This is another of the witty-or-wise sayings that someone on my email list sends to me.. I've not bothered to trace its provenance but most of its sentences make pretty good sense so I thought that I would share it with you all.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is something worth reading at least once a week! Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio . "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 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 – enjoy it. 4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will. 5. Pay off your credit cards every month. 6. You don't have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself. 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. Clutter weighs you down in many ways. 18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger. 19. It's never too late to be happy. But it’s all 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 but don’t forget. 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. Accept what you already have, not what you want.. 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." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Love to all, Hank....
Hank, I hope I don't have to wait until I'm 90 to be as wise as this lady! #21 reminds me of my grandmother--she saved every new sweater, blouse, any new and pretty article of clothing "to be buried in". She wore mended and faded house dresses and badly worn shoes, but had a closet full of new clothing. If we had buried her with all her "burial clothes" we would have needed another casket. That did teach me to take off the tags and put on the new clothes, and enjoy the wearing of them!
Hank, Thanks for re printing this. I did see this in a local paper and kept it, but I didn't think to put it here. They are excellent words to live by.
Love them all But most #21 also.My Grand mother Kept all clothing gifts. And I wore brand new shirt-well new to me From Goodwill.Made dust cloths out of some old ones.
These are some of the best thoughts I have ever read. However, I would like to add another one - Hate has 4 letters, but so does Love, Enemies has 7 letters, but so does Friends…Lying has 5 letters, but so does Truth…Hurt has 4 letters, but so does Heal…Transform every negative energy into an aura of positivity…It’s your perception that makes the difference in the way u feel.
