Book contents
- The Gift of Aging
- Reviews
- Additional material
- The Gift of Aging
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Map and Compass
- Part I Caring For Your Mind
- Part II Caring For Your Body
- Part III Caring For Yourself and Your Family
- Part IV Caring For Your Soul
- 27 I Don’t Want to Go Downstairs!
- 28 How NOT to Be Afraid of Dying and Ensure that Your Family Remembers Your Death as a Peaceful One
- 29 Only Two Things
- 30 Grief and Loss
- 31 Living to Make a Difference
- 32 The Great Leveler
- 33 View from the Mountain
- 34 The Healing Power of Nature
- 35 The Best Place in the World to Grow Old
- 36 From Revolution to Pandemic
- 37 The Power of Positivity
- 38 An Incredible Journey
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Elizabeth’s Original Mediterranean Diet Recipes
- Index
36 - From Revolution to Pandemic
from Part IV - Caring For Your Soul
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2023
- The Gift of Aging
- Reviews
- Additional material
- The Gift of Aging
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Map and Compass
- Part I Caring For Your Mind
- Part II Caring For Your Body
- Part III Caring For Yourself and Your Family
- Part IV Caring For Your Soul
- 27 I Don’t Want to Go Downstairs!
- 28 How NOT to Be Afraid of Dying and Ensure that Your Family Remembers Your Death as a Peaceful One
- 29 Only Two Things
- 30 Grief and Loss
- 31 Living to Make a Difference
- 32 The Great Leveler
- 33 View from the Mountain
- 34 The Healing Power of Nature
- 35 The Best Place in the World to Grow Old
- 36 From Revolution to Pandemic
- 37 The Power of Positivity
- 38 An Incredible Journey
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Elizabeth’s Original Mediterranean Diet Recipes
- Index
Summary
Fleeing the Hungarian Revolution. Becoming refugees in multiple countries.. Never give up and have a better attitude. The best way to work through your suffering? Helping others. Having compassion for the well-being of others will make you happy. I realized that if I shifted my focus and concern to another person, my own pain lessened. Fastest way to finding a happy brain is to start with love and compassion with others. It was drilled into us: respect for others. That was our culture; how we were raised. We took care of our parents and grandparents awsthey got older. Facing the Pandemic. If we all do what we’re supposed to do, keep our faith and have courage, and recognize the need we have for one another, then we’ll be fine.
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- The Gift of AgingGrowing Older with Purpose, Planning and Positivity, pp. 243 - 252Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023