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Life is Just Too Short.. Celebrate Growing Older

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Regina Brett, 90 years old wrote:

To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 46 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:

  1. Life isn't fair, but it's 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 about you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.

  5. Pay off your credit cards monthly.

  6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

  7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

  8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

  9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

  10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

  11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the 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 a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

  15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But 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 five years, will this matter?'

  27. Always choose life.

  28. Forgive everyone of everything.

  29. What other people think of you is none of your 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 it now.

  36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

  37. Your children get only one childhood.

  38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

  39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

  40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

  41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

  42. The best is yet to come.

  43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up.

  44. Yield.

  45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

  46. The grass is NOT greener on the other side, so stop looking at it that way. Just ask the person on that grass who's thinking your grass is greener than theirs.

Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves. I think we take to much for granted now days or we spend to much time trying to keep up with the Jones. Yep time to stop and smell the roses - Enjoy the little things in like. Take the time to tell those you love that you love them - hug often!

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Re: LIfe is Just Too Short... Celebrate Growing Older

WOW! you know i've read some of these things a lot lately, but the funny thing is that I never get sick of reading them. They are SOOOOOO true, and I think i'm gonna print them out and put them on my fridge so I can see them every morning before i start my day. I tried to pick out my favs from the list above but they're all too precious to pick from. Thanks for posting this SM, now im gonna go cry a little Crying

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Re: LIfe is Just Too Short... Celebrate Growing Older

oh I know I got that in a email and it was from Rondo too Smile

Everything in that is so true. I loved that and wanted to post it. I thougth a blog was the perfect spot for it Smile

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Re: LIfe is Just Too Short... Celebrate Growing Older

I'd like to celibrate growing old, but my back is aching too much, and my eyesight is now so poor it was hard to read that. Tongue


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