Random Ramblings

Stop and Smell the Roses

My friend Tara forwarded this to me today, and I thought I would share it with you. Keep things in perspective...ya know?

READ THIS VERY SLOWLY. . . . . . IT'S PRETTY PROFOUND.
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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.
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>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?
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>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.
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>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!
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>We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we get Stevie toilet-trained.
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>We'll entertain when we replace the living-room carpet.
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>We'll go on a second honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.
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>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."
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>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.
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>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..
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>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?
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>Make sure you read this to the end; you will understand why I sent this
>to you.
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>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?
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>Do you run through each day on the fly? When you ask "How are you?"
>Do you hear the reply?
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>When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred
>chores running through your head?
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>Ever told your child, "We'll do it tomorrow." And in your haste, not see
>his sorrow?
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>Ever lost touch? Let a good friendship die? Just call to say "Hi"?
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>When you worry and hurry through your day! ay, 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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>It's National Friendship Week. Show your friends how much you care. Send
>this to everyone you consider a FRIEND. If it comes back to you, then
>you'll know you have a circle of friends.
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>Thanks for being my friend.
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>Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in
>spirit...For without being seen, they are present with you.