Words to live by Recipe

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• Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio shopping list
• "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 38 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here goes: shopping list
• 1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good. shopping list
• 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step. shopping list
• 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. shopping list
• 4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. shopping list
• 5. Pay off your credit cards every month. shopping list
• 6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. shopping list
• 7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone. shopping list
• 8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it. shopping list
• 9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck. shopping list
• 10. Love your parents because they will be gone before you know it. shopping list
• 11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present. shopping list
• 12. It's OK to let your children see you cry. shopping list
• 13. Don't compare your life to others' lives. You have no idea what their journey is all about. shopping list
• 14. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks. shopping list
• 15. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind. shopping list
• 16. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful, or joyful. shopping list
• 17. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger. shopping list
• 18. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special. shopping list
• 19. The most important sex organ is the brain. shopping list
• 20.No one is in charge of your happiness but you. shopping list
• 21. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter? shopping list
• 22. Always choose life. shopping list
• 23. Forgive everyone everything. shopping list
• 24. Time heals almost everything. Give time time. shopping list
• 25. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. shopping list
• 26. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch. shopping list
• 27. Believe in miracles. shopping list
• 28. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do. shopping list
• 29. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now. shopping list
• 30. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young. shopping list
• 31. Your children get only one childhood. shopping list
• 32. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved. shopping list
• 33. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere. shopping list
• 34. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back. shopping list
• 35. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. shopping list
• 36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. shopping list
• 37. Yield. shopping list
• 38. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. shopping list