45 Lessons Life Taught Me

[vestor]

Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio

To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me.

It is the most requested column I 've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won' t take care of you when you are sick.

Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don

[LazySusan]

I'm posting this on my Facebook. I love these kind of things.

[terr]

Vestor...thankyou so much for this post, she really says it all.

[Butifldrm]

Vestor, thankyou so much for this post. It makes me realize no matter what happens, we are all still rich with life. Thankyou again.