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09-01-2012, 05:14 AM | #1 | ||
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Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old. This is something we should all read
> at least once a week!!!!! > LOVE THESE RULES TO LIVE BY > "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. Change the way you think. > 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 than crying alone. > 8. Release your children when they become adults, its their life now > 9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay cheque. > 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. > 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. Just because you believe you are right, doesn't mean you are. Keep an > open mind. > 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. Your job is to love your children, not choose who they should love. > 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."
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09-01-2012, 05:59 AM | #2 | ||
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Good piece mickxr8. Lots of good New Years Resolutions in there.
Now to pick just one for a signature
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