[Ravensfort] Something to think about

[L T]

Thanks for the Post Lady Juliana!

Sometimes we all need to be reminded of what really matters.

My condolences to you and your mother and your family.

Lorraine 

--- TXLADYJULIANA <TXLADYJULIANA at mail.ev1.net> wrote:

> I know that we do not normally post stuff like this to the list, however my Dad died on June 13,
> 2005 and the wisdom of is so true. He died very suddenly even though his health has not been
> good for some years.
>  
> Dianna
> 
> 
> 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?
> 
> 
> MS>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 Steve 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!"   
> 
> 
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