Date: 4/9/96
Subject: the fire of life
From: Ted
sometimes,
we whirl around compressed in goals and plans and stress and deadlines. and we miss a lot by bulldozing through time, because we bypass life itself. thank you, yolanda, for showing me. you never seemed to lose a sense of the preciousness of each moment. you were a human being, not a human doing. your irrepressible spunk, occasionally wicked grin, enthusiasm always overflowing... these are signs of a rich life, well-lived and well-appreciated. for me, these are lessons. i can't do it yet, weak-kneed novice that i am at living in the present. but i _will_ listen to the birds as i bike to class. i _will_ watch that squirrel coaxing open an acorn. i _will_ look at the hills and the sky and the water, teeming with movement and vigor and life. i will, yolanda. thank you.
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