Inspiring Words by a 90 Year Aged

To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. 

• Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
• When in doubt, just take the next small step.
• Life is too short – enjoy it.
• Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will. 
• Don't buy stuff you don't need.
• You don't have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself.
• Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
• It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
• Save for things that matter.
• When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
• Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
• It's ok to let your children see you cry.
• Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
• If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
• Everything can change in the blink of an eye but don't worry; God never blinks.
• Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
• Get rid of anything that isn't useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.
• Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
• It's never too late to be happy. But it’s all up to you and no one else.
• 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, and wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
• Over prepare, and then go with the flow.
• Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
• The most important sex organ is the brain.
• No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
• Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
• Always choose life.
• Forgive but don’t forget. 
• What other people think of you is none of your business. 
• 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.
• Believe in miracles.
• God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
• Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
• Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
• Your children get only one childhood.
• All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
• Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
• If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
• Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you already have not what you need.
• The best is yet to come.
• No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
• Yield.
• Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

This is something we should all read at least once a week. 

Written by Regina Brett (90 years aged of Plain Dealer Cleveland, Ohio)