Wise Words

• 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. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
• 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, 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, 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 but 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. 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. 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.
• Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland,Ohio . 45 Lessons Life has taught me.