I love this! I don't save my perfume anymore. Love you!
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: From: Ginger Olsen [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
: Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 4:20 PM
: To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
: Subject: Fw: I want this back, you'll see why
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: > > Let's all remember to take the time to LIVE!!!!
: > > 
: > > A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer
: > > and picked up a silk paper wrapped package:
: > > 
: > > "This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package."
: > > 
: > > He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk
: > > paper and the box.
: > > 
: > > "She got this the first time we went to New York , 8
: > > or 9 years ago. She has never put it on , was saving
: > > it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is it.
: > > He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to
: > > the other clothings he was taking to the funeral
: > > house, his wife had just died. He turned to me and
: > > said:
: > > 
: > > 
: > > 
: > > "Never save something for a special occasion. Every
: > > day in your life is a special occasion".
: > > 
: > > I still think those words changed my life.
: > > 
: > > Now I read more and clean less.
: > > 
: > > I sit on the porch without worrying about anything.
: > > 
: > > I spend more time with my family, and less at work.
: > > 
: > > I understood that life should be a source of
: > > experience to be lived up to, not survived through.
: > > I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses
: > > every day.. I'll wear new clothes to go to the
: > > supermarket, if i feel like it.
: > > 
: > > I don't save my special perfume for special
: > > occasions, I use it whenever I want to. The words
: > > "Someday..." and "One Day..." are fading away from
: > > my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or
: > > doing, I want to see, listen or do it now. I don't
: > > know what my friend's wife would have done if she
: > > knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this
: > > nobody can tell. I think she might have called her
: > > relatives and closest friends.
: > > She might call old friends to make peace over past
: > > quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for
: > > Chinese, her favorite food. It's these small things
: > > that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had
: > > come.
: > > 
: > > I would regret it, because I would no longer see the
: > > friends I would meet, letters... that I wanted to
: > > write
: > > 
: > > "One of these days".
: > > 
: > > I would regret and feel sad, because I didn't say to
: > > my brother and sisters, son and daughters, not times
: > > enough at least, how much
: > > 
: > > I love them.
: > > 
: > > Now, I try not to delay, postpone or keep anything
: > > that could bring laughter and joy into our lives..
: > > And, on each morning, I say to myself that this
: > > could be a special day..
: > > 
: > > Each day, each hour, each minute, is special.
: > > 
: > > 
: > > If you got this, it's because someone cares for you
: > > and because, probably, there's someone you care
: > > about.
: > > 
: > > If you're too busy to send this out to other people
: > > and you say to yourself that you will send it "One
: > > of these days" , remember that "One day" is far
: > > away... or might never come...
: > > 
: > > No matter if you're superstitious or not, spend some
: > > time reading it.
: > > It holds useful messages for the soul.
: > > 
: > > Don't keep this message,send it to those you love
: > > 
: > > 
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