I read this today and wanted to share it. It was written by a 90 year columnist from Cleveland, Ohio named Regina Brett. Hope you enjoy her words of wisdom...
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- enjoy it...
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself.
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 you first paycheck.
10. When it come 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 on 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. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. Its never too late to be happy. But it's all 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 you happiness but you.
26. Frame every so called disaster with these words "in 5 years will this matter?"
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive but don't forget.
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 beat the alternative-dying young.
37. Your children only get 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. Accept what you already have not what 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.
Thank you Mrs Brett for your lifelong wisdom.
Hope you learn a little and take a little but don't forget to give a little.
Cristy
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
A Feng Shui New Year
What I learned on Day 1 of the countdown to the BIG 4-0
In reading through my facebook page today I was amused by all the New Year's superstitions everyone participated in. All of the things we do in the hopes of having "Good Luck". So where do these superstitions come from.
The one I remember was always eat black eyed peas on New Year's Day if you wanted to be prosperous.
The Chinese have certain superstitions that are related to good and to bad luck....feng shui.
-They believe that good luck can be found in pairs. If you wish to give a gift then you'll want to give 2 gifts.
-Don't build a home that is facing north.
-Avoid the #4 because it sounds like the Chinese word for death.
-Staircases should have an even number of steps.
My favorite is how you sweep your home is very important. You can hold on to the good luck that enters your door by proper sweeping. When you sweep, you should sweep inwardly. You need to sweep all of the dirt and dust into the center of you home and then physically carry it out of the house through the back door, never the front. This keeps the good luck in your home.
So whether you eat your fill of black eyed peas or kiss your love at midnight, I think the important thing is not the superstitions you believe in but the belief in something super happening to you.
So here's to a SUPER New Year filled with hope, prosperity and wellness...and a another helping of black eyed peas won't hurt either.
For luck.
In reading through my facebook page today I was amused by all the New Year's superstitions everyone participated in. All of the things we do in the hopes of having "Good Luck". So where do these superstitions come from.
The one I remember was always eat black eyed peas on New Year's Day if you wanted to be prosperous.
The Chinese have certain superstitions that are related to good and to bad luck....feng shui.
-They believe that good luck can be found in pairs. If you wish to give a gift then you'll want to give 2 gifts.
-Don't build a home that is facing north.
-Avoid the #4 because it sounds like the Chinese word for death.
-Staircases should have an even number of steps.
My favorite is how you sweep your home is very important. You can hold on to the good luck that enters your door by proper sweeping. When you sweep, you should sweep inwardly. You need to sweep all of the dirt and dust into the center of you home and then physically carry it out of the house through the back door, never the front. This keeps the good luck in your home.
So whether you eat your fill of black eyed peas or kiss your love at midnight, I think the important thing is not the superstitions you believe in but the belief in something super happening to you.
So here's to a SUPER New Year filled with hope, prosperity and wellness...and a another helping of black eyed peas won't hurt either.
For luck.
Monday, December 31, 2012
Happy New Years!!!!
Happy New Years!!!
I have always wanted to start a blog but had no idea what kind I wanted to start. I have since figured out that it was just another way of procrastinating. Something that I am a pro at. So here it is....
My Blog
I am turning 40 this year. There I said it, sort of. I am not afraid of turning 40, well, not completely afraid. I want to redefine my idea of 40, not be defined by it.
So that is my brilliant idea for this blog. My road to the BIG 4-0.
Let the fun begin...and the learning...and the growing...etc.
39 and holding(for the next 10 months anyways),
Cristy
I have always wanted to start a blog but had no idea what kind I wanted to start. I have since figured out that it was just another way of procrastinating. Something that I am a pro at. So here it is....
My Blog
I am turning 40 this year. There I said it, sort of. I am not afraid of turning 40, well, not completely afraid. I want to redefine my idea of 40, not be defined by it.
So that is my brilliant idea for this blog. My road to the BIG 4-0.
Let the fun begin...and the learning...and the growing...etc.
39 and holding(for the next 10 months anyways),
Cristy
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