What Can We Learn From A 102-Year-Old Trailblazer?

Earlier this month, on May 3, Deborah Szekely turned 102. For her, it was just another day in which to express gratitude for all the good things in her life. While she admits she’s privileged to live as long as she has, age is just a factor in her life and not a reason to consider retirement.

If anyone has lived life to the full, it is Szekely, who two years ago accepted no gifts on her centenarian birthday and instead launched “Our Green Umbrella” initiative, a tree-planting campaign to create a giant green umbrella to beautify and cool the community of Tecate, Mexico, where she runs Rancho La Puerta, a wellness retreat center named a top destination spa by Condé Nast Traveler magazine. As if that wasn't enough for one day, Szekely also released a book of aphorisms and wisdom that day entitled “100 Lessons from a Grasshopper” whose sales would help fund the initiative.

What are the secrets that keep this trailblazer and philanthropist feeling young, vital, and determined to impact the world? Read the conversation here in Medium.https://medium.com/authority-magazine/what-it-takes-to-reach-100-with-ce...