I generally hate getting chain mail. But maybe I'm getting softer these days b/c I just read something from my Mom that made me smile.
Photo: John Engstead /mptv.net
Below is a wonderful poem Audrey Hepburn
wrote when asked to share her "beauty tips." It was read at her funeral years later.
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness...
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone... People,
even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed,
and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
Wow. What an incredible woman.
I really love this, thanks for sharing it. It really is about the way we choose to look at things isn't it that makes all the difference :-)
Posted by: ombites (mary) | May 31, 2007 at 07:14 PM
>> People,
even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed,
and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
I especially like this line. Investing your time and energy in people is never a waste of time. Yet in this so-called modern world, we spend less and less time with stuff that truly matters - people :)
Posted by: isha | May 31, 2007 at 08:38 PM
love it!
Posted by: Linda | June 01, 2007 at 06:50 AM
I've read this many times before and it still makes me smile each time I see it. Thanks for sharing it today. :)
Posted by: Karen Beth | June 01, 2007 at 07:15 AM
I've read this many times before and it still makes me smile each time I see it. Thanks for sharing it today. :)
Posted by: Karen Beth | June 01, 2007 at 07:17 AM
I've read this many times before and it still makes me smile each time I see it. Thanks for sharing it today. :)
Posted by: Karen Beth | June 01, 2007 at 07:18 AM
I'm So sorry for the triple posts! Not sure what happened with that. :)
Posted by: Karen Beth | June 01, 2007 at 08:16 AM
I've always loved Audrey and reading things like this make me love her all the more! She truly was special... I miss her.
Posted by: Regina Clare Jane | June 01, 2007 at 10:23 AM
she is truly lovely inside and out!
Posted by: rubyslippers | June 02, 2007 at 02:46 PM
I read that on the back of her biography, and it made me want to buy it. It is still on my must-have list - thanks for the reminder!
Posted by: Nadine Fawell | June 03, 2007 at 09:49 AM