God never blinks 50 lessons for life's little detours
Book - 2010
When Regina Brett turned 50, she wrote a column on the 50 lessons life had taught her. She reflected on all she had learned through becoming a single parent, looking for love in all the wrong places, working on her relationship with God, battling cancer and making peace with a difficult childhood. It became one of the most popular columns ever published in the newspaper, and since then the 50 lessons have been emailed to hundreds of thousands of people. Brett now takes the 50 lessons and expounds on them in essays that are deeply personal. From "Don't take yourself too seriously--nobody else does" to "Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift," these lessons will strike a chord with anyone who has ...ever gone through tough times--and haven't we all?--From publisher description.
- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
Grand Central Pub
c2010.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Physical Description
- xi, 241 p.
- ISBN
- 9780446556514
9780446556521
- Introduction
- The Fifty Lessons
- Lesson 1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good
- Lesson 2. When in doubt, just take the next right step
- Lesson 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone
- Lesson 4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does
- Lesson 5. Pay off your credit cards every month
- Lesson 6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree
- Lesson 7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone
- Lesson 8. It's okay to get angry with God. He can take it
- Lesson 9. The most important sex organ is the brain
- Lesson 10. God never gives us more than we were designed to carry
- Lesson 11. Make peace with your past so it doesn't screw up the present
- Lesson 12. It's okay to let your children see you cry
- Lesson 13. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about
- Lesson 14. If a relationship has to be kept secret, you shouldn't be in it
- Lesson 15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks
- Lesson 16. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying
- Lesson 17. You can get through anything life hands you if you stay put in the day you are in and don't jump ahead
- Lesson 18. A writer is someone who writes. If you want to be a writer, write
- Lesson 19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else
- Lesson 20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer
- Lesson 21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save anything for a special occasion. Today is special enough
- Lesson 22. Overprepare, then go with the flow
- Lesson 23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple
- Lesson 24. Start saving 10 percent for retirement as soon as you get your first paycheck
- Lesson 25. No one else is in charge of your happiness. You are the CEO of your joy
- Lesson 26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ôIn five years, will this matter?ö
- Lesson 27. Always choose life
- Lesson 28. Forgive everyone everything
- Lesson 29. What other people think of you is none of your business
- Lesson 30. The passage of time heals almost everything. Give time time
- Lesson 31. No matter how good or how bad a situation is, it will change
- Lesson 32. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick, but your friends will. Stay in touch with them
- Lesson 33. Believe in miracles
- Lesson 34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do
- Lesson 35. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger
- Lesson 36. Growing old beats the alternative. Dying young looks good only in movies
- Lesson 37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable
- Lesson 38. Read the Psalms. No matter what your faith, they cover every human emotion
- Lesson 39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting for you to discover
- Lesson 40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and got a look at everyone else's, we'd fight to get back our own
- Lesson 41. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of now
- Lesson 42. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful, or joyful
- Lesson 43. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved
- Lesson 44. Envy is a waste of time. You already have everything you truly need
- Lesson 45. The best is yet to come
- Lesson 46. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up for life
- Lesson 47. Breathe. It calms the mind
- Lesson 48. If you don't ask, you don't get
- Lesson 49. Yield
- Lesson 50. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift
- Author's Note
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
Review by Library Journal Review
