This is something we ALL should read at least once a week. Make sure to read to the end. It was written by Regina Brent, 90 yrs old who was a regular columnist of the Plain Dealer, a major daily newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. It's so good I wish I had written it.
“To celebrate growing older I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I have ever written”.
1. Life isn’t fair, but it is still good
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will. Stay in touch
5. Pay off your credit cards every month
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing that crying alone
8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it
9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay packet
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile
11. Make peace with your past so that it won’t screw up your present
12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry
13. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about
14. If a relationship has to be secret, you shouldn’t be in it
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. Don’t worry – God never blinks
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind
17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful
18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger
19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life – don’t take no for an answer
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow
23. Be eccentric now, Don’t wait for old age to wear purple
24. The most important sex organ is the brain
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you
26. Frame every so called disaster with these words “In 5 years will this matter”
27. Always choose life
28. Forgive everyone everything
29. What other people think of you is none of you business
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change
32. Don’t take yourself so seriously – no one else does
33. Believe in miracles
34. God loves you because of who God is…. not because of anything you did or didn’t do
35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of now
36. Growing old beats the alternative – dying young
37. Your children only get one childhood
38. All that matters in the end is that you loved
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere
40. If we threw all our problems in a pile and saw everyone elses, we’d grab ours back
41. Envy is a waste of time . You already have everything you need
42. The best is yet to come…
43. No matter how you feel, get up, get dressed and show up
44. Yield
45. Life isn’t tied with a bow… but is still a gift.
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