Life Lessons

I came across a column from Regina Brett, a columnist for the Plain Dealer in Cleveland, OH.  To celebrate growing older, she wrote a list of lessons that life has taught her.  I thought I would share a few of them here:

 

• Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
• When in doubt, just take the next small step.
• Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
• Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick.  Your friends and parents will.  Stay in touch.
• Pay off your credit cards every month.
• You don’t have to win every argument.  Agree to disagree.
• Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
• Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
• Don’t compare yourself to others.  You have no idea what their journey is all about.
• Get rid of everything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
• When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
• Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.  Don’t save it for a special occasion.  Today is special.
• Over prepare, then go with the flow.
• No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
• Forgive everyone everything.
• Time heals almost everything.  Give time time.
• However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
• Don’t take yourself so seriously.  No one else does.
• All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
• If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.

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