Tuesday, May 06, 2003  

here's a cool email i got about a saturday radio talk show thingy... READ IT! =D

"Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you're busy with your job. I'm sure
they pay you well but it's a shame you have to be away from home
and your Family so much. Hard to believe a young fellow should have
to work sixty or seventy hours a week to make ends meet.
Too bad you missed your daughter's dance recital."


He continued, "Let me tell you something Tom, something that has
helped me keep a good perspective on my own priorities."


And that's when he began to explain his theory of
"a thousand marbles."


"You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average
person lives about seventy-five years. I know, some live more and
some live less, but on average, folks live about seventy-five years."


"Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3900
which is the number of Saturdays that the average person
has in their entire lifetime. Now stick with me Tom,
I'm getting to the important part."


"It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in
any detail," he went on, "and by that time I had lived through over
twenty-eight hundred Saturdays. I got to thinking that if I lived to
be seventy-five, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy."


"So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had.
I ended up having to visit three toy stores to roundup 1000 marbles.
I took them home and put them inside of a large, clear plastic
container right here in my workshop next to the radio. Every
Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and
have thrown it away."


"I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more
on the really important things in life. There is nothing like
watching your time here on this earth run out to help get
your priorities straight."


"Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign-off with you and
take my lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I took the
very last marble out of the container. I figure if I make it until
next Saturday then God has blessed me with a little extra time
to be with my loved ones...


"It was nice to talk to you Tom, I hope you spend more time with
your loved ones, and I hope to meet you again someday.
Have a good morning!"


isn't that awesum?? =D hehe so be HAPPY we all still in middle school... sorta. lol nutin much happened today. juss the usual. hehe i realized im not as unhappy anymore. *shrugs* duno wut happened. anyhoo its all good. mite go to 1st matee's later...

"oo wut if u DO draw them close to ur heart!! hahahah nd then ppl will ask you.. wut's that. nd u ken sey OO this is CHEERLEADER! and this is THE UGLY ONE!! hahahaha the ugly one has CURLY HAIR!!!"

ahem. excuse me. that was a 1st matee/skipper joke... =P good times good times...

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