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Stay positive
If you want to know how to live a long and happy life, just ask my mother, Marshall Ledford of Newport. She is in her 80s and can still run rings around me. She makes stained glass, is an expert quilter, has a full woodworking shop, sews and alters for everyone, and—in her spare time—she cooks, does all her own housework and cuts her grass with a push lawnmower. When we’re out of town, she comes over and takes care of our house and pets, too. She is healthy and trim and takes no medication of any kind. How does she do it? First of all, she always has a pleasant outlook and a positive attitude. She never dwells on the negatives in life and is uplifting to all around her. Secondly, she reads the Bible every day and is active in her church. Thirdly, she has enviable health habits: she doesn’t drink, doesn’t smoke, eats little meat and lots of fruits and vegetables and consumes a gallon of milk every three days. Lastly, she is "other-centered”—always eager to do something for a friend or family member with no wish or expectation of receiving anything in return. I think she has found the recipe. Edith W. Mason |
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