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To: Kathy in Alaska
Good Morning Kathy.

From "the garden" . . . . .

Reflections on how to stay feeling young . . . . . .

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 or whatever. Never let the brain 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.

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.

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. Take a trip to the mall, 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, on every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths that you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
49 posted on 05/15/2003 8:42:58 AM PDT by SouthernHawk
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To: SouthernHawk
Life is not measured by the number of breaths that you
take, but by the moments that take your breath away.

Beautiful words of wisdom, SH!


120 posted on 05/15/2003 5:28:07 PM PDT by LaDivaLoca (Support our economy - buy American)
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To: SouthernHawk
From "The Garden" I like these.

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

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.

Good words from "the garden" today. Thanks.

158 posted on 05/15/2003 7:07:00 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
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