I heart Lucy and Ethel so much!!1. Try everything twice. On Madams tombstone (of Whelan's and Madam) she said she wanted this epitaph: Tried everything twice...loved it both times!
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches;)
3. Keep learning: Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain get idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's!
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with HIM/HER.
6. The tears happen: Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. LIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love: Whether it's 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. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
11. Forgive now those who made you cry. You might not get a second time.
Reggie Girl posted this list on Wednesday and I loved it and borrowed it from her. Check her out sometimes.
4 comments:
I love you sister! How did you all fair with the storms the other night? How's the garden?
Heart, Carla
No kidding, I love Lucy and Ethel too. Nothing like a great friend to get you through life!!! I love to laugh --am bad at giving myself guilt trips though. very very bad.
Oh gigi, your comment was sooo funny on my blog. I laughed. It is wonderful being a G-ma. BUT tending is soooooo hard. I always ask myself after tending the kids --HOW DID I SURVIVE TO RAISE 5 OF MY OWN---they wear me out. So hang in there. (I'm still laughing)
Great post. And so true!
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