This was sent to me today and thought I would share. It really touched me today.

A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package: "This", he said "isn't any ordinary package." He unwrapped the  box and stared at both the silk paper and the box. "She got this the first time we went to New York , 8  or 9 years ago. She has never  put it on and was saving it for a special occasion.

Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and  placed  the gift box next to the other clothing's he was taking to the funeral house. His wife had just died. He turned to me and said, "Never save something for a special  occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion." I still think those words changed my life. Now I read more  and clean less. I sit on  the porch without worrying about anything. I spend more  time with my family and less  at work. I understand that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not  survived through. I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day. I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if I feel like it. I don't  save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want  to.

The words "Someday..." and  "One Day..." are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now. I don't know what my  friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning. This nobody can tell. I think she might have called her relatives and  closest friends. She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favorite food. It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come. I would regret it, because I would no longer see the friends I would meet, letters that I wanted to write.. "One of these days". I would regret  and feel sad, because I didn't say to my brother and sisters, son and daughters, not enough times at least, how much I love them. Now, I try not to delay, postpone or keep  anything that could bring laughter and joy into our lives. And on each morning, I say to myself that  this could be a special day. Each day, each hour, each minute, is special. If you got this, it's because someone cares for you and because, probably, there's someone you care about. If you're too busy to send this out to other people and you say to yourself that you will send it "One of these days", remember that  "One day" is far away...or may never come. - Jovanna Macias

WOW! How touching. This made me think. I'm always complaining that there isn't enough hours for work, family and love, but this touched me. It made me realize that I gotta slow down and . Its hard to keep up with life and hard to slow yourself down and live each day as if there is no tomorrow. Today, I will slow myself down and enjoy everyday at a time, because I was reminded. So I say, everyone join me! Do something positive each day, smile and laugh often.