This hit me like a ton of bricks. It's Saturday morning, Carl had an inspection today and I just got back from the mail box. There it was...my Medicare Card...see I'll be 65 in December. The real live thing right before my eyes; it finally happened. My first thought was Yipee! My second thought was, Oh No! My third thought...well here goes....all the things that flashed before my eyes in less then thirty seconds.
My 
Medicare Card
In the last few months I've been receiving emails from friends that say, "How time gets away from me". I will call soon, or we will have lunch soon or something or other. I'm just as guilty, it's call procrasitnation
Here is mishmash from some articles I have read these last several months. When was the last time you truly paused to take a deep breath or we have all heard, stopped to smell the fragrance of a flower, 
or watched the babies learn to flutter their little wings to prepare for that first flight. You may ask yourself, have you forgotten how? Some of us have also forgotten how to communicate without email. How to write a handwritten letter to a friend or a thank you note for a gift we received. It's easier to send an email or a text message (if you know how to text). Everyone is too busy learning to Blog, Tweet, and Chirp, new digital this and that, or learn how to use your new phone features. In the meantime you have been so busy keeping up you have forgotten how to take time to stop and smell the rose, make the pot roast from scratch. You may forgotten you have some nice golf clubs in the back of the closet but you have to go out and stimulate the economy and buy more. Then, we have a garage sale because you have too many. You have to stop by Bass Pro on your way home from your last home inspection, just to look, but just had to buy some hooks and a few items you really didn't need (again, help stimulate the economy).
Let me tell you my true feelings, now that I'm getting older and I received my Medicare card in the mail saying that I've reach that moment in my life. Take time, smell the rose, make an effort to call a friend and talk live. If you have too much of something share it with someone and don't keep buying just for the sake of making yourself feel better. Buy something like a fan to give someone in need that cannot afford air condition. Work an hour or two at the Senior Center or drive someone to that next doctor appointment; spend time talking with some folks that may go weeks without someone to talk with. Buy a new pair of shoes for a child that may not get that new pair of shoes for the beginning of the school year.
Take time to enjoy life, enjoy your friends and family. Skip the gym and take your grandchild for ice cream or to a movie. Enjoy a day at the zoo. Try turning off your cell phone so you can have lunch without checking your messages and enjoy that lunch with a friend.
Every precious moment wasted is irreplaceable; every hour and day spent is time you will never get back. You can still continue with your emails, texting and blogging, that is important, but take time to stop and smell that sweet flower, reflect on what is truly important. You don't want to wake up one morning and realize that some of those things that seemed important, truly could have been spent in a more productive way. Life is fast and funny and I hope you enjoy each and every day for the rest of your life. I know I will.
Make each day Special! Here's a bouquet to all my friends and family, present and future. Love, Ceil Winters
From the wife of your home inspector, Carl Winters, Complete Inspection Service We are always here for all your home inspection needs. 830-660-0131, Comal County Texas and surrounding area.
Blog: By Ceil Winters, August 15, 2009 Serving our area for Localism News, Canyon Lake, New Braunfels Texas.
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