Life Lessons from a 90 year old.

• Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
• When in doubt, just take the next small step.
• Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
• Your job won't take care of you when you are sick.  Your family and friends will.  Stay in touch.
• Pay off your credit cards every month.
• You don't have to win every argument.  Agree to disagree.
• Cry with someone.  It's more healing than crying alone.
• It's ok to get angry with God.  He can take it.
• Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
• When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
• Make peace with your past so it won't screw up your present.
• It's ok to let your children see you cry.
• Don't compare your life to others.  You have no idea what their journey is all about.
• If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
• Everything can change in the blink of an eye.  But don't worry, God never blinks.
• Take a couple of deep breaths.  It calms the mind.
• Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
• It's never too late to have a happy childhood.  But the second one is up to you and no-one else.
• When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
• Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.  Don't save it.  Today is special.
• Over prepare, then go with the flow.
• Be eccentric now.  Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
• The most important sex organ is the brain.
• No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
• Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?".
• Always choose life.
• Forgive everyone everything.
• What other people think of you is none of your business.
• God and time heal almost everything.  Give them time.
• However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
• Don't take yourself so seriously.  No one else does.
• Believe in miracles.
• Gold loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
• Don't audit life.  Show up and make the most of it now.
• Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
• Your children get only one childhood.
• All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
• Get outside every day.  Miracles are waiting everywhere.
• If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
• Envy is a waste of time.  You already have all you need.
• The best is yet to come.
• No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
• Yield.
• Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.