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Title: For The CH Family, Please Read Post by KingOfPain on Jan 27th, 2003, 12:06am I have modified my post to eliminate any confusion, I guess I should have put this at top to begin with instead of the bottom. I now have (see below **). I did not write this (profound thoughts), wish I had, it is good. ** Someone sent this to me, I wanted to share it with everyone. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Profound Thoughts 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? I cannot count the times I called my sister and said, "How about going to lunch in a half hour?" She would gasp 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. It's National Friendship Week. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thank you, CH friends. KingOfPain |
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Title: Re: For The CH Family, Please Read Post by tgz23 on Jan 27th, 2003, 1:24am Very true, Well said :) :) :) |
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Title: Re: For The CH Family, Please Read Post by gnfb on Jan 27th, 2003, 2:40am or Carpe Diem carpe diem: Usually explained, according to popular ideas of Epicurian philosophy, as - Enjoy the present day; but capable of higher interpretation - Seize the present opportunity; improve time. |
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Title: Re: For The CH Family, Please Read Post by suzy617 on Jan 27th, 2003, 6:03am Thank you King, well put. Its true most of the time we just go about our daily lives doing what we must, such as work, chores, paying bills, etc. Many times I think to myself, God, I hated this week, I did so many things I didnt want to do but had to, like a machine, just kept on moving on. We should all stop, sit back and think of one thing to do that we dont have to but WANT to do. So maybe I will take today off work, blow all my bill money on clothes then buy a plane ticket to aruba...(ok, its also nice to dream)... Have a good day, suzy |
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Title: Re: For The CH Family, Please Read Post by ZAIRA on Jan 27th, 2003, 7:27am VERY...VERY... TRUE...THANK YOU KING! Zaira :-* |
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Title: Re: For The CH Family, Please Read Post by catlind on Jan 27th, 2003, 1:59pm My purpose in my life is to reach the day of my death with no regrets. Difficult yes, impossible no. I just drove 1000 miles round trip to see my 83 year old grandmother and my brother and his family. They had no time for me even though they knew I was coming. My father died after I was supposed to make one of those 1000mile round trips and didn't because of alittle snow. I think twice before I say no to anything. I promise and hold my promise, my word is my bond. On my website you will see a slide show of a short trip to the Atlantic ocean, in which myself and my children literally frolicked in the ocean. It was a memory I will keep forever. An opportunity seized and loved by all. King, thank you for sharing a treasure. Lets hope we all see the value of it before regretting would have should have could have. And let us all be wise enough to know when the regret is a figment of our imagination and forgive ourselves for errors of the past. Cat |
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Title: Re: For The CH Family, Please Read Post by firebrix on Jan 27th, 2003, 3:24pm Thanx KingOfPain! Good wake up call. Its not just Americans though - who cram so much into life - We Kiwis are much the same. So glad you enjoyed the ice cream! firebrix |
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Title: Re: For The CH Family, Please Read Post by cerebus on Jan 27th, 2003, 6:51pm HEAR HEAR!!!!!!! Cerebus |
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Title: Re: For The CH Family, Please Read Post by Linda_Howell on Jan 27th, 2003, 7:35pm I'm here... Linda |
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