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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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Regina Brett
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 31
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Ravenna
Ohio
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Showing
Best
Life
Varies

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Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
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It takes tough love to order kids to step away from the iPhone or iPad during dinner or to take the devices away if they're interrupting and interfering with everyone else's pleasure at a movie, concert or other public event.
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A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
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Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
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Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
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However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
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We want someone else to act. But miracles aren't what other people do. They're what each of us does. They're what happens when ordinary people take extraordinary action. To be a miracle doesn't mean you have to tackle problems across the globe. It means making a difference in your own living room, cubicle, neighborhood, community.
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Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
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If you're lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.
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No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
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Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
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I think of her every time I judge myself or someone else too harshly. How do we really know the worth of our work? It's not our job to judge the worth of what we offer the world, but to keep offering it regardless. You might never know the true worth of your efforts. Or it could simply be too soon to tell.
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Family is more than DNA, more than who we used to be, more than we can imagine we will become.
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Some days, 24 hours is too much to stay put in, so I take the day hour by hour, moment by moment. I break the task, the challenge, the fear into small, bite-size pieces. I can handle a piece of fear, depression, anger, pain, sadness, loneliness, illness. I actually put my hands up to my face, one next to each eye, like blinders on a horse.
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Forgive everyone everything.
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Even if you have nothing in your wallet, nothing can keep you from having a great summer. You can listen to crickets sing you to sleep, trace the Big Dipper, breathe in the stars, run through a sprinkler, host a cartwheel contest in the front yard.
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Cancer is messy and scary. You throw everything at it, but don't forget to throw love at it. It turns out that might be the best weapon of all.
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When in doubt, take the next step.
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