Lessons.txt
This was written by a guy named Brett who writes
columns for The Plain Dealer, a newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.
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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 rolls over to 70 in August, so here goes:
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. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else
does.
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 (and a few other
things), if you can't resist it, don't keep it around.
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, except
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. Your job won't 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 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. Make it
memorable.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you
loved and so did God.
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.
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