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This is something we should all  read at least once a week!!!!! Make sure you read to the  end!!!!!!

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 for ourselves