ENJOY LIFE! ITS SHORTER THAN WE THINK AND SWEETER THAN WELL EVER KNOW IF WE PAY ATTENTION: > Lisa Beamer on Good Morning America - > If you remember, shes the wife of Todd Beamer who said Lets Roll! and > helped take down the plane over Pennsylvania that was heading for > Washington , DC back on 9/11. > > She said its the little things that > she misses most about Todd, such as hearing the garage door open as he > came home, and her children running to meet him. > > Lisa recalled this > story: > I had a very special teacher in high > school many years ago whose husband died suddenly of a heart > attack. > About a week after his death, she > shared some of her insight with a classroom of students. > As the late afternoon sunlight came > streaming in through the classroom windows and the class was nearly over, > she moved a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat down > there. > > With a gentle look of reflection on > her face, she paused and said, Class is over. I would like to share with > all of you, a thought that is unrelated to class, but which I feel is very > important. > Each of us is put here on earth to > learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves. None of us knows > when this fantastic experience will end. > It can be taken away at any > moment. > Perhaps this is heavens way of > telling us that we should make the most out of every single > day. > Her eyes, beginning to water, she > went on, So I would like you all to make me a promise. From now on, on > your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to > notice. > It doesnt have to be something you > see, it could be a scent, perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out of > someones house, or it could be the sound of the breeze slightly rustling > the leaves in the trees, or the way the morning light catches one autumn > leaf as it falls gently to the ground. Please look for these things, and > cherish them. > For, although it may sound trite to > some, these things are the stuff of life - The little things we are put > here on earth to enjoy... The things we often take for > granted. > > The class was completely quiet. We > all picked up our books and filed out of the room silently. That > afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had > that whole semester. > Every once in a while, I think of > that teacher and remember what an impression she made on all of us, and I > try to appreciate all of those things that sometimes we all > overlook. > > Take notice of something special you > see on your lunch hour today. Go barefoot. Or walk on the beach at sunset. > Stop off on the way home tonight to get a double dip ice cream cone. For > as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret, but the > things we didnt do. > > If you like this, please pass it on > to a friend, if not just delete it and go on with your > life! > -- ~HAVING SOME PLACE TO GO IS HOME, ~HAVING SOMEONE TO LOVE IS FAMILY, ~HAVING BOTH IS GODS BLESSING.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 02:55:37 +0000
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