45 Life Lessons - What are your Top 3?

[raysnkaysmom]

I got this in my email... Thought it was great, and thought it would be interesting to see the Top 3 lessons people like to relate to.
Care to share?


> Written By Regina Brett, 90 years ol d, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio
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> To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It
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> is the most-requested column I've ever written." My odometer rolled over to
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> 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
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> 1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
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> 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
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> 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
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> 4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and
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> parents will. Stay in touch.
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> 5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
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> 6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
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> 7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
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> 8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
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> 9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.
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> 10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
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> 11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
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> 12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
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> 13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
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> 14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
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> 15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God
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> never blinks.
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> 16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
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> 17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
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> 18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
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> 19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
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> 20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for
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> an answer.
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> 21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, and wear the fancy lingerie.
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> Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
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> 22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
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> 23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
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> 24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
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> 25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
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> 26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will
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> this matter?'
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> 27. Always choose life.
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> 28. Forgive everyone everything.
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> 29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
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> 30. Time heals almost everything. Give time.
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> 31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
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> 32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
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> 33. Believe in miracles.
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> 34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
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> 35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
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> 36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
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> 37. Your children get only one childhood.
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> 38.20All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
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> 39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
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> 40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd
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> grab ours back.
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> 41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
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> 42. The best is yet to come.
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> 43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
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> 44. Yield.
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> 45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift

 

[raysnkaysmom]

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.


25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.


45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift

 

[Pooh's Pixie]

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.


21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, and wear the fancy lingerie.

Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.


These are my top 3, or at least the ones I feel I truly live...but they are all good!

 

[raysnkaysmom]

anyone else care to chime in?

 

[wvdisluv2]

I got this in my email as well~printed it and hung it on the fridge

I can't choose just three~they are all really good...and true

 

[Backstage_Gal]

I used #7 just today. Perceived kick upstairs to new global job, and a friend and I are misarable cause neither of us wanted those jobs.

 

[bballmom56]

Had to choose 4:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

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

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd
grab ours back.

 

[tazdev3225]

I agree with 10 and 18, you can't resist chocolate and I have always thought that what doesn't kill you make you stronger. I have three things of my own to add:
1. You can't control who your kids fall in love with so bite your tongue and be there for them when they need you and hope they are happy.
2. The world needs ditch diggers just as much as it needs doctors. As long as you are happy with your life who cares what your job is.
3. Friends come and go but family is there forever. You can't choose your family so accept them for what they are.

 

[Sparx]

1. its okay to get angry with god, he can take it.

2. what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

3. envy is a waste of time, you already have all you need.

 

[TheBigBadWolf]

No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

 

[Disney Doll]

It's not one of your 45, but my mother always says "This too shall pass" and I really agree with that sentiment. Basically, if you wait, bad things pass, as do good things, in the ebb and flow of life.

 

[NHdisneylover]

That is a fun read. The three (okay 4) I think apply most to me and the advice I tend to give as well are:
5 & 9 are related and I would count them together as one of my top 3.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, and wear the fancy lingerie.
Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will
this matter?'

 

[TangaroaTiki]

My top 3:

28. Forgive everyone everything

33. Believe in miracles

42. The best is yet to come

 

[4nana]

At 62yo you can't have just 3

Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger. (My Daddy's favorite saying)

It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, and wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

Believe in miracles.

God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

The best is yet to come.

Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift


Disney Doll, like your dear mom, I also use this one a lot ~ This too shall pass


I'll add ~ Don't sweat the small stuff

 

[suejai]

I couldn't pick just three, so here are my top 6:

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

27. Always choose life.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.



And my Disney planning philosophy: #22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

 

[LuvOrlando]

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[OceanAnnie]

All of them are great. Here are a few of mine:

1. Listen more than talk.

2. Try to see other people's POV.

3. Pay yourself first. Dad always told me that one.

4. It's fine to say simply, "No.". The world won't stop turning if you don't do everything that is thrown your way.

DD- I heard, "This too shall pass.", quite a bit too. When you are young, it sometimes sounds like a mockery. When you get older, you know it's true.

 

[MizTink]

I agree with 10 and 18, you can't resist chocolate and I have always thought that what doesn't kill you make you stronger. I have three things of my own to add:
1. You can't control who your kids fall in love with so bite your tongue and be there for them when they need you and hope they are happy.
2. The world needs ditch diggers just as much as it needs doctors. As long as you are happy with your life who cares what your job is.
3. Friends come and go but family is there forever. You can't choose your family so accept them for what they are.