Lisa Beamer on Good Morning America - If you remember, she's the wife
of Todd Beamer who said 'Let's Roll!' and helped take down the plane
over Pennsylvania that was heading for Washington, DC back on 9/11.
She said it's the little things that she misses most about Todd, such
as hearing the garage door open as he came home, and her children
running to meet him.
Lisa recalled this story: "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 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 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.
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.
If you like this, please pass it on to a friend, if not just delete it and go on with your life!
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
