Important Life Lessons:

Be more responsible 

You are responsible for yourself and your life. Don't let others make important decisions for you. They won't always have your best interest in ...

10 Life Lessons That I've Learned After 48 Years  1. Your mother has her perspective and you have yours. It doesn't mean that she's wrong and your right... it just means you have different views. Respect ...

Start your passion young  If you dream about flying, or motocross or guitar playing. Tell exactly that to your parents.

Don't withhold a dream. Sometimes a test lesson, or test ...

I don't know everything 

I now know that I'm not smarter than everybody and do not always have the correct answer to every problem.

Letting Go  I wish I knew how much better I'd feel by giving up being a control freak who always needed perfection. When I was raising my kids I can't tell you how ...

I wish I'd known 

I wish I'd realized what an amazingly powerful tool my mind is when I was younger. I wouldn't have wasted time wth all the little things.

Expression.. Humbleness..Relationships 

If only I could have clealy expressed myself to the world in my younger days I wouldn't have suffered for so long. Being Humble with personal boundaries ...

Shape your own life 

Without the wisdom of having lived in many places with diverse people my twenty year old self allowed life to happen to her. My forty-five year old ...

Having the wrong focus in school 

During my school years I spent so much time on things that are totally unimportant and insignificant to me now. I guess that's something you have ...

How to be happy and raise kids  I wish someone would have told me that worrying and agonizing for years about my children would not solve one darn thing.

One of the hardest things ...

Learning what's important in life  I really wish I knew what was a big deal and what was not. For example, I would get so angry about small things like waiting in traffic or someone being ...

The value of a healthy lifestyle 

I wish I had known how good eating well made you feel, and how much more energy, happiness and self confidence you get out of a healthy lifestyle....

It's okay to make mistakes 

I wish I had known that it's perfectly acceptable to make mistakes and to lose battles, and that it's possible (and even normal) to come back stronger ...

A Few Thoughts  It's nothing you haven't heard before, and I heard them, too, but did I listen? Sort of. Pay attention!!!

They've been said before, but they really ...

Back in my day...  If I received a dollar for the number of times I have either heard that said "Back in my day..." or the number of times I have let it slip out, I could ...

I Love Yoga!  I didn't discover yoga until my middle-aged body was in severe pain from pregnancy-induced sciatica. I probably wouldn't have tried it then except I was ...

The Difference between Work and Play  When I was young I always hated working and looked forward to "playing", or doing what I wanted to. Then one day I started thinking about it...

I realized ...

Don't rush into important decisions 

I made some really dumb decisions in life and jumped into situations without thinking about the consequences. I'm now divorced with HUGE debts. If ...

My 10 Pearls of Wisdom  I'm in my mid 50s and my life did not go as I planned it in my early 20s. But that's OK, because sometimes what you don't plan for is so much better! Here ...

Dreams do come true  I learned that dreams really do come true. I also learned that they only come true if you make them come true. Your dreams are within reach, but you have ...

If I Only Knew  When I was in my teens and twenties I was under the impression... actually, not much of an impression at all, come to think of it.

I was never one ...

I wish I knew what I know now about money 

I was so screwed up about my beliefs about money. I had such disrespect for money and my favorite word was "charge". I charged so much that I spent ...

Education is so important 

I wish I knew just how important getting an education is. School was never a priority when I was younger, but now I see that those with a good education ...

Like father like son 

I learned that you should get to know your future father in law ALMOST as well as your future husband!