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After the recent events, this seems appropriate...

The last two lines of this are worth memorizing !

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
aside on the edge of her desk and sat down there.
With a gentle look of reflection on her face,
she paused and said, "Before 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 the powers 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.
We must make it important to notice them,
for at anytime...it can all be taken away."