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THE OPTIMIST CREED

I ran across this today and wanted to share

Author:  Christian D. Larson

Originally Published in 1912 in a book entitled “Your Forces and How To Use Them.”

Promise Yourself -

• To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

• To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.

• To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.

• To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

• To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.

• To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

• To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

• To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.

• To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

• To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

Let’s keep a positive, optimistic attitude in our internet marketing efforts.

Aging - how are you dealing with it

Every once in awhile you get an email from a friend that says perfect what you'd like to say - and I think this is one of them on aging - how are you dealing with it.   Hope you enjoy this one as much as I did and instead of forwarding it to that magic amount of friends - thought I'd share it here lol

I  would never trade my amazing friends, my  wonderful life, my loving  family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become  kinder to myself, and less critical of myself.. I've become my own  friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not  making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garden on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.
 
 
I  have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon;  before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.  
 
Whose  business is it if I choose to read or play on the  computer until 4 AM and  sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60  &70's, and if I, at the same time,wish to weep over a lost love  ..... I will.

 
I  will walk the beach in a swim suit that  is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set.They, too, will get  old.  
I  know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as  well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important  things.  
Sure, over the years my heart has been broken.How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken  hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion.   A heart  never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I  am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face.
So  many  have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.
   
As  you get older, it is easier to be positive.You care less about what other people think.. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.  
So,  to   answer your question, I like being old.  It has set me free.   I like the person I have become.  I am not going to live forever,  but while  I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what  could   have been,  or worrying about what will be.  And I shall  eat dessert every single day  (if I feel like it).