Who Do You Want to Learn From?

My 95-year-old friend has a sparkle in her eyes and always a smile. Yesterday another friend asked her, “What is your secret for your long life?” She responded, “I just watch life go by, [and I don’t let anything upset me.]”

This amazing woman has not been idle. She was a chemist by profession. She was a state leader of a nonprofit to benefit women’s education. She is a mother.

The state of mind she was describing was not apathy; it was equanimity.

I want to learn all that I can from her.

You write it: Who do you want to learn from? What do you want to learn?