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~ Don’t Dance So Fast…~
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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 we 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 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 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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