[GCFL-discuss] Scheduling headaches

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Sister Jaqi really out-did herself on this one. It's beautiful. She has a
wonderful family to inspire this kind of thoughts. I'm glad  know them.
Siarlys
From: "Jacquelyn.D.Wright at usdoj.gov" <Jacquelyn.D.Wright at usdoj.gov>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 09:10:46 -0400 (EDT)
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 anything?

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 my 'seize the moment' friend, she is open to adventu!
re  and available for trips She keeps an open mind on new ideas. Her en 
thusiasm 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 cherish our friendship.

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