* Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay ‘them.’

* Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

* 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.

* Enjoy the simple things.

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

* The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves.

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

* 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.

* Don’t take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next country; to a foreign country but not to where the guilt is.

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