45 Life Lessons….From A Ninety Year Old.

There”s an email making it’s way around the web in and out of people’s inboxes…I received it the other day from a good friend of mine and I’m so grateful I did. You see, it’s a list of 45 life lessons written by a 90 year old who wrote the list to celebrate growing older. It was the most requested piece she’s ever written.

Read her wisdom and share….

 

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 – enjoy it.

 

4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family

will.

 

5.Don’t buy stuff you don’t need.

 

6. You don’t have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself.

 

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 things that matter.

 

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. Clutter weighs you down in many

ways.

 

18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.

 

19. It’s never too late to be happy. But it’s all 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 but don’t forget.

 

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. Accept what you already have not what 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.”