Stress mitigation is important. Not working would certainly help with stress.
Modern America has truly strayed from the traditional way.
Her positive attitude was amazing.
She had so many traits that are very difficult for most folks to emulate:
—No agenda. She had nothing to prove to anybody.
—Not really materialistic. She lived well and had nice things but those things didn’t own her, were not that important to her and she never bragged about it or held it against people who were less fortunate.
—A true independent thinker—never believed anything the “experts” said about anything. She did her own research and took her time drawing conclusions.
—Truly pleasant to be around—lightened up anyone’s day.
She had a way of being comfortable in her own skin that very few people could match.
It is a skill they don’t teach you anywhere—you have to learn it yourself.
The Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan: One of the most isolated spots on earth.
Here is one hilarious story that showed how she was...
She was in her mid nineties and refused to move to an assisted living facility. My grandfather had died and she lived by herself in a large house—though a maid did come and clean now and then.
My parents decided it was time to make the “hard sell”.
My father talked her into taking a tour of the nearby upscale assisted living facility. He drove her there and when they arrived the tour began.
She smiled at everybody, looked them in the eye, shook their hand, told them how much she appreciated their help.
This went on for an hour or so.
My father is thinking that this is going well.
They leave the building and he says “so are you ready to sign the papers and move in with these nice folks”.
Grandma smiled sweetly and said softly (so none of the facility staff could hear):
“Over my dead body.”