Or the moments that take your breath away?
2007-03-09 11:10:09 · 12 answers · asked by ?Jaileen? 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
This is my rendition of an email I received that touched me deeply.
If the story isn't true...it's message is.
Moments that take our breath away...
I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago whose husband suddenly and unexpectedly died 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 on the edge of her desk aside 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 That Be 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 any time...it can all be taken away."
The class was completely quiet. We all picked up our books and filed out of the room silently.
That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole semester.
Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and remember what an impression she made on all of us, and I try to appreciate all of those things that sometimes we all overlook.
Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today. Go barefoot. Or walk on the beach at sunset. Stop off on the way home tonight to get a double-dip ice cream cone. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do.
If you like this, please pass it on to a friend, if not just delete it and go on with your life!
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
2007-03-09 11:14:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jaileen, it is the moments that take your breath away!
make a 360 and take many breaths away
smile
good luck
2007-03-09 11:13:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No but by the number you take!
2007-03-09 11:14:32 · answer #3 · answered by Laura S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Absolutely not.
2) Absolutely!!
2007-03-09 11:14:06 · answer #4 · answered by Barbs-mom of boy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure not , live isn't the numbers of braths but what you have done in your life what you have known and what you have learned .
2007-03-09 11:37:00 · answer #5 · answered by FASTMOSHEN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!
It is the number of beats of your heart!
2007-03-09 11:13:58 · answer #6 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, so hold that breath!! â¥â¥â¥
2007-03-09 11:13:00 · answer #7 · answered by St♥rmy Skye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no , actually it is the number of heart beats
2007-03-09 11:13:20 · answer #8 · answered by just me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought people counted by years you are alive......
2007-03-09 11:13:31 · answer #9 · answered by Debbie S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both
2007-03-09 11:13:21 · answer #10 · answered by × 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋