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kind of bikinimomish but true...
>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. I have clothes
>in the dryer. 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 North 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 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?
>
>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.
>
>"Life may not be the party we hoped for . but while we are here we might as
>well dance!"
>
>I "HOPE YOU DANCE"
dont think theres anything in this that doesnt apply to me, except i dont have kids yet.
>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. I have clothes
>in the dryer. 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 North 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 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?
>
>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.
>
>"Life may not be the party we hoped for . but while we are here we might as
>well dance!"
>
>I "HOPE YOU DANCE"
dont think theres anything in this that doesnt apply to me, except i dont have kids yet.
