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i know i know it is monday.....

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If you read slowly enough, you'll find YOURSELF in this message.READ THIS VERY SLOWLY... IT'S PRETTY PROFOUND.Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because theyHaven't thought about it, don't have it on their schedule, didn't know itWas coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine.I got to thinking one day about all those people on the Titanic who passedUp dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to cut back. From thenOn, I've tried to be a little more flexible.How many women out there will eat at home because their husband didn'tSuggest going out to dinner until after something had been thawed?  Does theWord 'refrigeration' mean nothing to you?How often have your kids dropped in to talk and sat in silence while youWatched 'Jeopardy' on television?I cannot count the times I called my sister and said, 'How about going toLunch in a half hour?' She would gas up and stammer, 'I can't.  I haveClothes on the line.  My hair is dirty.  I wish I had known yesterday, I hadA late breakfast, It looks like rain.'  And my personal favorite:  'It'sMonday.' She died a few years ago. We never did have lunch together.Because people cram so much into their lives, we tend to schedule ourHeadaches.  We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves whenAll the conditions are perfect!We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we get the kid toilet-trained.  We'll entertain when we replace the living-room carpet.  We'll go on aSecond honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.Life has a way of accelerating as we get older.  The days get shorter, andThe list of promises to ourselves gets longer.  One morning, we awaken, andAll 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 andAvailable for trips.  She keeps an open mind on new ideas.  Her enthusiasmFor life is contagious.  You talk with her for five minutes, and you'reReady to trade your bad feet for a pair of Roller blades and skip anElevator for a bungee cord.My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years.  I love ice cream.  It'sJust that I might as well apply it directly to my stomach with a spatula andEliminate the digestive process.  The other day, I stopped the car andBought a triple-Decker.  If my car had hit an iceberg on the way home, IWould have died happy.Now...go on and have a nice day.  Do something you WANT to...not somethingOn your SHOULD DO list. If you were going to die soon and had only one phoneCall 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 toYou.Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go round or listened to theRain lapping on the ground?  Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight orGazed at the sun into the fading night?  Do you run through each day on theFly?  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 choresRunning 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 goodFriendship 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 beforeThe song is over.'Life may not be the party we hoped for...  But while we are here we might as well dance!'