
This is
something we should all read at least once a week!!!!! Make sure you read to the
end!!!!!!
Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, 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 to waste time
hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your
friends and parents 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 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 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."
Its estimated 93% won't
forward this. If you are one of the 7% who will, forward this with the title
'7%'.
I'm
in the 7%. 