Today I read about a woman named Susannah Mushatt Jones who has lived to be 114 years old and is still going strong. She is the second oldest person in the US and the oldest New Yorker. Her "secret" is that took care of children her whole life, ate a simple diet and stayed out of trouble (e.g. no wild partying!) What struck me about the article I read about her was something her niece said about the fact that she felt her aunt had lived so long in part because she treated everyone right. The article also had quotes from others who had lived to be in their 90s or older. All the messages really emphasized the importance of taking care of oneself and of others as the "key" and all of the messages were really insightful in general about how to live a good life. The message I got from it was that if everyone took care of each other and stayed out of trouble then the secret to longevity would just be old news!
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