Purple Hats March 5, 2007
Posted by cimpa in Thought For The Day.trackback
My daughter forwarded this email to me. I have read it 3 times today. I think every woman should read it at least once a day.
IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER – by Erma Bombeck
(written after she found out she was dying from cancer).
I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren’t there for the day.
I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.
I would have talked less and listened more. would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.
I would have eaten the popcorn in the ‘good’ living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.
I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.
I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.
I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.
I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains.
I would have cried and laughed les s while watching television and more while watching life.
I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn’t show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.
Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.
When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, ‘Later. Now go get washed up for dinner.’ There would have been more ‘I love you’s’ More ‘I’m sorry’s.’
But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute … look at it and really see it … Live it and never give it back.
STOP SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF!!!
Don’t worry about who doesn’t like you, who has more, or who’s doing what. Instead, let’s cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us. Let’s think about what we are blessed with, and what we are doing each day to promote ourselves mentally, physically, emotionally.
Marie Sklodowska Curie
Marie Curie was born in Warsaw in 1867, she was the daughter of secondary school teacher and she received her education in local schools and some scientific training from her father. In 1891 she went to Paris, France, to study science. She obtained her higher degrees and conducted nearly all her scientific work there. In 1903, under the supervision of Henri Becquerel, she received her DSc from the ESPCI, Paris, becoming the first woman in France to complete a doctorate. She met and married Pierre Curie, an instructor. Together they studied radioactive materials; the most important pitchblende was the ore from which uranium was extracted. By 1898 they had deduced that the pitchblende must contain traces of an unknown radioactive substance. On December 26, 1898, Marie announced the existence of this substance. Over several years of hard labor, they processed several tons of pitchblende, concentrating the radioactive substances and eventually isolating the chloride salts, later they discovered two new chemical elements. The first, they named “polonium,” after Curie’s native country, Poland, and the other “radium,” for its intense radioactivity. She was the first person to win or share two Nobel Prizes. She is one of only two persons who have been awarded a Nobel Prize in two different fields. She remains the only woman to have won two Nobel Prizes.