Valentines Day, Just some thoughts.....

Read this slowly, and let it sink in....

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.

To those I have sent this  to... I LOVE you & cherish our friendship.

"Life may not be the party we hoped for...  but  while we are here we
might as well dance!"
 

Happy Valentines Day!!