Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written."My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
人生不平等，但是人生是美好的

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
当你有怀疑，就往前走一小步。

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
生命太短了，不值得去恨任何人。

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch..
你的工作不会在你生病的时候照顾你，但是你的朋友和父母会，所以要和他们多联系。

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
每个月付清信用卡。

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
你不需要每次争吵都赢， 你要学会妥协。

7. Cry with someone... It's more healing than crying alone.
如果要痛哭，找个人一起哭会好的快很多

8. It's OK to get angry with God.. He can take it.
对神发怒是可以的，因为他能够应付。

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
从你的第一次收入开始为你的养老存钱。

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
抵抗巧克力的引诱是无用的。

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
忘掉过去，你才可以有好的未来。

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
在孩子们面前哭是可以理解的。

13... Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
不要拿你的人生和别人对比。因为你不知道别人经历的路途是啥。


14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
如果一段关系见不了光，你就不应该有这样的关系。

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
任何事情都可以在瞬间改变。 不过不容担心，因为神不眨眼。

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
深深的呼吸， 这会令你神经安静。

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
对你没用的，不美丽的，不开心的的事都要废掉。

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
不能毁你的会令你更强壮。

19.. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
人生永远都不会太晚有幸福的童年， 但是第二个童年在乎你啥时候想要，不在乎别人。

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
当你追求人生中的最爱，不要因为拒绝而放弃。

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
每一天都是特别的，以蜡烛给你浪漫，穿漂亮的衣服，不要只留个特殊的日子。

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
作最充分的准备，然后奋勇向前。

23. Be eccentric now.. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
你可以标新立异， 不要等到老才穿紫色。

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
最重要的性器官是人的大脑。

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
没有人会影响你的幸福， 除了你自己。

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
每遇到重大危机的时候， 请问你自己：5 年以后，这事还重要吗？

27. Always choose life.
永远选择人生。

28. Forgive everyone everything.
遗忘所有的人和事

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
别人如何看你与你无关

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

时光会医治所有的东西，请给一些时间。

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
无论是好事还是坏事，都会改变。

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
不要把自己看的太重， 别人也不会。

33. Believe in miracles..
相信生命有奇迹。

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
神爱你是因为他是神，不是因为你做或者不做啥事。

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
不要审核你的人生，尽力而为就是了。

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
慢慢变老比任何东西都强，比如英年早逝。

37. Your children get only one childhood.

你的孩子自由一次童年。

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
人生到最后重要的都是你深爱的。

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
每天到外面走走，因为到处都有奇迹。

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.
妒忌是浪费时间， 你已经拥有你需要的。

42. The best is yet to come..
人生的最好还没有出现呢。

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
不管你的感觉如何，起来，穿戴整齐， 然后出现在你该出现的地方。

44. Yield.
谦让

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
生命虽然有弯曲， 但是生命仍然是礼物。