WORTH READING 5 April 2007

Look Around You

A very special teacher in high school many years ago had a husband who
unexpectedly 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,
"Before 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... and none of us knows when this fantastic experience will
end. It can be taken away at any moment. Perhaps this is God's 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 any time ... 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, it is
not the things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do.

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