Throw out the non-essential numbers in your life: age, weight & height. Be thankful and be proud about it.

 

Keep only the cheerful friends around. The “grouches” pull u down. If you really need a grouch, there are probably a few dozen of your relatives to do the work.

 

Keep on learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, interior design, gardening …whatever. Just never let the brain idle.

 

Laugh often, long & loud… Laugh until you gasp for breath. Laugh so much that you can be tracked in the store by your “distinctive laughter”.

 

The tears happen… Endure, grieve, cry hard enough, & move on. The only person who is with us in our entire life is … ourselves.

 

Surround yourself w/ what you love, whether it is family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies … whatever. Your home is your refuge.

 

Cherish your health. If it is good – preserve it. If it is unstable – improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve – get help.

 

Don’t take guilt trips. Go to the mall, the next county, a foreign country… but not guilt.

 

Tell the people u love, that you love them at every opportunity.

 

REMEMBER, Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

 

I have learned that……

 

Your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don’t even know you.

 

You cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

 

No matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back.

 

It is hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people’s feelings and standing up for what you believe.

 

It takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

 

Praying hard is essential,, pray with all of your heart and believe… Your faith will see you through the harshness of life.

 

Remember, a Faith not worth dying for, is not a faith worth living for.