Happy New Year!!

To close 2010 appropriately, I wish to share 11 tips on How To Stay Young that were sent to me by a dear friend:

1. Throw out non-essential numbers.

This includes age, weight and height.
Let the doctors worry about them.
That's why you pay them.

2. Keep only cheerful friends.

The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning.

Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever...
Never let the brain idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.'
And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud.

Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen.

Endure, grieve and move on.
The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves.
Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love...

Whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever.
Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health.

If it is good, preserve it.
If is is unstable, improve it.
If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. 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.

10. Tell the people around you that you love them at every opportunity.

11. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER

Life is not measured by the breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.

I hope you will share this message with someone...
We all need to live life to its fullest each day.