40 Things I’ve Learned in 40 Years, Part 4
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
- People lie because they falsely believe that it’s easier and safer than telling the truth.
- Sometimes, the idea that I don’t like something is all in my head. For instance, for years, I was convinced that I didn’t care for oranges. I ate one the other day and thought, “Hey, these things are pretty good.” I keep trying to teach this to my daughter but, to date, she does not believe me.
- I am capable of seeing my husband as the world’s best person as well as the world’s worst. In reality, he doesn’t change all that much from day to day, but my mind changes quite a bit.
- The hardest, most excruciating and tiring experiences of life often double as the most rewarding, satisfying, and meaningful.
- Most of the things that I worry about just aren’t all that important. When I ask myself, “If I was dying right now, would I care about this?” usually the answer is, “No.”
- I can wear skinny jeans and not feel like a stuffed sausage. I can also wear them without looking like a 40 year old who is wishing she were still 20. It took a young 20 something store clerk to convince me of this fact. She also taught me that jeans look much sexier with heels than with flats. I also learned that one can now wear white after Labor Day.
- Most New Yorkers have no idea how to get anywhere in New York. I’ve asked many of them for directions at one time or another, and none of them seem to know where anything is.
- If you are traveling abroad and your hotel room has a free bowl of bright, red, juicy strawberries, don’t eat them. You’ve been warned.
- Nearly every food that seems unusual and scary tastes just like chicken.
- Mark Twain said, “You are as happy as you make your mind up to be.” I believe you are as old as you make your mind up to be. When I was a little kid, I thought that 40 was old. When I was in my 20s, I thought that 60 was old. Now that I’m almost 40, I think that people don’t get old until they think they are old.
Note: I’ll be taking a few days off from blogging to celebrate my birthday, my daughter’s birthday, and life in general.
