Carpe diem - this is worth reading....

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 whopassed 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'tsuggest going out to dinner until after something had been thawed? Doesthe 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 goingto 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!

*obviously written by an American. It happens more so in Asian countries when people go to work before the crack of dawn and work till veri veri veri late!!!*Pam

We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we get Stevietoilet-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, weawaken, 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 Rollerblades and skip an elevator for a bungee cord.

My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years. I love ice cream. It'sjust 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......notsomething on your SHOULD DO list. If you were going to die soon and hadonly one phone call you could make, who would you call and what wouldyou 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 tothe rain lapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erraticflight or gazed at the sun into the fading night? Do you run througheach 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 hundredchores running through your head? Ever told your child, "We'll do ittomorrow." 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 unopenedgift....Thrown away... Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear themusic before the song is over.

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!"

I might haf sent this email out before, but yeah, this kinda reminder comes at a time when many of us are fighting for time, in this dog-eat-dog world. Very often we wonder where all our time went?
Sadly, I look at some of my friends who are climbing the corporate ladder, or working very very hard. I think until they got so sick of me nagging them liao,surprisingly we still remain friends, and they know I do it out of concern. I love them, and would like to see them .... mebbe enjoy a cuppa coffee or tea together, relaxing, chit chatting, Spending time wif friends or loved ones.cos you neva know...someday either you or the other person, will have to move away, or die... And don't you regret that you didn't make enough time for that person.That's why I cherish every emails or calls that friends make, and utilise our time together. don't wanna regret them.....