Take Time To Live!

Originally Posted by sudhavnarasimhan

A forward message .....hope you all like it!

Let's all remember to take the time to LIVE!!!!

A man 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 clothing 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... that I wanted to write
"One of these days".
I would regret and feel sad, because I didn't say to my brother and sisters,son and daughters, 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.

hi
thats a heart touching thought provoking message.
s v all shall take each day worth living as if it is the only day for us.
every moment is precious and will never come back live it lively lovingly.
it is these moments that make life meaningful n wonderful.
time lost life lost. enjoy life no adjournments pl

Originally Posted by sudhavnarasimhan

A forward message .....hope you all like it!

Let's all remember to take the time to LIVE!!!!

A man 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 clothing 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... that I wanted to write
"One of these days".
I would regret and feel sad, because I didn't say to my brother and sisters,son and daughters, 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.

hi
thats a heart touching thought provoking message.
s v all shall take each day worth living as if it is the only day for us.
every moment is precious and will never come back live it lively lovingly.
it is these moments that make life meaningful n wonderful.
time lost life lost. enjoy

I have to very much adopt in my life....

But now wot shd i do ? save for rainy day or spend for living the day ??
thinking if we are not going to live tomorw we cant spend everything and make amendmetns isnt it and i just cant think i wont live for tomorw i have so many dreams and i think i wil live to make them all true for tht i need to work hard and those dreams give me more energy to work

Excellent message. Thanks for sharing, sudha. Here is my lines related to this.

காதில்லா ஊசி ஒன்று கடைசி வரை வாராதே
பட்டினத்தார் சொன்னாரே பாட்டில் ஒன்று அப்போதே
எதனைக் கொண்டு நாம் வந்தோம்
எதனைக் கொண்டு போகின்றோம்
ஓடும் பொன்னும் ஒன்றாய் எண்ணும் இதயம் வேண்டுமே

Regards,

TDU