Thank you for sharing part of your heritage and family history. This particularly leads me to reflect on the attitude I should take when faced with the complaints I've heard from people around me about the adversities they experience. You know, I've had a fortunate life, compared to those of our direct ancestors. My maternal grandmother was born in 1901 and died at the end of 1987. Fortunately, the fact that my country didn't directly participate in either World War didn't exempt it from the harsh living conditions typical of peasant life. I remember her, wrinkled, with a rake in her hand, clearing the weeds before sunrise. I never heard her complain about life.
So, without adhering to the Spanish adage: "The sorrow of many is a fool's consolation." I believe the important thing is to face life with optimism, even when the sky is falling around us. There will always be people in worse circumstances than us, as well as better ones. Anchoring yourself in any of them serves no purpose; it only serves to set you on the path to greater well-being, leaving aside complaints and envy.
In conclusion, let us decide to be happy at the expense of the world itself.
I was just talking to my dad the other day about how the "world" wars really weren't that much of the world and many countries were not involved. I wonder how many countries are needed for it to be classed as such.
Our elders can be great examples for us. I love that you have this memory of your grandmother being so hard working and active. One of my more prominent memories of my Grandma are of how active she was into her 80s. An image I often have was her striding along to and from the shops pulling her two wheeled trolley bag behind her. On the way out it would be loaded with old paper and glass bottles and jars for the supermarket recycling bins and on the way back with the foods purchased. She used to garden as well. Thinking of her is a good motivator when I'm feeling lazy. 😆
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