Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we

should dance....

Got sick of all these forwards awhile back...but this one is pretty good.


>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 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 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 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?
>>
>>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.