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The Book of Auntie Carol-Isms
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The Book of Auntie Carol-Isms & Other Famous Quotes
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Hello my Sunshine, This book was created for you. Think of it as a way to help navigate your way through college and beyond as you embark on the next chapters in your ‘Book of Life’. I hope that this book can be a tool to help guide you along the way. Having more independence and making responsible (and a few not so responsible) decisions about your future and knowing you have the security of your family behind you is monumental. What I have learned in my 65 years is that life changes course often, but it is important to adjust. That is the true key to managing your life-the ability to adapt. I started writing down my “isms” (as you know, there are many of them!); referring to them often and passing them along when talking to others (you are a recipient!). I recite them because I believe in them-and hope you do to. I thought it would be a good idea to capture many of them and put them in a book for you. Love,
Auntie Carol Auntie Carol // 2020
Note: Some of these ‘isms’ may not have been created by me, but am taking credit for them!
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THIS IS THE HARDEST TIME
IN YOUR LIFE. 6
-You have to figure out who you are, what you want to become, and figure out how you are going to achieve this
Yet, this is the best time in your life.
You get to figure out who you are, what you want to become, and how you are going to achieve this.
-AUNTIE CAROL
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“You attract more bees with honey than you do with vinegar.”
-MY GRANDMA FAY
“Better to have and not need then to need and not have.”
-MORT FINK; INSURANCE SALESMAN
“Do not judge a person until you walk in their shoes.”
-A SMART PERSON
“You cannot judge a book by its cover.”
-A SMART PERSON
“There is only one you. Be good to yourself.” -AUNTIE CAROL
“Never say mean words out of anger. Your anger will pass. But your mean words can scar a person for life. So use kind words or be silent.” -A SMART PERSON
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Your body is a TEMPLE. (and I know you do!)
Treat it with CARE. 9
“Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.”
“When you talk on the phone-smile. It comes through in your voice.”
-AUTHOR ANGIE THOMAS
-AUNTIE CAROL
“Be proud of yourself. Stay humble. Don’t settle.” -AUNTIE CAROL
“You never go wrong when you take the high road - it’s less crowded up there.”
-GAYLE KING
FROM ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOSSES:
“If you want a horse, don’t ask for a pony & don’t go down the rabbit hole.”
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-GREG LENSKI
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GIVE A MAN A FISH AND HE EATS FOR THE DAY. TEACH HIM HOW TO FISH AND HE EATS FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. 13
“Remember-the worst thing someone can tell you is ‘No’.”
-AUNTIE CAROL
“Life is like a checkbook. You cannot keep making withdrawals. Every now and then, you have to make a deposit.” -CARD FOUND IN A LAKE GENEVA, WI GIFT SHOP.
FIND Y OU R PASSION 14
-AUNTIE CAROL
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”
-A SMART PERSON
“Do what makes you happy and gives you joy.”
“Your parents gave you a smart brain. It is up to you to know how to use it.”
“Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution.”
-AUNTIE CAROL
-A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
-ALBERT EINSTEIN
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-NIKE
IN BUSINESS: BUSINESS: BUSINESS: “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” -A SMART PERSON
“Say ‘we” more that ‘I’.” -AUNTIE CAROL
“Don’t throw good money after bad.” -A SMART PERSON
“Someone’s always going to be better than you, and that has kept me humble. When I haven’t remembered that-it blows up in my face.” -MR. CHANG
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INVESTING:
ON INVESTING:
“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”
-AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE
“The stock market will do either of these 3 things. It will go up, go down or stay the same.” -MY GOOD FRIEND RUTH’S FATHER
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ON LIFE
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.”
-REINHOLD NIEBUHR
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IN GENERAL “It’s a great day! I woke up.”
-AUNTIE CAROL
“You die once, but you live every day.” -AUNTIE CAROL
“Live life to the fullest, but do it responsibly.” -MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, IRMA CONRADS
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you maded them feel.”
-MAYA ANGELOU
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ON THE FLIP
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“On a deathbed, no one is known to have said that they wanted to spend more time at the office.” -A SMART PERSON
“Pretend you are attending your own funeral. What will you hear people saying about you?” -A RABBI
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“You can always add. You can never take away.”
-AUNTIE CAROL
“Have all your ingredients out and ready. Worst thing is to find out you are missing something after you started cooking.”
-AUNTIE CAROL
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“When in doubt, throw it out”.
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-A FOOD TECHNOLOGIST I WORKED WITH
-AUNTIE CAROL
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ON LOVE
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AND “I wear the pants in the family; she just tells me what color to wear.” -UNKY BUNKY
RELATION SHIPS
“The secret to a happy marriageJust say: ‘Yes dear’” -BRIAN FLANAGAN (MY CO-WORKER)
A wife will forgive and forget, but she’ll never forget what she forgave. -AN OLD JEWISH PROVERB
A woman marries a man thinking he’ll change. A man marries a woman thinking she won’t change. They are both wrong. -A PSYCHOLOGIST
ON DANCI NG:
Learn the box step. It will save you embarrassment. -AUNTIE CAROL
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LOVE YOU MORE! GAME ON. ☼☼☼
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THE END BEGINNING.
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