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Just do it!
> 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 Roller
> blades 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 butter fly'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 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!
> 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 Roller
> blades 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 butter fly'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 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!
