Ten Rules For Staying Young

Ten Rules For Staying Young

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and
height. Let the doctor worry about
them. That is why you pay him/her.

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. If you
really need a grouch, there are
probably a few dozen of your relatives to do the job.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening,
whatever. Just never let the
brain stay idle.

4. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. Laugh
so much that you can be
tracked in the store by your distinctive laughter.

5. Do not worry about situations beyond your control. God is still on
His throne!

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who
is with us our entire lives,
is ourselves.

7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it is 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. Shoulder only your own responsibilities.
Then go to the mall, the next
county, a foreign country, but not to guilt. God forgives
and forgets. Go to Him.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
Remember, life is not
measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments
that take our breath away.