I asked the old couple what secrets they could tell me about living long and well. At first they looked at each other and laughed, then he declared,
"Things are as they are. I know my wife and she knows me. We don't hide from each other. We don't ask each other lots of questions, we aren't anxious, running around all the time. Everything is open between us. We say our prayers and do our work. Most of the day I am outside, and she is inside, and when we unite, we enjoy our company, thanks be to God."
~ from MYSTIC STREET by S. T. Georgiou
The freedom to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances
Everything can be taken from an individual, but one thing: the last of the human
freedoms -- to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.
