Dear Friend,
I just wanted to share the below story with you.....

It hit me right where I'm at.... read on and you'll see what I mean:
I now get more invitations to be at more places and at the same
time...places that used to would have put my already inflated ego in orbit...but, I'm
reminded of something I wrote in one on my writings that are published in print
around the world but, more so, on the worldwide web, it was this....."to be everywhere is to be nowhere".....just be at the
place God has called you to be PERIOD....Amen! (and not like Gore, who invented the internet, I was on there when there were only about 5000 sites....and now probably
50 million sites...I knew I had heard from The Lord, "buy a computer get
on the Internet start back doing your newsletters prepared for
international distribution".....and I'm still there communicating daily
"live" with people around the world getting blessings every hour. I'm
also reminded of the grace of God, Love of Family...fourteen (now, 2006, 15)
grandchildren.....all know Jesus as their Lord and Savior...thankful for
the trip with Alfred McCroskey and his lovely wife, Jean, on the Trans Siberian
Railway from Moscow, 6000 miles to the Sea of Japan. My many other trips
all over one end to the other in Mexico and 33 days all over Israel.
After all of that, I'm so happy to be like the lady in the story below,
in the elevator sharing my special cologne (not saving back anything for
a special occasion, but, knowing that by the Grace of God that today is my
day, my special occasion) and a smile and a word of encouragement to
all.....wherever they go to church or even if they don't go....just so
thankful that The Lord has chosen me at this hour at this moment to be
in that elevator (or wherever) to share that (cologne) smile and that
word......knowing that it's all because of HIM.

Happy also to have you as a Friend,

Bill Eaton

p.s. the message I'm trying to get across is do it today.....

"Don't Put It Off!"

Subject: Letter between Friends Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 20:29:28 CST
From: "Carla Eaton" To: eaton100@bellsouth.net

~Letter Between Friends ~
Written by an 83-year-old woman to her friend:
I'm reading more and dusting less. I'm sitting in the yard and
admiring the view without fussing about the weeds in the garden.
I'm spending more time with my family and friends and less time
working. Whenever possible, life should be a pattern of
experiences to savor, not to endure. I'm trying to recognize
these moments now and cherish them.
I'm not "saving" anything; we use our good china and crystal
for every special event such as losing a pound, getting the
sink unstopped, or the first Amaryllis blossom. I wear my good
blazer to the market. My theory is if I look prosperous, I can
shell out $28.49 for one small bag of groceries. I'm not
saving my good perfume for special parties, but wearing it
for clerks in the hardware store and tellers at the bank.

"Someday" and "one of these days" are losing their grip on my
vocabulary. If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want
to see and hear and do it now.

I'm not sure what others would've done had they known that
they wouldn't be here for the tomorrow that we all take for
granted. I think they would have called family members and a
few close friends. They might have called a few former friends
to apologize and mend fences for past squabbles. I like to think
they would have gone out for a Chinese dinner, or for whatever
their favorite food was. I'm guessing; I'll never know.

It's those little things left undone that would make me angry
if I knew my hours were limited. Angry because I hadn't written
certain letters that I intended to write one of these days.
Angry and sorry that I didn't tell my husband and parents often
enough how much I truly love them. I'm trying very hard not to put
off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster
to our lives. And every morning when I open my eyes, tell myself that
it is special. Every day, every minute, every breath truly is a gift
from God.

"People say true friends must always hold hands, but true friends don't need to hold hands because they know the other hand will always be there."