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Re: 'A Start,' Sent With Much Love and Gratitude :-} (((Sally)))
From: Marlene (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Jan 19 10:47:46 2001
Hi Sally:
Thank you for this poem...wonderful words of wisdom.
hugsss
Mars
At Fri, 19 Jan 2001, nsmitch wrote:
>
>A Start by Dr. Leo Buscaglia
>
>Each day, I promise myself not to try to solve all my life problems at
>once -- nor shall I expect you to do so;
>
>Starting each day, I shall try to learn something new about me and about you
>and about the world I live in, so that I may continue to experience all
>things as if they had been newly born;
>
>Starting each day, I shall remember to communicate my joy as well as my
>despair, so that we can know each other better;
>
>Starting each day, I shall remind myself to really listen to you and to try
>to hear your point of view and to discover the least-threatening way of
>giving you mine, remembering that we are both growing and changing in a
>hundred different ways;
>
>Starting each day, I shall remind myself that I am a human being and not
>demand perfection of you until I am perfect, so you're safe;
>
>Starting each day, I shall try to be more aware of the beautiful things in
>our world -- I'll look at the flowers, I'll look at the birds, I'll look at
>the children, I'll feel the cool breezes, I'll eat good food -- and I'll
>share these things with you;
>
>Starting each day, I shall remind myself to reach out and touch you, gently,
>with my words, my eyes and with my fingers, because I don't want to miss
>feeling you;
>
>Starting each day, I shall dedicate myself again to the process of being a
>lover -- and then see what happens;
>
>You know, I'm really convinced that if you were to define love, the only
>word big enough to engulf it all would be "Life" -- LOVE IS LIFE -- in all
>its aspects ... And if you miss love, you miss life !
>
>Please don't !
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