Four Haunting Quotes From My 92-year-old Grandfather (That If You Read Them) Will Change Your Life
Life lessons to survive the twenty-first century.
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4 min readAug 4, 2024
The older I get, the more I remember my grandfather.
He never had it easy; he was born in 1927 and faced significant challenges.
- The Spanish Civil War.
- Forty years of military dictatorship.
- Raise his eight children.
But he never gave up.
He was born in abject poverty, and let’s say he died with enough money to be born again.
His fortune is due to his peculiar way of thinking and reflecting on the world.
He taught me some very controversial lessons that have helped me in life, and today, in tribute to him, I want to share four with you.
1. On happiness.
“The problem is that being happy is not easy, and the world is full of lazy people.”
This phrase from my grandfather would be politically incorrect if it were said by someone who had not faced the horror of war, hunger, and repression.
