One by one our time is done

This is very sad, and Jay how true your words are.
I was cleaning up my files today and came across a e-mail I stashed as a keeper 14 years ago.
Much has happened in those fourteen years.
I think about the loss of co-workers and friends in that time frame and it is a wake up in the journey along life's milestones.

Jack

Not sure who wrote this:

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Happiness

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a
baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and
we'll be more content when they are. After that we're frustrated that we have
teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that
stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets
his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice
vacation, when we retire.

The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now,
when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit
this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. For a long time it had seemed
to me that life was about to begin -real life. But there was always some
obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished
business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin.
At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life".

This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness.
Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have. And treasure
it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend
your time...and remember that time waits for no one...

So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until
you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids, until
your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you
get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning,
until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until
spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until you are off welfare,
until the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you've had a
drink, until you've sobered up, until you die, until you are born again to
decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy...Happiness is
a journey, not a destination.

Thought for the day:

Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching.