My 90-year-old Grandma Told Me

My 90-year-old grandma told me: “Whether two people are suitable for each other can only be determined by taking a walk.”

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It has become my habit to go for a walk after dinner every day.

I like walking in the darkness, no one knows me, it’s easier than walking in the crowds of people during the day.

I like to take a walk and look at the scenery. The lights of thousands of houses are reflected on the river, like a sea of stars.

What I prefer is watching people coming and going while walking.

Runners are panting, children are being led by old people to talk, couples are chatting about life while walking, and lovers are holding hands and leaning on each other.

When I was taking a walk last night, a couple walked slowly in front of me. Their backs made me feel so romantic.

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My 90-year-old grandma once told me: “Whether two people are compatible can only be determined after taking a walk.”

She and her grandfather especially like to walk, especially in their later years, when they take more walks.

She said that from youth to middle age and then to old age, many things happened around her in the past few decades, and everything could be used as material for chatting during walks, and she was never afraid of running out of topics.

My grandparents also like to walk. My grandma often said: “If you walk a hundred steps after a meal, you will live to be ninety-nine.”

Whenever this happened, her grandfather would roll his eyes at her: “You are over ninety now, it’s time to change your number.”

They like to quarrel, but never quarrel. Even if they have differences, they will go for a walk together.

Walking can make people relax and communicate after relaxation, so there is no problem of poor communication.

They would start talking about the famine in 1958, and then the days would gradually get better, and both of them would be satisfied.

They will talk from spring plowing to summer sowing, from summer sowing to autumn harvest, and from autumn harvest to winter storage.

They have gone through countless seasons together, from black hair to gray hair, and their relationship has always been the same. You love me, and I love you even more. Until the end, we have become two lovely old babies.

Every time I encounter setbacks or feel disappointed in life, I will be healed by taking a walk with them.

If they can survive their darkest days, so can I. With them as role models, I will be full of strength.

I’m like an electric car. Every time I run out of power outside, I can recharge it very quickly when I get home.

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My parents also love walking, which I think is directly related to their respective families.

In a family, only valuable things are worthy of being passed down.

Is walking considered a valuable thing?

Of course it counts!

If it had no value, my grandparents would have given up on it long ago.

If it has no value, parents won’t waste time on it.

If it had no value, I wouldn’t be healed.

Maybe the walk itself is worthless, but the branches that grow around the walk are valuable. Some branches are called love, some branches are called family affection, some branches are called sharing joys and sorrows, and some branches are called sharing weal and woe.

So how can you say that romantic things are worthless? !

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I once had a boyfriend who was good-looking and had a decent job. His only regret was that he was in a long-distance relationship.

Couples in long-distance relationships love to fantasize because most of the time, they cannot see or touch each other and can only imagine holding hands and hugging each other in their minds.

Two people have never lived together, so it is difficult to determine whether they are suitable for each other, because they are always separated by a screen, and their evaluations of each other are based on preconceived prejudices, and their fantasies of love are filtered through thick filters.

Love that looks beautiful is often not really beautiful.

True love is without makeup, simplicity, reality, and three meals a day. Only when these things are suitable can romance be called romance.

After I resigned, I went to his city. After getting along for a while, I found that we were not suitable for each other.

Every time I asked him to go for a walk, he would find an excuse to refuse. Later, I finally made an appointment and found that walking with him was very tiring.

He walked with long, hurried steps, never took the initiative to chat with me, and became impatient even after saying a few words.

Even his life, his work, and what he had experienced during the day, he was unwilling to share with me. I was the only one laughing and joking throughout the whole process, forcing a smile on my face, trying hard to stir up the atmosphere, but in the end there was no audience in the audience.

A person who doesn’t know how to enjoy life doesn’t know how to love others.

A person who never knows how to relax himself will live a very tiring life and will also make the lives of those around him very tiring.

A person who thinks walking is boring has no room for romance.

So, I broke up with him.

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The string of life is easily broken if it is too tight.

Only when you are relaxed can you play beautiful music.

Whether your life is a misery or a hymn is up to you.

You said you were busy, no problem. But there is no point in being busy if there is no time to spare, and the donkeys in the production team do not do this.

It’s okay if you say you’re not interested in someone or something. But if there are no people and things in your life that interest you, your life will be boring.

I don’t want to be a boring person, let alone love boring people.

I believe that as long as you are an interesting person, sooner or later you will meet another interesting person.

Just like if I like walking, I will definitely meet someone who also likes walking.