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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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Regina Brett
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 31
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Ravenna
Ohio
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Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
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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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It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
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However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
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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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When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
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We've come a long way from having one land line that was forbidden to be answered during dinner. We had no answering machine, just a dad who barked, 'Who calls during dinner? If it's important, they'll call back.' He was right.
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God never gives us more than what we can carry.
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No matter how I feel, I get up, dress up, and show up for life. When I do, the day always serves up more than I could have hoped for. Each day truly is a slice of heaven. Some days the slices are just smaller than others.
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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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Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
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Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
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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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A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
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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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A book store is a treasure chest. Every time you walk in one, you strike gold.
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Frame every so-called disaster with these words: In five years, will this matter?
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No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
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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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Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
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