Re: Fw: Heather_Rucci@mercer.com: Words to ponder...

From: jim miller (jmiller@eramp.net)
Date: Thu Mar 19 1998 - 19:50:04 EST


Why is this on th DML?

kmiller wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tara Rucci <tarucci@juno.com>
> To: prindaisy@aol.com <prindaisy@aol.com>; svbs@juno.com <svbs@juno.com>;
> jds222@aol.com <jds222@aol.com>
> Date: Wednesday, March 18, 1998 6:37 PM
> Subject: Heather_Rucci@mercer.com: Words to ponder...
>
> >I don't usually do this, but I found the following poem very poignant and
> >wanted to share it with some of my friends. (I cleaned up the many, many
> >fwd'd addresses from this for you. Deal with the chain letter aspect as
> you
> >choose.) But, thanks for being my friend. John
> >
> >
> > FRIENDS
> >
> > Around the corner I have a friend
> > In this great city that has no end,
> > Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
> > And before I know it, a year is gone
> > And I never see my old friends face,
> > For life is a swift and terrible race,
> > He knows I like him just as well
> > As in the days when I rang his bell,
> > And he rang mine.
> >
> > We were younger then,
> > And now we are busy, tired men.
> > Tired of playing a foolish game,
> > Tired of trying to make a name.
> > "Tomorrow" I say "I will call on Jim"
> > "Just to show that I'm thinking of him"
> > But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes, And
> > distance between us grows and grows.
> > Around the corner!-yet miles away,
> >
> > "Here's a telegram sir-"
> > "Jim died today."
> > And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
> > Around the corner, a vanished friend.
> >
> > If you love someone, tell them. Remember always
> > to say what you mean. Never be afraid to express yourself.
> > Take this opportunity to tell someone what they mean to
> > you. Seize the day and have no regrets.
> >
> > Most importantly, stay close to your friends and
> > family, for they have helped make you the person you are
> > today and are what it's all about anyway. Pass this along to
> > your friends. Let it make a difference in your day and theirs. The
> > difference between expressing love and having regrets which
> > may stay around forever.
> >
> > This is a love chain letter. Within 1 hour you must
> > send it to other people. Within 5 days you will
> > have a miraculous occurrence in your relationships. You
> > will find new love or have a old love rekindled. If you do
> > not send it, you will have once again passed up the
> > opportunity to do something loving and beautiful and continue
> > the trend that gives.
> >
> > I'm not going to make silly claims that this same
> > letter has been traveling around since before the advent of
> > email and typewriters. It doesn't contain gruesome stories
> > of what has happened to the people who haven't sent it on. It
> > doesn't need to.
> >
> > If you've received this it is because someone
> > cares for you and it means there is probably at least someone
> > for whom you care. If you're too busy to take the few minutes
> > that it would take right now to forward this to ten people,
> > would it be the first time you didn't do that little thing that
> > would make a difference in your relationships? I can tell you it
> > certainly won't be the last.
> >
> > I don't have to make up silly stories about people being hit
> > by buses or crushed by falling disco balls for not sending this
> > letter on. You've seen the result of this neglect in your own
> relationships
> > that you have allowed to fade, dissolve, and fall into disrepair.
> >
> > Take this opportunity to set a new trend. Take a few minutes to
> > send this to a few people you care about, just to let them know that
> > you're thinking of them. It's even better if they're not people you
> already
> > correspond with every week. The more people you send this to, the
> > better luck you will have. And the better you'll get at reaching
> > out to those you care about.
> >
> >Here's the deal:
> >
> >Forward this letter to at least 10 different people; within 1 hour
> >of receiving it. Do it, and reap what you sow: luck in love, people who
> care
> >for you, and that warm glowy feeling that comes from loving others.
> Don't
> >do it, and suffer the consequences of being alone, wrapped up in your own
> >affairs, and being too busy to do the things you actually care about.
> >
> >May love litter your life with blessings!
> >
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Heather_Rucci@mercer.com: Words to ponder...
> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 18:36:54 EST
> From: tarucci@juno.com (Tara Rucci)
> To: prindaisy@aol.com, svbs@juno.com, jds222@aol.com
>
> Tara
>
> TARucci@juno.com
> --------- Begin forwarded message ----------
> From: Heather_Rucci@mercer.com
> To: dclark@eagle.cc.ukans.edu, garte@wmaqnews.com,
> GolfTull@aol.com,Gregsmit@umich.edu, juliej@dprinc.com,
> knolan@gsatrans.com,tarucci@juno.com
> Subject: Words to ponder...
> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 17:54:47 -0600
> Message-ID: <00080C0F.CE21124@mercer.com>
>
> I thought this was an appropriate sentiment that many of us are dealing
> with now...words to ponder...
>
> ******************
> Angela Steele, Admission Counselor
> Office of Admisisons, Butler University
> asteele@thomas.butler.edu / 317-940-8106
> 4600 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46208 USA
> ******************
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 11:53:08 -0500 (EST)
> From: Kaiser Mara <mkaiser@thomas.butler.edu>
> To: Tina Cournane <ccournan@thomas.butler.edu>,
> Debby Holton <254201@MSN.com>,
> Lisa Jacobson <ljacobso@jacksongroup.com>,
> Ellen Kolberg <Ejkolberg@aol.com>, Osborne_Margaret
> <marge@iquest.net>,
> Uncle Phil <pbstaff@juno.com>,
> Ulsas Christy -- Staff <culsas@thomas.butler.edu>,
> Steele Angela -- Staff <asteele@thomas.butler.edu>,
> Juli Goss <julig@cicf.org>, Missy Gagen <gagen@law.uiuc.edu>,
> Kelley Basta <kelleyb@amdocs.com>
> Subject: are you there (fwd)
>
> Enjoy.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~GO,
> DAWGS!!!!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Mara A. Kaiser '95
> Assistant Director, Annual Giving
> Butler University
> 4600 Sunset Ave.
> Indianapolis, IN 46208
> voice (317) 940.9672
> toll free 1(800) 368-6852 x9672
> fax (317) 940.9533
> ***************************BEAT NEW
> MEXICO!!!*****************************
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 11:40:57 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Guyanese...gyal....RASS!" <sveramal@indiana.edu>
> To: ahaywood@hamlet.ucs.indiana.edu, shverama@ophelia.ucs.indiana.edu,
> kyphilli@othello.ucs.indiana.edu, mkaiser@butler.edu,
> lovnlif@oaktree.net, averamal@hamlet.ucs.indiana.edu,
> hwulitic@othello.ucs.indiana.edu, cstolle@copper.ucs.indiana.edu,
> jcjensen@hamlet.ucs.indiana.edu, wnettles@ophelia.ucs.indiana.edu
> Subject: are you there (fwd)
>
> Hi there..loveys..
> REad this..
> I know how this feels.
>
> Love,
> Stasia
>
> ******************************************************************************
> "Worlds on fire full of pain and endless fear..Don't you know you've got
> the key? Love sets you free."---Clark/Bell
>
> "Is simplicity best; or simply the easiest?"--Martin Lee Gore
>
> "Change the dedication from revolution to revelation."--Lowe/Tennant
> ******************************************************************************
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 15:34:34 -0500
> From: Samuel Oliver Hodges <hodges@infocom.com>
> To: "Guyanese...gyal....RASS!" <sveramal@indiana.edu>
> Subject: are you there
>
> Alan Roll@GAPINC
> 03/10/98 04:56 PM
>
> ---------------------- Forwarded by Alan Roll/SF/GAPINC on 03/10/98 04:48
> PM ---------------------------
>
> Colleen Murphy
> 03/10/98 04:44 PM
>
> To: BBiasotti @ aol.com, Sara Butorac/SF/GAPINC, cdutra @ ji.com,
> Coolkatmur @ aol.com, djbiasot @ ecst.csuchico.edu, Adam
> Factley/SF/GAPINC, Hannah Sitzer/SB/GAPINC, Alan Roll/SF/GAPINC,
> brianm @ voiceautomated.com, cbb @ ecst.csuchico.edu
> cc:
> Subject: Friends....
>
> ---------------------- Forwarded by Colleen Murphy/SF/GAPINC on 03/10/98
> 04:49 PM ---------------------------
>
> >> FRIENDS
> >>
> >> Around the corner I have a friend
> >> In this great city that has no end,
> >> Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
> >> And before I know it, a year is gone
> >> And I never see my old friends face,
> >> For life is a swift and terrible race,
> >> He knows I like him just as well
> >> As in the days when I rang his bell,
> >> And he rang mine.
> >>
> >> We were younger then,
> >> And now we are busy, tired men.
> >> Tired of playing a foolish game,
> >> Tired of trying to make a name.
> >> "Tomorrow" I say "I will call on Jim"
> >> "Just to show that I'm thinking of him"
> >> But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes, And
> >> distance between us grows and grows.
> >> Around the corner!-yet miles away,
> >>
> >> "Here's a telegram sir-"
> >> "Jim died today."
> >> And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
> >> Around the corner, a vanished friend.
> >>
> >> If you love someone, tell them. Remember always
> >> to say what you mean. Never be afraid to express yourself.
> >> Take this opportunity to tell someone what they mean to
> >> you. Seize the day and have no regrets.
> >>
> >> Most importantly, stay close to your friends and
> >> family, for they have helped make you the person you are
> >> today and are what it's all about anyway. Pass this along to
> >> your friends. Let it make a difference in your day and theirs. The
> >> difference between expressing love and having regrets which
> >> may stay around forever.
> >>
> >> This is a love chain letter. Within 1 hour you must
> >> send it to other people. Within 5 days you will
> >> have a miraculous occurrence in your relationships. You
> >> will find new love or have a old love rekindled. If you do
> >> not send it, you will have once again passed up the
> >> opportunity to do something loving and beautiful and continue
> >> the trend that gives.
> >>
> >> I'm not going to make silly claims that this same
> >> letter has been traveling around since before the advent of
> >> email and typewriters. It doesn't contain gruesome stories
> >> of what has happened to the people who haven't sent it on. It
> >> doesn't need to.
> >>
> >> If you've received this it is because someone
> >> cares for you and it means there is probably at least someone
> >> for whom you care. If you're too busy to take the few minutes
> >> that it would take right now to forward this to ten people,
> >> would it be the first time you didn't do that little thing that
> >> would make a difference in your relationships? I can tell you it
> >> certainly won't be the last.
> >>
> >>
> >> I don't have to make up silly stories about people being hit
> >> by buses or crushed by falling disco balls for not sending this
> >> letter
> >> on. You've seen the result of this neglect in your own relationships
> >> that
> >> you have allowed to fade, dissolve, and fall into disrepair.
> >>
> >> Take this opportunity to set a new trend. Take a few minutes to
> >> send
> >> this to a few people you care about, just to let them know that
> >> you're
> >> thinking of them. It's even better if they're not people you already
> >> correspond with every week. The more people you send this to, the
> >> better luck you will have. And the better you'll get at reaching
> >> out to those you care about.
> >>
> >> Here's the deal:
> >>
> >> Forward this letter to at least 10 different people; within 1 hour
> >> of
> >> receiving it.
> >>
> >> Do it, and reap what you sow:
> >> luck in love, people who care for you, and
> >> that warm glowy feeling that
> >> comes from loving others.
> >>
> >> Don't do it, and suffer the consequences of being alone, wrapped up
> >> in
> >> your own affairs, and being too busy to do the things you actually
> >> care
> >> about.
> >>
> >> May love litter your life with blessings!
>
> --------- End forwarded message ----------
>
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