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To: Neeka who wrote (449405)	10/6/2011 12:15:24 AM
From: ManyMoose	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793838

I am blessed with no regrets I cannot live with, but I have too many that are failures to acknowledge to others when they have moved me or made a difference in my life. My most recent regret: Walking down the boardwalk in Rohoboth Delaware, I saw two young men in wheel chairs. They were clean cut and seemed unaware of the fact that neither had legs and one had only one arm. Obviously, they were soldiers who made a sacrifice that people like me can hardly fathom. I could not find the words, nor the courage, to approach them. When it was too late, I realized that all I had to do was look them in the eye and say "Thank you." And I failed. But they did not fail me.

To: Neeka who wrote (449405)	10/7/2011 2:26:30 AM
From: Alan Smithee	6 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793838

Thank you MM..............that is how I try to live my life. Mostly so I have few regrets. From Steve Job's 2005 graduation address: When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. * * * No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.