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LADY P'S FINAL PODCAST: LIFE LESSONS

What Lady Pamela has learnt in her 96 years of life....

10 Life Lessons from Lady Pamela, recorded by her grandson Amory Flint Wood.

  1. DUTY & SERVICE

“Duty and Service above everything, a lesson learnt from my parents and observed through Queen Elizabeth’s absolute ridged dedication to both. To whom much is given much is expected”

  1. LOYALTY & FAMILY

“Family; love those closest to you unconditionally. Loyalty; to know you can really rely on someone and they can rely on you.”

  1. ENDURANCE

“Whatever happens, you must move forward.”

  1. INTROSPECTION ( and a QUIET WISDOM)

“Not being self-involved, but being self-aware. In the old days you didn’t think about yourself, now everyone only thinks of themselves”

  1. CURIOSITY

    “A curious mind is the secret to a broader life.”

  2. A SENSE OF HUMOR, A SENSE OF FUN & A SENSE OF ADVENTURE

Lady P has inherited her father’s wicked sense of humor, she remembers him addressing 500 boys of the Dragon School in 1977, among them his youngest grandsons Ashley, Nicholas and Timothy, he said ‘ I well remember being your age. At school, in my boarding house. On the first evening we all went up to the 2nd floor and had a competition to see who could lean farthest over the bannisters. I won. When they picked me up off the ground floor I had surprisingly few injuries.’

  1. MULTI FAITH and MULTI RACE

“Taught by my parents to respect all faiths. During my late teenage years when I was living in India I saw this illustrated by my time with Gandhi, ‘Religion is one tree with many branches’ he would say. During this time I was friends with Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Christians and Buddhists. We never felt any division, although these were politically heavy times. When I heard of the divisions that existed elsewhere, I quickly appreciated the way I had been brought up, without prejudice or suspicion of any other religious group.”

  1. MANNERS

“Manners make life more comfortable for everyone. Rudeness just upsets everyone.”

  1. UNDERSTANDING

“Always look at things from other people’s perspectives”

  1. GRIEF

Dealing with the death of family and friends “Be grateful you knew them, and had a chance to love them, and be happy you have the memories of them, but look forward, don’t look back.”

‘Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you’

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