*Throw out all non-essential numbers. This will include age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them, that is what you pay him/her for.
*Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches will pull you down. If you feel you really need a grouch, there are probably a few dozen of your relatives to do the job.
*Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening.............whatever. Just never let the brain idle. An idle mind is the devils' workshop - and that devils name is Alzheimers.
*Enjoy the simple things. When the children are young, that is all that you can afford. When they are in college....that is all you can afford. When they are grown and you are on retirement.......that is all you can afford.
*Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. Laugh so much that you can be tracked anywhere by your distinctive laughter.
*Tears happen! Endure, grieve, and then move on. The only person who is with us our entire life is................ourselves.
*Surround yourself with what you love, whether it is family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies.... whatever. Your home is your refuge.
*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.
*Do not take guilt trips. Go to the mall, the next county, a different country....but not guilt!
*Tell the people you love, that you love them.....at every opportunity.
*Remember.........Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
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