General Chat

I know it's Friday evening, but I got this from a friend in the States today and wanted to share it.

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 /partner/boyfriend 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 'your favourite show' on television? I cannot count the times I called my friend and said, 'How about going to lunch in a half hour?' She would gas up 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 all try to 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 the youngest 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 we make to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we wake up, 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 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. If you number was looming 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? 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'? 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. Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we're here we may as well dance.. Magi

Well, Maggi, lets hear it then!

Took me ages to get it hooked up Patricia, hope it worked this time Magi

That was pretty good cheers

Certainly food for thought Magi. Jean x.

Well worth the wait Maggi.... Hope it will make people reflect on the importance of being spontanius

makes you stop and think dosnt it? i must admit, i do things on the spur of the moment, i dont care if theres washing up to be done or hairs a mess. it will be there 2moro. life is for living. Jackie x

The irony of it is, I almost didnt take the time to read it... Pleaed 1 did though, Magi

nudge for Dave

what a good one to make you think, life is for living cos you never get another chance

Morning Sarah, little ones get off allright last night? Magi

nudging because we need this