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Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

Regina Brett

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Regina Brett
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 31
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Ravenna
Ohio
Joyful
Useful
Simplicity
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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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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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Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
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Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
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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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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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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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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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If you're lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.
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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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As much as the Pulitzer is the hallmark of journalism, I think what I love the most is when somebody says they took my column and it's in their wallet. I have had people open their wallet and show me a corner of a column.
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Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
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Frame every so-called disaster with these words: In five years, will this matter?
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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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It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
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We all have a personal pool of quicksand inside us where we begin to sink and need friends and family to find us and remind us of all the good that has been and will be.
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Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
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Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
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Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
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