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Stay active. People are like sharks: if we don’t move constantly, we’ll die. This is true both literally and metaphorically.
Taking care of yourself extends beyond your body to your mental health.
it's important as an adult, no matter what type of parents you had, that you take responsibility for your life. It’s only by loving, celebrating, and appreciating what makes you unique that you can fully enjoy your life, and truly love others. If you don’t love yourself, the results aren’t pleasant.
Taking care of yourself means finding a balance that works for you, then having the discipline to maintain that balance.
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy, you must have somebody to divide it with. -- Mark Twain
Our time on earth is limited, but you can extend your influence by helping those who will outlive you.
With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. - Abraham Lincoln
I’ve found you can choose to let all the things that go wrong in life depress you. Or, you can accept that things will go wrong, try to laugh, and then look at what you can do. There’s a Japanese proverb that gets right to the point: We’re fools whether we dance or not -- so we might as well dance.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
There are but three events in a man’s life: birth, life and death. He is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live. - Jean de la Bruyere
Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.
