<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. <?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF> <?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF>It is the most-requested column I''ve ever written."<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>1. Life isn''t fair,<?/color><?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF> <?/color><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>but it''s still good.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>4. Your job won''t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch<?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF>.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>5. Pay off your credit cards every month.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>6. You don''t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>7. Cry with someone. It''s more healing than crying alone.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>8. It''s OK to get angry with God He can take it.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>10. When it comes to chocolate,<?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF> <?/color>resistance is futile.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>11. Make peace with your past so it won''t screw up the present.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>12. It''s OK to let your children see you cry.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>13. Don''t compare your life to others.<?/color><?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF> <?/color><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>You have no idea what their journey is all about.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>14. If a relationship has to be a secret,<?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF> <?/color>you shouldn''t be in it.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don''t worry; Just get over it.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>17. Get rid of anything that isn''t useful,<?/color><?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF> <?/color><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>beautiful or joyful.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>18. Whatever doesn''t kill you really does make you stronger.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>19. It''s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don''t take no for an answer.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don''t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>23. Be eccentric now. Don''t wait for old age to wear purple.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>24. The most important sex organ is the brain.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial> <?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words<?color><?param 0000,0000,FFFF> <?/color>''In five years, will this matter?''<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>27. Always choose life.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>28. Forgive everyone everything.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>29. What other people think of you is none of your business.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>32. Don''t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>33. Believe in miracles.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn''t do.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>35. Don''t audit life. Sho w up and make the most of it now.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>37. Your children get only one childhood.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else''s,we''d grab ours back.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>42. The best is yet to come.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial>44. Yield.<?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>45. Life isn''t tied with a bow, but it''s still a gift."<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param 6666,0000,CCCC>Its estimated 93% won''t forward this. If you are one of the 7% who will, forward this with the title ''7%''.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param 6666,0000,CCCC>I''m in the 7%.<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param 6666,0000,CCCC>Remember that I will always share my spoon with you<?/color><?color><?param 0000,0000,8080>!<?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param FFFF,0000,0000>Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves<?/color><?color><?param 6666,0000,CCCC>.<?/color> <?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?color><?param 6666,0000,CCCC> <?/color><?/fontfamily><?fontfamily><?param Verdana> <?x-tad-bigger> <?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily>
Naff all to do with "trust", EVERYTHING to do with subjectivity vs. objectivity.
2 people either side of an argument will put their own spin on it.
The MOST unreliable evidence is an eye witness account. Ask any Police Officer. No matter how objective you THINK you're being, you're not. You're human and as such you are always subjective.
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