Den Tracy [ Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 03:42 PM ]
Post subject: Take Hold Of Every Moment
Something that was sent to Micky.
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It has a lot of truth in it.
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Feel free to pass this along. We get caught up in things that we think
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are so important to us, we forget to look at the big picture.
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Here is the story...
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A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer
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and picked up a silk paper wrapped package:
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"This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package."
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He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.
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"She got this the first time we went to New York, 8 or 9
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years ago. She has never put it on; was saving it for a special occasion.
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Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed
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the gift box next to the other clothings he was taking to the funeral
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home. His wife had just died.
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He turned to me and said:
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"Never save something for a special occasion.
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Every day in your life is a special occasion".
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I still think those words changed my life.
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Now I read more and clean less.
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I sit on the porch without worrying about anything.
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I spend more time with my family, and less at work.
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I understood that life should be a source of experience to
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be lived up to, not survived through. I no longer keep anything.
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I use crystal glasses every day. I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket,
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if I feel like it.
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I don't save my special perfume for special occasions,
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I use it whenever I want to. The words "Someday..." and "One Day..."
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are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing,
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I want to see, listen or do it now.
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I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she
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wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell.
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I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.
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She might call old friends to make peace over past
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quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favorite food.
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It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my
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time had come.
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I would regret it, because I would no longer see the friends I would meet,
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letters... letters that I wanted to write "One of these days".
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I would regret and feel sad, because I didn't say to my brothers and sons,
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daughters and sisters, not times enough at least, how much I love them.
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Now, I try not to delay, postpone or keep anything that could bring laughter and joy into our lives..
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And, on each morning, I say to myself that this could be a special day..
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Each day, each hour, each minute, is special.
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If you got this, it's because someone cares for you and because, probably, there's someone you care about.
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If you're too busy to send this out to other people and you say to yourself that you will send it,
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"One of these days" - remember that "one day" is far away... or might never come...
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This TANTRA came from India. No matter if you're superstitious or not, spend some time reading it.
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It holds useful messages for the soul.
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Don't keep this message.
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This Tantra must leave your hands within 96 hours.
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Send copies and watch what goes on in the next four days.
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You'll have a pleasant surprise..
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This is true, even if you're not superstitious.
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Now, here's the fun of it:
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Send this message to at least 5 people and your life improves.
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0-4 people: your life improves slightly.
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5-9 people: your life improves according to your expectations!
tda42 [ Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 10:53 PM ]
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Thank you Den. <img src="https://www.posetteforever.com/images/smiles/smile.gif" alt="" />