WORTH READING 15 Feb 2006

A Story Worth Reading

I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago whose husband
died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she
shared
some of her insight with a classroom of students. As the late afternoon
sunlight came streaming in through the classroom windows and the class
was
nearly over, she moved a few things aside on the edge of her desk and
sat
down there. With a gentle look of reflection on her face, she paused
and
said, "Class is over. I would like to share with all of you, a thought
that
is unrelated to class, but which I feel is very important.

"Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love, appreciate and
give
of ourselves. None of us knows when this fantastic experience will end.
It
can be taken away at any moment. Perhaps this is the Powers way of
telling
us that we must make the most out of every single day."

Her eyes beginning to water, she went on, "So I would like you all to
make
me a promise. From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home,
find
something beautiful to notice. It doesn't have to be something you see,
it
could be a scent, perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out of
someone's
house, or it could be the sound of the breeze slightly rustling the
leaves
in the trees, or the way the morning light catches one autumn leaf as it
falls gently to the ground.

"Please look for these things, and cherish them. For, although it may
sound
trite to some, these things are the 'stuff' of life. The little things
we
are put here on earth to enjoy. The things we often take for granted. We
must make it important to notice them, for at anytime it can all be
taken
away."

The class was completely quiet. We all picked up our books and filed out
of
the room silently. That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home
from
school than I had that whole semester.

Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and remember what an
impression she made on all of us, and I try to appreciate all of those
things that sometimes we all overlook.

Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today. Go
barefoot, or walk on the beach at sunset. Stop off on the way home
tonight
to get a double dip ice cream cone. For as we get older, is not the
things
we did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do.

Remember, life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by
the
moments that take our breath away

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