Lessons of a 90 year old

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We get a local paper here once a month. In it are the usual things that you would expect. Things happening in and around the community.

I thought the following was kind of cute.

Lessons life taught me by Alice Bett, 90 years old: (name has been changed)

1. The most important sex organ is the brain.

2. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

3. Frame every so-called disaster with these words "In five years, will this matter?"

4. Always choose life.

5. Forgive everyone everything. (this one I struggle with)

6. What other people think of you is none of your business

7. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.

8. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

9. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. ( )

10. Believe in miracles.

11. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

12. Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.

13. your children get only one childhood.

Apparently it will be continued next month...

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There are quite a few platitudes in that list, but it doesn't make them any less true.

It reminds me of hearing the other day when somebody was accusing somebody else of using 'stereotypes,' the other person pointed out that there is a very thin line between stereotpes and archetypes.

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Words of wisdom, indeed. I think I should go and meet this lady actually, she sounds interesting!

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More in this months paper from the lady:

14. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

15. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

16. If we threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

18. The best is yet to come.

19. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

20. Yield.

21. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

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Hmmmm.... I am disagreeing more and more. She should have stopped while she was ahead.

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It's not realistic is it?

I don't agree with:

1) forgive everyone, everything. - No way, if I have a failing that is it. I find it very, very hard to forgive when someone has hurt me. And sometimes I never can, ever.

2) Yield. I don't really know what she means. Yield to whom and why? I like and am used to having my own way too much to do too much yielding I'm afraid.

3) Believe in miracles. Can't and don't.

I guess it's a nice way to look at one's life once you know you are near the end of it, to bring you some kind of peace, but no, I can't agree with all of those.

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I am all in favor of incredible beliefs for the extremely elderly. If they've made it that far, let them believe what they want.