1. Throw out nonessential numbers.This includes age, weight, and height. 2. Keep only cheerful friends.The grouches pull you down. 3. Keep learning. 4. Enjoy the simple things. 5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with him or her! 6 Surround yourself with what you love. 7. Cherish your health. 8. Don't take guilt trips.Take a trip to the mall, even to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is. 9. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.