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To E and all my other clusterbuds...
« on: Dec 6th, 2002, 10:17am » |
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To E, because I don't want to go another moment without apologizing for inadvertently hurting you. You must know that I never meant to.
To the rest of my Clusterbuds...this was sent to me by a friend and I think it is a wonderful way to look at life.
TAKE HOLD OF EVERY MOMENT
A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package:
"This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package."
He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.
"She got this the first time we went to New York, 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on. Was saving it for a special occasion.
Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died. He turned to me and said:
"Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion".
I still think those words changed my life.
Now I read more and clean less.
I sit on the porch without worrying about anything.
I spend more time with my family, and less at work.
I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through. I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day. I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if i feel like it.
I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to. The words "Someday..." and "One Day..." are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now. I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell. I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.
She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favorite food. It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come.
I would regret it, because I would no longer see the friends I would meet, letters... letters that i wanted to write "One of this days".
I would regret and feel sad, because I didn't say to my brothers and sons, not times enough at least, how much I love them.
Now, I try not to delay, postpone or keep anything that could bring laughter and joy into our lives.
And, on each morning, I say to myself that this could be a special day.
Each day, each hour, each minute, is special.
Sherry
Just want you all to know that, even though I don't know you, you are all special to me.
Enjoy!
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Re: To E and all my other clusterbuds...
« Reply #1 on: Dec 6th, 2002, 10:32am » |
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Good morning Sherry. Good to see ya.
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Stay stressed. Never relax. Never sleep. Ever.
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Re: To E and all my other clusterbuds...
« Reply #2 on: Dec 6th, 2002, 8:00pm » |
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Sherry, You have not hurt me. I can not think of anyone on this board that has hurt me. You are a sweet person. I have no problem with you nor is there anything for you or anyone else here to apologize for to me.
Your post here so sweet. I know how you feel. There are many I have not met and they are just as special as the ones I have met. All of you mean a lot to me.
Have a good night
Hugs
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