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

Regina Brett

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Regina Brett
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 31
Columnist
Journalist
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Ravenna
Ohio
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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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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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When you write a book, you are asking someone to make an investment in their time and money. A column can come and go as the weeks pass, but a book needs to be timeless.
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Pope Francis is not only changing the face of the Catholic Church, he's challenging us to be the face of God in the world by seeing the face of God in the person we least expect to see it, including the person in the mirror.
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Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
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Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
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Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
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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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If you're lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.
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Frame every so-called disaster with these words: In five years, will this matter?
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Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.
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Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
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When in doubt, take the next step.
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