2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer,
crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain
idle, "An idle mind is the devil's workshop," the
devil's
name is Depression.
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 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 us our entire life, is
ourselves. Be alive while you are alive; don't put
out a mailbox on the highway of death and just wait
in residence for your mail.
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 to guilt country.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at
every opportunity; and always remember . . . "Life
is not measured by the number of breaths we take but
by the moments that take our breath away."
THEY SAY. . .
It takes a minute to find a special person
An hour to appreciate them
A day to love them
But then an entire life to forget them.
(Some
I've tried to forget...but they just keep coming back like a song...) jb