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Lessons
in Life By Regina
Brett
'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
rolls over to 50 this week, so here's an update: '
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. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
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. Life
is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy
dying.
17. You can get through anything if you stay put in today.
18. A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
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 except
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. Your job won't take care of you when you are
sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
33. Believe in
miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of
anything you did or didn't do.
35. Whatever doesn't kill you
really does make you stronger.
36. Growing old beats the
alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one
childhood. Make it memorable.
38. Read the Psalms. They
cover every human emotion.
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. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
42. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or
joyful.
43. All that truly matters in the end is that you
loved.
44. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you
need.
45. The best is yet to come.
46. No matter how you
feel, get up, dress up and show up.
47. Take a deep breath. It
calms the mind.
48. If you don't ask, you don't get.
49.
Yield.
50. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
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