Seize The Moment

I have a friend who lives by a three-word 

philosophy: Seize the moment. Just possibly, she 

may be the wisest woman on this planet.

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 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 going to lunch in a half hour?"  

                         She would gasp and stammer, "I can't."

Check one:
"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 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 hips 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.

~Author Unknown

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