I
Hope You Dance
..!!!This
was written by an
83-year-old woman
to her friend. (received it in my e-mail)

Dear
Bertha .

I'm
reading more and dusting less. I'm
sitting in the yard and admiring the view without
fussing about the weeds
in the garden. I'm
spending more time with my
family and friends and
less time working.Whenever
possible, life should be a pattern
of experiences to savour, not to
endure.

I'm
trying to recognize these
moments now and
cherish them.I'm
not 'saving' anything; we use our good
china and crystal for every special event
such
as
losing a pound, getting the sink unstopped, or
the first Amaryllis
blossom. I
wear my good blazer to the market. My
theory is if I look prosperous, I
can shell
out $28.49 for one small bag of
groceries. I'm
not saving my good perfume
for special parties, but
wearing it for clerks in the hardware store
and tellers at the bank.

'Someday'
and 'one of these days'

are
losing their grip on my vocabulary.

If it's
worth seeing or hearing or doing,I want
to see and hear and do it now !!  

I'm
not sure what others would've done

had
they known they wouldn't be here

for
the tomorrow that we all take for granted. I
think they would have called family
members and
a few close
friends.They
might have called a
few former friends to apologize and mend fences for past squabbles. I
like to
think they would have gone out for a Chinese dinner or for whatever
their favourite food was.

I'm
guessing; I'll never know.
It's
those little things left undone

that
would make me angry if I knew

my
hours were limited.

Angry
because I hadn't written certain letters
that I
intended to write one of these days. Angry
and sorry that I didn't tell my husband and parents often enough how
much I truly love them. 

I'm
trying very hard not to put off,

hold
back, or save anything that
would add laughter and lustre to our
lives.

 And
every morning when I open my eyes,tell
myself that it is special.

Every
day, every minute, every breath truly is a gift from
God!                      

'People
say true friends must always hold hands, but true friends don't need
to hold hands because they know the other hand will always be
there.'

Life
may not be the party we
hoped for,
but while
we are here we might

as
well dance !!