TAKE HOLD OF EVERY MOMENT

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 favourite

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... letters

that i wanted to write "One of this days".

I would regret and feel sad,

because I didn't say to my

brothers and sons, 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...

This TANTRA came from

India. 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.

This Tantra must leave your

hands within 96 hours.

Send copies and watch what

goes on in the next four days.

You'll have a pleasent surprise.

This is true, even if you're not superstitious.

Now, here's the fun of it:

send this message to at least 5

people and you're life improves.

0-4 people: your life improves slightly.

5-9 people: your life imnproves

according to your expectations!

9-14 people: you'll have at

least 5 surprises in the next 3 weeks.

15 or more people: your life

improves drastically and your

dreams start to take shape.