Good advice from an email

  Some great advice in these simple comments.  Maybe there is something here that will be of help.....

Written by a 90 year old , this is something we should all read at  least once !! Make sure you read to the end!!  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.

2. When in doubt, just take the next  small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time  hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when  you are sick.  Your friends  and
 parents 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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.

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."

  Bless you All !!!