His name is Walter Breuning; He is five foot eight, one hundred twenty five pounds and one hundred thirteen years old. He was fifteen years old when the titanic sunk. He was thirty two years old when the stock market crashed in 1929. For the last thirty five years, Walter has only eaten two meals a day by choice.
He has weighed the same one hundred twenty five pounds for about thirty five years now. He believes in we should add push aways to our exercise routines. That is, we should push away from the table while we are still hungry. He will have a large breakfast, lunch each day, and not bother with any supper.
He wakes up every day at quarter past six in the morning and has that large breakfast at seven thirty am. He believes you should take in quite a bit of water daily and he can be seen snacking on fruit every day as well. Along with the fruit he eats, Breuning will have a simple baby aspirin, the only medication he consumes.
Everyone gets a baby aspirin for his or her hearts, according to Breuning and it is the only pill he has. He will drink a cup and a half of coffee with breakfast and have another one with his lunch. Walter credits his diet as having much to do with his good health all of his life.
On his birthday, Walter threw caution to the wind by having two Bday cakes, one chocolate and the other vanilla. They made his favorite meal – liver and onions – for the occasion.
The following are some bits of sage advice from Walter on his 113th birthday:
o Life starts fresh each morning regardless of whether we won, lost, or simply plodded along. Life is for learning not to unlearn.
o Life was created by God, and to know God, be not a solver of enigmas. Look around and you can see God playing with your kids. Stare into the clouds and you will see God walking amongst them, arms reaching out in the lightning as he descends in the rain. You can see God as he smiles in the flowers and as he rises up and waves from the trees.
o Life teaches us truth. What may be truth for one may not be for another. What is truthful in one nation might be false in another one.
o Life itself is short but what we do with our life is what makes each of us immortal. We need to have more fellowship and forgiveness between us. Gentleness is a power that is not seen much in our world.
o A useless life is short even if it lasts for one hundred years. Life is not measured by time, but by what we do with that time.
o We must try and find the best and greatest in all of us. There will always be wrongs in our world. No wrong is ever going to prove triumphant.
o One day the light and the truth will come and the just and good will claim victory and the wrong as evil will be forever gone.
o We learn from life to be prepared for our future as we have hoped for it, for the journey as we have anticipated it to a land unknown not made by human hands.
o Everything that is just is beautiful; everything beautiful should be just.
o The world is a mystery that remains unknown. God alone is the key, which will open up all the universal mysteries.
o The world is neither a palace of easiness or a prison, but it is for instruction and to build discipline.
o The world has been good to us all.
Sat, Dec 19, 2009
Gerontology, Lifestyle, Longevity