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

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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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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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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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Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
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Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
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Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
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Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
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Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
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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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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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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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If you're lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.
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When in doubt, take the next step.
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No one really has a bad life. Not even a bad day. Just bad moments.
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Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
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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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No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
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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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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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Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
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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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