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Life Lessons (From Regina Brett)

The document provides a long list of life lessons and advice for aging. It encourages taking small steps when unsure, spending time with friends and family, making peace with the past, loving life today, and focusing on happiness rather than what others think.

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Life Lessons (From Regina Brett)

The document provides a long list of life lessons and advice for aging. It encourages taking small steps when unsure, spending time with friends and family, making peace with the past, loving life today, and focusing on happiness rather than what others think.

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Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio

"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the ! lessons li"e ta#ght $e% It is the $ost&re'#ested col#$n I(ve ever written% )y *+ersonal, odo$eter rolled over to 90 in -#g#st, so here is the col#$n once $ore.
/% 1% 5% % !% 8% 9% :% 9% /0% //% /1% /5% / % /!% /8% /9% /:% /9% 10% 1/% 11% 15% 1 % 0i"e isn(t "air, b#t it(s still good% When in do#bt, 2#st ta3e the ne4t s$all ste+% 0i"e is too short to waste ti$e hating anyone%%% 6o#r 2ob won(t ta3e care o" yo# when yo# are sic3% 6 o#r "riends and +arents will% 7tay in to#ch Pay o"" yo#r credit cards every $onth% 6o# don(t have to win every arg#$ent% -gree to disagree% Cry with so$eone% It(s $ore healing than crying alone% It(s O; to get angry with <od% =e can ta3e it% 7ave "or retire$ent starting with yo#r "irst +aychec3% When it co$es to chocolate, resistance is "#tile% )a3e +eace with yo#r +ast so it won(t screw #+ the +resent% It(s O; to let yo#r children see yo# cry% Don(t co$+are yo#r li"e to others% 6o# have no idea what their 2o#rney is all abo#t% I" a relationshi+ has to be a secret, yo# sho#ldn(t be in it% >verything can change in the blin3 o" an eye% B#t don(t worry? <od never blin3s% Ta3e a dee+ breath% It cal$s the $ind% <et rid o" anything that isn(t #se"#l, bea#ti"#l or 2oy"#l% Whatever doesn(t 3ill yo# really does $a3e yo# stronger% It(s never too late to have a ha++y childhood% B#t the second one is #+ to yo# and no one else% When it co$es to going a"ter what yo# love in li"e, don(t ta3e no "or an answer% B#rn the candles, #se the nice sheets, wear the "ancy lingerie% Don(t save it "or a s+ecial occasion% Today is s+ecial% Over +re+are, then go with the "low% Be eccentric now% Don(t wait "or old age to wear +#r+le% The $ost i$+ortant se4 organ is the brain%

1!% 18% 19% 1:% 19% 50% 5/% 51% 55% 5 % 5!% 58% 59% 5:% 59% 0% /% 1% 5% % !%

@o one is in charge o" yo#r ha++iness b#t yo#% Ara$e every so&called disaster with these words (In "ive years, will this $atterB( -lways choose li"e% Aorgive everyone everything% What other +eo+le thin3 o" yo# is none o" yo#r b#siness% Ti$e heals al$ost everything% <ive ti$e ti$e% =owever good or bad a sit#ation is, it will change% Don(t ta3e yo#rsel" so serio#sly% @o one else does% Believe in $iracles% <od loves yo# beca#se o" who <od is, not beca#se o" anything yo# did or didn(t do% Don(t a#dit li"e% 7how #+ and $a3e the $ost o" it now% <rowing old beats the alternative && dying yo#ng% 6o#r children get only one childhood%% -ll that tr#ly $atters in the end is that yo# loved% <et o#tside every day% )iracles are waiting everywhere% I" we all threw o#r +roble$s in a +ile and saw everyone else(s, we(d grab o#rs bac3% >nvy is a waste o" ti$e% 6o# already have all yo# need% The best is yet to co$e% @o $atter how yo# "eel, get #+, dress #+ and show #+% 6ield% 0i"e isn(t tied with a bow, b#t it(s still a gi"t%"

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