TAKE
HOLD OF EVERY MOMENT
A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer
and picked up a silk paper wrapped package:
"This, - he said - isn't any ordinary
package."
He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk
paper and the box.
"She got this the first time we went to New York, 8
or 9 years ago. She has never put it on. Was saving it for a
special occasion.
Well, I guess this is it. He got near
the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothings he
was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died.
He turned to me and said:
"Never save something for a special occasion. Every
day in your life is a special occasion".
I still think those
words changed my life.
Now I read more and clean less.
I sit on the porch without worrying about anything.
I spend more time with my family, and less at work.
I understood that life should be a source of experience to be
lived up to, not survived through.
I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day. I'll
wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if i feel
like it.
I don't save my special perfume for special occasions,
I use it whenever I want to. The words "Someday..." and "One
Day..." are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth
seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now. I
don't know what my friend's wife would have done if
she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can
tell. I think she might have called her relatives and
closest friends.
She might call old friends to make peace over
past quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for
Chinese, her favourite food. It's these small things that I would
regret not doing, if I knew my time had come.
I would regret it, because I would no longer see the
friends I would meet, letters... letters that i wanted to
write "One of this days".
I would regret and feel sad, because
I didn't say to my brothers and sons, not times enough
at least, how much I love them.
Now, I try not to delay,
postpone or keep anything that could bring laughter and joy
into our lives.
And, on each morning, I say to myself that
this could be a special day.
Each day, each hour, each
minute, is special.
If you got this, it's because someone
cares for you and because, probably, there's someone you
care about.
If you're too busy to send this out to other
people and you say to yourself that you will send it "One of
these days", remember that "One day" is far away... or might
never come...
This TANTRA came from India. No matter
if you're superstitious or not, spend some time reading it.
It
holds useful messages for the soul.
Don't keep this message.
This Tantra must leave
your hands within 96 hours.
Send copies and watch what goes on
in the next four days.
You'll have a pleasent
surprise.
This is true, even if you're not
superstitious.
Now, here's the fun of it:
send this message to
at
least 5 people and you're life improves.
0-4 people: your
life improves slightly.
5-9 people: your life
imnproves according to your expectations!
9-14 people: you'll
have at least 5 surprises in the next 3 weeks.
15 or
more people: your life improves drastically and your dreams start
to take shape.