The 45 lesson
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 to get angry with God. He can take
it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first
paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is
futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won’t
screw up the present.
12. It’s OK to let your children see you
cry.
13. Don’t compare your life to others. You
have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you
shouldn’t be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye.
But don’t worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful,
beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does
make you stronger.
19. It’s never too late to have a happy
childhood. But the second one is up to you and no
one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in
life, don’t take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the
fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special
occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age
to wear purple.
24. The most important organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but
you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words
‘In five years, will this matter?’
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your
business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time
time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will
change.
32. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one
else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not
because of anything you did or didn’t do.
35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the
most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative — dying
young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you
loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting
everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw
everyone else’s, we’d grab ours
back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all
you need.
42. The best is yet to come…
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and
show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but
it’s still a
gift.”