We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we get Steve toilet-trained. We'll entertain when we replace the living-room carpet. We'll go on a second honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.

Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The days get shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we awaken, and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of '"I'm going to," "I plan on," and "Someday, when things are settled down a bit."

Take a Hold of Opportunities and Seize the Moment

When anyone calls my "seize the moment" friend, he is open to adventure and available for trips. He keeps an open mind on new ideas. His enthusiasm for life is contagious. You talk with him for five minutes, and you're ready to trade your bad feet for a pair of Roller Blades and skip an elevator for a bungee cord.

My lips have not touched ice cream in 10 years. I love ice cream. It's just that I might as well apply it directly to my stomach with a spatula and eliminate the digestive process. The other day, I walked to the grocery store and was looking at frozen waffles.  I love them and don't own a waffle iron. While one half of the section was ice cream just staring at me.

Now...go on and have a nice day. Do something YOU want to...not something on your "SHOULD DO" list. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say?  And why are you waiting?

Make sure you read this to the end. You will understand why I'm writing this.  We all need to take a deep breath now and then.  Just get away from the stress, pressure and just get back to that person in the mirror, ....YOU.

Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go round or listened to the rain lapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight or gazed at the sun into the fading night? Do you run through each day on the fly? When you ask "How are you?"  Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running through your head? Ever told your child, "We'll do it tomorrow."  And in your haste, not see her sorrow? Ever lost touch? Let a good friendship die? Just call to say, "Hi"?

When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened gift....Thrown away.... Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.

Show your friends how much you care. I cherish the friendship of each and every member here at WA and appreciate all you do.

"Life may not be the party we hoped for.....but while we are here we might as well remember, we can still dance to the music!"  Don't forget to turn the music on once in a while and keep it shaking.  Your life is full of Blessings.