--part1_382a1fb3.2437815b_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_382a1fb3.2437815b_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-yc05.mail.aol.com (rly-yc05.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.37]) by air-yc05.mail.aol.com (v59.2) with SMTP; Thu, 01 Apr 1999 06:13:10 -0500 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-yc05.mail.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id GAA26013; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 06:12:58 -0500 (EST) Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA14078; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 03:06:10 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 03:06:10 -0800 (PST) From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 06:10:30 EST Old-To: [email protected] Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Lest we Forget What We Have! Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 13 Resent-Message-ID: <"qxwgI.A.xbD.hM1A3"@bl-11.rootsweb.com> Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/1987 X-Loop: [email protected] To: [email protected] Precedence: list Errors-To: [email protected] Resent-Sender: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] Just a thought for the first day of April. HOW DO YOU LIVE YOUR DASH" > > I read of a man who stood to speak > At the funeral of his wife. > He referred to the dates on her tombstone > From the beginning......to the end. > > He said that first came her date of birth, > Then spoke her ending date with many tears, > But he said what mattered most of all > Was the dash between those years. > > (l950 - 1998) > > For that dash represents all the time > That she spent alive on earth... > And now only those who loved her > Know what that line is worth. > > For it matters not, how much we own; > The cars...the house...the cash, > What matters is how we live and love > And how we spend our dash. > > So think about this long and hard... > Are there things you'd like to change? > For you never know how much time is left, > That can still be rearranged. > > If we could just slow down enough > To consider what's true and real, > And always try to understand > The way that other people feel. > > And be less quick to anger, > And show appreciation more > And love the people in our lives > Like we've never loved before. > > If we treat each other with respect, > And more often wear a smile... > Remembering that this special dash > Might only last for a little while. > > So, when your eulogy's being read > With your life's actions to rehash... > Would you be proud of the things they say > About how you spent your dash? > ==== MAME Mailing List ==== For problems contact; Lisa Henderson [email protected] --part1_382a1fb3.2437815b_boundary--