Re: 'A Start,' Sent With Much Love and Gratitude :-} (((Sally)))
From: bethtony (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Jan 19 11:01:00 2001
Absolutly Beautiful....my heart is full. Thank you for this gift.
>----- Original Message -----
From: "Marlene" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ENDO" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: 'A Start,' Sent With Much Love and Gratitude :-} (((Sally)))
> 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 !
>