This is circulating via email as the work of Regina Brett, a 90-year-old woman wiring in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In truth, Regina Brett at the age of 45 wrote 45 Life Lessons , but has since added 5 to make 50: Regina Brett’s 45 life lessons and 5 to grow on By Regina Brett May 28, 2006, 10:13AM 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 rolls over to 50 this week, so here’s an update
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Regina Brett: 50 Life Lessons
My mom e-mailed me this with the subject line, “probably read it before,” which I’m sure some of you have. However, you probably can’t read them enough times. I was raised on some of these little life lessons and it still always seems to turn my day around a little bit whenever I come across them again. Just take a minute and take notes. Hell, bookmark it. These are very important. ________________________________________________________________ Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of
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remember what matters.
T hese are life lessons from Regina Brett, who is 90 years old. 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’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. 7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone. 8. It’s OK t
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45 Lessons Life Has Taught Me (by a 90 year old)
Hey, friends. If you’re new to the website, every Monday I’ve been posting a chapter of my work-in-progress, a fantasy adventure called Lost in Silver . If this is your first time here, why not start with Chapter One: The Visitor ? For those of you who’ve been following along, here’s Chapter Twenty-One! Chapter Twenty-One The Interrogation “Robin Hood,” Linda said, scribbling the words into the dirt of the cell. “You win again,” Gene said. “You’re unbeatable at hangman.” “Let’s hop
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Lost in Silver Chapter Twenty-One: The Interrogation
My Aunt Edna recently sent me an email that just confirms that getting older is not the pain in the butt we generally look at it to be. Here is a list of life lessons written down by a 90 year old woman named Regina Brett, from Cleveland, Ohio, that she wrote for The Plain Dealer . It says it all: 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
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An Update To My "Forties" Blog
“Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.” –Regina Brett I’ve always loved this photo of a centenarian using her birthday candles to light up a cigarette. It reminds me not to take myself too seriously. This hundred year-young whipper-snapper, however, is not Regina Brett , a regular columnist for The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, Ohio, and author of the lessons I’ve excerpted below. They come from a column she wrote called “Regina Brett’s 45 life lessons and 5 to grow on”
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