Deborah Szekely, the Godmother of Health and Fitness, is 100 years old and Here is What She Thinks About It! | Chaz’s Journal

Below is the information she shipped from Rancho La Puerta, the spa she started out in Tecate, Mexico, with her partner when she was 17 many years previous.—Chaz Ebert

Indeed, Nowadays is My 100th Birthday

by Deborah Szekely

I awoke early at Rancho La Puerta, listening for the sounds of a thing taking place on the lawn outside my casita just as I did when Sarah and Alex were being small. “Shush,” I would whisper to them. “Let’s get dressed!” Back again then, we permitted cars on the residence, so I could hear several doorways getting shut gently. Staff associates were arriving. Tables had been remaining set up with major pots of scorching chocolate. The tamales and conchas were prepared.

At 7:00 a.m., I arrived out the entrance door continue to in my bathrobe (a custom) and was greeted by a mariachi band in total voice, trumpet echoing off the hills, huge bass guitar thumping, violins keening. The patio experienced been turned into a bower of bouquets. And 1 pricey close friend, José Lupe, has introduced me just one rose per yr of my life given that I was in my 30s. What a amazing way to start off the day!

Dew was on the grass. The sunrise slanted toward Mt. Kuchumaa, painting it a muted, mystical indigo. A number of hundred voices broke into singing Las Mañanitas, the Mexican tradition at birthdays.

Despierta, mi bien, despierta. Wake up, my darling, wake up.

Amidst all the greetings and having fun with incredibly hot chocolate and conchas, I understood: I am a statistic and a curiosity—only 1.73 of us (of me!) for every 10,000 people today stay this extensive. 100! To me, it really is only a variety on paper. I cannot take it. In no way can I be 100!

My gratitude for my prolonged lifestyle is inexpressible. The amount, nevertheless, can make no sense to me. Below I am at 100, but I however truly feel like the young lady who arrived below with Edmond in 1940. I nonetheless make unlimited selections in my lifetime, massive and small. There is nonetheless so significantly envisioned of me, and I hope a fantastic deal from myself. I am entirely unprepared for being this “aged.” For a person point, so lots of people occur up to me and check with what my magic formula is, what phrases of knowledge I can share. And I am speechless.