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 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?

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
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.


It's National Friendship and Family 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!"

beautiful miss mo...





((((((((((((moreana)))))))))))))))

Morena, thank you for that! that is the nicest thing I have read in a
very long time...you left me in tears. I know exactly to whom my phone
call would be.

Thank you

Connie

Very beautiful...makes you think of how many things you have passed
up((((((((((((Morena))))))))))

when my doctor told me that I had cancer, I started to think about all
of this things, and make me realize, that I should make a change in my
life,,

Im sharing this with you my friends, and hope you can take a look at
this!!!

love ya!!

Yes, Americans are too overscheduled
and busy.

We should be more like Europeans.

They take their time when eating out.

They aren't in a rush all the time.

They make time for family.

I agree Morena...im having health issues too and I have actually slowed
down and enjoyed more time with my kids. I've got surgery july 13th and
they are going to check me for endometriosis and remove a cyst. Also
check for other problems at the same time. Everyone's heard the saying
Stop and smell the roses....take a minute to smell them and see the
wonderful works that God put on our planet.

This is beautiful, Mo. Thank you for sharing. I know just who I should
be calling. Thank you!!

Beautiful and soooooooo true...Seize the moment!!!!!!!


((((((Morena)))))))

I actually enjoyed reading that one. And you're %100 correct! Life
really is too short to be passing up the little things that mean the
most, not just to us, but to other people as well.It made me thimk about
some of the mistakes I made and the reasons I made them. You get an A+
from me.........

Morena...

Thank you so much for sharing this...it was eautiful!!!