Life

A wonderful reminder of what life is truly about!


> This is something we should all read at least once a week
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> Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland ,
Ohio
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> "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me..
It is the most-requested column I've ever written.
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> My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
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> 1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
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> 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
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> 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone...
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> 4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and
parents will. Stay in touch
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> 5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
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> 6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
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> 7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
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> 8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
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> 9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
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> 10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
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> 11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
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> 12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
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> 13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey
is all about.
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> 14. If a relationship has to be a secret,you shouldn't be in it.
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> 15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God
never blinks.
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> 16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
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> 17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
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> 18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
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> 19.. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is
up to you and no one else.
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> 20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for
an answer.
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> 21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't
save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
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> 22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
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> 23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
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> 24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
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> 25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
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> 26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words'In five years, will
this matter?'
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> 27. Always choose life.
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> 28. Forgive everyone everything.
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> 29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
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> 30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
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> 31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
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> 32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
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> 33. Believe in miracles.
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> 34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did
or didn't do.
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> 35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
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> 36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
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> 37. Your children get only one childhood.
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> 38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
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> 39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
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> 40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's,we'd
grab ours back.
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> 41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
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> 42. The best is yet to come.
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> 43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
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> 44. Yield.
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> 45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
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> A holy man was having a conversation with God one day and said,
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> ' God , I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.'
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> God led the holy man to two doors.
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> He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in.
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> In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the
table was a large pot of stew, which smelled delicious and made the holy
man's mouth water.
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> The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to
be famished.
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> They were holding spoons with very long handles, that were strapped to
their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take
a spoonful.
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> But because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the
spoons back into their mouths.
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> The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering.
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> God said, 'You have seen Hell.'
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> They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as
the first one.
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> There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the
holy man's mouth water.
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> The people were equiped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the
people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The holy man
said, 'I don't understand..'
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> It is simple,' said God . 'It requires but one skill.
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> You see they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only
of themselves.'
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> Its estimated 93% won't forward this. If you are one of the 7% who will,
forward this with the title '7%'.
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> I'm in the 7%
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> Remember that I will always share my spoon with you !
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> Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves
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Thanks Barry & Louise D