This set of rules was written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, columnist for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland , Ohio.<\/p>\n
As an introduction she wrote:\u00a0 “To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me.\u00a0 It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written.\u00a0 My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
\n1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.<\/p>\n
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.<\/p>\n
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone…<\/p>\n
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.<\/p>\n
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.<\/p>\n
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.<\/p>\n
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.<\/p>\n
8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.<\/p>\n
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.<\/p>\n
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.<\/p>\n
There are another 35 all worth reading.<\/em> 12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.<\/p>\n 13. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.<\/p>\n 14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.<\/p>\n 15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.<\/p>\n 16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.<\/p>\n 17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.<\/p>\n 18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.<\/p>\n 19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.<\/p>\n 20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.<\/p>\n 21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.<\/p>\n 22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.<\/p>\n 23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.<\/p>\n 24. The most important sex organ is the brain.<\/p>\n 25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.<\/p>\n 26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words “In five years, will this matter?”<\/p>\n 27. Always choose life.<\/p>\n 28. Forgive everyone everything.<\/p>\n 29. What other people think of you is none of your business.<\/p>\n 30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.<\/p>\n 31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.<\/p>\n 32. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.<\/p>\n 33. Believe in miracles.<\/p>\n 34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.<\/p>\n 35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.<\/p>\n 36. Growing old beats the alternative\u2014dying young.<\/p>\n 37. Your children get only one childhood.<\/p>\n 38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.<\/p>\n 39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.<\/p>\n 40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.<\/p>\n 41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.<\/p>\n 42. The best is yet to come.<\/p>\n 43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.<\/p>\n 44. Yield.<\/p>\n 45. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This set of rules was written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, columnist for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland , Ohio. As an introduction she wrote:\u00a0 “To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me.\u00a0 It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written.\u00a0 My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-simon-says"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99jGb-xh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2063"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2081,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2063\/revisions\/2081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.<\/p>\n