The Oldest Old

               The Oldest Man In History

          Everybody longs for immortality; People want to live forever, but, unfortunately, there is a raw reality which establishes that every living human being or creature is to die. People try to keep living as much as possible, but the time comes when they leave this life. Nevertheless, there are people who have achieved to live for more than one hundred (100) years old. Living for over one hundred (100) years old is a privilege in this world that not everybody has had. I think that when you can contemplate various generations, having the opportunity to see your children, your grand children, your grand grand children etc.. you experience life from different angles, allowing you to understand more  what life is about. However,  there was a man who broke a record with his life, a man who could live for almost a thousand years old and I ask myself how would it feel?

         The holy bible says that there was a man who died at the age of 969 years old, his name was Methuselah. This blessed man lived for almost a thousand years on earth. He could contemplate more than twenty generations from him. His father was  Enoch a man who never saw death since he was taken alive to Heaven. Methuselah was Noah´s grandfather. Noah was the builder of the Ark. The phrase "old as Methuselah" is very commonly use to refer to any living thing reaching a great age since Methuselah´s feat is definitively worth remembering it. It is difficult even to imagine living for that period of time. So far, no one has reached Methuselah´s age. According to the Bible God determined that to humankind, limiting men to live one hundred and twenty years old as much due to men´s evil. In addition, it is important to remember that in order to live for long we have to live a healthy life: eating healthy food and doing exercise. That really counts! However, death is inevitable. Everybody shall die someday.