Message-ID: <25126417.1075853953411.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 03:37:00 -0700 (PDT) From: dana.davis@enron.com To: cmontgomery@kmg.com Subject: Re: FW: FW: How you live your dash Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Dana Davis X-To: "Montgomery, Claudette" @ ENRON X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Dana_Davis_Dec2000\Notes Folders\'sent mail X-Origin: Davis-D X-FileName: ddavis2.nsf That sounds nice but if we continue to make programs for M.O.P., I would like to use the short ones. Hey what do you think of this one, I even thought we could give what ever ones you won't use for the church's programs on Sunday. > HOW DO YOU LIVE YOUR DASH? > > I read of a man who stood to speak > At the funeral of a friend. > He referred to the dates on her tombstone > From the beginning...to the end. > He noted that first came her date of birth > And spoke the following date with tears, > But he said what mattered most of all > Was the dash between those years. (l900-l970) > > For that dash represents all the time > That she spent alive on earth... > And now only those who loved her > Know what that little line is worth. > For it matters not, how much we own; > The cars...the house...the cash, > What matters is how we live and love > And how we spend our dash. > > So think about this long and hard... > Are there things you'd like to change? > For you never know how much time is left, > That can still be rearranged. > If we could just slow down enough > To consider what's true and real, > And always try to understand > The way other people feel. > > And be less quick to anger, > And show appreciation more > And love the people in our lives > Like we've never loved before. > If we treat each other with respect, > And more often wear a smile... > Remembering that this special dash > Might only last a little while. > > So, when your eulogy's being read > With your life's actions to rehash... > Would you be proud of the things they say > About how you spent your dash? > > > Makes a lot of Sense. > Top