Let us learn to be more flexible.

Dear friends, I am writing this article that I wish to pass on to you. How often we have come across situations that is so much similar to the one that I have just penned. These are the very situations that we encounter in our daily lives. But we can see the positive side of life and do our best to make our lives much more fruitful. So should we not start right away? Please read on:

Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven't thought about it, don't have it on their schedule, didn't know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine.

How many women out there will eat at home because their husband didn't suggest going out to dinner until after something had been thawed? Does the word 'refrigeration' mean nothing to you?

How often have your kids dropped in to talk or spend a few days with you and sat in silence while you were busy with some household chore? They do feel lonely and homesick, yearning for your closeness and love.

There are innumerable times when I cannot count the times I have been called by my daughter and heard her asking me, "How about going to lunch in a half hour?" The answer would be, "I can't. I have clothes to wash, My hair is dirty... I wish I had known yesterday, I had a late breakfast... It looks like it's going to rain."

We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect:

• We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we get our kid potty-trained.
• We'll entertain - when we get the house in order.
• We'll go on a second honeymoon when we get our kids settled.

Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The days get shorter and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we awaken and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of "I'm going to," "I plan on," and "Someday, when things are settled down a bit."

My love for so many things to do in this life just hangs on a wild dream, simply because I am more busy with some chore or the other in the house or catering to my aged mother who just refuses to budge, knowing very well that there is a ready help on hand, in the house with a person like me.

Now ... go on and have a nice day. Do something you WANT to ... not something on your 'SHOULD DO' list. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And, why are you waiting?

Ever told your child, "We'll do it tomorrow?" And, in your haste, not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch, let a good friendship die, 'Cause you never had time to call and say, "Hi"?

When you run so fast to get somewhere, You miss half the fun of getting there. When you worry and hurry through your day, It is like an unopened gift... Thrown away.