READ THIS VERY SLOWLY.... LISTEN TO YOUR REFLECTIONS
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>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.
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>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?
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>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.
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>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!
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>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.
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>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."
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>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.
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>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.
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>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?
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>Make sure you read this to the end; you will understand why I sent this
>to you.
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>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?
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>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"?
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>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 LOVE you & cherish our friendship.
>
>"Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we
>might as well dance and shake what your mama gave you! (i added that last bit.)