Kristenth's forty thoughts to live by.
Nov 13 '06
The Bottom Line The bottom line has no rules.
Sorry I am late, Kristenath, but I’ve been gone. Happy belated birthday.
Glory, Glory, Kristy’s forty - and this is for her 40th birthday write off.
Words I Try to live by – Notice I said try. I often fail.
1. Every day is a new fresh start. Greet it with thanks.
2. Don’t let anyone shove a greasy fried egg in front of you even before you’ve had a cup of coffee for gosh sakes.
3. I sometimes say dumb or hurtful things. It was hard for me to learn this, but I did learn to offer a sincere apology, and I try to never let it happen twice.
4. I have learned to be responsible for my own mistakes. However, I have also learned to quit being responsible for other people’s mistakes, and misconceptions.
5. Try lighting an apple spice Yankee candle. Everything smells wonderful, especially at this time of the year. I love the fragrance in the morning, mixed with the yummy fragrance of perking freshly ground coffee.
6. I would just as soon be slashed with a knife as with brutal words. Knife wounds can heal, but there is no real cure for hurting words.
7. One of the best things in life is the toothless smile from a three month old infant.
8. One hard venture in life (for me) is to think up forty (yeah, forty) rules to live by.
9. I suggest you never let anyone douse your hot dog with ketchup. It is almost un-American, I think. Mustard is what works, and if it is the brown spicy stadium mustard, so much the better.
10. Never lose touch with family and old friends. I have been guilty, and I regret
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11. Always remember to give your loved ones a hug before they leave in the morning. There is always a possibility that it’s the last time you’ll ever see each other… I try to finish each telephone call from someone I care about with the words, “I love you”.
12. Try not to remember, or at least talk about the times when you drove some 85 miles to visit your out of town, or in-college kids, and griped because you paid 39 cents a gallon for gas instead of the 19 cents a gallon that you paid when you were their age.
13. Try to remember that when your youngest child turns 50, your kids are all grown up now, and don’t need your advice unless they ask for it. Neither do your grand children or great grand children.
14. It is OK if you can gently remind them that while they may not need your advice, you really don’t need theirs either.
15. Try dining out for breakfast. It is cheaper, and more fun. You don’t have to dress up as much, and somehow it tastes better when you don’t cook it yourself or have to clean up after it.
16. Always leave a hefty tip if you decide to eat out for breakfast. Remember, those cooks and waitresses got up even before you did.
17. In the workplace, try to be as nice to the cleaning woman as you are to the vice president. It works well for you. Sometimes the most unrewarded person in the work place can do you a lot of good – or harm. Besides, it is just as important for them to make a living as it is for the guy who pulls down over one hundred grand.
18. Don’t let anyone make you believe that the cost of living has risen only three percent. Try to remember that a loaf of bread costs the person on a pension the same amount as the CEO of a big company – it is just that the CEO can afford more and many different kinds of bread, and the rising costs of everything doesn’t bother him nearly as much as it does the guy who is trying to live on little more than the minimum wage.
19. A quote from Dag Hammarskjold, 1905-1961. Swedish Statesman, “Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it really was”
20. It is said that Abraham Lincoln used to quote a Japanese proverb when asked his rules for living. “Fall seven times, but stand up eight”. The Japanese were pretty darned smart.
21. Another good quote from a famous man – Winston Churchill. “When I look back on all of life’s worries, I remember the story of an old man who said on his death bed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.
22. The happiest time in my life was in the latter part of my life when I learned to accept myself for what I am. I am not perfect, and can never be perfect. I cannot make anyone else perfect. Yet I am worthy of love, and respect., for like each and every one of us, I am the child of a power higher than any of us. We all are.
23. I don’t remember where I heard it, or who might have said it, but I have found it words to live by. “Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves for they never cease to be amused.”
24. Even though our two dogs used to think we were wonderful, we weren’t, really. It was gratifying and soul satisfying to realize that they thought so. And it made us love them in return.
25. Our cats were pretty special too.
26. When I die, if there is a place for me somewhere in the after-life, I hope that there will be a number of four legged friends waiting for me and loving me.
27. Forty is the perfect age. You are likely over the silly age, done with stupid mistakes, and ready to start again. “Life begins at forty”.
28. Remember when you learned a sport, or learned to dance, or play golf, or shoot a gun or just about anything? You started slow, fumbled, and then suddenly you were doing it and it was easy as pie.
29. I can never feel closer to God then I do when I am relaxing outdoors in a comfortable chair watching a beautiful sunset or sunrise in the bright blue Knoxville sky. I once watched one from the middle of a lake in a boat, and it was such a poignant peaceful pleasure that it will stay in my memory forever..
30. My daughter can take dying plants and exotic brands of flowers and can make them flourish and bloom. What a talent – and one I lack. She can even take cut roses that someone sends her once in a while, and coax the stems into living plants that produce more long stemmed roses. I keep checking to see if her thumb is really green.
31. Forty is a small number when counting birthdays. When counting rules to live by, it becomes a big amount..
32. Is it just me, or does anyone else find bright blue flowers iced on a birthday cake somewhat repulsive? Bright blue just isn’t something people eat – or is it?
33. Speaking of old friends – or were we?– looking up old friends gives us a wonderful feeling. I think somebody should sponsor a write off to check with old time Epinionators who have left the fold. Even if they don’t write any more it would be wonderful to hear from them and learn how they are doing.
34. I envy those who make and write about good music. There is something about music that excites and tames the inner soul.
35. I find that whenever I reach the number thirty in a request for 40 of anything, I breath a sigh of relief for I only have ten more to go, and another sigh for trying to write the first 30.
36. Why do my old Keds feel as comfortable as the new fangled shoes that cost a bundle? Is it because I am cheap, or is it because they just fit my old feet better?
37. In a super store have you ever checked the prices of an item on your sales slip to see if they match the prices posted on the counters? You might be surprised. And why is it that the sales slip always shows the higher price?
38. Do people still teach their kids to say please, and thank you? Lately I have been surprised at the parents who do not. Decent manners only show respect for other human beings.
39. On the same subject, I have found over the years that a friendly smile will often cause a friendly mannerly reply.
40. In the movie about Michaelangelo, the Pope kept asking Angelo (Heston) when the Sistene chapel would be finished. Michael Angelo always replied “When it is done.” I have reached my 40. I am done.
Thank you for inviting me, Kristy, and please accept my apology for being late. And thanks to any of you who might be reading this.
Grannie
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