This came to me in an email, but it is too good just to forward on.
Written by a 90 year old
This is something we should all read at least once a week!!!!! Make sure you read to the end!!!!!!
Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio .
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written.
My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come...
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
(I think we can change No 4 - to read, friends and children)
Monday, March 14, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
How dare they!!!!
When I was in Adelaide recently my father (aged 91) told me that his doctor has such terrible handwriting, that recently he was given a prescription at a consultation, which he had to drive some 3 kms to see the doctor. When he took the script to the chemist he was told that they could not read the doctor's writing, so he had to take it back to the doctor. Which he did, but as the doctor had departed from the surgery, he left it and was told that it would be mailed to him. Which it was.
(I was angry that the chemist and the surgery could not solve the problem without expecting my father to do the leg work for something that was clearly not his fault. The doctor is older and refused to use a computer as most doctors now do, for such tasks. )
I was with my father when he presented the prescription at the chemist, one which he had been visiting regularly for some 30 years, and this time they refused to provide the medication because the doctor had written a date some 5 days in advance!!! My father, already having used up his previous prescription, now would have to go without his medication until the date on the prescription.
I was furious, so took the prescription from him and stormed to the counter!!!! Angry? Sure was!!!!
I pointed out to the staff that my father had already been given the 'run around' due to the incompetance of the doctor and the pharmacy, and that this latest event was unacceptable. The poor writing of the doctor was such that the date could be construed as any number - and that I was not leaving until my father was given his medication.
There was a quick discussion between the chemist and staff member, (the former looking like she was terrified of me!) and they agreed to give him the medication. I thanked them and sat down and shortly afterwards Dad was given the medication, for which he paid at the counter.
He's a wily old man, and knows that he (and he is sure others) are being ripped off by the system. He is a Repat Patient, having servced with the military during WWII, and some months ago he went to the Repat Clinic for a regular appointment. His 'usual' doctor had gone, and he saw another doctor, so on noting his address, suggested it would be easier for him to visit her surgery nearer his home. Sounded good.
He did go for his next appointment, and his prescription was written on a normal script pad. He didn't realise this until later, and found out he would have to pay a higher price than normal because of that. He went back, and asked that the prescription be put on the correct paperwork. He noted that there was some discomfort with all of this - and he has the feeling that he has been 'poached' from the Repat System.
I'm sure this sort of 'rorting' if I can call it that, is going on, and those who do not know or stand up for themselves are being manipulated in a very deceptive way. He will not complain to any authority - he is already feeling intimidated by the system.
(I was angry that the chemist and the surgery could not solve the problem without expecting my father to do the leg work for something that was clearly not his fault. The doctor is older and refused to use a computer as most doctors now do, for such tasks. )
I was with my father when he presented the prescription at the chemist, one which he had been visiting regularly for some 30 years, and this time they refused to provide the medication because the doctor had written a date some 5 days in advance!!! My father, already having used up his previous prescription, now would have to go without his medication until the date on the prescription.
I was furious, so took the prescription from him and stormed to the counter!!!! Angry? Sure was!!!!
I pointed out to the staff that my father had already been given the 'run around' due to the incompetance of the doctor and the pharmacy, and that this latest event was unacceptable. The poor writing of the doctor was such that the date could be construed as any number - and that I was not leaving until my father was given his medication.
There was a quick discussion between the chemist and staff member, (the former looking like she was terrified of me!) and they agreed to give him the medication. I thanked them and sat down and shortly afterwards Dad was given the medication, for which he paid at the counter.
He's a wily old man, and knows that he (and he is sure others) are being ripped off by the system. He is a Repat Patient, having servced with the military during WWII, and some months ago he went to the Repat Clinic for a regular appointment. His 'usual' doctor had gone, and he saw another doctor, so on noting his address, suggested it would be easier for him to visit her surgery nearer his home. Sounded good.
He did go for his next appointment, and his prescription was written on a normal script pad. He didn't realise this until later, and found out he would have to pay a higher price than normal because of that. He went back, and asked that the prescription be put on the correct paperwork. He noted that there was some discomfort with all of this - and he has the feeling that he has been 'poached' from the Repat System.
I'm sure this sort of 'rorting' if I can call it that, is going on, and those who do not know or stand up for themselves are being manipulated in a very deceptive way. He will not complain to any authority - he is already feeling intimidated by the system.
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