From my friend who loves me.

>

>A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a

>silk paper wrapped package:

>

>"This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package."

>He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box. 

>"She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago. 

>She has never put it on, was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I 

>guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to 

>the other clothes he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had 

>just died. He turned to me and said:

>

>"Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is

>a special occasion".

>I still think those words changed my life.

>Now I read more and clean less.

>I sit on the porch without worrying about anything.

>I spend more time with my family, and less at work.

>I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up 

>to, not survived through.

>

>I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day.. I'll wear

>new clothes to go to the supermarket, if I feel like it.

>I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it 

>whenever I want to.

>The words "Someday..." and "One Day..." are fading away from my dictionary.

>If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do 

>it now

>

>I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she

>wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell. I think she 

>might have called her relatives and closest friends.

>She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I'd like 

>to think she would go out for Chinese, her favourite food.

>It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my 

>time had come.

>

>I would regret it, because I would no longer see the friends I would

>meet, letters... that I wanted to write "One of these days".

>

>I would regret and feel sad, because I didn't say to my brother and

>sisters, son and daughters, not times enough at least, how much I love 

>them.

>Now, I try not to delay, postpone or keep anything that could bring 

>laughter and joy into our lives..

>And, on each morning, I say to myself that this could be a special day..

>Each day, each hour, each minute, is special.

>

>If you got this, it's because someone cares for you and because,

>probably, there's someone you care about.

>

>If you're too busy to send this out to other people and you say to

>yourself that you will send it "One of these days", remember that "One 

>day" is far away.. or might never come...

>

>No matter if you're superstitious or not, spend some time reading it. 

>It holds useful messages for the soul.

>

>Don't keep this message  send it on to a friend.