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i'm sharing this with anyone who cares to read it...a friend told me he thought it was very cool and that maybe those that aren't in my friends group might could read it and...get something from it...so...here it is....


journal entry 2/13/08:

the following was given to me by a dear friend many many years ago. my friend is not the author, she found it in a book. i have kept it with me thru many moves...i keep it on the fridge amongst the pictures, receipes and other little tidbits of inspiration. i was feeling....funky last nite. not sad, not happy. it was raining hard, lots of thunder, tornado watches out...so maybe the weather fit my mood. the wind felt good & i had all the windows open, yet my doggie was going crazy with the thunder. so it was good, and not so good...anyway, i was standing in front of the fridge, about to shovel food in my face because that's what i do when i'm feeling funky...when the following somehow slipped free of it's peace sign magnet and floated to the floor at my feet. as i reached down to pick it up, it struck me that i hadn't read it in a while. it also struck me that i might want to move it away from the stove - grease stains. yuk. i need to clean now. damn.



so...here it is my friends...my words of wisdom today come from Ms. Nadine Stair - she wrote the following when she was 85...



"If I Had My Life to Live Over "

"I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. I'd relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would take more trips. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I would perhpas have more actual troubles, but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.

You see, I'm one of those people who lives sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I've had my moments and if I had it to do all over again, I'd have more of them. In fact, I'd try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day. I've been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat, and a parachute. If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have.

If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies. "



so...go now...pick daisies...dance barefoot in the grass...barefoot/naked in the rain...give your loved ones, your babies, your doggies, kitties, parents, friends, siblings...neighbors....give them hugs. tell them they are important. that they matter in your life. then...go look at yourself in the mirror...and do the same for yourself. You matter. You are important. And life is short. like Ms Nadine says...relax. dare to make more mistakes - it's ok.



i am off to dance naked in the rain.
Posted on 02/13/08, 01:02 pm