Feel good stuff. A positive-i-ty thread

[Rowan MacD]

  Every now than then, I bust out this old email. Something on this list always applies.
  If you have a favorite saying that that 'gets you through' whether that be tough times, or you just have a slogan to live by, please share....


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."

. Friends are the family that we choose.

[Mairte]

This list is definitely a pick me up.
My favorite is 40! 

[maeven]

This is so cool! Thanks for posting this! It made me smile

[Rowan MacD]

    "What other people think of you is none of your business".     It goes with the saying: "people who eavesdrop will seldom hear anything good about themselves".   My mom used to say that, but it took many years to understand it. 
   It took even longer to learn not to gossip.  I can't always avoid hearing it, but I can refuse to repeat it, and I try not be the source of it. 

 

[JimsDana]

You can't buy happiness,
But you can buy ice cream,
And that's kind of the same thing!

[JimsDana]

The only thing better than a good friend is a good friend with a bag of M&M'S.

[Merlin the Elder]

...or dark chocolate...

[Lady Christina de Pond]

chocolate mmmmmm ofcourse ice cream is always bette with chocolate syrup

Every Woman should know
one old love she can imagine going back to... and one who reminds her how far she has come...

...enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own even if she never wants to or needs to...

...something perfect to wear if the employer or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...

...a youth she's content to leave behind...

...a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to retelling it in her old age...

...a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...

...one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who lets her cry...

...a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family...

...eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a recipe for a meal that will make her guests feel honored...

..a feeling of control over her destiny...


EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...


..how to fall in love without losing herself...

...how to quit a job, break up with a lover, and confront a friend without ruining the
friendship... when to walk away...

...that she can't change the length of her calves, the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents...

...that her childhood may not have been perfect...but its over...

...what she would and wouldn't do for love or more...

...how to live alone... even if she doesn't like it...

...whom she can trust, whom she can't, and why she shouldn't take it personally...

..where to go... be it to her best friend's kitchen table... or a charming inn in the woods... when her soul needs soothing...

...what she can and can't accomplish in a day... a month...and a year...

[Hausfrau Monica]

Blessings for all of that....reminders of what is truly important in life....thank you

[Rowan MacD]

^^ditto^^

[Molden]

"Do not apologize - no excuses, no explanations."

       - Julia Child on meals or entertaining, I'd expand it to include gifts or gestures. 

[mehan]

Putting it in faire perspective - AT GLMF this weekend my Ewan wasna feeling well but he......

43.  No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up

and was a happier man for it (and so was I )

[Rowan MacD]

"I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind.

Some come from ahead and some come from behind.

But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see.

Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!"

~ Dr. Seuss

[Lady Mac]

All 45 are wonderful.


I can't sing like a bird, but I do chirp with passion.

      ~me

[JimsDana]

She took
the leap
and built
her wings on
the way down