Friday, September 09, 2005
Make every moment count
I think this excerpt from Dick Leider's book really motivates me to live every moment and makes me feel that I have fully used it. I think that it also says something about goals. Don't just write them down, actually DO THEM!
If I had my life over again, I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. I would limber up. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would climb more mountains and skip more rivers. I would eat more icecream and eat less beans. I would perhaps have more troubles, but I would have fewer imaginary ones. You see, I am one of those people who lives seriously, hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I've had my moments, but if I had to do it all over again, I'd have more of them. In fact I'd try to have nothing else, just moments, one after the other instead of living so many years ahead of each day. I've been one of those people who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had to do it again, I'd travel lighter than i have. I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.
~Dick Leider - Author of "The Power of Purpose"
If I had my life over again, I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. I would limber up. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would climb more mountains and skip more rivers. I would eat more icecream and eat less beans. I would perhaps have more troubles, but I would have fewer imaginary ones. You see, I am one of those people who lives seriously, hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I've had my moments, but if I had to do it all over again, I'd have more of them. In fact I'd try to have nothing else, just moments, one after the other instead of living so many years ahead of each day. I've been one of those people who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had to do it again, I'd travel lighter than i have. I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.
~Dick Leider - Author of "The Power of Purpose"