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“Defending The Dream”

Written
by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain
Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio .

“To
celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45
lessons life taught me. It is the most requested
column I’ve ever
written.

My
odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is
the column once
more”:

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.”

Its
estimated 93% won’t forward this. If you are one
of the 7% who
will,
forward
this with the title
‘7%’.

I’m in
the 7%. Friends are the family that we
choose.