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Regina Brett
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 31
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Ravenna
Ohio
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Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day.
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To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written.
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Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
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Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
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Too often, we get attention and sympathy by being a victim. If we're invested in someone being our villain, we must love being the victim. We have to let go of both characters in the story.
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No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
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The only gift my dad ever bought me is still in my jewelry box. It died at 10 minutes to 11 decades ago, but the gold Caravelle watch keeps my dad alive. A watch isn't about keeping time. It's about stopping it.
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No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
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Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
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Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
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I say we all take the pledge and stay home. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for what you have, not to save a few dollars to get more.
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When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
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A book store is a treasure chest. Every time you walk in one, you strike gold.
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The secret to success, to parenting, to life, is to not count up the cost. Don't focus on all the steps it will take. Don't stare into the abyss at the giant leap it will take. That view will keep you from taking the next small step.
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When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
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However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
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It's scary to make major changes, but we usually have enough courage to take the next right step. One small step and then another. That's what it takes to raise a child, to get a degree, to write a book, to do whatever it is your heart desires.
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God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
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No one really has a bad life. Not even a bad day. Just bad moments.
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Choas will come, calm will follow, and then it will start up all over again. The secret is to savor the ride.
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