> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I am sending this for the meaning of the letter...
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >.it does make sense and we should
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > take the time every day to do what is says
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Whether you believe in the cases or not, that is up to you.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > READ ALONE.....ESPECIALLY THE LAST PART
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > CASE 1:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kelly Sedey had
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > one wish, for her
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > boyfriend
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of three years, David
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Marsden, to propose to her.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Then one day
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > when she was out to lunch
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David proposed! She
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > accepted, but then had to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > leave because she had a meeting
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in 20 min. When she got
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to her office, she
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > noticed on
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > her computer she had
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > e-mail. She checked it, the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > usual stuff from her friends,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > but then she saw one
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that she had never gotten
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > before. It was this
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > letter. She simply
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > deleted it without even
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > reading all of it.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > BIG MISTAKE!
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Later that evening, she
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > received a phone call from
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the police. It was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > about DAVID!
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > He had been in an
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > accident with an 18 wheeler.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > He didn't survive.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > CASE 2: Take Katie Robbenson.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > She received this letter
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and being the believer
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that she was, she sent it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to a few of her
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > friends but didn't have
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > enough e-mail addresses to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > send out the full 10
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that you must.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Three days later, Katie
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > went to a masquerade ball.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Later that night when she
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > left to get to her car
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to go home, she was killed
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > on the spot by a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hit-and-run drunk driver.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > CASE 3:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Richard S. Willis sent
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this letter out within 45
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > minutes of reading it.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Not even 4 hours later
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > walking along the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > street to his new job
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > interview with a really big
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > company, when
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > he ran into Cynthia Bell,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > his secret love for 5 years.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cynthia came up to him and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > told him of her
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > passionate crush on him
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that she had had on him
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for 2 years. Three days
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > later, he
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > proposed to her and they
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > got married. Cynthia and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Richard are still
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > married with three
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > children, happy as ever!
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is the letter:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 if,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Remember to always say
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > what you mean.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you love
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > someone, tell them.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Don't be afraid to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > express yourself. Reach out and
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tell someone what they
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mean to you. Because when
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you decide that it is the right time it
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >might be too late.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Seize the day. Never have
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > regrets. And most importantly, stay
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > close to your friends and family, for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they have helped make you the person that you are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >today.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >You must send this on in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 3 hours after reading the letter to 10
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > different people.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you do this, you will
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > receive unbelievably good luck in love.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The person that you are
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > most attracted to will soon return your
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > feelings.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you do not, bad luck
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > will rear it's ugly head at you.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > THIS IS NOT A JOKE!
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You have read the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > warnings, seen the cases, and the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > consequences.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You MUST send this on or face dreadfully bad luck.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *NOTE* The more people
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that you send this to, the better luck
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you will have.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "If you judge people, you
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have no time to love them."
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

[submitted 04/15/02]