Will You Dance With Me
I
got to thinking one day about all those wom- you ask someone, ' How are you?,' do you really hear
en on the Titanic who passed up dessert at the reply?
dinner that fateful night in an effort to cut Because people cram so much into their lives, we
back on calories. tend to live on a sparse diet of promises we make to
I got to thinking about how many people put off ourselves, or others, but only for when all the condi-
something that brings themselves or others joy, just tions are perfect!
because they don't have time, haven't thought about it BUT, I have a unique 'seize the moment' friend.
and/or are too rigid to depart from their routine. When anyone calls her, she is open to every adventure
I cannot count the times I called a friend of mine and will jump at any chance available for trips, even
and said, 'How about going to lunch in a half hour?' just mention a day trip somewhere close and she will
She would puff beat you to the
up and stammer, car.
'I can't. I have Her enthusi-
clothes in the asm for life is
washer, my hair is contagious. You
dirty, I wish I had talk with her for
known yesterday, five minutes, and
I had a late break- you're ready to
fast, it looks like trade your bad
rain.' And my per- feet for a pair of
sonal favorite: 'It's Roller blades and
Monday.' skip an elevator
She died a few ride for a bungee
years ago. We nev- cord....she is that
er did have lunch way by her own
together. She was choice, she is a
my sister! breast cancer sur-
vivor who refuses
Life has a way to give in.
of accelerating as After spending
we get older. The the day with her
days get shorter, recently, I realized
and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. that my lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years.
One morning, we may awaken, and what we have to I love ice cream. It's just that I might as well apply it
show is a litany of 'I was going to,' 'I planned on it,' directly to my hips and thighs with a spatula and elim-
and 'Someday, when things are settled down a bit I inate the digestive process. That day I stopped the
will..........' car and bought a triple-Decker. If my car had hit an
Ever told your child, 'We'll do it tomorrow.' And in iceberg on the way home, I would have died happy.
your haste, not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch? Let Now...go on and have a nice day. Do something you
a good friendship die? Forgot to call just call to say WANT to......not something on your SHOULD DO
'Hi? list. If you only had a few days to live and had only
Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go one phone call you could make, who would you call
round or listened to the rain lapping on the ground? and what would you say?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight or gazed at And why are you waiting to make that call? Listen-
the sun sliding into the fading night? Hear the music before the song is over!
OR Do you run through each day on the fly? When
'Life can be the party we hoped for..... so
while we are here we might as well dance!'
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