1. Try everything that is worth trying! Twice! On Madam's tombstone (of Whelan and Madam) she said she wanted this epitaph: "Tried everything twice...loved it both times!"2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
(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 ourselves.
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.
3 comments:
This is good advice. I especially agree with the "keep learning" one.
Yea - I like that! And, by the way, I LOVE YOU! :-)
Good advice, Grandmother. And I consider you an expert on the subject - you stay very young. Hiding under a pillow yesterday to look at Ethan's glow-in-the-dark soccer ball is just a small example of how you are young. I love you and appreciate you!
Lyn
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