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 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. 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 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. =20

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. =20

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? =20 Ever followed a butterfly's
erratic flight or gazed at the sun into the = fading night? =20

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? =20 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. =20

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.

Thanks for being my friends.

Well said Mr. Burr

I just got to enjoy a a nice hail storm and the sun is out again as if
nothing had happened S.

"Strength and Honor"



"Burr" wrote in message
...
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 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. 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 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. =20

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. =20

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? =20 Ever followed a butterfly's
erratic flight or gazed at the sun into the = fading night? =20

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? =20 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. =20

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.

Thanks for being my friends.