Down-to-earthiness. Basically: a straight-shootin', no-bull-shittin' kind of gal.
Also, being generally non-materialistic beyond life's necessities. Basically: a gal who seeks experiences, not stuff.
I think the two are more or less linked.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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