I received this in an email and had to pass it along:
To realize
The value of a sister/brother
Ask someone
Who doesn’t have one.
To realize
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly
Divorced couple.
To realize
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.
To realize
The value of one year:
Ask a student who
Has failed a final exam.
To realize The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
To realize
The value of one month:
Ask a mother
Who has given birth to
A premature baby….
To realize
The value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize
The value of …

 A friend of mine casually mentioned the other day that she was using speedating, a website, to “date.” You get a few minutes to “meet” the other person, on camera. You then decide to meet them or not.
Simple, quick, easy. No commitments. No embarassment. Little risk.
Another friend of mine met her husband-to-be on a web dating site and yet another met his girlfriend (it’s now very serious) on a web dating site.
And then at lunch yet ANOTHER friend told me SHE was using an online dating service!
It used to be …