1. Throw out nonessential numbers.  This would include age, weight and height.

2. Keep only cheerful friends.  The grouches pull you down.  If you really need a grouch, there are probably family members that fill that need.

3. Keep learning.  Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever.  Just never let the brain idle.

4. Laugh often, long and loud.  Laugh until you gasp for breath.  Laugh so much that you can be tracked in a store by your distinctive laughter.

5. The tears happen.  Endure, grieve, and move on.  The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves.

6. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it is family, pets,
keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever.  Your home is your refuge.

7. Cherish your health.  If it is good, preserve it.  If it is unstable,
improve it.  If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

8. Don't take guilt trips.  Go to the mall, take a road trip, but not guilt trip.

9. Tell the people you love, that you love them, at every opportunity.

10. Remember -- Life isn't measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.