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What I have learned from life so far......
1) Everybody needs encouragement whether today or tomorrow. Be an encourager.
2) Hurting people, hurt people. Read it again slowly.
3) The ones that are the hardest to love, need it the most.
4) Chronic illness has changed me to empathize and be more compassionate towards others that are suffering.
5) 99.9% of the things in life I have worried about....never happened!
6) Nobody comes to a pity party except me!
7) Soft answers turn away wrath in others that are angry towards you.
8) If you have food on your table, a roof over your head, a little pocket change, family or friends that love you, you are more blessed than most.
9) Having an animal is wonderful therapy.
10) Bitterness in your heart does nothing to solve anything. It only makes you depressed. Forgiveness releases it all!
11) Marriage is made up of a lot of "I love yous" and "I'm sorry".
12) Children often teach us more than we teach them.
13) Doing something secretly for someone else will make your day!
14) Seek out someone everyday to be a blessing too.
15) Laughter truly is the best medicine. A good belly laugh is wonderful.
16) This world has changed so much. Be the loving and better person to combat the tension.
17) Being offended about everything is a problem with yourself...not others.
18) Music is such a blessing and so calming.
19) Be silly sometimes, no matter how old you are. Kids love it!
20) Compliment your family about something every day.
21) Don't sweat the small stuff....most of the things we fret the most over really is small stuff.
22) Don't watch too much news. Most of it is negative and can make you depressed if you have a steady diet of it.
23) Journal....Your family will enjoy those journals when you leave this earth.
24) Don't take yourself too seriously.
25) Everybody is not going to love and like you.
26) Put your cell phone down when you have company.
27) Always be kind to people and keep short accounts with others. You never know as it may be the last time you will see them.
28) Be your own beautiful self. There is nobody else just like you.
29) There are a lot of lonely people in this world. Reach out to them.
30) Blow your diet once in a while. Have that doughnut or that cake. It will taste wonderful!
31) Life is 10% of what happens to me....90% is my attitude towards it.
32) Bring out that candle for dinner and the good china. Why do we only use the good china for special occasions?
33) Many days are just plain hard. There is still something in it big or small to be grateful for.
34) Nobody likes a know it all. We don't have to comment on everything. Listen more and talk less.
All of you have a blessed day!
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I also printed our your list as a great daily reminder! As one person is indicating above, be kind to yourself as well. I heard something cute before that fits with that.
Talk to yourself like you would your dog. What a good girl!!! Do you want a treat? You're so chubby and cute! Want to go to the park? I love you!
Be sure to use that sweet voice we all use when talking to animals. Sometimes when I' talking to the squirrels, I think, "Wouldn't it be amazing if we all talked to each other in this sweet tone?" 🙂
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8 ReactionsThat is precious! Thank you for sharing that. Yes, if only we talked to each other in that sweet tone.
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5 ReactionsWhat a lovely and absolutely insightful post. Thank you so much for sharing. Brilliant really.
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3 ReactionsThank you so much. Honored and humbled at your comment. Blessings....
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5 ReactionsSo true, sometimes as a divorced Mom with two boys...I used to say, ''Treat them like you would a guest'', instead of saying, "If your head wasn't screwed on....." ...I learned to say, "Where are your mittens"....most of the time. 💞It is something to shoot for...a guideline.
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4 ReactionsYes it is. Thank you. Hugs...
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4 ReactionsOne thing I have learned:
GIVE FLOWERS TO THE LIVING!
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3 ReactionsI am going to be the devil's advocate. What I have learned so far is that most of the time life stinks. Sorry, but that's the way it is. While everything you say has worth and value, it doesn't always go that way. I am nearing the end of my life. (I think) I am now alone as my husband of 59 years died. Of two sons, only one is supportive. My outlook is bleak and I will not be sorry to go.
Heard of novelist Andre Alexix who authored, Fifteen dogs? Well two gods wagered whether if they were given consciousness will they be happy? One said to the other if you cud show me even ONE dog happy afterwards, I'll be your slave.
Now you know the answer.
i guess we only have moments of happyness, which ironically seem to appear only when we have gone through much non-happyness.
But I'll still take consciousness,,,the alternative, dog-like happy, can only be had without Human Conscious Beingness.
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1 ReactionWell you seem infinitely more lucky than me...no sons, daughters, siblings, friends, neighbors who are "supportive."
Yet, I suppose when life was doled out to me, some eight decades ago, the universe did not Promise me anything except some basic faculties that would help me carve out something that looks like "life."
Nietzsche has said, 'we die at the right time.' Really, those who die at three. thirty, or ninety three, are all rightful deaths?
I'm still grappling with this notion, Maybe life must NOT be measured in clock-time. Maybe there is another unit-of-life...one that is outside the confines of earth's rotations and revolutions. I seem to like this idea of 'good life'...in life-lengths would not seem 'just.'
Did you notice that when you are engaged doing what is 'enjoyable' you seem to lose sense of time? It's like a time-outside-time?
As long I'm independent, I can 'control' most things such as food, exertion, stress, But I'm utterly lost HOW would I go when I'm not independent. Even the death-cafes don't get into it, only into formalities of dying. I have not come across any info on the internet either. Does anyone know?