Life....

[dwinkjr]

I recieved this in an email this morning from a friend. Thought I would share it with all my Brothers and Sisters here on Worthy. Enjoy and God Bless.

Dave

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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 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 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 m! y '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 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? 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"?

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.

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.

To those I have sent this to... I LOVE you &cherish our friendship.

"Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance."

[ayin jade]

Im sorry, but I have to add this comment I once heard years ago............

Even if you win the rat race, you are still a rat.

[dwinkjr]

Im sorry, but I have to add this comment I once heard years ago............

Even if you win the rat race, you are still a rat.

LOL i love that Ayin.... Added to my list of quotes lol..

God Bless,

Dave

[papasangel]

Good article.

If I had only one day of life left I would want to spend it with family and good friends here on worthy. As many of you all know I have had some minor health problems the past few years and lots of challenges. But I do have to admit since my last heart attack I have been thinking about what is really important in my life and that is family, friends and winning souls over to Jesus. Now some would chide me and tell me that God should be first. And He is I just consider Him my Father of my family. :hug:

[dwinkjr]

Well I am one who is always in a hurry, so this was a nice reminder for me.

God Bless,

Dave

[Kabowd]

This thread reminded me of a song I wrote about a year ago, thought I'd post it:

Life Is Short

Don't worry it will be alright

Don't cry, He's gonna hold you tight

Don't let your joy be stolen away

Life is too short to waste one day

(Chorus)

So run like the wind

Laugh with a friend

Everything good you should taste

Let go of the pain

Dance in the rain

Life is too short to waste

Don't fear the choices you must make

He's there with every step you take

Don't let your peace be swept away

Life is too short to waste one day

(Bridge)

It's a vapor, a breath

It's slips away so fast

Don't waste it on sorrow

Don't let it pass

Sieze every moment

Let your heart focus on

Every gift that He's given

before it's all gone

Don't miss a thing, take it all in

There's so many blessings yet to begin

Don't live in the past, live for today

And when it's all done you can say...

(Chorus 2)

I ran like the wind

I laughed with a friend

I loved like my heart couldn't break

I let go of the pain

I danced in the rain

I lived...and I didn't waste one day