Some
of the philosophies I have gathered for myself after 74 years:
(In
no particular order;)

1.
Life is uncertain--eat dessert first!

2. Never say never.

3.

Eliminate try from a sentence and it becomes a positive statement.

4.
Say
won't instead of can't which makes you honest.

5. Those who think
they
know it all are very annoying to those of us who do!

6. "I do my
thing
and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your
expectations,
and you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I
and if
by chance we find each other; It's beautiful." Frederick S. Perls

7.

Promises are made to be broken.

8. When you feel guilty you are
spending
time in the past, when you are worrying you are spending time in the
future and
when you do either you are not dealing with the here and now.

9.
"There
is good in everyone." Anne Frank

10. When love is gone I will not
stoop
to become your friend.

11. What goes round comes round.

12.
Most
people don't learn from past mistakes and keep repeating them.

13.
I do
not need another to validate or approve of me.

14. It's human to
err,
divine to forgive but harder to do the latter.

15. When a person
lies it
is usually to make them look better in your eyes.

16. Being alone
doesn't
mean you are lonely.

17. People will do what they want to do even
though
they say they won't/don't.

18. Some people believe that negative
attention is better than no attention at all.

19. "If you really
love me
you will..." should not be said to someone you love.

20.
Eliminate
negative people from your life.

21. Live as if today is the last
day of
your life.

22. Do stop to smell the roses, look at nature.

23.

Appreciate what you have.
24. You don't have to love the whole
person but nourish the parts you do.
25. You never know when love
will come to you or where you will find it.
26. All you can do is
offer to help or give advice--it is up to the other person whether to
accept and/or use it.
27. Experience does count--share it.
28.
Old people talk--young people don't listen.
29. Mother was
right--don't discuss politics and/or religion with someone you want to
be and/or stay friends with.
30. Don't wait until you retire to do
something--do it now.
31. Get rid of 'things', 'stuff'.
32.
Keep a record of your life with writings and photos.
33. Don't
say "No" too often.
34. Love thyself.
35. Trust people
until/if they prove otherwise.