- From: Shorty, "Take a Moment
to Read This" (excerpt)
"WE MIGHT AS WELL DANCE!"
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 you favorite television show?
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..."
Because people nowadays 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."
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.
To those I have sent this to... I care for you & cherish our friendship.
"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we
might as well dance!"
"WE MIGHT AS WELL DANCE!"
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 you favorite television show?
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..."
Because people nowadays 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."
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.
To those I have sent this to... I care for you & cherish our friendship.
"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we
might as well dance!"
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