"The dog got me out of bed this morning" - misunderstanding
The last and most important characteristic that people over 100 years of age is the ability to deal with death. This was the main reason why I started telling that stranger the story
In the story they showed a lady who was over 100 and the day before the interview her 70 something daughter passed away. When the interviewer asked the lady if she wanted to cancel the interview she said,
"Absolutely not!"
The interviewer was surprised and asked her how she can continue with the interview when she has suffered such a drastic loss.
She looked at them and said the following:
"Seventy some years ago God gave me a gift. Yesterday God decided to take that gift back. Who am I to challenge that?"
I was blown away by that statement. If you think about it we can not control when people(spirits as I like to think of people) come into our lives and when they leave. We can only control our connection to them.
If you are to live to 100 years of age you will most likely deal with the death of spouse or two. Most if not all of your children, and possibly most if not all of your grandchildren's deaths. If you can not put the deaths in their proper place, like the lady did, you will not live to 100.
When I told this story to my grandmother she agreed with all four points. I specifically emphasized that throughout she had not tasted death. Her parents died before she knew them. Her twin sister died at 12 and her brother died when she was 86. Her husband died around 96. All of her kids lived, all of 13 grandkids lived, all of her 14 grandkids(at that time) lived.
Today's question is:
"How do you react when God takes his gifts back?"
The last and most important characteristic that people over 100 years of age is the ability to deal with death. This was the main reason why I started telling that stranger the story
In the story they showed a lady who was over 100 and the day before the interview her 70 something daughter passed away. When the interviewer asked the lady if she wanted to cancel the interview she said,
"Absolutely not!"
The interviewer was surprised and asked her how she can continue with the interview when she has suffered such a drastic loss.
She looked at them and said the following:
"Seventy some years ago God gave me a gift. Yesterday God decided to take that gift back. Who am I to challenge that?"
I was blown away by that statement. If you think about it we can not control when people(spirits as I like to think of people) come into our lives and when they leave. We can only control our connection to them.
If you are to live to 100 years of age you will most likely deal with the death of spouse or two. Most if not all of your children, and possibly most if not all of your grandchildren's deaths. If you can not put the deaths in their proper place, like the lady did, you will not live to 100.
When I told this story to my grandmother she agreed with all four points. I specifically emphasized that throughout she had not tasted death. Her parents died before she knew them. Her twin sister died at 12 and her brother died when she was 86. Her husband died around 96. All of her kids lived, all of 13 grandkids lived, all of her 14 grandkids(at that time) lived.
Today's question is:
"How do you react when God takes his gifts back?"
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