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My Air Force sister sent me this--1. Throw out non-essential numbers; this includes age, weight and
height.
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. If you
really need a grouch, there are probably family members that fill that
need.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening,
whatever. Just never let the brain idle.
4. Enjoy the simple things. When the children are young, that is all
that you can afford. When they are in college, that is all that you can
afford. When they are grown and you are on retirement, that is all that
you can afford!
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. Laugh
so much that you can be tracked in the store by your distinctive laughter.
6. The tears happen - endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who
is with you your entire life is yourself.
7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it is family, pets,
keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health. If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable,
improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips. Go to the mall, the next county, a foreign
country, but not guilt.
10. Tell the people you love (that would include you) that you love them
at every opportunity.
Remember, life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.
Author Unknown
Attitudes are Contagious...Is Yours Worth Catching?
-- Dawn (olsoncln@ecenet.com), January 31, 2002
Just beautiful. I pray that any who suffer from a negative attitude can be helped by this!!
-- Melissa in SE Ohio (me@home.net), January 31, 2002.
Thanks, Dawn, youve helped get my day off to a great start!
-- Kelly (KY) (homearts2002@yahoo.com), January 31, 2002.
Very wise advice by someone who sounds they have learned this the hard way. . . thanks Dawn for this really instructive post.
-- j.r. guerra in s. tx. (jrguerra@boultinghousesimpson.com), January 31, 2002.