Nikki send me an email, I've included its message here, its great!

Dear Family and Friends,
Nice lazy sunday, didn't realize time had changed until afternoon. Nikki send me an email with an attachment a few minutes ago. I've included it here, I think its great and plan to adopt its message. How about you?

READ THIS VERY SLOWLY ...IT'S PROFOUND. 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 the calories". From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible!! H ow 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 nothing to you? How often have your kids dropped in to talk and sat in silence while you watched 'Who wants to be a millionaire' 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 we cram so much into our lives, we tend to even 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 Steve 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 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 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 youHave 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 and appreciate all you do. "Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here, we might as well dance!"


-- Best regards,Lori M Gandolfoqueenlmg@gmail.comFreelance BookkeeperFinancial ReportingTax Organization-- Today is a gift...that's why they call it the present

Well what do you think? I've been touched so deeply and so often with your friendship to me. I am continually humbled and amazed when I hear about the readers of this blog. I've not said anything profound yet, but I'll let you in to my reality in many ways. Can we grow wiser, more loving, more aware of others and their plights, suffering, excitements?
I have my life to be very hard at times, enchanted at other times, joyful at times and often worth the experience. More in the days ahead. I need your help in new ways and I love hearing from you. Sylvia has started me thinking about some new ways to share joy.

Good night my friend,

love

tim