HOW TO STAY YOUNG

We all need to read this one over and over until it becomes part of who we are!
 

• Try everything twice. On Madams tombstone (of Whelan's and Madam) she said she wanted this epitaph: Tried everything twice...loved it both times!

• Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches;)

• 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!

• Enjoy the simple things

•  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.

• 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.

• Surround yourself with what you love: Whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

• 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.

• 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.

• Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

• Forgive now those who made you cry. You might not get a second time.