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Religions > Bible |
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"Ninure Saunders" |
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26 Oct 2004 08:02:39 AM |
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(~) Seize the moment. |
(~) Seize the moment.
This is an oldie but a goodie. Enjoy!
I have a friend who lives by a three-word philosophy: Seize the moment.
Just possibly, she may be the wisest woman on this planet. 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 people out there will eat at home because their spouse 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." Check one:
"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
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 had 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 do -- not just
something on your SHOULD DO list.
~~Author Unknown By Me~~
Ninure Saunders aka Rainbow Christian
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