The saying “wisdom comes with age” is quite correct. The things you learn throughout your life experience teach you how to find true happiness and show you what really matters.
Among those who have lived long and fruitful lives, you can discover many profound truths and truly insightful pieces of wisdom.
Here are 18 pieces of profound wisdom from centenarians. Everything you need to know to have a happy life can be found here.
A topic on Reddit was created by a young man who wanted people to his 101-year-old grandmother questions about life. These are some of her responses:
What advice would you like to give someone in their twenties?
- ‘Never give up. You are young and difficult times will come. Don’t give up. Never. ‘
What is the biggest lesson you learned?
- ‘To be honest. I rarely lied. And when you are honest with people, it turns to you and they are honest with you. It’s to much work keeping up with a lie, you don’t need additional stress. ‘
Any advice on making it past 100?
- Always listen to the other person. You will learn something. Try to sit down, because you will learn much more by listening to others than by telling them what you know. ‘
What experience would you absolutely recommend to all the people who should do it once in their life?
- ‘See as much of the world as you can!’
Any secret that you can share, in terms of health, that you think has helped you achieve such a long life (diet, exercise, genetics, etc.)?
- Take naps every day.
Author Bel Kaufman was 100 years old when she spoke at Iona College. What are the ingredients of a happy life? Humor and passion.
- “[Humor is] a vital force, a way to survive the difficulties of life.”
- ‘I think [people] have to be curious. They have to be interested in life outside of their little aches and pains. They have to be excited to see new things, meet new people, see a new play, just passionate about life. ‘
- I don’t care what you’re in love with – maybe you’ll stick with Dixie cup lids. But if you do it with passion, you are alive. ‘
Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara, 104, is the author of Living Long, Living Good, and shared this brilliant advice on life:
- Don’t go crazy for amassing material things. Remember: you don’t know when your number is coming up and you can’t take it to the next place. ‘
- “Pain is mysterious and having fun is the best way to forget it.”
- ‘My inspiration is Robert Browning’s poem’ Abt Vogler ‘. My dad used to read it to me. This encourages us to do great art, not little doodles. It says to try to draw a circle so big that there is no way to finish it while we are alive. All we see is an arch; the rest is beyond our sight but is there in the distance. ‘
Elsa Bailey celebrated her 100th birthday skiing in Colorado. She told ABC News a few things she learned to keep going.
- If you are sure that you will be able to overcome it without problems. When you think negatively, you are putting poison in your body. Just smile. They say that laughter is the best medicine there is.
- ‘Be active. I do things my way, like skiing when I am 100 years old. Nobody else does that, even if they have energy. And I try to eat well, exercise, fresh air, and sunshine.
This centennial shared the following about what she learned in the last 100 years of her life.
- Travel while you are young and capable. Don’t worry about the money, just make it work. Experience is much more valuable than money. ‘
- ‘The only thing constant is change, so you have to learn to embrace it.’
- You will notice a day when you spent a lot of time worrying about nothing.
- ‘I’m not saying you have to practice one religion or another, or not practice one religion or another … I’m just saying that you have to find out what you believe in and live it fully.
- Don’t take life so seriously.
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