1. Throw out the non-essential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay them.
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (Do keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches!)
3. Keep learning: Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain get idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's!
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with HIM/HER!
6. The tears happen: Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life is ourself. LIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love: Whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
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.
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.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
And just in case you've forgotten the "things that feel good" I'll be posting a list of those as reminders a little later for the new year.
4 comments:
I LOVE this list. It's so true. Your list made me feel happy about surrounding myself with the fun things I've been gathering again. I was feeling a little guilty about it.... but no more. :-)
Great list. I have thrown out the weight one lately. Already gaining weight. I do it every year this time and then have to lose it after New Years.
I would have to add to the "laugh often" item--buy some stock in Depends, while you're at it! Hysterical elder laughter often has unintended consequences... ;)
fun thoughts, you could probably add blogging as it creates a safe place to share you with your friends.
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