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Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

Regina Brett

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Regina Brett
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 31
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Ravenna
Ohio
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Attitude
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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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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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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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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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God never gives us more than what we can carry.
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Forgive everyone everything.
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The idea of being stuck in a plane with dozens of people chatting over each other on their phones might feel like Dante's 10th circle of hell.
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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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When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
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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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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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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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Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
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A book store is a treasure chest. Every time you walk in one, you strike gold.
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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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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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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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Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
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We want someone else to act. But miracles aren't what other people do. They're what each of us does. They're what happens when ordinary people take extraordinary action. To be a miracle doesn't mean you have to tackle problems across the globe. It means making a difference in your own living room, cubicle, neighborhood, community.
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