The following is a message once sent to me by my own sister...Considering what we've been through recently, I thought it was appropriate and very fitting to share it now.

A Special Teacher

I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago whose husband
unexpectedly 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, "Before 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 God's way of telling
us that we must 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 doesn't have to be something you see - it could be a scent-perhaps
of freshly baked bread wafting out of someone's 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. We must make
it important to notice them, for at any time... it can all be taken away.

"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. So I hope you 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 didn't do.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments
that take our breath away.

Amen
Love your sister

'or as our brother so pointedly likes to put it,

Get busy living.....'Or get busy dying!
let's get on with it folks!

- LED

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