Growing old beats the alternative - dying young. Regina Brett More Quotes by Regina Brett More Quotes From Regina Brett No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. Regina Brett clothes-you-wear inspirational life Sometimes you have to disconnect to stay connected. Remember the old days when you had eye contact during a conversation? When everyone wasn't looking down at a device in their hands? We've become so focused on that tiny screen that we forget the big picture, the people right in front of us. Regina Brett eye hands people No one really has a bad life. Not even a bad day. Just bad moments. Regina Brett bad-life bad-day moments Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple. Regina Brett purple waiting attitude Choice, not chance, determines your destiny. It's up to you to decide what you are worth, how you matter, and how you make meaning in the world. No one else has your gifts--your set of talents, ideas, interests. You are an original. A masterpiece. Regina Brett destiny choices ideas Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks. Regina Brett blink eye worry God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do. Regina Brett who-god-is love-you inspirational No one is in charge of your happiness except you. Regina Brett cardinal-rules god-never-blinks From now on, I pray like I mean it. No more hitting SEND over and over. It's changed my life. It has freed me from fear and opened up endless avenues for me as a writer, radio host, parent, wife, and friend. It has enhanced every relationship I'm in, starting with the most important one: my relationship with God. Real faith isn't praying without ceasing. It's believing that God heard you the first time. Regina Brett real prayer believe Family is more than DNA, more than who we used to be, more than we can imagine we will become. Regina Brett imagine used dna Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. Regina Brett god-never-blinks doe attitude We want someone else to act. But miracles aren't what other people do. They're what each of us does. They're what happens when ordinary people take extraordinary action. To be a miracle doesn't mean you have to tackle problems across the globe. It means making a difference in your own living room, cubicle, neighborhood, community. Regina Brett differences mean people Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Regina Brett life-is-too-short hate attitude God never gives us more than what we can carry. Regina Brett powerful giving Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day. Regina Brett day-to-day showing-up life-is If we threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back. Regina Brett funny-inspirational success life Frame every so-called disaster with these words: In five years, will this matter? Regina Brett matter attitude years Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds. Regina Brett stars summer lying It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it. Regina Brett god-never-blinks best-is-yet-to-come learning It's scary to make major changes, but we usually have enough courage to take the next right step. One small step and then another. That's what it takes to raise a child, to get a degree, to write a book, to do whatever it is your heart desires. Regina Brett positive book children
