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    BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE!

    Read this and then reread it.

    Especially the last part...

    I walked int the rcery stre nt

    partic"larly interested in #"yin

    rceries. I wasn$t h"nry. The pain% lsin &y h"s#and % '( years was

    still t raw. And this rcery stre

    held s &any sweet &e&ries.

    He %ten ca&e with &e and al&st

    e)ery ti&e he$d pretend t %% and

    lk %r s&ethin special. I knew

    what he was "p t. I$d always spt hi&

    walkin dwn the aisle with the threeyellw rses in his hands.

    He knew I l)ed yellw rses. With a

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    heart %illed with rie%* I nly wanted

    t #"y &y %ew ite&s and lea)e* #"t

    e)en rcery shppin was di%%erentsince he had passed n.

    +hppin %r ne tk ti&e* a little

    &re th"ht than it had %r tw.

    +tandin #y the &eat* I searched %r

    the per%ect s&all steak and

    re&eered hw he had l)ed his

    steak.

    +"ddenly a w&an ca&e #eside &e.

    +he was #lnde* sli& and l)ely in a

    s%t reen pants"it. I watched as she

    picked "p a lare packae % T,#nes*

    drpped the& in her #asket..

    Hesitated* and then p"t the& #ack.

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    +he t"rned t and nce aain

    reached %r the pack % steaks.

    +he saw &e watchin her and she

    s&iled. $-y h"s#and l)es T,#nes*

    #"t hnestly* at these prices* I dn$t

    knw.$

    I swallwed the e&tin dwn &y

    thrat and &et her pale #l"e eyes.

    $-y h"s#and passed away eiht daysa*$ I tld her. lancin at the

    packae in her hands* I %"ht t

    cntrl the trele in &y )ice. $B"y

    hi& the steaks. And cherish e)ery

    &&ent y" ha)e tether.$

    +he shk her head and I saw the

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    e&tin in her eyes as she placed the

    packae in her #asket and wheeled

    away.

    I t"rned and p"shed &y cart acrss

    the lenth % the stre t the dairy

    prd"cts. There I std* tryin tdecide which si/e &ilk I sh"ld #"y. A

    0"art* I %inally decide ed and &)ed

    n t the ice crea&. I% nthin else* I

    c"ld always %i1 &ysel% an ice crea&

    cne.

    I placed the ice crea& in &y cart and

    lked dwn the aisle tward the

    %rnt. I saw %irst the reen s"it* then

    recni/ed the pretty lady c&in

    twards &e. In her ar&s she carried a

    packae. On her %ace was the

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    #rihtest s&ile! I had e)er seen. I

    w"ld swear a s%t hal encircled her

    #lnde hair as she kept walkintward &e* her eyes hldin &ine.

    As she ca&e clser* I saw what she

    held and tears #ean &istin in &yeyes. $These are %r y"*$ she said

    and placed three #ea"ti%"l ln

    ste&&ed yellw rses in &y ar&s.

    $When y" thr"h the line* they

    will knw these are paid %r.$ +heleaned )er and placed a entle kiss n

    &y cheek* then s&iled aain. I wanted

    t tell her what she$d dne* what the

    rses &eant* #"t still "na#le t speak*

    I watched as she walked away as

    tears cl"ded &y )isin.

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    I lked dwn at the #ea"ti%"l rses

    nestled in the reen tiss"e wra ppin

    and %"nd it al&st "nreal. Hw didshe knw2 +"ddenly the answer see&

    ed s clear. I wasn$t alne.

    Oh* y" ha)en$t %rtten &e* ha)ey"2 I whispered* with tears in &y

    eyes. He was still with &e* and she

    was his anel.

    E)ery day #e thank%"l %r what y"ha)e and wh y" are.

    3Please read all % this* it is really

    nice4

    This is a si&ple re5"est. I% y"

    appreciate li%e* send this t y"r

    %riends* incl"din the persn that sent

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    it t y".

    E)en th"h I cl"tch &y #lanket andrwl when the alar& rins. Thank

    y"* 6rd* that I can hear. There are

    &any wh are dea%.

    E)en th"h I keep &y eyes clsed

    aainst the &rnin liht as ln as

    pssi#le. Thank y"* 6rd * that I can

    see. -any are #lind.

    E)en th"h I h"ddle in &y #ed and

    p"t %% risin. Thank y"* 6rd* that I

    ha)e the strenth t rise. There are

    &any wh are #edridden.

    E)en th"h the %irst h"r % &y day

    is hectic* when scks are lst* tast is

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    #"rned* te&pers are shrt* and &y

    children are s l"d.

    Thank y"* 6rd* %r &y %a&ily. There

    are &any wh are lnely.

    E)en th"h "r #reak%ast ta#lene)er lks like the pict"re in

    &aa/ines and the &en" is at ti&es

    "n#alanced.

    Thank y"* 6rd* %r the %d we

    ha)e. There are &any wh are h"nry.

    E)en th"h the r"tine % &y 7#

    %ten is &ntn"s. Thank y"* 6rd*

    %r the pprt"nity t wrk. There

    are &any wh ha)e n 7#.

    E)en th"h I r"le and #e&an &y

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    %ate %r& day t day and wish &y

    circ"&stances were nt s &dest.

    Thank y"* 6rd* %r li%e.

    Pass this n t the %riends y" knw.

    It &iht help a #it t &ake this wrld

    a #etter place t li)e* riht2 A %riendis s&ene we t"rn t when "r spirits

    need a li%t. A %riend is s&ene t

    treas"re.

    8r %riendship is a i%t. A %riend iss&ene wh %ills "r li)es with

    Bea"ty* 9y and race and &akes the

    wrld we li)e in a #etter and happier

    place.

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