Inspiring Life Lessons<br /><br />1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.<br />2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.<br />3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.<br />4. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.<br />5. Pay off your credit cards every month.<br />6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.<br />7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.<br />8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.<br />9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.<br />10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.<br />11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.<br />12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.<br />13. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.<br />14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.<br />15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.<br />16. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.<br />17. You can get through anything if you stay put in today.<br />18. A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.<br />19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.<br />20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.<br />21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.<br />22. Overprepare, then go with the flow.<br />23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.<br />24. The most important sex organ is the brain.<br />25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.<br />26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: “In five years, will this matter?”<br />27. Always choose life.<br />28. Forgive everyone everything.<br />29. What other people think of you is none of your business.<br />30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.<br />31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.<br />32. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.<br />33. Believe in miracles.<br />34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.<br />35. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.<br />36. Growing old beats the alternative – dying young.<br />37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.<br />38. Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.<br />39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.<br />40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.<br />41. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.<br />42. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.<br />43. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.<br />44. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.<br />45. The best is yet to come.<br />46. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.<br />47. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.<br />48. If you don’t ask, you don’t get.<br />49. Yield.<br />50. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.<br />
