A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write. Regina Brett More Quotes by Regina Brett More Quotes From Regina Brett Growing old beats the alternative - dying young. Regina Brett growingalternativesdying Forgive everyone everything. Regina Brett forgivingattitude I say we all take the pledge and stay home. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for what you have, not to save a few dollars to get more. Regina Brett dollarshomegiving Even if you have nothing in your wallet, nothing can keep you from having a great summer. You can listen to crickets sing you to sleep, trace the Big Dipper, breathe in the stars, run through a sprinkler, host a cartwheel contest in the front yard. Regina Brett starssummerrunning Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere. Regina Brett miraclewaitinginspirational However good or bad a situation is, it will change. Regina Brett god-never-blinkssituationattitude When I turned 45, I lay in bed reflecting on all life had taught me. My soul sprang a leak and ideas flowed out. My pen simply caught them and set the words on paper. I typed them up and turned them into a newspaper column of the 45 lessons life taught me. When I hit 50, I added five more lessons and the paper ran the column again. Regina Brett life-lessonsoulideas It takes tough love to order kids to step away from the iPhone or iPad during dinner or to take the devices away if they're interrupting and interfering with everyone else's pleasure at a movie, concert or other public event. Regina Brett iphoneorderkids Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful. Regina Brett joyfulsimplicitybeautiful Take a deep breath. It calms the mind. Regina Brett calmmindattitude When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile. Regina Brett god-never-blinksresistancechocolate It's sad that grandkids show up at the end of obituaries, way behind the list of work place achievements, social clubs and survivors. Why last? If you've got grandkids, you know they're first when it comes to the joy in your life. Regina Brett achievementsurvivorjoy When you write a book, you are asking someone to make an investment in their time and money. A column can come and go as the weeks pass, but a book needs to be timeless. Regina Brett writingbookneeds The only gift my dad ever bought me is still in my jewelry box. It died at 10 minutes to 11 decades ago, but the gold Caravelle watch keeps my dad alive. A watch isn't about keeping time. It's about stopping it. Regina Brett dadgoldwatches While journalists cannot right every wrong, champion every cause or fix every problem, they can - through the written word - lift someone's burden for a day, make some elderly woman on a bus smile or let them know they are noticed by someone. Regina Brett elderlychampioncauses Cancer is messy and scary. You throw everything at it, but don't forget to throw love at it. It turns out that might be the best weapon of all. Regina Brett cancerscarymight When you have cancer, it's like you enter a new time zone: the Cancer Zone. Everything in the Tropic of Cancer revolves around your health or your sickness. I didn't want my whole life to revolve around cancer. Life came first; cancer came second. Regina Brett time-zonescancerwant We've come a long way from having one land line that was forbidden to be answered during dinner. We had no answering machine, just a dad who barked, 'Who calls during dinner? If it's important, they'll call back.' He was right. Regina Brett dadlandlong Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely. Regina Brett bakinglastsmonths As much as the Pulitzer is the hallmark of journalism, I think what I love the most is when somebody says they took my column and it's in their wallet. I have had people open their wallet and show me a corner of a column. Regina Brett journalismpeoplethinking
