New York's 100 Year Olds Share Advice for Younger Self

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Summary

TLDRVideoen præsenterer interviews med ældre mennesker, der deler deres livserfaringer og råd til yngre generationer. De diskuterer emner som krig, tab, kærlighed og vigtigheden af at finde et formål i livet. Gennem deres historier fremhæver de, hvordan man kan leve et meningsfuldt liv, selv efter at have oplevet store udfordringer. Rådene inkluderer at værdsætte nuet, acceptere fortiden og aldrig give op, uanset hvor gammel man er.

Takeaways

  • 👵🏼 Mød ældre mennesker for at få livsråd.
  • 💔 Acceptér fortiden og fokusér på nuet.
  • 🎯 Find et formål for at leve et meningsfuldt liv.
  • 🕰️ Det er aldrig for sent at ændre sit liv.
  • 🤝 Værdsæt sociale forbindelser og venskaber.
  • 💪 Hold dig aktiv for at fremme livskvalitet.
  • ❤️ Kærlighed og støtte er essentielle for et godt liv.
  • 🕊️ Lær at give slip på fortidens byrder.
  • 🌍 Livet er værdifuldt, uanset alder.
  • 🎷 Find glæde i små ting som musik.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    I videoen diskuteres livets store fejl og fortrydelser, hvor intervieweren spørger ældre mennesker om deres livserfaringer og råd til deres yngre selv. De ældre interviewede deler deres oplevelser fra Anden Verdenskrig, herunder de følelsesmæssige konsekvenser af at være soldat og de traumer, de har oplevet. De reflekterer over livets skrøbelighed og vigtigheden af at værdsætte livet og de mennesker, vi holder af.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:14:07

    Interviewene afslører, at mange ældre mennesker har lært værdifulde livslektier, såsom at finde glæde i livet, have en passion og ikke lade fortiden definere dem. De understreger, at det aldrig er for sent at ændre sit liv og finde lykken, uanset alder. Rådene inkluderer at fokusere på andre, finde sin egen vej og ikke bære på fortrydelser, da livet er kort og værdifuldt.

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Video Q&A

  • Hvad er nogle af de vigtigste livsråd givet af ældre mennesker?

    Nogle af de vigtigste råd inkluderer at finde et formål, værdsætte livet, og ikke at fokusere for meget på fortiden.

  • Hvordan håndterer ældre mennesker tab og fortrydelser?

    Mange ældre mennesker lærer at acceptere fortiden og fokusere på nuet, hvilket hjælper dem med at finde fred.

  • Er det nogensinde for sent at ændre sit liv?

    Nej, det er aldrig for sent at ændre sit liv, uanset om man er 25 eller 40.

  • Hvad er hemmeligheden bag et langt liv ifølge de interviewede?

    Hemmeligheden inkluderer at holde sig aktiv, have sociale forbindelser og finde glæde i livet.

  • Hvordan påvirker krig og traumer ens livssyn?

    Krig og traumer kan ændre ens emotionelle tilstand og perspektiv på livet, men mange finder styrke i deres oplevelser.

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    What is a big mistake or a big regret
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    that you have that taught you a valuable
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    lesson?
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    Uh, could have, would have, should have,
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    it's over.
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    I think the greatest life you can have
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    is uh what was life like the world like
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    during World War II?
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    Wounded soldiers without legs, without
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    arms.
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    Oh my god. No, no, no. We know. We
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    didn't all come home. On Christmas day
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    and I became a prisoner. I remember this
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    vividly. What would they do without me?
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    What would they do?
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    Today, I'm asking strangers in their
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    100s what advice they would give to
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    their younger self. These interviews
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    were filmed over the last few months in
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    different parts of the world. But the
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    advice that is given from some of the
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    oldest and wisest people on the planet
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    has to be some of the most powerful I
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    think any of us will ever hear. I needed
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    to put this together and share it with
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    you. This advice will change your life.
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    Let's get into it. How old are you?
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    101.
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    I'm 101.
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    103.
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    10 almost three.
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    Almost 104.
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    104.
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    105.
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    You're born in 1921.
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    1921. April 8th.
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    I'm born April 19th.
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    Oh, same month.
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    1999.
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    How old are you now?
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    25.
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    That's your beginning of life. Really?
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    At the beginning of life. Beautiful. 25.
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    What does it feel like to be 103?
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    You're too old. I still walk as much as
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    I can. I walked up the hill last night
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    to the restaurant. Part of the exercise
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    is getting dressed. Takes me an hour to
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    put my shoes on. You
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    I can imagine.
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    What are your secrets for being 101? And
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    not just 101. You're walking, you're
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    having a beer, you're having martinis.
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    How have you gotten?
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    I don't take any medication. All my life
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    I've exercised and I enjoy people. I
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    enjoy my artwork.
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    There's no secret to that.
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    Look, you're born one way and you're
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    going to die one way. God is the only
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    one that can help.
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    My mother, she was a wonderful woman.
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    She died, she was 60. I'm 105 and I'm
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    still here. So, how do you answer that?
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    How do you figure that? If faith has in
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    store that you should live a long life,
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    you will just by living more years.
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    That's all. Otherwise, it's just luck
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    and the accident of birth. The accident
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    of not having accidents for example. The
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    other part of it is always having an
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    interest in life in whatever these
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    sculptures are mine. This table I built
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    and the and the furniture I made myself.
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    I've looked forward and I think people
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    who look forward tend to get there more
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    than people who don't look forward. I
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    look forward to good things. Well, I've
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    found that I have a purpose and I have a
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    message. When you find what it is that
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    makes you excited and keeps your life
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    force going, it keeps going. I don't
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    know why I live this long except I know
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    I still have something to say. And what
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    was life like? The world like during
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    World War II?
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    Every day there was something that was
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    scary, something that had happened. The
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    world was broken. It was totally broken.
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    If you want to be depressed and if you
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    want to cry, go to the vets's hospital.
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    Wounded soldiers without legs, without
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    arms, where they lay like this and they
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    wait for someone to come to see them.
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    They were healthy before they went into
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    the army. We fought for the country.
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    When you're strong, but what happens
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    when you're napped? Then what happens?
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    They forget about you.
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    Yeah. It's very sad.
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    It's sad.
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    Mhm.
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    It's not good at all.
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    When you knew you were going to go into
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    combat, what was that like? You're
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    saying goodbye to your family. You know,
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    you may never come back. I don't know if
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    you're thinking about it at the time.
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    What was that moment like? the day that
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    I was to report. I didn't realize what
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    it meant until that moment. My mom
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    hugged me and uh uh she said, "Uh, be
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    careful, Billy."
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    We didn't say goodbye. My dad, oh, he
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    said, "I'm going to the train with you."
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    I remember this vividly. He held my
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    hand.
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    I never told you this, Carol, Dad. He
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    said, "I'm I'm still coming with you to
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    say goodbye." I said, "Dad, please
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    don't. I'll look like uh I need my daddy
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    with me that please don't come with."
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    Held out his hand and then he grabbed
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    me,
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    let go, and just turned around and
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    walked. I turned around to wave. He was
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    gone. You said, "How did it feel to say
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    goodbye?" It was terrible cuz I may
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    never see them again and I realized it
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    at that point. What would they do
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    without me? What would they do?
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    Yeah.
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    When did it become real to you?
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    Oh, I guess second day.
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    Second day I was in care. I couldn't say
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    I wanted to go home, you know, but uh we
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    didn't all come home. They say, "Oh,
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    you're you're a hero." I am not a hero.
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    It's the people that is still there. The
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    people that are left behind, they're the
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    real heroes.
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    You were captured because you became a
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    prisoner of
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    captured in on on Christmas day.
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    Have you made peace with it?
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    There there are some things I can't do
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    like emotionally. There are gaps in my
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    emotion. I can't have the deep emotions.
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    When I came out, I was a young man of 25
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    or so. I went in at 18, you know, four
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    years of those were was a prisoner. But
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    I came out emotionally different from
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    other I I couldn't uh when you're
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    walking around with four years with a
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    threat of a vein, it's being stuck in
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    your back. If you don't do something,
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    you tend to walk around cringed and and
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    not let any emotion. If you show anger,
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    then you're for it. So if you show
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    anything else, you you you'll be for it.
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    One teaches oneself not to show emotion
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    of any kind. On D-Day, the surrender
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    comes and you know that the war is in
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    your regard at least over.
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    What was that day like?
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    First day that they told us that we were
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    going home. Oh, we were all happy. Yes.
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    Yeah. Yeah. Good. A little later. They
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    come out with these khaki uniforms and I
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    said, "Why do we need a khaki uniform?
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    We're going home." Oh no. He said,
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    "You're going to Japan."
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    Oh, I'm tired. My face dropped.
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    I said, "Oh my god, no. No, please." No.
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    Later on, oh, the war got over and
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    everybody threw up their hats and
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    everything. We're all happy.
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    Yeah.
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    How did you guys celebrate?
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    Oh, well, the guys were drinking a 3.2
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    beer. That little balls of beer, but
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    then they didn't have too much alcohol.
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    You know, they didn't allow that.
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    So, you had a lot.
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    Oh, so you had a good time. Yeah.
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    Oh, I I know. I wouldn't had a good
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    strong martye.
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    When wars end, that's such a blessing
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    cuz young men and women too. We're just
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    dying for somebody else's reason. I hope
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    we don't have another world's war. Work
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    it out. Talk it out. Do something. But
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    don't go to war.
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    Ones in the First World War. Millions of
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    men slaughtered in that war. Only 30 or
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    40 years later, we started another one.
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    The effects of the bomb in Hiroshima and
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    Nagasaki were horrendous. Now we have
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    thousands of times that that power at
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    our discretion that will trigger the end
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    of life as we know it now. And with all
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    our goals and all all our all the things
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    we left behind to make the future
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    generation better.
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    You think the world was safer back then
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    than it is today? It's a different
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    world. Is it a better world? I don't
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    know. Today the kids have guns. When did
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    you ever have a kid having a gun or a
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    knife? Never. You have it today.
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    Were you married?
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    I had one husband and that was it.
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    How long did that last?
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    How long did it last until until he
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    died? One heart attack. Boom. Out.
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    How old was he?
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    80.
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    Almost 60 years together.
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    Too many years even to remember.
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    What was the secret? No secret. Well, we
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    used to fight. We get to talk to each
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    other. That's all. We sleep in the same
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    bed. He would tin his ass to me. I would
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    t my ass to him. And that was the end.
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    You were married?
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    Yes, I was married.
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    But I married late.
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    1972.
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    You're 51, I guess.
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    Yeah.
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    How long were you guys married for?
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    49.
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    49 years.
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    And she's dead now. She killed herself
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    in an unmobile accident. Oh, well, I'm
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    sorry.
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    Recently, too.
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    Oh, well, I'm sorry to hear that.
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    She went out to get me some kind of
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    medicine, you know, before that. I just
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    come out of the hospital and um she got
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    into an accident. That was it.
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    Oh, well, I'm sorry to hear that.
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    That's all right. We were one person. I
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    love my wife. Can you define the word
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    love?
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    You like beyond comprehension this
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    person and you know it, you feel it. You
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    have a common purpose. You like the
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    whole person. Every part. Yeah.
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    people about what makes a great life,
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    My husband asked for a divorce after 46
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    years of marriage. I thought I was done.
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    I was completely broken and I thought
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    there's nothing more to live for because
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    we had done so much together, had six
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    kids and all this stuff. And then he
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    asked for a divorce and I felt like I
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    was just in limbo.
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    How old were you at the time of the
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    divorce?
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    How old was I, John?
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    70 something.
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    What happened?
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    Oh, he found somebody
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    at se in the 70s. How do you move
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    forward?
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    Oh, I I was totally broken and I didn't
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    want to be broken. About a year later, I
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    was able to write my ex-husband a letter
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    and say, "Thank you for giving me my
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    freedom." Because all of a sudden I was
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    not Bill and Glattus like I had always
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    been during our marriage. I was Dr.
  • 00:11:33
    Glattis. So all of a sudden I had a new
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    identity and I could use it. The hard
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    times come but they go to
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    If you could go back in time to your
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    25year-old self knowing what you know
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    today, what advice would you give to
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    him?
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    In my own family, I lost a son at 30
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    from suicide. And I tell myself, if I
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    only knew what I know today, I would
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    have he wouldn't have been in that. It's
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    useless. It's a futile exercise. One
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    makes mistakes and and and has regrets
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    all for for 100 years, you know. So
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    that's the lesson I learned.
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    There is there isn't one.
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    I would never get married when I was so
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    young cuz what the hell was my hurry? I
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    was 19. I had a baby when I was 20. What
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    was my hurry? I would have waited. I had
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    no regrets.
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    They don't go for it.
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    It's done. It's over with. It's
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    finished. You know, could have, would
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    have, should have. It's over. I'm pretty
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    well satisfied with most of my life. I
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    don't think I've made big mistakes. I I
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    treated everybody in in the manner in
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    which they would like to be treated all
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    the time. I think the greatest life you
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    can have and you want to have is uh not
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    always think about yourself. You think
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    about other people.
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    I think I've had a good life.
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    A very good life. I enjoy life. Why I
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    play the saxophone?
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    Why do we laugh so little when we get
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    older?
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    We forget and we start carrying the bag.
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    It's better to let it go. But if you
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    take it in and you think, "Oh, well,
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    it's doesn't matter." And you let it go.
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    It it just it's gone. You don't even
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    remember it. I'm really content with
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    where I am. I don't have much, you know,
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    here, but I've got the whole world, you
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    know.
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    So, if I'm listening to you and I'm 25
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    and I think it's too late, is it too
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