We put off way to many things that brings them joy just because they haven't thought about it,don't have it on their schedule,didn't know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine.
I got to thinking one day about all those people on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in the effort to cut back. From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible.
How many women out there will eat at home because their husband didn't suggest going out to dinner until after something had been thawed? Does the word "refrigerator" mean nothing to you? How often have your kids dropped in to talk and sat in silence while you watched "jeopardy" on television?
I cannot count the times I called my mother and said,"How about going to lunch in a half hour?" She would gas up and stammer, "I can't. I have late breakfast, it looks like rain" And my personal favorite. "My favorite soap is on and I don't want to miss it."She died a few years ago. We never did have lunch together.
Because Americans cram so much into their lives, we tend to schedule our headaches.We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to oursleves when all the conditions are perfect!
