Jealousy?.........absolutely, and the piece that I'm going to share is soooooo good I just wish I could take credit for initially displaying it myself.
The real author is "That Wealth Girl" and, unfortunately, I have no further information to convey. It was simply one of those many offerings each day that appear on the internet. It was a facebook post that someone saw and sent on to the Korner. Thank you so much.
Here goes.....
My 91-year old grandma gave me nine rules before she passed. I think about them every day.
(1) Do not let a grudge choose your family. She said you will bury people you were too proud to call. Pick up the phone while it still rings.
(2) Never sign anything anyone says you would not understand. She read every page and asked every question. She said the words too complicated for you are usually the words written against you.
(3) Keep something beautiful in the house even when money is tight. She had flowers on the table in the worst years. She said poverty is hard enough without letting it make you ugly.
(4) Spend on the things that get used every day. She bought a good mattress and cheap everything else. She said you sleep a third of your life, so put your money where your hours are.
(5) Do not tell people how tired you are, show them what you finished. She never complained and always delivered. She said tired is a feeling and finished is a fact.
(6) Be the one who remembers birthdays. She wrote them all in one book. She said the world forgets people constantly, and being remembered is the cheapest kindness there is.
(7) Never let the sale price decide what you need. She walked past bargains her whole life. She said a thing you did not want at full price is not a deal, it is clutter, with a discount.
(8) Learn to sit with someone in pain without fixing it. She said most people do not need advice, they just need a chair pulled up next to them.
(9) Do not save your good dishes for a day that never comes. She used everything. She said you are the special occasion and you have been all along.
Nothing you buy will love you back. She said put money in the things that can, and your time in the people who do.
She used the good dishes and told the truth. Pick the rule that stung and start there today.
AMEN. What a great piece and probably some of it is too much truth for some of us to handle.
I hope.....and I imagine there are Korner viewers who are making copies and sending them to various family members.......friends....... neighbors etc.
K-----K
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