In the beat of a heart, a child is born. In the beat of a heart, a celebrity or unknown person faces mortality. In the beat of a heart, an Olympic speed skater wins the gold medal. In the beat of a heart, history is made by something someone did or did not say or do. In the beat of a heart, our children will have grown and flown, with families of their own.
I looked in the mirror this morning and saw Rip Van Waitley, the little boy I used to be, now able to get my senior’s discount at the movie theater. I already suffer from “Dessert Alzheimer’s.” When I go to the buffet, I ask the restaurant staff: Was I just here? Did I already have the carrot cake and chocolate decadence? Or is this my first trip, as I think it is?
Let’s make a pledge together, you and I, to seize this moment and live it to the fullest, rather than yearn for the past or simply dream of a bright future. Let’s keep the playful spirit full of curiosity and energy like a child, and live in the now, in this beat of a heart.
Of all the wisdom I have gained, the most important is the knowledge that time and health are two precious assets that we rarely recognize or appreciate until they have been depleted. As with health, time is the raw material of life. You can use it wisely, waste it or even kill it.
Make your decision to grab this precious moment in joy, faith and thankfulness, and count your many blessings instead of your blemishes.
In the beat of a heart, this moment will be history.
—Denis Waitley
Reproduced with permission from the Denis Waitley Newsletter.To Subscribe to Denis Waitley's Newsletter Use this link© 2010 Denis Waitley International. All rights reserved worldwide.
I looked in the mirror this morning and saw Rip Van Waitley, the little boy I used to be, now able to get my senior’s discount at the movie theater. I already suffer from “Dessert Alzheimer’s.” When I go to the buffet, I ask the restaurant staff: Was I just here? Did I already have the carrot cake and chocolate decadence? Or is this my first trip, as I think it is?
Let’s make a pledge together, you and I, to seize this moment and live it to the fullest, rather than yearn for the past or simply dream of a bright future. Let’s keep the playful spirit full of curiosity and energy like a child, and live in the now, in this beat of a heart.
Of all the wisdom I have gained, the most important is the knowledge that time and health are two precious assets that we rarely recognize or appreciate until they have been depleted. As with health, time is the raw material of life. You can use it wisely, waste it or even kill it.
Make your decision to grab this precious moment in joy, faith and thankfulness, and count your many blessings instead of your blemishes.
In the beat of a heart, this moment will be history.
—Denis Waitley
Reproduced with permission from the Denis Waitley Newsletter.To Subscribe to Denis Waitley's Newsletter Use this link© 2010 Denis Waitley International. All rights reserved worldwide.
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