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Why Spaniards live long, and Lithuanians — “well, however God gives”
A Spaniard ages slowly.
A Lithuanian — efficiently.
A Spaniard has wrinkles from the sun.
A Lithuanian — from thinking.
Morning: the start of life
🇪🇸 A Spaniard in the morning:
goes to a bar
has a coffee
chats
is in no rush to live yet
🇱🇹 A Lithuanian in the morning:
wakes up
sighs
and is already tired, even though nothing has been done yet
Stress appears in a Lithuanian body earlier than caffeine.
Emotions: where years of life disappear
Spaniards handle emotions by:
shouting them out
crying them out
drinking them out
and forgetting
Lithuanians handle emotions by:
locking them up
freezing them
passing them on to their children genetically
Psychologists call it trauma.
Lithuanians call it “character.”
Food: the last line of defense
A Spaniard eats:
🫒 olive oil
🥗 vegetables
🍷 wine
🧠 and joy
A Lithuanian eats:
🥔 potatoes
🥓 lard
☕ nerves
💊 and “ah, it’ll do”
A Spaniard asks:
“Is it tasty?”
A Lithuanian asks:
“Is it filling?”
The difference: 10 years of life.
Work: where longevity is buried
A Spaniard works, but doesn’t die at work.
A Lithuanian works as if retirement were the afterlife.
🇪🇸 Spaniard:
“Tomorrow.”
🇱🇹 Lithuanian:
“It has to be now, because what if it gets worse later.”
And it does. Most often — for the heart.
Evening: time to face yourself
A Spaniard in the evening:
sits with people
laughs
lives
sleeps
A Lithuanian in the evening:
sits with thoughts
remembers every embarrassment since 2007
googles “why does my chest hurt”
and doesn’t sleep
The big truth no one wants to hear
Spaniards live long because:
they hate loudly
love loudly
and don’t lock themselves inside
Lithuanians live shorter lives because:
they endure everything
stay silent
and die very neatly
The final blow
A Spaniard in old age says:
“I lived.”
A Lithuanian in old age says:
“I should’ve worried less.”
And that’s the problem — no one ever said how…