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Written by   Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain  Dealer, Cleveland   , Ohio .
“To celebrate  growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life  taught me. It is the most requested column I’ve  ever written
My odometer rolled over to  90 in August, so here is the column once  more:
1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still  good.
2. When in doubt, just take the  next small step.
3.. Life is too short to  waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job  won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your  friends and parents will. Stay in  touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every  month. ( Tthe Fitness Warden says: don’t ever get them and skip this step)
6. You don’t have to win every  argument. Agree  to disagree.
7. Cry with someone..  It’s more healing than crying alone.
8.  It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take  it.
9. Save for retirement starting with  your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to  chocolate, resistance is futile.  (The Fitness Warden says: fight the battle anyway!)
11. Make  peace with your past so it won’t screw up the  present.
12. It’s OK to let your children  see you cry.
13. Don’t compare your life  to others. You have no idea what their journey  is all about.
14. If a relationship has  to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in  it.
15. Everything can change in the  blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never  blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms  the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that  isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
18.  Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you  stronger.
19. It’s never too late to have  a happy childhood. But the second one is up to  you and no one else.
20. When it comes to  going after what you love in life, don’t take no  for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use  the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t  save it for a special occasion. Today is  special.
22. Over prepare, then go with  the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don’t  wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The  most important sex organ is the  brain.
25. No one is in charge of your  happiness but you.
26. Frame every  so-called disaster with these words ‘In five  years, will this matter?’
27. Always  choose life.
28. Forgive everyone  everything.
29. What other people think  of you is none of your business.
30. Time  heals almost everything. Give time  time..
31. However good or bad a  situation is, it will change.
32. Don’t  take yourself so seriously. No one else  does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34.  God loves you because of who God is, not because  of anything you did or didn’t do.
35.  Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of  it now.
36. Growing old beats the  alternative — dying young.
37. Your  children get only one childhood.
38. All  that truly matters in the end is that you  loved.
39. Get outside every day.  Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If  we all threw our problems in a pile and saw  everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.
41.  Envy is a waste of time. You already have all  you need.
42. The best is yet to  come…
43. No matter how you feel, get  up, dress up and show up.
44.  Yield.
45. Life isn’t tied with a bow,  but it’s still a gift.”