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 favorite 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.

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