"Something To Do Today"
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 think
one day about all those people 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 nothing to you?
How often have your kids or family dropped in to
talk and sat in silence while you watched
'American Idol’ on television?
I cannot count the times I called
my sister and said, "How about going to lunch in a half hour?" She would always have the same excuse, "I can't. I have errands
to run, I don’t have time…
What if I died tomorrow, we would never have that lunch together.
Because society crams 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 but only on special holidays.
We'll entertain when we replace the living-room carpet
or remodel.
However life has a way of accelerating no matter our age because
there is always the unexpected….
The days get shorter, and the
list of promises to ourselves gets longer until 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."
My lips have not touched real food in over 3 years. I love steak, potatoes and even ice cream much like everyone
else but a life with Gastroparesis means 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 piece of hot fudge cake from a local restaurant…. You know
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 the meaning behind this story.
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 someone,
"How are you?" Do you hear the reply?
