Story of Life

[Judy Harder]

Story of Life
>>>>
>>>>Lisa Beamer on Good Morning America -
>>>>If you remember, she's the wife of Todd Beamer who said 'Let's Roll!'
>>>> and helped
>>>>take down the plane over Pennnsylvania that was heading for
>>>> Washington,DC back
>>>>on 9/11.
>>>>
>>>>She said it's the little things that she misses most about Todd, such
>>>> as hearing
>>>>the garage door open as he came home, and her children running to
>>>> meet him.
>>>>She's now the Mom of a beautiful little girl, Mary.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Lisa recalled this story:
>>>>
>>>>"I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago whose
>>>> husband 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, '
>>>> 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 the power'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.
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>If you enjoyed reading this, please share it with someone,
>>>>if not just delete it and go on with your life!
>>>>Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the
>>>> moments that
>>>>take our breath away."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY and BETTER DAY TOMORROW!!
>>>>May GOD Bless you every day of your life
>>>
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