The Marrow of Life

Usually e-mail forwards don't affect me a lot, but this one was DEEPLY meaningful and actually rang true.  My grandmother forwarded this to me today so, as I'm sitting here amidst boxes and packing yet unfinished with all the bigs things up in the air, this came into my inbox:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small  step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating  anyone...
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your  friends and
parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to  disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying  alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take  it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay  check.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is  futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the  present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you  cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what  their
journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in  it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't  worry; God
never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or  joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you  stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the  second one
is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't  take no
for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy  lingerie.
Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is  special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear  purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the  brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but  you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five  years,
will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your  business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give  time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will  change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else  does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of  anything you
did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it  now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying  young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you  loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting  everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone  else's,
we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you  need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show  up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a  gift.