SHOULDA, WOULDA, COULDA
a friend sent me this and i thought i would pass this along
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 people 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 we cram
so much into our 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
Roller blades 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
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 people 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 we cram
so much into our 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
Roller blades 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
