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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.

Regina Brett

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Regina Brett
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 31
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Ravenna
Ohio
Calm
Follow
Secret
Start
Come
Savor
Ride

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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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However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
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It's OK to let your children see you cry.
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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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Bakers get excited over aprons. I love the soft cotton ones with pockets like my gramma and mom wore. They always kept a hankie tucked in one pocket, which wasn't sanitary, but was comforting to the child who needed a tear or nose wiped.
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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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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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Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
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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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Family is more than DNA, more than who we used to be, more than we can imagine we will become.
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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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God never gives us more than what we can carry.
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We need to be smarter than our smart phones and realize the people we are with are more important than the people we aren't with, and way more important than the strangers we hope will tweet and like and share and Instagram whatever we're sending out into the cybersphere.
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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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Forgive everyone everything.
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When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
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Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
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When in doubt, take the next step.
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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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