Words of Wisdom from a 90 Year Old!

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My dear brother, Carl Turner shared this with me, I knew it was too good to keep to mysef!  So, thanks Carl and here goes!

 

“7%” Written by a 90 year  old

 

This is something we should all read at least once a  week!!!!! Make sure you read to the end!!!!!!

 

Written by  a 90 years old,

of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio  .

 

“To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons  life taught me. It is the most requested column I’ve ever  written.

 

My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is  the column once more:

 

1. Life isn’t fair,  but it’s still good.

 

2. When in doubt, just take the next  small step.

 

3. Life is too short – enjoy it.

 

4. Your  job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and  family will.

 

5. Pay off your credit cards every  month.

 

6. You don’t have to win every argument. Stay true to  yourself.

 

7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying  alone.

 

8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take  it.

 

9. Save for retirement starting with your first  paycheck.

 

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is  futile.

 

11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up  the present.

 

12. It’s OK to let your children see you  cry.

 

13. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea  what their journey is all about.

 

14. If a relationship has to  be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.

 

15. Everything can  change in the blink of an eye, but don’t worry, God never  blinks.

 

16.. Take a deep breath. It calms the  mind.

 

17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful. Clutter  weighs you down in many ways.

 

18. Whatever doesn’t kill you  really does make you stronger.

 

19.. It’s never too late to be  happy. But it’s all up to you and no one else.

 

20. When it  comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an  answer.

 

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the  fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is  special.

 

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

 

23.  Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.

 

24.  The most important sex organ is the brain.

 

25. No one is in  charge of your happiness but you.

 

26. Frame every so-called  disaster with these words ‘In five years, will this  matter?’

 

27. Always choose life.

 

28.  Forgive

 

29. What other people think of you is none of your  business.

 

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time  time.

 

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will  change.

 

32. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else  does.

 

33. Believe in miracles.

 

34. God loves you  because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t  do.

 

35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it  now.

 

36. Growing old beats the alternative of dying  young.

 

37. Your children get only one childhood.

 

38.  All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

 

39. Get  outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

 

40. If we  all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab  ours back.

 

41. Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you  already have, not what you need

 

42. The best is yet to  come…

 

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show  up.

 

44. Yield.

 

45. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but  it’s still a gift.”

Its estimated 93% won’t forward  this. If you are one of the 7% who will, forward this with the title  ‘7%’.

 

I’m in the 7%. Friends are the family that we  choose.

 

Blesssings,

 

the pilgrim and Carl!

11 Responses

  1. Merry Christmas Bill. Thanks for sharing this. Great words to live by.

  2. Ron says:

    Thank you, Bill & Cal, for sharing these words of wisdom. The only change I would make from my 81+ years of life perspective would be to place #28 as #1, sometimes one of the most difficult things to do but with the grace of God one of the most rewarding. Forgiveness can open pathways and joys unimagined.
    May you and all your family be blessed with a Joyous Merry Christmas and a Blessed and Happy New Year!

    • admin says:

      Same to you, and yes a fruitful walk with Him starts with forgivness, both yours and yours offered to others!

  3. David W says:

    Bill, Cal, and the 90 years young author: Thank you. This wisdom is not taught or shared as much as it needs to be. I’ll be sharing it.

  4. admin says:

    Great please do share it!

  5. Jerry Reece says:

    Being 88 and having permanently moved half way across the country this month from Texas to Nevada, I truly appreciated the timing of these 45 reminders to live by. I will certainly join the 7% club.

    Among your 10 best posts I have had the pleasure of reading. (And at this age don’t ask me to list the other nine !!!!)
    Jerry Reece

  6. Augie Stark says:

    Thank you for all that you do. It is hard to find uplifting and positive things about God or His Son in the media today. But you are willing to go fourth with the good word. Thank you and Merry Christmas.

  7. Charlie Dennis says:

    Bill

    Thanks for having this in your blog. I just printed this for me to read at lest once a week. I will keep this in the pages of my bible.

    Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

    PS I know you don’t know me but I have followed your blog on and off for a while

    Charlie