State of Thinking Too Much!

[fried eggs]

REALIZE
To realize, the value of ten years: Ask a newly divorced couple.

To realize,The value of four years: Ask a graduate.

To realize, The value of one year: Ask a student who has failed A final exam.

To realize, The value of nine months: Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.

To realize, The value of one month: Ask a mother who has given Birth to a premature baby.

To realize, The value of one week: Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize, The value of one hour: Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize, The value of one minute: Ask a person who has missed the train, Bus or plane.

To realize, The value of one-second: Ask a person who has survived an Accident.

To realize, The value of one millisecond: Ask a person who has won a silver medal In the Olympics.

To realize, The value of a friend: Lose one.

Time waits for no one. Treasure every moment you have, when you can share it with someone special.
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The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand,
nor the kindly smile,
nor the joy of companionship;
it's the spiritual inspiration
that comes to one
when he discovers
that someone else believes in him
and is willing to trust him
with his friendship.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

[VeronicaGia]

What a load of bunk!!!!

LOL, just kidding.

Thank you for a very nice post. My nephew, who just got into an accident last Tuesday, will appreciate the one second that could have killed him. He was helping someone at the side of the road who had went into a ditch, he just got back in is truck (his truck was parked), and a 25 year old woman in a SUV lost control and hit him at between 50 and 60 miles an hour. He could have been just getting into his truck, or just walking around it, but luckily he was in it.

Some bruising, soreness, pain, nothing broken. He could have been paralyzed or dead....$12,000 worth of damage to his truck. BTW, he's been married 15 years and has four kids.

One second, that's all it takes.

Very nice, thanks again.

 

[Boxcarbill]

REALIZE

To realize, The value of one-second: Ask a person who has survived an Accident.

Take up outdoor and wildlife photography to gain a real appreciation of time. One second can be an eternity and the golden hour can be over all too quickly.

 

[fried eggs]

a message from NASA Science

Feb. 4th, 2003: At the dawn of the space age some 40 years ago, we always knew who was orbiting Earth or flying to the Moon. Neil Armstrong, Yuri Gagarin, John Glenn. They were household names--everywhere.

Lately it's different. Space flight has become more "routine." Another flight of the shuttle. Another visit to the space station. Who's onboard this time? Unless you're a NASA employee or a serious space enthusiast, you might not know.

Dave Brown, Rick Husband, Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Michael Anderson, William McCool, and Ilan Ramon

Now we know. Those are the names of the seven astronauts who were tragically lost on Saturday, Feb. 1st, when the space shuttle Columbia (STS-107) broke apart over Texas.

Before the accident, perhaps, they were strangers to you. But if that's so, why did you have a knot in your gut when you heard the news? What were those tears all about? Why do you feel so deep-down sad for seven strangers?

Astronauts have an unaccountable hold on us. They are explorers. Curious, humorous, serious, daring, careful. Where they go, they go in peace. Every kid wants to be one. Astronauts are the essence of humanity.

They are not strangers. They are us.

While still in orbit Dave Brown asked, jokingly, "do we really have to come back?"

No. But we wish you had.


The Science@NASA team, as does all of NASA and the world, extends heartfelt sympathies to the family, friends and colleagues of the STS-107 crew. Please see the NASA Home Page (http://www.nasa.gov <http://www.nasa.gov/> ) for more information on the Columbia Investigation.