France’s Ghettas runs every great decision for life by her three close friends: “They are my own truth council”

“I was incredibly lucky to have three friends now for more than 30 years,” France Gates told Oprah Winfrey and Jail King in an interview published on it YouTube A channel before reaching 60 last year. “If you are in the city, you are walking.”

To celebrate the 60 Milleston strike, French gatesWhich supports Pivotal Ventures, organizations and individuals at the forefront Gender equalityHe sat with King and Winfrey for her series “Bat”The moments that make us“To talk about the pearls of aging-and the strength of the female friendship. King Winfrey was a 50-year-old friends after they met Baltimore when 22-year-old Winfrey was the anchor and offered the 21-year-old a job as a production assistant.

“It fills a role for me as a strong mother, sister, or anything that could be,” said Winfrey, 71, of the 70 -year -old.

Winfrey recalls, at the age of thirty, that he is reluctant to seize a new opportunity in Chicago. She said: “Gayl was the only person who said:” I think you can do that. “She praises ownership of faith in its potential.” The reasons that make our friendship have succeeded that Gayel is happier – not happy but Happier“For me for any kind of success, victory or challenge that I bear more than I am for myself,” Winfrey said in the interview.

As for the French gates and its closest friends: “They are my truth council. Whenever I will make a really difficult decision or make a great transition, I know that I must have the courage to tell them … and they are honest with me.”

Three power over something, because The longest study of happiness so far It emphasizes how the strength of our relationships is the largest specific to our happiness at the end of our lives. Moreover, people Passion connection, And while it can be It is difficult to maintain friendships in middle ageIt is necessary for our well -being in the midst Epidem of loneliness. In conjunction with the decrease in the possibilities of happiness, social isolation endangers people due to dementia and chronic conditions such as heart disease.

Winfrey said that strong friendships still exist when both parties are supportive and encouraging to the other, and they can offer a useful perspective, and do not fall into the patterns of jealousy or competition. It does not matter the number of people you know because even a close friend is enough.

The importance of the existence of a more clear support system for French gates during its divorce in 2021 of 2021 has become Bill Gates– Receive time “Incredibly painful.”

“I was not a matter Divorce Without my three close friends. “There is no chance.”.

She said, “You really need a friend who will tell you the truth even when you don’t want to hear it. I will tell my friends, they have a perspective on me, and I have a perspective on them.” “When you have been friendly for a long time, I have seen everything with the other person.”

What makes King Winfrey friendship very strong? “We had philosophies like people,” King said. “The philosophies about approaching life,” said Winfrey.

The presence of close friendships with our age not only enhances our physical and mental health, but also helps us to reformulate what the elderly mean, and encourage us to make bold transformations, follow our intestines, continue growth, Winfrey and King King.

“Love helps you prosper and helps you with prosperity and helps you to be the best in yourself,” said Winfrey, who encourages people to pay attention to the whispers of life. “If you care about your life, life is only improving.”

For French gates, she feels that life has just started in the 1960s – and her weekly morning paths will continue in this new contract.

“Women are used to not talking about their age as if we should have been ashamed of our time. But I am really proud that I am about to reach 60 years,” said French Gates. “Do you not have to celebrate? I hope for this era some wisdom, right? We are not talking about the importance of deep and deep friendship.”

A copy of this story was originally published on Fortune.com On July 26, 2024.

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