To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written.

Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

It's easier to forgive those who hurt you than those who hurt the people you love.

There are few places you can find silence. Air travel could be the last fortress of solitude.

Sometimes you have to disconnect to stay connected. Remember the old days when you had eye contact during a conversation? When everyone wasn't looking down at a device in their hands? We've become so focused on that tiny screen that we forget the big picture, the people right in front of us.

God never gives us more than what we can carry.

Even if you have nothing in your wallet, nothing can keep you from having a great summer. You can listen to crickets sing you to sleep, trace the Big Dipper, breathe in the stars, run through a sprinkler, host a cartwheel contest in the front yard.