Top 40 pieces of advice from seniors

• “Remember your Creator in the days of your youth.”
• Eating an apple a day really does help.
• Follow Jesus no matter what.
• Learn to laugh at yourself.
• Live with an open hand – be generous.
• Practice forgiveness.
• Sing in the shower.
• Think positively; live positively.
• Pursue honesty, integrity, purity.
• Feed your soul as carefully as you feed your body.
• Begin tithing now.
• Be thankful for Canada.
• Remember that you can’t please everybody.
• Travel, look, listen.
• Listen to God’s voice and follow your heart.
• Read God’s Word – life’s guidebook.
• Be a volunteer for the experience and satisfaction.
• Choose friends wisely.
• Remember that your choices have consequences.
• Marry for love and for life.
• Be aware that marriage is not a mission field.
• Remember that you may be a parent someday – your kids will pay you back.
• Never stop learning.
• Work hard.
• Avoid credit card debt. Pay up!
• Choose your career based on how much you can give, not on how much you can make.
• When you talk to someone, look them in the eye.
• Pray . . . and then pray some more.
• Dare to trust God for your life.
• Rediscover (or discover) your grandparents.
• Don’t put others down to make yourself look better.
• Wear clean socks.
• Smile a lot.
• Plan a technology-free day (sans computer, cell phone, etc.).
• Stick with the church.
• Remember the needy in the world.
• Praise and affirm when you can, so you can criticize with credibility.
• Enjoy life.
• Dream big.
• Realize that God knows you completely and loves you unconditionally!

This list of wisdom was compiled from over 500 responses submitted by participants at the 55+ Retreat in Quebec.