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).

Merry Christmas Everyone

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What to take to bed with you - not a joke.

Every once in awhile an email comes thru and you have to share - here is one of them.

Put your car keys beside your bed at night.

Tell your spouse, your children, your neighbors, your parents, your Dr's office, the check-out girl at the market, everyone you run across. Put your car keys beside your bed at night.

If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies.

This tip came from a neighborhood watch coordinator. Next time you come home for the night and you start to put your keys away, think of this: It's a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Test it. It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the key fob chain. It works if you park in your driveway or garage.

If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break into your house, odds are the burglar/rapist won't stick around. After a few seconds, all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won't want that. And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a parking lot. The alarm can work the same way there. This is something that should really be shared with everyone. Maybe it could save a life or a sexual abuse crime.

P.S. I am sending this to everyone I know because I think it is fantastic. Would also be useful for any emergency, such as a heart attack, where you can't reach a phone. My Mom has suggested to my Dad that he carry his car keys with him in case he falls outside and she doesn't hear him. He can activate the car alarm and then she'll know there's a problem.

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I thought Geoff did an awesome job on this video and gave some great reasons for someone that is looking for a home business and monthly income. I can tell you that I have been with this program for a few months now and it's everything that he says in this video and more - AND HE PAYS ON TIME

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How I got into marketing

When I first started on the net, I had and still have an ebay store - while chatting with other ebayers - I kept hearing about other marketing that they were doing to help get others to their store. That is when I heard about blogs, squidoo, traffic exchanges, text ad sites, PTC sites, social sites. etc - just a whole world of tools out there to be used.

I remember back at the time that Yuwie was really the social site to be on as you could set up your profile, tell others about what you do and chat back and forth - so as a suggestion from another ebayer I joined. I met so many wonderful friends there and as we chatted also heard about other resources they were using to get their sites out there. Since then there have been so many more social sites that have come about and now with facebook, myspace, and swom, you can meet so many new people from all over. I love being a social butterfly hehehehehe.

Funny, one of the first traffic exchanges that I joined was Rockinclix - I think back to it now and poor James must have thought where did this dumb hillbilly come from. I didn't even know what a url was, how to add a banner, and what a text link was - he had such patience with me and guided me thru everything and I got hooked. As I was surfing, I got to see all these other sites out there and I kept joining, joining, joining - till one day I realized wow how in the world can I keep advertising all these sites and why am I putting in all this time promoting for someone else and not building MY list.

By this time, I had learned quite a bit and then started thinking how nice it would be to own my own traffic exchange. I was surfing one day and there it was Hummingbird Hits 4 sale - well this had my name written all over it and I just knew a door of opportunity was opening for me - as if you could see my house - you would see that I am a collector of hummingbirds and with my love for gardening - watching hummingbirds in my gardens is sooooooo thrilling for me. I just felt this was meant to be - so clicked the pay here button and that is how I got my 1st traffic exchange. And so my journey started and I soooo love what I'm doing - I have been blessed and now own/operate 9 traffic exchanges.

Being a traffic exchange owner, it is the owners responsibility to get members into the site to see others' sites and even tho I have put in alot of hours doing this - I would not have changed a thing. Again, I have been so blessed in the people that I have met and all the friends that have been willing to help me.

In trying to get my traffic exchange in as much advertising as I could, I then found text ad sites, PTC (paid to click) sites and have learned to blog, write lens on Squidoo and have just started writing Ezine Articles - so guess you can say that I am hooked. If you would have told me 3 years ago that I would be doing all this marketing - I would have laughed at you - but I really love what I'm doing and love helping others and try to save them the hours that I spent learning most of what I know the hard way - trial and error.