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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. (1934 -1998)

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?

Some Quotes

From Purple

"False modesty is better than none."
--Vilhjalmur Steffanson

"Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy. "
-- Marshall Field

"Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died."
--Erma Bombeck

Pressure is part of life: adapt to it and use it!
"I don't do anything without pressure. A physical
therapist said, 'Get in tune with your body.' But if I
listened to my body, I'd stay in bed all morning."
--Stan Pottinger

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
--Harry Truman

Definition of courage: "Grace under pressure."
--Ernest Hemingway

"The trouble with being punctual is that there's nobody there to appreciate it. "
--Franklin P. Jones

"Never let go of the fiery sadness called desire."
--Patti Smith

"When trouble comes, wise men take to their work; weak men take to the woods."
--Elbert Hubbard

Are you sure you have the answer?
"Never accept the proposition that just because a solution satisfies a problem, that it must be the only solution."
--Raymond E. Feist

"There's a mighty big difference between good sound reasons, and reasons that sound good."
--Burton Hillis

"Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too easily."
--George Santayana

"Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
--Mark Twain

"Decide what you think is right and stick to it."
--George Eliot

"If you don't know where you are going, how can you expect to get there?"
--Basil S. Walsh

Don't short-change yourself: use all of your abilities:
"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."
--John Wooden

"I want to be all that I am capable of becoming . . ."
--Katherine Mansfield

"There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers."
--Erich Fromm

"Concentrate on finding your goal, then concentrate on reaching it."
--Col. Michael Friedsman

"It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive."
--Federico Fellini

"I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who *have* to dance."
--George Balanchine

Look in the mirror for the agent of your destiny:
"My will shall shape my future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own."
--Elaine Maxwell

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved."
--William Jennings Bryan

"I am the master of my fate; /I am the captain of my soul."
--William E. Henley

"Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others."
--Robert Louis Stevenson

"Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom."
--Anon.

"Money isn't everything, but lack of money isn't anything."
--Franklin P. Adams

Get moving!:
"Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich."
--Sarah Bernhardt

"Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action . . .."
--Theodore Roosevelt

"Action is the antidote to despair."
--Joan Baez

"I've always tried to go a step past wherever other people expected me to end up."
--Beverly Sills

"When you're through changing, you're through."
--Bruce Barton

"True eloquence consists of saying all that should be said, and that only."
--Francois de La Rochefoucald

Hey, so you said or did the wrong thing: ease up on yourself:
"If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?"
--Dolores Huerta

"To understand is to forgive - even oneself."
--Alexander Chase

"The moment an individual can accept and forgive himself, even a little, is the moment in which he becomes to some degree lovable."
--Eugene Kennedy

"Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours."
--Anon

"People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which what they are not."
--Giacomo Leopardi

"If it's a good idea . . . go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get permission."
--Grace M. Hopper

Choose your closest friends carefully:
"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down."
--Oprah Winfrey

"A friend should bear his friend's infirmities."
--William Shakespeare

"It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter."
--Marlene Dietrich


I watched a fishing show today on TV. Have you ever watched fishing for about 15 minutes and said, "Boy, I need a life"?
-- Brian Regan

Seventy-five percent of your body heat is lost through the top of your head. Which sounds like you could go skiing naked if you got a good hat.
-- Jerry Seinfeld

"Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short."
--Adam Hochschild

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
--Muhammid Ali

"Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt."
Barbara Walters


Tough times are an opportunity to find out what you're made of: "Adversity reveals genius; prosperity conceals it."
--Horace

"A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water."
--Nancy Reagan

"Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not."
--Henry Fielding

We live in a mobile home. Hey, there are advantages to living in a mobile home. One time, it caught on fire. We met the fire department half way.
-- Ronnie Shakes

Dogs come when they're called. Cats take a message and get back to you.
-- Missy Dizick

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