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Frame every so-called disaster with these words: In five years, will this matter?

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Regina Brett
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 31
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Ravenna
Ohio
Called
Five
Words
Matter
Every
Years
Frame
Disaster
Attitude

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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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No one really has a bad life. Not even a bad day. Just bad moments.
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No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
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Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
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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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If you're lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
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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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It's OK to let your children see you cry.
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A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
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Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
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It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
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Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely.
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