Nice Thoughts-for a change..............

[sweet sue]

This is kind of emotional, but true! I'd send it anyway depite what has happened recently. Just thought it would be something nice to pass along.

Subject: Fw: If tomorrow never comes


If I knew it would be the last time
that I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.

If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute or two
to stop and say I love you,
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.

If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything right.

There will always be another day
to say our I love you's,
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do's?"

But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance you get
to hold your loved one tight..

So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day

That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today,
whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear,

Take time to say "I'm sorry, please forgive me,"
"thank you" or "it's okay".
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.

[ss]

Guess no one wants "Nice Thoughts"

[KR]

The thoughts are lovely and right on especially nott assuming you have tomorrow assume you just have today and always make the most of it especially with the people you love. I will always make sure to remember that because sometimes it is easy to forget. Thanks for the thoughts everyone needs a reminder once in a while.

[bettyboop]

Beautiful thoughts SS and what I have tried to live with all my life. Gets a bit more important day by day to think about it as you do it. Thanks for the post. Just saw it this morning. Very necessary to post...maybe every day! Take care ... boop

[Raven]

Posting this through tear filled eyes, I want to thank you Sue for sharing this beautiful and all too true poem. How easy it is was to forget and take for granted, in our day to day struggles, our friends, our loved ones and our blessings. The events of September 11th and the events that have and will follow have, I believe, opened all our eyes to remember to never take tomorrow for granted. I believe we all are a little kinder to one another, have more appreciation of what we have, and hold our children a little longer and a little tighter. The thoughts ARE "Nice Thoughts" and ones we should always remember. Thanks again for sharing.