Advice for a Happy Life

Keep smiling. I’m always surprised at what a smile can do because there are people who are always grumpy and if you keep smiling at them, sooner or later you’ll get a little smile back. Try to cheer them up.

Surround yourself with nice people. Keep looking until you find them. Don’t be grumpy yourself because nobody will want to talk to you. Be interested in people so you can talk to them. Keep your eyes open for people who think like you do. Have a goodsense of humor. Laugh a lot.

Be with people. There’s nothing worse than being alone. You don’t have to be good friends with everybody and it doesn’t have to be huggy or cozy but we know we are there for each other.

Have somebody who loves who you are so there are a lot of laughs. That’s what Jake and I did.

If you can sing songs, that’s the best thing you can do: children’s songs, hymns, long ago songs. We were happy in our family and, oh boy, did we ever sing a lot. Listening to music you can feel it wash over you.

You need to trust people. You have to trust people you need to trust. Always try not to judge. Look for the better things. Let go of the things that hurt you that you can’t change. Don’t think about them.

I’ve been lucky to have good friends, to have had a good job and my family. I was lucky I found my husband out of the 19 men who worked in our office and he chose me. The other men came to our wedding. I have no regrets.