Tuesday, April 6, 2010
under one roof
while reading the first few pages of outliers (the story of success) by malcolm
gladwell, I was surprised by the contents and it caused my left eyebrow to arch higher than usual during my bus ride journey.
it is found that in reseto valfortore(somewhere far off near rome!), in one of it's village, almost all the people living there were dying of old age. not cancer, heart attacks or the nasty common and popular diseases that wipe off normal mankind. hence, scientist were intrigued and made studied they're lifestyles. factors like healthy living (they did not regularly exercise) , healthy diet( it was found that people there ate candies all year round, fatty& oily food) or even genes will definitely come into our minds as one of the 'obvious factors'.that is what we think but guess what? the reason why people in reseto were dying of old age is simply because in every household, you can find them having three-generational meals. grandparents were head of the household and were greatly respected. fascinating isn't it?
it must have been the support they gave each other, transferring of values, teachings to the younger ones that resulted in them having longer lives. with the new knowledge learnt, I might consider living with my parents under one roof when I get married* or were to start my own family*. also, I needn't feel so guilty whenever I am reminded that I haven't been running since I fell and scraped my knee (which was about a month ago?) and whenever I indulge in sinful aka FATTENING food (which is most of the times).HA.
with love, at 10:11 AM
