{"id":11736,"date":"2023-06-15T09:42:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T13:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=11736"},"modified":"2023-06-15T09:42:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T13:42:21","slug":"107-year-old-woman-shares-the-secret-to-living-a-long-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2023\/06\/107-year-old-woman-shares-the-secret-to-living-a-long-life.html","title":{"rendered":"107-Year-Old Woman Shares the Secret to Living a Long Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The daughter of 107-year-old Julia Mae Hunter-Rice said her mother\u2019s commitment to doing what\u2019s right has led to her long life. Hunter-Rice\u2019s daughter, Dorthy Dickson, told WTOK-TV<\/a>, \u201cHer secret is smiling and being fair. She has always stood for that which is right, and, at 107, she\u2019s still the captain of the ship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hunter-Rice\u2019s other daughter, Julia, also credited her mother\u2019s longevity to her commitment to the Golden Rule, detailed in Matthew 7:12, which reads, \u201cSo in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.\u201d Hunter-Rice, born in 1916, danced as her family sang happy birthday to her.<\/p>\n

In 2022, a 100-year-old Maryland woman credited her faith in God as the secret to her long life. Martha Bailey, born in 1922 and grew up in Virginia, said, \u201cThe secret is the grace of God living in me and me trying to live the best life I could. The secret is loving the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n