Living A Long And Healthy Life

I had a long conversation last night with a friend about being healthy and living a long life. I think that most people have it wrong. They lead a fast paces stressful life and try to offset this lifestyle with exercise, eating well and other activities. They think that this lifestyle will keep them healthy and help them live a long life. My father has proven everyone wrong. My father has been a raging alcoholic for about 60 years. He even lost his second wife to liver failure because she was a alcoholic too. He gets absolutely no exercise. He did mow the lawn before I was a teenager but that was the extent of his athletic activities. He eats the worst food ever. His diet is almost exclusively carbonized beef and pork. He does not each vegetable and he always has his steak burned black (well done). He also eats lots of candy between meals. Now he has almost totally recovered from his stroke and he is 83 and going strong. How does he do everything wrong by todays standards and stay so healthy.

No Stress
My dad has never had stress in his life। He was too busy drinking and relaxing in the basement. He spent hours there every night by himself. He had only one job in his life. He stayed at the same company over 50 years and found a niche where he had no stress associated with work. He did not make much money but never had any stress about his career or work. He was friends with the president of the company and never had to worry about being let go. He never worried about the family because my mother took care of everything. He only worried about himself and so life was simple.
So if you want to live a long and healthy life, reduce your stress level. All the other factors may have an impact but stress is the real killer. My father has proven it.

Don't worry, just be happy