There are so many things out there today that cause us stress in our lives. Our alarms wake us up with a jolt - our first moment of stress. We rush around all day long trying to keep up with the kids, the bills, the competition and the Jones'.
Then we deal with the evening fusses. Kids' homework, laundry, dinner, cleaning the house, making sure everything's ready so we can get up and do it again tomorrow.
I wonder, sometimes, how many of us sit down and read what we forward on in our emails and our 'bulletins'. I wonder if our minds are really on what we're sending out, or if we're barely noticing what's before us, barely registering the meaningful messages that come our way.
Della, a new friend of mine, passed this on in a bulletin and I feel it deserves much much more than that. This is one of the more important messages I've seen in a long time. I just hope that those who read it will actually register it's meaning.
Without further ado:
MOMENTS IN LIFE
There are moments in life when you miss someone
so much that you just want to pick them from
your dreams and hug them for real!
When the door of happiness closes, another opens;
but often times we look so long at the
closed door that we don't see the one,
which has been opened for us.
Don't go for looks; they can deceive.
Don't go for wealth; even that fades away.
Go for someone who makes you smile,
because it takes only a smile to
make a dark day seem bright.
Find the one that makes your heart smile.
Dream what you want to dream;
go where you want to go;
be what you want to be,
because you have only one life
and one chance to do all the things
you want to do.
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,
enough trials to make you strong,
enough sorrow to keep you human and
enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily
have the best of everything;
they just make the most of
everything that comes along their way.
The brightest future will always
be based on a forgotten past;
you can't go forward in life until
you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying
and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end,
you're the one who is smiling and everyone
around you is crying.
Please send this message to those people
who mean something to you
to those who have touched your life in one way or another;
to those who make you smile when you really need it;
to those who make you see the
brighter side of things when you are really down;
to those whose friendship you appreciate;
to those who are so meaningful in your life.
Bless You My Friend.