Make sure you read to the end!!!!!!
and sense this is my blog i can put my opinion after each and every one! ;D
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. thats good attitude but no.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step. but, how do you know which next small step??
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. sure
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch. yeah.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month. .......or be smart like me and dont have any at all.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. true its hard.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.why would you want someone else to cry? but it does feel better.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it. NO I DONT THINK SO
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck. why? wat if you dont even get that old. spend it now shop away.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present. yes
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry. oh no....it breaks my heart to see my mamma cry. and thats that.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about. yes. includes judgement
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it. umhmm. tell that to all the girls in my church!
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks. who knows? but he always keeps watch over his children.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind. like seriously?
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful. i need to do that. Today
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger. never had that experience
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else. like a second childhood during your adulthood??? ill prob end up doing that
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer. "yes man"
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special. thats if your married. he meant!
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow. yup thats meeee
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple. WHAT! WHAT IS THIS?!?! be nice to purple.
24. this one was just pointless
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.~~~and like all the important people in our lives can have control over it!
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'~~ true i neeed to start trying that. " in five years will the fact that i failed math matter? YES!"
27. Always choose life. WELL YA only God does otherwise
28. Forgive everyone everything.~~but thats so hard.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business. hey thats kinda true. yea i like that.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time. um wat if ur unpatient?
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. yea
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. i dont. okay ill stop
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. i wish there was another choice atleast. man
37. Your children get only one childhood. Amen
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. made no sense to my brain
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back. thats a good way to make one feel better actually...but no!
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. i really need a bike
42. The best is yet to come. thats good
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield. this does not occur to me
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift." girls are real gifts than when they have bows on their heads as soon as they are born!
A holy man was having a conversation with God one day and said,
' God , I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.'
God led the holy man to two doors.. He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in.
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
mouth water.
The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared
to be famished.
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.
But because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get
the spoons back into their mouths.
The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering.
God said, 'You have seen Hell.' They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water. The people were equipped 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..' It is simple,' said God . 'It requires but one skill. You see they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only of themselves.'
Remember that I will always share my spoon with you !
Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves
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