LOUIS 2OO9

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The Secrets of Life

To All Retired Friends…

The Secrets of Life – in 6 words:

• Before middle age – Do not fear!

• After middle age – Do not regret!

Enjoy Your Life While You Can•Do not wait till you cannot even walk just to be sorry and to regret!•As long as it is physically possible, visit places you wish to visit.

Get out of the stock market!• When the share prices are up, your blood pressure goes up too, you want to buy but you cannot get.• When the share prices are down, you panic and want to sell, but no one wish to buy.• You can’t make all the money, why not let the young ones have a chance!

• When there is an When there is an opportunity, get opportunity, get together with old together with old classmates, old classmates, old colleagues & old friends.colleagues & old friends.

• The gathering is not just The gathering is not just about about eating, the concern is eating, the concern is there is not there is not much time left!much time left!

Money kept in the banks may not be really yours.When it is time to spend, just spend.You should treat yourself well as you’re getting old!

• Whatever you feel like eating, just eat!• It is most important to be happy!

There are two kinds of food:

1.1.Things which are Things which are good good for healthfor health – eat often, – eat often, eat more but that is eat more but that is not everything.not everything.

2. Things which are 2. Things which are not not good for healthgood for health – eat a – eat a little, eat once a while little, eat once a while but do not abstain but do not abstain from them totally.from them totally.。

Food that you do not feel like eating or do not like, you still need to eat a little once a while, just to balance your nutrition intake!

Treat sickness with optimism.Treat sickness with optimism. Whether you are Whether you are poor, rich, powerful or powerless, everyone will poor, rich, powerful or powerless, everyone will have to go through the process of birth, aging, have to go through the process of birth, aging,

sickness and death, there is no exception, that’s sickness and death, there is no exception, that’s life!life!

Do not be afraid or worried when you are Do not be afraid or worried when you are sick.sick.Settle all the outstanding issues before hand and when you are well, including your funeral arrangements,You will be able to leave this world anytime, without regret!

Let the doctors handle your body,Let the doctors handle your body,Let Let GOD / NATUREGOD / NATURE handle your life, handle your life,But be in charge of your own But be in charge of your own moods!moods!

If worries can cure your sickness, then go ahead and worry!

If worries can prolong your life, then go ahead and worry!

If worries can exchange for happiness, then go ahead and worry!

Our kids will have their own fortune.Things concerning children and grandchildren,We can listen with ears,We can see with eyes,Just do not open your mouths or make any comments!

The principles areThe principles are:Do not say anything that are fruitless,Do not say anything that are fruitless,Do not do anything that is beyond your ability to Do not do anything that is beyond your ability to achieve,achieve,If you are in a reactive situation, make your If you are in a reactive situation, make your judgment based on the circumstances,judgment based on the circumstances,If your children and grand children are If your children and grand children are independent, it is your good fortune!independent, it is your good fortune!

Look After Four Old Look After Four Old TreasuresTreasures

1.1. The old body – pay more attention The old body – pay more attention to information about health care, to information about health care, you can only rely on yourself to you can only rely on yourself to take care of your own health!take care of your own health!

2.2. The retirement funds – money that The retirement funds – money that you have earned, it is best to keep you have earned, it is best to keep them yourselfthem yourself

3.3. The old companion – treasure The old companion – treasure every moment with your other every moment with your other half, one of you will leave first!half, one of you will leave first!

4.4. The old friends – seize every The old friends – seize every opportunities to meet up with your opportunities to meet up with your friends, such opportunities will be friends, such opportunities will be rare as time goes byrare as time goes by

Do not panic when the lights go off,You can still see lot of stars in the sky

Three Things You Must Do Everyday!Three Things You Must Do Everyday!

The first thing: LaughThe second thing: SmileThe third thing: Laugh loudly and to your heart’s content

A wonderful life will always find A wonderful life will always find wonderful reasonswonderful reasons

The one who can laugh last, will be The one who can laugh last, will be the one with the sweetest laugh!the one with the sweetest laugh!

Be determined in doing an appropriate amount of exercises everyday,

Have sufficient sleep,

Maintain a peaceful and cheerful state of mind

• Instead of scolding people with red faces

and swelling blood vessels on the necks,

• Why not just adopt more gracious approaches.

• It will be less unruly。

Laugh a little, it will be like the ocean and the sky with no boundary.

There are always ups and downs in life,Since you do not jump for joy when the water vapor

rises,Why should you feel sad when it rains!

LOUIS 2OO9

Edited by Louis TangEnglish Translated by Yeo TS

Bless You!