The list below was compiled by one Regina Brett. https://www.reginabrett.com/
I like her!
And I like her list.
Which is why it is on my blog posting now.
While there are many items on the list that I especially agree with such as 1, 4, 5, 8,9, 20, 23, 26, There are a few items on the list I don´t agree with. The latter items you can see at the bottom of the blog posting.
Read on and do let me know what do you think of Ms. Brett´s 45.
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.
Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
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.
Save for retirement, starting with your first payslip.
When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the 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.
Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
You can get through anything if you stay put in today.
A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
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 for a special occasion. 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 except you.
Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"
Forgive everyone everything.
What other people think of you is none of your business.
Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Believe in miracles.
Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
Growing old beats the alternative — dying young.
Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
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.
Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful, or joyful.
All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.....
( I would add to this sentence above: And that you were loved.)
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.
Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
If you don't ask, you don't get.
Yield.
Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
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There are the few items on the list I don´t agree with, specifically:
No. 31 is most certainly not correct: If it does n´t kill you - it does not necessarily make you stronger.
For starters: I am still not over discovering 30 plus years ago at age 34 that I had a learning disability. That was not the problem per say, the problem was that the learning disability was not discovered in school - because I had worked too hard.
This brought me from a natural F grade to a hard earned D grade. With the result, that I was never red flagged for needing support. ....
So there you are, I am the ONLY person in the WHOLE world who worked so hard, that it stopped me from ´getting ahead`!
And I have no doubt there are many other far more serious examples of: ... - it does not necessarily make you stronger.
Indeed I opine, that prisons and psychiatric facilities are much peopled by inmates who ´ít´ did not kill - but ´it´certainly did not make them stronger either.
No 35. Nope. Not 100 % true.
While there are dozens of people in my world, and more, those not in my world, whose problems I would not want, there are at least three people I have met in my life whose problems I would have been happy to swap with.
No. 39. Not true. And more this could only be written by someone who has never known ´need´. WHO can provide evidence of numerous examples of people who don´t have enough. - Like about half the population of the world!
In my mind no.39 is the only true dud on the list... So I can deal with that.
No. 6 is a valid observation after all!
So gentle reader, do let me know what you think of this list?
Hausfrau Róisín.
