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Something To Think About
Topic Started: Sep 11 2006, 11:38 PM (113 Views)
wolfgoddess
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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... that I wanted to write "One of these days".

I would regret and feel sad, because I didn't say to my brother and sisters,son and daughters, 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.


If you got this, it's because someone cares for you and because, probably, there's someone you care about. If you're too busy to send this out to other people and you say to yourself that you will send it " One of these days" , remember that "One day" is far away... or might never come...
No matter if you're superstitious or not, spend some time reading it.
It holds useful messages for the soul.
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JohnMaier
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To put it another way: "Be Present to the Moment". Do what needs to be done, Now! And if right now you need to goof-off and spend time on the compputer--do it to the fullest, and enjoy the experience. The work will still be there later.
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Wisdom never fights, it waits patiently, sees benefit in everything and envisions a future of abundance...knowing that all needs will be met at the right moment, in the right way.
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mychrissy
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Very nice Karen, thanks for posting it. I do remember to tell people I am close to, I love them. I'm very happy to say my son and daughter tell me that all the time even though they call me Mommy Dearest. :fryingpan:

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goof-off and spend time on the compputer--do it to the fullest
Seems like a lot of us do that. :)
Chrissy

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