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Two friends were walking through the desert. At one point, they had an argument, and first friend slapped the other in the face. He was hurt, but quietly he wrote in the sand: They kept walking, until they found an oasis. There they decided to cool off and swim. The other friend started drowning, but his friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: The friend, who had both slapped and saved his best friend, asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now, you write on a stone, why?" The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand, where the winds of time and forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone, where no wind can ever erase it." I Hope For My Grandchildren... I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would. I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated. I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car. And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen. It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep. I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in. I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister. And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room, but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I hope you let him. When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him/her. I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely. On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom. If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books. When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head. I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on a boy\girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like. May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole. I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend. I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandma / Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle. May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays. I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at Hannukah / Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand. These things I wish for you -- tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life. Written with a pen. Sealed with a kiss. I'm here for you. And if I die before you do, I'll go to heaven and wait for you. We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers... Wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints... We spend more, but have less... We buy more, but enjoy less... We have bigger houses and smaller families... More conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense... More knowledge, but less judgment, More experts yet more problems, More medicine, but less wellness. We drink too much, smoke too much, Spend too recklessly, laugh too little. We drive to fast, get too angry, stay up too late, Get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, But have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not innerspace. We've done larger things, but not better things. We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less. These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality and one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. Remember, spend some time with your loved ones, Because they are not going to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, Because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, Because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart, And it doesn't cost a cent. Remember to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved ones, But most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak and give time to share Those precious thoughts in your mind. - George Carlin -
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