Another E-Mail I Have Received - Just Read And Think For A Minute ...

[debris4spike]

A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package:

'This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package.'   He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.

'She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on, was saving it for a special occasion.

Well, I guess this is it.   He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died.

He turned to me and said:   'Never save something for a special occasion. 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.

I sit on the porch without worrying about anything.

I spend more time with my family, and less at work.

I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through.

I no longer keep anything.

I use crystal glasses every day...

I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if I feel like it.

I don't save my special perfume for special occasions; I use it whenever I want to.

The words 'Someday....' and ' One Day...' are fading away from my dictionary.

If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now....

I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell.   I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.   She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels.   I'd like to think she would go ou t for Chinese, her favourite food.

It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come.

Each day, each hour, each minute, is special.

Live for today, for tomorrow is promised to no-one..

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Happy Moments----Praise God

Difficult Moments ---- Seek God

Quiet Moments ---- Worship God

Painful Moments----Trust God Every Moment--- Thank God

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I wish I could focus on these - I tease my mum about this, as she is terrible ... but how often do I forget?

Comments

[jaded-jamie.livejournal.com]

Oh I love this post, muchly :)

[debris4spike]

It is great ... now I just have to remember to do it!

[kudagirl.livejournal.com]

This reminds me of a sign I once gave my mother. It said "A clean house is the sign of a wasted life." Now that didn't mean you shouldn't clean, but that there are many other important things to do with your time. Time spent with loved ones is more important than a sparkling house.

Several years ago I took care of two girls. They were about six and eight years old. Their mother had a perfectly spotless house and worked as well. She would wash her walls each week. My house could never be called spotless. My family lived in our house. One day the girls and I made pies. We had flour all over the kitchen and laughed a great deal. One of the girls said her mommy would never have allowed them in the kitchen to make such a mess. I felt sad for them and their mother. To spend time with your child and make a memory is more important than everything being spotless.

[debris4spike]

I say this to Mum all the time - she actually sent it to me, yet is the worst person for keeping things for tomorrow.

I know she suffers with OCD, but add that to not wanting to use her best things, as she won't have them ... it can be trying (to say the least)

I have a fridge magnet that says "A tidy house is a sign of boredom"

Now that didn't mean you shouldn't clean, but that there are many other important things to do with your time. Time spent with loved ones is more important than a sparkling house.