Seize The Moment
Seize the Moment
I have a friend who lives by a three-word philosophy:
"Seize the moment." Just possibly, she may be the wisest
woman on this planet.
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 hips 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?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is
short.
The music won't last.
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"?
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is
short.
The music won't last.
When you run so fast to get somewhere,
you miss half
the
fun of getting there.
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.
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