03/17/2025
Words to live by š
This is something we should all read at least once a week. Make sure you read to the end!
Written by Regina Brett
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 50 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written.
So here is the column:
1. Life isnāt fair, but itās still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Donāt take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You donāt have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. Itās more healing than crying alone.
8. Itās 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 wonāt screw up the present.
12. Itās OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Donāt compare your life to othersā. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldnāt be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But donāt 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. Itās 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, donāt take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Donāt save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Overprepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Donāt wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important s*x organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: āIn five years, will this matter?ā
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 wonāt 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 didnāt do.
35. Whatever doesnāt kill you really does make you stronger.
36. Growing old beats the alternative ā 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 elseās, weād grab ours back.
41. Donāt audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
42. Get rid of anything that isnāt 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 donāt ask, you donāt get.
49. Yield.
50. Life isnāt tied with a bow, but itās still a gift.
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Picture:
Iris Apfel August 29, 1921 - March 1, 2024
R.I.P. šš½
