Interesting read

[Mickxr8]

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."