Lisa
Beamer on Good Morning America - If you remember, she's the wife of Todd Beamer
who said 'Let's Roll!' and helped take down the plane over
Pennsylvania that was heading for Washington, DC back on 9/11.
She said it's the little things that she misses most about
Todd, such as hearing the garage door open as he came Home, and her children
running to meet him.
Lisa recalled this story: "I
had a very special teacher in high school many years ago whose husband died
suddenly 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 a side on the edge of her desk and sat down there.
With a gentle look of reflection on her face, she paused and
said, '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 God's 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.
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.
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