FW: My Resignation

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In a message dated 3/8/00 6:18:02 AM US Mountain Standard Time,

mbeatty (AT) wmonline (DOT) com writes:

 

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> >My Resignation...

> >

> >I am hereby officially tendering

> > my resignation as an adult. I have

> > decided I would like to accept the

> > responsibilities of an 8 year-old again.

> >

> > I want to go to McDonnell's and think

> > that it's a four star restaurant.

> >

> > I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud

> > puddle and make a sidewalk with rocks.

> >

> > I want to think M&Ms are better than

> > money because you can eat them.

> >

> > I want to lie under a big oak tree and

> > run a lemonade stand with my friends on

> > a hot summer's day.

> >

> > I want to return to a time when life was

> > simple; When all you knew were colors,

> > multiplication tables, and nursery

> > rhymes, but that didn't bother you,

> > because you didn't know what you

> > didn't know and you didn't care.

> >

> > All you knew was to be happy because you were blissfully unaware of

> > all the things that should make you

> > worried or upset.

> >

> > I want to think the world is fair.

> > That everyone is honest and good.

> >

> > I want to believe that anything is

> > Possible. I want to be oblivious

> > to the complexities of life and be

> > overly excited by the little things

> > again.

> >

> > I want to live simple again. I

> > don't want my day to consist of

> > computer crashes, mountains of paperwork,

> > depressing news, how to survive more days

> > in the month than there is money in the

> > bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness,

> > and loss of loved ones.

> >

> > I want to believe in the power of

> > smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth,

> > justice, peace, dreams, the imagination,

> > mankind, and making angels in the snow.

> >

> > So . . . here's my checkbook

> > and my car-keys, my credit card bills

> > and my 401K statements. I am officially

> > resigning from adulthood.

> >

> > And if you want to discuss this

> > further, you'll have to catch me

> > first, cause........

> > ...... Tag! You're it.

> >

> > Pass this to someone and brighten

> > their day by helping them remember

> > the Simple things in Life.

> >

> > ((((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))