The Wonders of Ikaria
At 60 he was a war veteran, suffering from lung cancer with little hope for the future. But this man made a bold decision that gave him a new life. He decided to die in his home town of Ikaria Greece. He left the U.S. with his wife and settled in on the island where he was born. At first he was weak and sickly, spent a lot of time in bed. But as he started feeling better, he went out to the garden and started planting vegetables. He thought, “well, I am having fun planting them and my wife will be able to eat them.” Time went by and he was feeling better. The vegetables were harvested and he and his wife ate them together.
One year followed another and he became healthier and healthier. Amazingly the cancer just disappeared. This man who was given 6 months to live by 9 different doctors at the age of 60, lived to be 102, outliving most of the doctors who gave the diagnosis of certain death.
The most important decisions you can make will be at age 60. Yes, the second half of your life is better than the first. This man’s decision to move back to the island where he was born gave him a new, happier and productive second half of life. ... See more