Dust If You Must

LADIES!!!!

Remember .... a layer of dust

protects the wood beneath it.

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A house becomes a home

when you can write 'I love

you' on the furniture.

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I used to spend at least eight

hours every weekend making

sure things were just perfect -

'in case someone came over'.

Finally, I realizes one day that

no-one came over, they were

all out living life and having fun.

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Now when people visit, I don't

have to explain the 'condition'

of my home.

They are more interested in hearing

about the things I've been doing

while I was away living life and having

fun. If you haven't figured this out yet,

please heed this advice.

Life is short enjoy it!

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Dust if you must.......................

But wouldn't it be better to paint

a picture or write a letter, bake

cookies or a cake and lick the spoon

or plant a seed, ponder the difference

between want and need?

Dust if you must .....................

But there's not much time with

beer to drink, rivers to swim and

mountains to climb, music to hear

and books to read, friends to

cherish and life to lead.

Dust if you must ...............................

but the world's out there, with the sun

in your eyes, the wind in your hair, a

flutter of snow, a shower of rain. This

day will not come around again.

Dust if you must, but bear in mind

old age will come and it's not kind.

And when you go - and go you must -

you, yourself will make more dust.
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It's not what you gather, but what

you scatter that tells what kind of

life you have lived.