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?
Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go round
Or listened to 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?
You'd better slow down Don't dance so fast
Time is short The music won't last.
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
To call and 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.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
[ Author Unknown -- from 'Aiken Drum' (Aiken@AikensLaughs.com) ]
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