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The Essentials in Life

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age,
weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them.
That is why you pay him/her.
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, 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.
May today, there be peace within you. May you trust God
that you are exactly where you are meant to be. "I
believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to
our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."