HOW TO STAY YOUNG
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1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay 'them'.
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2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
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3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain stay idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
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4. Enjoy the simple things.
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5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
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6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
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7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets,keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
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8. Cherish your health - If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it.If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
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9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
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10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
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AND ALWAYS REMEMBER ---
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
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As Goethe once says - Live Each Day Thou Life Has Just Began. Enjoy when you can, endure when you must and worry about nothing.
Posted on Thursday January 28th