Vintage, Marty, a time to stop and celebrate life. Regards to Barb and glad
to hear your good news. My last checkup for all tumor markers and blood
tests were normal. The CA125 is now down to 20... so getting there.
God Bless, Jeanne
At 05:17 AM 6/27/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Good Morning
>
>
>Food for thought
>
>Sadly, many of us continually postpone our happiness - indefinitely.
> It's not that we consciously set out to do so, but that we keep
>convincing ourselves, "Someday I'll be happy." We tell ourselves
>we'll be happy when our bills are paid, when we get out of school, get
>our first job, a promotion. We convince ourselves that life will be
>better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are
>frustrated that the kids aren't old enough we'll be more content when
>they are. After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal
>with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.
>
>We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets
>his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a
>nice vacation, when we retire. The truth is, there's no better time
>to be happy than right now. If not now, when? Your life will always
>be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and
>decide to be happy anyway. The challenges make you who you are. If
>kept in the proper perspective, the challenges will strengthen you for
>the next point -- that you can handle anything that may come your
>way.
>What a wonderful state to be in, right?
>One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D'Souza. He said, "For a
>long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real
>life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be
>gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be
>served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned
>on me that these obstacles were my life."
>This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to
>happiness. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you
>have! And treasure it more because you share it with someone special,
>special enough to spend your time. .... and remember that time waits
>for no one...
>Yesterday is history
>Tomorrow a mystery
>Today is a gift
>That's why it's called the present!
>
>So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school,
>until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have
>kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you
>retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday
>night , until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until
>your car or home is paid off, until spring, until summer, until fall,
>until winter, until you are off welfare, until the first or fifteenth,
>until 'your song' comes on, until you've had a drink, until you've
>sobered up, until you die, until you are born again, until your family
>is straight or until your life is perfect and problem free to decide
>that there is no better time than right now to be happy . . .
>happiness is a journey not a destination.
>
>God Bless
>Marty auslander
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