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- Some really good advice here ......It is something we should all read at least once a week! Make sure you read to the end!"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 42 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 – enjoy it..4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will.5. Pay off your credit cards every month.6. You don't have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself.7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.8. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.9. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.10. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.11. It's OK to let your children see you cry.12. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.13. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it...14 Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.15. Get rid of anything that isn't useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.16. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.17. It's never too late to be happy. But it’s all up to you and no one else.18. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.19. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.20. Over prepare, then go with the flow.21. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
22. The most important sex organ is the brain.23. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.24. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'25. Always choose life.26. Forgive but don’t forget.27. What other people think of you is none of your business.28. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.30. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does..31. Believe in miracles.32. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.33. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.34. Your children get only one childhood.35. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.36. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere. (I love this one)37. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.38. Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you already have, not what you need.39. The best is yet to come...40. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.41. Yield.42. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. - So true @arpie.
- You may end up with an entirely 'new tribe' supporting you along this journey - and that is good ..... because, they are there because they WANT TO BE ;)
Try not to be disappointed when some friends/family DON'T step up to the plate - they may be facing their own demons that you may not be aware of xx
- Love this!
Soulful Stitching: "Embracing Scars, Healing Souls""Beware and behold, for she is the epitome of a paradox wrapped in the enigma of her own healing. She is the alchemist of her soul, turning the leaden despair of her wounds into golden resilience that courses through her veins. She has been the architect of her own reconstruction, building bridges over the chasms of her heartaches more times than the cosmos can count. Her spirit, a phoenix, has risen from the ashes of her former selves, each iteration more formidable than the last. She wears her traumas not as shackles but as the regalia of a warrior queen, her anguish painted upon her visage as sacred war paint, symbols of survival that no mere mortal could dare to understand. In her eyes, there flickers the light of a thousand battles, each tear that dared to escape has been caught by her indomitable will, a silent promise to herself that no sorrow will leave her unclaimed. Her sorrows, once heavy as the mountain, now serve as the foundation upon which she stands, towering over her past, a sentinel of her own serenity. She is a healer by nature, her very presence the balm to the invisible wounds that others carry, her empathy carved from the very trials that sought to break her.She is the dangerous sort of woman, not because she harbors ill will or brings harm, but because she embodies the unassailable power of self-restoration. She has danced with her demons and turned their whispers into the chorus of her victory song. She is a siren, not of destruction, but of strength, her voice the melody that soothes the restless and stirs the complacent. In her laughter is a note, a defiance of the darkness that once threatened to silence her. Approach her with the reverence of one who understands that the most beautiful tapestries are woven from the threads of shattered expectations and renewed hope. She is a testament to the enduring human spirit, a beacon for those lost in the abyss of their own despair. In her is the proof that even when broken, we can piece ourselves back together, with seams of gold stronger than the original canvas. She is a force, a cosmic event, a tidal wave of healing, love, and relentless perseverance. To know her is to know the very essence of recovery, to see in her the embodiment of the power that every being holds within to rise, to conquer, to thrive. She is not just a survivor; she is the embodiment of life's perpetual motion towards healing and wholeness, a reminder that even in our darkest hours, there is the potential to create light so bright, it can never be extinguished."Written by -Steve De'lano Garcia - Yep - agree 110%, @Blossom1961 You can't get on with everyone, all the time ..... and it is not worth wasting your energy trying to work out why! ;)
Try not to take it personally - just Move on.
Donna Ashworth has some great poems/statements
