To My Friends/How to Stay Young

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Subject: To my friends

We all need to read this one over and over until it becomes part of who we
are!





HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Try everything twice. On Madams tombstone (of Whelan's and Madam) she
said she wanted this epitaph: Tried everything twice...loved it both times!



2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (keep this in
mind if you are one of those grouches



3. Keep learning: Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening,
whatever. Never let the brain get 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. And if you
have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with HIM/HER.



6. The tears happen: Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is
with us our entire life, is ourselves. LIVE while you are alive.



7. Surround yourself with what you love: Whether it's 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, even 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, at every opportunity.



11. Forgive now those who made you cry. You might not get a second time.

[Eddylizard]

Well, there's five precious minutes of my life I've lost reading that.

[queen of the caramels]

Originally Posted by Eddylizard

Well, there's five precious minutes of my life I've lost reading that.

D@#N but you're a slow reader

Lol! Thanks for the giggle.

[Quantum Leap2]

When you take a stand for staying young, make sure there's not so much verbiage on there that the stand falls over...hee hee

Originally Posted by Quantum Leap2

When you take a stand for staying young, make sure there's not so much verbiage on there that the stand falls over...hee hee

*Laugh* Good one.

Did anyone else notice the contradiction in the fwd where one statement tells you not to take guilt trips, but the very last one about forgiveness attempts to play a guilt trip on anyone who's been hurt?