Your birthday is a special time to celebrate the gift of ‘you’ to the world. Whatever with the past has gone, the best is always yet to come…

I collected 10 points on not only how to stay young, but also on how to enjoy life. I hope the words of wisdom in this inspirational thought inspires you!

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. – This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.

2. Keep only cheerful friends. – The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening whatever. – “Never let the brain idle.” “An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.” And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. – The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it’s family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. – Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health. – If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don’t take guilt trips. – Take a trip to the mall, to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER, Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

What do you think? Do you have anything to add?