WISDOM OF A 90 YEAR OLD…

COMPLIMENTS OF
CONNIE ERICKSON

 
  • LIFE ISN’T FAIR, BUT IT’S STILL GOOD.
  • LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WASTE TIME HATING ANYONE.
  • YOU DON’T HAVE TO WIN EVERY ARGUMENT. AGREE TO DISAGREE.
  • NO ONE IS IN CHARGE OF YOUR HAPPINESS EXCEPT YOU.
  • WHEN IT COMES TO CHOCOLATE, RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.
  • MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR PAST SO IT WON’T SCREW UP THE PRESENT.
  • DON’T COMPARE YOUR LIFE TO OTHERS. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEIR JOURNEY IS ALL ABOUT.
  • IT’S AMAZING WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO GETS THE CREDIT.
  • LIFE IS TOO SHORT FOR LONG PITY PARITES. GET BUSY LIVING, OR GET BUSY TRYING.
  • FRAME EVERY SO CALLED DISASTER WITH THESE WORDS: IN A YEAR, WILL THIS MATTER?
  • READ PSALMS AND PROVERBS. THEY COVER EVERY HUMAN EMOTION. ONE PROVERB/DAY (31).
  • FORGIVENESS IS THE BEGINNING OF HEALING.
  • LET GO OF A PROBLEM OR BE DRAGGED.
  • DON’T LET SOMEONE ELSE STEAL YOUR JOY BY THEIR BAD CHOICES, YOU AREN’T HELPING ANYONE BY GETTING MAD OR DEPRESSED.
  • WHERE YOU WILL BE TOMORROW DEPENDS ON THE BOOKS YOU READ AND THE PEOPLE YOU ASSOCIATE WITH.
  • SOMEONE’S PERCEPTION IS THEIR REALITY.
  • PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU SAID, PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU DID, BUT PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGET HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL. MAKE THEM FEEL GOOD.
  • IT’S NOT OUR CIRCUMSTANCES THAT DEFEAT US BUT OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD OUR CIRCUMSTANCES.
  • HAVE WRITTEN GOALS, IT’S AMAZING WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. WRITE DOWN THE TOP TEN THINGS YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. REVIEW YOUR GOALS ON A DAILY BASIS.