is good advice for of
us all who tend to be to 'too busy'.
It goes like this:
I have a friend who lives by a three-word philosophy: "Seize the moment."
Just possibly, she may be the wisest woman on this planet.
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."
Check one:
"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 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 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.
Author Unknown
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