Participants: Bill Santos
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201115
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00:02 >>BILL: ON TODAY'S "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM, ANOTHER
00:03 IN OUR LIVE HEALTHY SERIES OF PROGRAMS WITH OUR GUEST 00:07 DR. FERREIRA. TODAY'S TOPIC, 'AGING WITH GRACE'. 00:12 "IT IS WRITTEN" BEGINS RIGHT NOW. 00:27 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME . . . 00:30 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 00:33 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:38 IT IS WRITTEN . . 00:38 . SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:45 (MUSIC) 00:55 >>BILL: WELL LET ME WELCOME OUR VIEWERS 00:56 TO THIS WEEK'S "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM. AS I 00:58 SAID IN THE INTRO THIS IS ONE MORE IN OUR LIVE 01:00 HEALTHY SERIES. WE HAVE OUR GUEST WITH US. HE IS 01:01 FAMILIAR TO MANY OF YOU NOW, DR. FERREIRA. DOCTOR, 01:05 WELCOME BACK. >>DR. 01:06 FERREIRA: THANK YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 01:09 >>BILL: WELL, DOCTOR, WE ALWAYS TRY IN THESE 01:12 SEGMENTS TO TRY TO TACKLE ISSUES OUR VIEWERS 01:13 ARE FACING AND TODAY WE DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO 01:16 TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AGING AND GROWING.>>DR. 01:19 FERREIRA: WE'RE ALL FACING THAT.>>BILL: YES. >>DR. 01:20 FERREIRA:.FROM THE TIME WE'RE BORN. >>BILL: THAT'S 01:22 THE SAD REALITY, ISN'T IT? 01:23 WE'RE ALL GOING THAT WAY AND, IN FACT, SOME 01:25 STATISTICS WE HERE THAT IN 2001 IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT 01:28 NEARLY 4 MILLION CANADIANS WERE 65 YEARS OF AGE 01:29 OR OLDER. A FIGURE THAT IS TWO-THIRDS MORE THAN 01:37 IN 1981. >>DR. FERREIRA: THAT'S RIGHT. >>BILL: SO, 01:42 IT SEEMS THAT WE SEEM TO BE, THERE'S AN INCREASE, 01:43 RIGHT, IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE.>>DR. 01:48 FERREIRA: YEAH. MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING 01:50 OLD.>>BILL:.GETTING OLDER. >>DR. FERRIERA:.AND 01:51 THE OLD ARE GETTING OLDER. 01:52 >>BILL: THE OLD ARE GETTING OLDER. AND SO THE 01:53 PROPORTION OF SENIORS IN THE OVERALL POPULATION HAS 01:56 GONE FROM ONE IN TWENTY IN 1921 TO ONE IN EIGHT IN 02:03 2000. >>DR. FERRIERA: IN 2000. AND IT'S GOING 02:04 UP. IT'S STILL GOING UP. 02:06 >>BILL: IT KEEPS GOING UP. 02:06 >>DR. FERREIRA: IT KEEPS ON GOING UP. JUST AS THE 02:09 BABY BOOMERS, PEOPLE WHO WERE BORN BETWEEN 1946 02:10 AND 1965, AS THEY AGE THE SENIOR POPULATION 02:15 IS EXPECTED TO REACH 6.7 MILLION IN 2021. AND 9.2 02:21 MILLION IN 2041. >>BILL: WOW. >>DR. FERRIERA: 02:22 NEARLY ONE IN FOUR CANADIANS. >>BILL: WOW. 02:30 >>DR. FERRIERA: THAT'S GOING TO BE A MASSIVE 02:40 CHANGE. >>BILL: IT IS. 02:40 >>DR. FERRIERA: BECAUSE JUST THINK OF HEALTH CARE. 02:42 BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE - EXCUSE ME - AS PEOPLE GROW 02:43 OLDER THEY ALSO NEED MORE MEDICAL CARE AND SO ON. 02:45 >>BILL: NOW, THIS TALKS ABOUT AGING. IT DOESN'T, 02:49 THE STATISTICS DON'T NECESSARILY OR DO THEY, 02:50 THAT'S THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE FOR YOU. 02:54 REFLECT QUALITY OF LIFE. 02:54 >>DR. FERREIRA: AT'S RIGHT, YES. YOU KNOW, 02:57 BECAUSE IT, WHAT HAPPENS IS WHY PEOPLE ARE GETTING 03:01 OLDER AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING OLD. AND I THINK 03:02 TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, TO A LARGE DEGREE, THAT MEDICAL 03:09 CARE IS ALLOWING FOR THAT THINGS LIKE HYGIENE AS 03:21 WELL; SAFETY, PEOPLE ARE MORE SAFETY CONSCIENCE 03:22 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 03:27 FERREIRA: .AND SO. SO, THERE ARE A FEW FACTORS 03:28 CONTRIBUTING FOR THIS. AND IT'S TRUE THAT LONGEVITY 03:31 IS CONTINUING TO INCREASE VERY GRADUALLY, VERY 03:39 GENTLY BUT IT'S INCREASING AS WELL. >BILL: YEAH, 03:40 NOW SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AGING THAT'S, WE'VE SORT 03:47 OF CALLED THIS PROGRAM 'AGING WITH GRACE' WHAT 03:50 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GETTING OLDER BUT WITH 03:51 A QUALITY OF LIFE. >>DR. 03:54 FERRIERA: WITH A QUALITY, YES. >>BILL: SO WHEN 03:55 I THINK OF THAT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC STUDY A 03:58 NUMBER OF YEARS AGO OF THE ADVENTISTS AT LOMA 04:05 LINDA.>>DR. FERREIRA: THAT'S RIGHT, YES. 04:05 >>BILL:. WHERE THEY SHOWED THE LADY DRIVING 04:07 AT 100 YEARS OLD OR THE GENTLEMEN THAT WAS STILL A 04:10 PHYSICIAN, YOU KNOW, DOING ROUNDS AT 90-SOMETHING 04:11 YEARS OLD. THAT'S. >>DR. 04:14 FERREIRA: AND OPERATING. 04:14 >>BILL: AND OPERATING, THAT'S GREAT. I MEAN, TO 04:17 BE THAT AGE AND TO HAVE THE VIGOR AND THE WHERE 04:18 WITH ALL TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND SWIM AND HAVE 04:23 THAT KIND OF ACTIVE LIFESTYLE, THAT IS, YOU 04:26 KNOW, THAT IS TERRIFIC, RIGHT? SO, LET'S BEGIN TO 04:27 LOOK AT THAT. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THIS IS 04:34 SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS THE STATISTICS YOU 04:39 CITED INDICATE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A MASSIVE 04:40 CHANGE HERE IN OUR COUNTRY. I MEAN, WHAT 04:43 HAPPENS WITH AGING? I KNOW THAT'S A, SORT OF A LONG 04:49 BIG QUESTION BUT, TYPICALLY, WHAT BEGINS TO 04:50 HAPPEN? WE KNOW THAT WITH ANYTHING WE PURCHASE 04:55 THAT WHEN IT GETS OLDER IT TENDS TO DETERIORATE. 05:01 >>DR. FERRIERA: YES. 05:01 >>BILL: SO WHAT HAPPENS TO US AS WE GET OLDER? >>DR. 05:04 FERREIRA: THERE ARE CHANGES IN THE BODY. THERE 05:05 ARE CHANGES IN THE BODY. 05:06 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME CELLS IN THE BODY CALLED 05:07 THE ETERNAL CELLS OR THEY ARE CELLS THAT IF GIVEN 05:10 THE CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO LIVE, THEY CONTINUE. THEY 05:17 DON'T DIE. LIKE THE GERM CELLS IN CREATION, THEY, 05:18 THEY CONTINUE TO LIVE. NOW MOST OF THE CELLS, THE 05:31 GREAT MAJORITY, ALMOST ALL CELLS HAVE A BODY. >>BILL: 05:34 OKAY. >>DR. FERRIERA: THEY UNDERGO SOME CHANGES IN 05:35 THE DNA. THEY START LOSING SOME IMPORTANT COMPONENTS 05:42 OF THE DNA THAT MAKE THEM SUCEPTIBLE TO DIE, OKAY. 05:50 SO, AND THAT'S A PROCESS THAT INCREASES AS THE 05:51 YEARS GO BY. OKAY, SO, AND WE'RE NOT GOING INTO THE 05:57 DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENS AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL BUT THE 06:01 EFFECTS ARE THAT THE ORGANS BECOME MORE 06:02 FRAGILE.>>BILL: OKAY. 06:07 >>DR. FERREIRA:.FOR EXAMPLE, JUST THE PHYSICAL 06:08 CHANGES OF AGING STARTING WITH GREY HAIR OR THE LOSS 06:11 OF HAIR, YOU KNOW. AND THE SKIN BECOMES WRINKLED 06:19 BECAUSE COLLAGEN DECREASES, AND ELASTIN, 06:20 THAT'S THE COMPONENT THAT MAKES YOUR SKIN GO BACK 06:25 TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION BEFORE YOU PINCHED IT. 06:32 >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. 06:33 FERREIRA: THAT GOES DOWN. 06:33 THE EYES. THE CATARACT FORMATION BECAUSE OF 06:38 DAMAGE. SO, AGING CAN BE SEEN AS SOMETHING IN 06:46 INTRINSIC, OKAY, SOMETHING THAT THE BODY IS 06:46 ALMOST PROGRAMMED TO DO. 06:52 PROGRAMMED - I WOULDN'T SAY PROGRAMMED BUT IT 06:53 IS LIKE THAT, OKAY? IT SUFFERS. I BELIEVE WE WERE 07:00 NOT MADE TO AGE. WHEN GOD MADE US WE WERE MADE TO 07:05 LIVE ETERNALLY AND THERE ARE POSSIBILITIES OUT 07:06 THERE IN THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD TO KEEP CELLS 07:13 FROM DYING. YOU NEED TO CONTINUE TO LIVE. SO, WE 07:18 WERE MADE TO BE THAT WAY BUT BECAUSE OF 07:18 SIN, I BELIEVE WE ARE EXPERIENCING AGE 07:22 AND DEATH. SO, BUT LET'S LOOK AT THE EYES. THERE'S 07:28 EXSTRINSIC DAMAGE, YOU KNOW, THE UV RADIATION 07:29 AND SO ON COMBINED WITH INSTRINSIC FACTORS, YOU 07:34 KNOW, BECAUSE CATARACTS AND SO ON. YOU KNOW, WE GO 07:40 TO THE HEART. SOMETIMES THE HEART BECOMES WEAKER 07:41 THEN OTHER ORGANS OF THE BODY THEY START AGING 07:46 THEMSELVES. IT'S NOT JUST THE OUTSIDE, THE INSIDE 07:50 AGES. >>BILL: NOW, WE'VE ALL HEARD STORIES OF THE 07:51 SEARCH FOR THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH, RIGHT? >>DR. 07:58 FERREIRA: YES. LOTS OF MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT ON 08:01 THAT, YES. >>BILL: IS IT POSSIBLE TO STOP THE AGING 08:02 PROCESS OR DELAY THE AGING PROCESS? >>DR. FERREIRA: 08:09 WELL, IN CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL CELL LINES, 08:12 YES. IT IS POSSIBLE. 08:12 THINGS OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO INCREASE 08:22 SOME OF THE AGING - I'VE GOT A LIST OF SOME HERE, 08:23 FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE GOT IN FISH, IN CERTAIN TYPES OF 08:28 FISH, IN CERTAIN TYPES OF FLIES, IN CERTAIN YEAST, 08:34 WE FOUND RESVERATROL WHICH IS A PHYTOCHEMICAL THAT'S 08:35 FOUND, FOR EXAMPLE, IN GRAPES. JUST UNDER 08:39 THE SKIN OF THE GRAPE YOU HAVE, YOU FIND 08:46 RESVERATROL, THAT SEEMS TO NCREASE LIFE BY ABOUT 30 08:47 - 60% DEPENDING ON WHICH ANIMAL YOU'RE DEALING 08:52 WITH. AND THERE IS ANOTHER ONE WHICH IS KNOWN AS 08:58 ALCAR WHICH IS ACETYLE L-CARITINE WHICH ALSO 08:59 SEEMS TO AFFECT THE TIME BEFORE WHICH THE CELLS 09:06 DIE. SO THERE ARE THINGS OUT THERE AND 09:12 THEORETICALLY, AND ALSO PRACTICALLY, IT'S POSSIBLE 09:13 TO KEEP SOME CELL LINES FROM DYING. SO, IT IS 09:18 THERE. WE HAVE THAT BUILT IN CAPACITY. FOR EXAMPLE, 09:25 WE CAN AFFECT, WE CAN INFLUENCE THE DNA OF 09:26 TELEMERES AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY PROLONG THE CELL 09:32 LIFE. SO, IT IS POSSIBLE, IT IS POSSIBLE. SO I 09:38 THINK, BECAUSE OF SIN, WE ARE NOT EXPERIENCING 09:39 THE BIOCHEMICAL AND THE GENETIC CAPABILITIES 09:43 THAT WE ONCE HAD AND NOW WE DON'T AND WE WILL HAVE 09:51 AGAIN, OKAY. WE ARE NOT BENEFITING FROM THOSE, 09:53 YES. >>BILL: YEAH AND AS CHRISTIANS OBVIOUSLY OUR 09:59 FOCUS IS ALWAYS ON, YOU KNOW, LIFE ETERNAL BUT 10:03 THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD BE NEGLECTING OUR 10:04 LIFE HERE. AND, BECAUSE GOD'S DESIRE IS THAT EACH 10:08 ONE OF HIS CHILDREN LIVE LIFE AND LIVE IT MORE 10:12 ABUNDANTLY. THE SCRIPTURE IS CLEAR ON THAT. >>DR. 10:13 FERRIERA: THAT'S RIGHT, YES. >>BILL: YOU KNOW, 10:15 I TURN 50 THIS YEAR. I'M ON THE VERGE OF 50. >>DR. 10:20 FERREIRA: SO, YOU'RE 50 YEARS YOUNG. >>BILL: YEAH, 10:21 WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT DAY. >>DR. FERREIRA: 10:23 IT DEPENDS ON THE PERSPECTIVE. >>BILL: NOW, 10:25 YOU KNOW, ARE THERE THINGS THAT I COULD BE DOING 10:26 NOW AS I'M MOVING TOWARDS OLDER AGE. >>DR. FERREIRA: 10:36 HOW DO YOU FEEL, BILL? 10:37 HOW DO YOU FEEL AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO TURN 50. >>BILL: 10:41 I FEEL GOOD. I FEEL PRETTY GOOD. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN 10:46 BLESSED WITH GOOD HEALTH, I DON'T SUFFER ANY 10:47 PROBLEMS. I HAVE NOTICED OVER THE LAST COUPLE 10:52 OF YEARS, FOR EXAMPLE, MY EYESIGHT, YOU KNOW IT'S A 10:55 LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO READ. >>DR. FERREIRA: 10:56 YOU'RE ARMS ARE NOT LONG ENOUGH. >>BILL: YEAH, 10:58 MY ARMS ARE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER BUT ALL-IN-ALL, 11:00 YOU NOW, I FEEL GOOD. I MEAN, FOR THE MOST PART I 11:01 DON'T HAVE ACHES OR PAINS OR ISSUES.>>DR. FERREIRA: 11:08 AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY, HOW DO YOU FEEL? >>BILL: 11:10 AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON THE DAY. YOU KNOW RUNNING A 11:11 MINISTRY LIKE THIS THERE'S A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT 11:15 OF STRESS THAT COMES WITH THAT BUT I THINK I HAVE A 11:20 GOOD PERSPECTIVE ON AGING. 11:21 I THINK - BUT, YOU KNOW, I WANT A QUALITY OF LIFE, 11:29 YOU KNOW. AND I THINK THAT - I READ THAT HOW 11:30 YOU LIVE IN YOUR TWENTIES DETERMINES HOW YOU 11:37 LIVE IN YOUR FORTIES.>>DR. 11:37 FERRIERA: YES. >>BILL:.AND HOW YOU LIVE IN YOUR 11:40 FORTIES CAN DETERMINE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE IN 11:42 YOUR SIXTIES AND BEYOND. 11:42 AND SO, THERE ARE SOME LIFESTYLE CHANGES THAT I 11:46 NEED TO BECOME MORE SERIOUS ABOUT. IT'S NOT 11:47 EXCUSES, I'M ON THE ROAD A LOT AND THAT JUST 11:52 COMPOUNDS THE PROBLEM >>DR. FERRIERA: YES. 11:55 >>BILL: BUT, YOU KNOW, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 11:56 I FEEL GOOD ABOUT, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT AGING, I 12:04 DON'T HAVE ANXIETY, I HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH A 12:07 MID-LIFE CRISIS. >>DR. 12:07 FERREIRA: WELL, YOU'VE GOT YOUNG CHILDREN. >>BILL: I 12:09 DO. I HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. >>DR. FERRIERA: 12:10 YOU HAVE A YOUNG WIFE. 12:12 >>BILL: A YOUNG WIFE. 12:13 >>DR. FERRIERA: YOU STILL, YOU STILL LIVE WITH THE 12:15 SAME CAPABILITY OF ENJOYING LIFE AS YOU 12:16 DID MAYBE TEN YEARS AGO.>>BILL: THAT'S 12:21 TRUE, THAT'S TRUE. >>DR. 12:21 FERREIRA:.YOU KNOW, NOTHING CHANGED. >>BILL: 12:23 HAVEN'T SEEN A BIG CHANGE. 12:24 THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 12:26 >>DR. FERREIRA: YOU KNOW, BILL, I WORKED FOR A WHILE 12:27 PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN A 12:31 RETIREMENT VILLAGE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A HARD 12:40 EXPERIENCE. MEDICALLY SPEAKING, IT WAS OKAY. 12:41 YOU SEE MANY PEOPLE SICK BECAUSE THE BODY JUST 12:45 BREAKS DOWN, IN A WAY. BUT WHAT IMPRESSED ME THE MOST 12:52 WAS THE EMOTIONAL COMPONENT OF THEIR AGING 12:53 YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE - AND THAT'S VERY 13:00 UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE , JUST IMAGINE THAT YOU'VE 13:05 LIVED ON YOUR OWN ALL YOUR LIFE AND NOW WHEN YOU 13:06 REACH 75 OR 80 AND YOU GO TO A PLACE WHERE YOU 13:12 SOMETIMES HAVE TO SHARE A ROOM WITH SOMEBODY 13:17 ELSE,.>>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 13:17 FERREIRA:.WHO IS NOT YOUR FAMILY MEMBER, WHO IS NOT 13:20 YOUR WIFE OR YOUR HUSBAND, WHO IS NOT YOUR 13:21 CHILD, YOUR BROTHER, IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE YOU DO NOT 13:24 KNOW OR EVEN IF YOU DON'T, YOU HAVE YOUR LITTLE ROOM 13:27 BY YOURSELF BUT YOU'RE JUST PART OF THIS BIG 13:28 GROUP OF PEOPLE, IT'S EXTREMELY HARD. >>BILL: 13:33 YES. >>DR.F ERREIRA: NOW, I FOUND THAT IN THAT PLACE 13:37 PROBABLY 80-90% OF THE PEOPLE WERE EXTREMELY SAD 13:38 THEY FELT ALONE. THEY WERE NOT VISITED BY THOSE 13:47 PEOPLE WHOM THEY LOVED, THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR 13:52 GRANDCHILDREN, MAYBE ONCE A MONTH, MAYBE ONCE 13:53 A QUARTER. SO LONELINESS BECAME A VERY IMPORTANT 13:58 ASPECT OF THEIR LIVES IT'S JUST, THEY WERE 14:06 LONELY. AND ALSO, THEY WERE VERY ANGRY, MANY OF 14:07 THEM, FOR BEING THERE. 14:13 THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE. BUT THERE WERE A 14:14 FEW PEOPLE THAT WOULD SAY, WELL, I'M THANKFUL. I HAVE 14:20 A GOOD LIFE, NOW I'M HERE AND THOSE WERE THE ONES 14:26 THAT WERE POSITIVE THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. 14:26 SO THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE NEGATIVE, ALWAYS LOOKING 14:30 FOR FAULTS AND FAULTS IN PEOPLE AND ALWAYS 14:37 NEGATIVE, THEY REACHED OLD AGE THAT WAY. AND THOSE 14:38 WERE MORE THANKFUL, THOSE WERE - LOOKED AT LIFE 14:44 MORE POSITIVELY, THOSE WHO INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW THE 14:49 STORY OF THE TWO PEOPLE IN THE JAIL AND THEY WERE 14:51 LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW, ONE LOOKS AT THE SKY AND 14:55 SAYS, WOW, THE STARS AND ALL THAT AND THE OTHER ONE 15:00 LOOKED AT THE MUD AND SO HE ONLY SAW THE MUD AND 15:01 DIDN'T SEE THE STARS. YOU KNOW, THAT IS VERY 15:04 IMPORTANT. I'M 45 OKAY, FIVE YEARS YOUNGER THAN 15:09 YOU AND SOMETIMES I THINK, YOU KNOW, 45, I'VE REACHED 15:11 HALF OF MY LIFE YOU KNOW. 15:15 AND IF I DWELL A LOT IN THAT AND SAY WELL, THAT'S 15:16 HALF GONE AND YOU KNOW, JUST THE OTHER DAY 15:21 IT WASN'T THAT ?. 15:22 IT WAS EMOTIONALLY, INTELLECTUALLY, IT WAS 15:25 JUST THE OTHER DAY I'VE GOT A 14 YEAR OLD SON AND 15:29 I CAN IDENTIFY MYSELF WITH HIM. I'M HIS AGE.>>BILL: 15:30 YES. >>DR. FERREIRA:.AND 30 YEARS 15:37 HAVE GONE BY.>>BILL: YES. 15:37 >>DR.FERREIRA:.LIKE THAT. 15:40 >>BILL: YEAH. I LOOK BACK - I GRADUATED FROM 15:41 UNIVERSITY TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO AND TO ME THAT 15:44 SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST YESTERDAY. I LOOK AND I 15:49 THINK, WOW, IF THE NEXT TWENTY-FIVE YEARS GO 15:50 AS FAST AS THE PREVIOUS TWENTY-FIVE, THE NEXT 15:53 25 YEARS I'M 75 YEARS OLD >>DR. FERREIRA: YUP. 15:56 >>BILL: WOW, THIS IS GOING TO GO BY, THIS IS GETTING 15:57 VERY FAST. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT AN ATTITUDE, 16:01 RIGHT? >>DR. FERREIRA: AN ATTITUDE, YES. >>BILL: A 16:07 POSITIVE ATTITUDE. >>DR. 16:07 FERREIRA: YES. >>BILL: LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING. DO 16:10 YOU FIND A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE FOLKS WHO 16:11 HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, A CHRISTIAN 16:19 PERSPECTIVE AND THOSE THAT DIDN'T? DID THAT HAVE ANY 16:21 IMPACT? >>DR. FERREIRA: WELL, YES. YES AND NO, TO 16:22 BE HONEST. I THINK IT'S MORE PERSON DEPENDANT. 16:29 >>BILL: OKAY. RIGHT. 16:30 I MAKES SENSE. >>DR. 16:34 FERREIRA: BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE 16:35 HOPE OR PROFESS TO BE CHRISTIANS BUT THEY 16:39 LIVE VERY ANXIOUS LIVES. 16:40 THEY FACE TOMORROW WITH ANXIETY. AND IF YOU THINK 16:46 OF THE WORDS OF JESUS WHERE HE SAYS, DON'T WORRY 16:55 ABOUT TOMORROW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO EAT? WHAT ARE 16:56 YOU GOING TO DRINK? LOOK AT THE BIRDS OF THE AIR. 16:58 >>BILL: YEAH, THEY DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. >>DR. 17:00 FERREIRA: SO, SEEK HIS KINGDOM FIRST. >>BILL: 17:01 YES. >>DR. FERREIRA: YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A VERY 17:03 PERSONAL THING. I THINK PEOPLE WHO REALLY ENJOY 17:06 THAT PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING 17:07 JESUS AGAIN - AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE 17:13 TOO LONG BEFORE HE'S HERE - IF THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE 17:19 THAT, WHO EXPERIENCE THAT EVERYDAY, YES, AGING IS 17:20 NOT A PROBLEM. BUT IF YOU LIVE ANXIOUS ABOUT 17:27 TOMORROW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE HOPE, OH YES, AGING 17:34 BECOMES A VERY DREADFUL THING. YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY 17:35 ANXIETY PROVOKING. IT'S VERY DEPRESSIVE BECAUSE 17:41 I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO TURNED 80. HE DOESN'T LOOK 80 AND 17:47 HE DOESN'T BEHAVE LIKE ONE. OKAY, 79, WHEN HE 17:48 TURNED 80 JUST THE IDEA OF BEING 80 FROM ONE MOMENT 17:53 TO THE OTHER, HE JUST WENT DOWN. I'M OLD AND ONE 18:00 THING THAT WORRIES ME AND THIS PERSON, AND I CAN 18:01 SEE, HAS A VERY POOR - HOW CAN I SAY? - VERY POOR 18:11 IMAGE OF HIMSELF AND I DON'T THING HE REALLY HAS 18:17 HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 18:17 SO WHEN YOU TURNED 80 YOU BASICALLY ENTERED THE LAST 18:21 STRETCH OF YOUR LIFE. 18:22 >>BILL: YEAH. YEAH. >>DR. 18:23 FERREIRA: YOU COULD LIVE TO 100. YOU DON'T KNOW. 18:26 >>BILL: SURE. SURE. >>DR. 18:26 FERREIRA: LONGEVITY FOR MEN IS BETWEEN 80 AND 18:29 82. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 18:30 FERREIRA: SO WHEN YOU TURN 80.>>BILL: THAT'S THE HOME 18:34 STRETCH. >>DR. FERREIRA: THAT'S THE HOME STRETCH. 18:36 >>BILL: YEAH. >>DR. 18:37 FERREIRA: AND HOW AM I? 18:37 DO I HAVE HOPE? DO I SEE DEATH AS THE FINAL EVENT 18:41 HERE? DO I SEE WHAT PRECEEDS DEATH AS THE 18:48 SUFFERING BEFORE MY EXISTENCE? JUST WILL 18:49 CEASE? THOSE ARE CRUCIAL. 18:56 THERE ARE MANY OTHER THINGS THAT CAN HELP US TO 18:57 AGE WITH GRACE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT I 19:02 THINK THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF AGING 19:05 IS HOW YOU LOOK AT IT. DO YOU LOOK AT IT WITH HOPE 19:06 WITH THE ASSURANCE OF BEING LOVED? I KNOW THAT 19:14 THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE SUFFERING, 19:18 LONELINESS, FROM LONELINESS. >>BILL: YES. 19:18 >>DR. FERREIRA: AND THE MORE DEVELOPED A COUNTRY 19:21 IS, THE MORE LONELY PEOPLE ARE. >>BILL: YEAH. 19:25 INCREDIBLE. >>DR. 19:26 FERREIRA: YOU KNOW, IT'S - I LIVE IN EUROPE AND IN 19:29 WESTERN EUROPE, CENTRAL EUROPE, THERE'S A HIGH 19:30 STANDARD OF LIVING.>>BILL: YES. >>DR. FERREIRA:.AND 19:35 VERY, VERY LONELY PEOPLE. 19:35 >>BILL: YEAH. ONE THING IN OUR CULTURE, BECAUSE 19:39 WE'RE BOTH OF PORTUGUESE HERITAGE, YOU KNOW, TO 19:45 HAVE YOUR GRANDPARENTS LIVING WITH YOU AND CLOSE 19:46 BY.>>DR. FERREIRA: IS MORE COMMON. >>BILL:.IS COMMON 19:48 IN OUR CULTURE. >>DR. 19:48 FERREIRA: IT'S BECOMING LESS AND LESS COMMON. 19:50 >>BILL: YEAH. >>DR. 19:50 FERREIRA: WITH TREMENDOUS PAIN. >>BILL: IN FACT, I 19:52 REMEMBER IN THAT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC STUDY, ONE OF 19:55 THE CITES.>>DR. FERREIRA: OKINAWA >>BILL: YEAH. YO 19:56 KNOW, THE OLDER FOLKS AND THE YOUNGER FOLKS 20:00 LIVING TOGETHER AND THAT INTERACTION OF DIFFERENT 20:04 CULTURES.>>DR. FERREIRA: IT'S AMAZING. IT HAS SO 20:05 MANY HEALTH BENEFITS BUT MORE THAN THAT IT'S GOT 20:08 EMOTIONAL BENEFITS, IT'S GOT SPIRITUAL BENEFITS, 20:12 YOU KNOW. MY WIFE HAS JUST LOST HER GRANDMOTHER 20:13 AT THE AGE OF 97...>>BILL: WOW. >>DR. FERREIRA:.OKAY. 20:19 AND SHE LIVED WITH THE FAMILY - WELL, MY WIFE'S 20:24 FATHER DIED WHEN SHE WAS TWO AND SO THE 20:24 GRANDPARENTS MOVED IN TO LOOK AFTER MY WIFE WHILE 20:28 THE MOTHER WORKED. SO, SHE'S NOW 45, SO 43 YEARS 20:33 SHE LIVED. AND IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE OMA, WE 20:34 CALLED HER OMA, YOU KNOW, IN ? AND IT WAS AMAZING TO 20:41 SEE AND JUST TO FEEL HER LOVE AND FOR HER TO FEEL 20:48 OUR LOVE. >>BILL: YES. 20:48 >>DR. FERREIRA: AND IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE 20:52 AND I WISH, I WISH ALL FAMILIES COULD DO THAT 20:53 YOU KNOW, FOR SOME PRACTICAL REASONS, 21:00 SOMETIMES IT'S NOT POSSIBLE. SOME PEOPLE, 21:01 SOME OLD FOLKS THEY DON'T HAVE ANYONE. >>BILL: YES. 21:02 >>DR. FERREIRA: YOU KNOW THE CHILDREN DIED, THEY 21:04 HAVE NO ONE. AND I'M GLAD SOME OLD AGE HOMES CAN 21:07 LOOK AFTER THEM. AND I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE 21:08 GONE TOO FAR IN SENDING OUR OLD ONES.>>BILL: YES. 21:12 >>DR. FERREIRA:.BECAUSE THEY LOOKED AFTER US. 21:15 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 21:15 FERREIRA: WHEN WE WERE YOUNG THEY CHANGED OUR 21:17 NAPPIES, THEY REALLY SACRIFIED A LOT. AND I 21:18 THINK THAT TODAY WE ARE, IN OUR SOCIETY, TOO QUICK 21:23 TO SEND THEM TO A PLACE FOR SOMEBODY TO LOOK AFTER 21:29 THEM. >>BILL: AND THE BIBLE SAYS IN JOB THERE 21:30 THAT, 'WISDOM COMES WITH LENGTH OF DAYS'. WITH 21:34 LONG LIFE, THERE'S WISDOM. 21:35 AND I ALSO THINK THAT AS A SOCIETY WE'RE LOSING SOME 21:39 VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO LIFE AND WISDOM THAT COMES 21:44 FROM THOSE OLDER GENERATIONS BECAUSE WE'RE 21:45 JUST BRUSHING THEM UNDER - WE'RE TAKING THAT 21:49 KNOWLEDGE AND PUTTING THEM UNDER THE RUG AND PUTTING 21:51 THEM ASIDE. WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR MINUTES. >>DR. 21:52 FERREIRA: WOW. >>BILL: YEAH. SO, MAYBE SOME 21:55 PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS THAT CAN ASSIST THOSE THAT ARE 22:00 AGING, TO AGE.>>DR. FERREIRA 22:01 WELL.>>BILL:.WITH GRACE. 22:03 >>DR. FERREIRA:.AGE WITH GRACE. DON'T SMOKE. 22:04 >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. 22:07 FERREIRA: DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL. >>BILL: IF YOU'RE 22:08 DOING THAT NOW, STOP. 22:09 >>DR. FERREIRA: STOP THAT. 22:10 >>BILL: LET ME ASK YOU VERY QUICKLY, ARE THERE 22:12 IMMEDIATE BENEFITS FROM STOPPING. DR. FERREIRA: 22:13 IMMEDIATE BENEFITS. 22:14 >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. 22:15 FERREIRA: YES. DON'T SMOKE AND DON'T DRINK ALCOHOL. 22:16 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 22:17 HAVE A HEALTHY DIET. 22:17 PREFERABLY A VEGETARIAN DIET BUT IF NOT, 22:22 ONE WITH LOTS OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES, WHOLE GRAINS, 22:26 AND VERY LITTLE MEAT OR FISH. BUT PREFERABLY A 22:27 VEGETARIAN DIET. THAT'S MUCH BETTER, OKAY? 22:31 AND THEN, KEEP ACTIVE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE. DO 22:36 GARDENING, WALKING, GOING TO THE GYM. FOURTH, VERY 22:37 IMPORTANT, BE A FRIEND TO SOMEBODY AND ALLOW.>>BILL: 22:45 SO, SOCIAL COMPONENT. 22:46 >>DR. FERREIRA:.SOCIAL, VERY, VERY, 22:49 VERY IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN 22:52 BEING LONELY OUT THERE AND HAVING NO ONE THAT LOVES 22:53 YOU, THAT CARES FOR YOU. 22:56 WHEN AGE STARTS TO, YOU KNOW, THE CLOCK CARRIES 22:57 ON, IT DOESN'T STOP. TO BE ALONE IS TERRIBLE 23:01 FOR MANY, FOR MOST PEOPLE ACTUALLY. YOU KNOW, NO ONE 23:05 LIKES TO BE ALONE. SO BE A FRIEND. YOU KNOW, MAKE 23:06 YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO BE A FRIEND TO SOMEBODY. 23:10 REALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT - DON'T WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT 23:13 THE DIFFERENCES. 23:13 SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, FRIENDSHIP CAN START WITH 23:18 SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE, AROUND SOMETHING VERY 23:18 SIMPLE. OKAY. AND THE FIFTH ONE WOULD BE THE 23:21 SPIRITUAL COMPONENT, OKAY CONSIDER THE THINGS OF 23:28 LIFE THAT REALLY MAKE SENSE AND GIVE ME TO LIFE 23:29 AND, AND I WOULD SAY MEET GOD. MEET GOD. YOU MAY NOT 23:36 MEET HIM JUST BY GOING TO A CHURCH OR SOMETHING BUT 23:45 MEET GOD IN YOUR INNER BEING AND FIND FAMILY IN 23:46 GOD'S FAMILY. YOU KNOW, THEY, A CHURCH IS SUPPOSED 23:51 TO BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO FEEL GOOD 23:56 IN EACH OTHER'S PRESENCE. 23:57 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 23:57 FERREIRA: THEY SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. >>BILL: 23:59 ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. 24:00 FERREIRA: THEY GIVE HOPE TO EACH OTHER. >>BILL: 24:02 THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 24:02 FERREIRA: BUT IT'S INSIDE OF YOU. IT'S THE CORE OF 24:04 YOUR LIFE THAT YOU NEED TO MEET GOD. I CANNOT DO IT 24:08 FOR YOU; NEITHER CAN YOU DO IT FOR ME. >>BILL: 24:09 THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 24:11 FERREIRA: I HAS TO BE YOU. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 24:12 FERREIRA: OKAY, AND BE WITH HIS PEOPLE. FIND 24:14 A CHURCH THAT REALLY IS A CARING CHURCH. AND 24:19 REFLECTS THE CHARACTER, THE CHARACTER THAT YOU SEE 24:20 IN JESUS, OKAY. IT WILL HELP. IT WILL GIVE YOU 24:24 HOPE AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO MYSELF. I'M 24:28 TRYING TO DO THAT. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. FERREIRA: 24:29 AND IT WORKS, IT WORKS. IT MAKES US MORE LIKELY TO 24:34 AGE WITH GRACE INSTEAD OF DISGRACE. >>BILL: 24:38 DISGRACE. WELL, THANK YOU DOCTOR. I GO OUT GOLFING 24:39 WITH OUR FLOOR DIRECTOR, DAVE, AND I DO TWO THINGS 24:44 AT THAT TIME. I'M BEING A FRIEND AND WE'RE GETTING 24:46 SOME EXERCISE. >>DR. 24:47 FERREIRA: GOOD. GOOD. 24:47 >>BILL: THANK YOU. LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, 24:50 WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND YOUR MERCY 24:58 TOWARDS ALL OF US. AND I PRAY THAT AS WE CONSIDER 24:59 THESE THINGS IMPORTANT TO US, IMPORTANT TO HOW WE 25:06 AGE, WE NOT NEGLECT YOU FATHER, IF THERE'S ANYONE 25:13 THAT HAS NOT COME TO KNOW YOU, MAY YOU REVEAL 25:14 YOURSELF TO THEM NOW. I PRAY IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. 25:19 >>DR. FERREIRA: AMEN. 25:39 >>BILL: IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE 25:40 INFORMATION AS TO HOW YOU CAN AGE WITH GRACE, WELL, 25:43 WE HAVE A RESOURCE THAT CAN BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL. 25:47 IT IS THE MAGAZINE CALLED, 'LIVING LONGER AND FEELING 25:48 BETTER'. WE'D LIKE TO SEND IT AS A GIFT TO OUR 25:54 VIEWERS FROM 'IT IS WRITTEN'. HERE IS THE 25:58 INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET YOUR FREE COPY. 27:00 >>BILL: WELL, DOCTOR, MAYBE A CLOSING THOUGHT 27:01 FOR OUR VIEWERS. >>DR. 27:03 FERREIRA: WELL, BILL, WE ARE ALL AGING. IT'S THE 27:04 REALITY OF LIFE. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. FERREIRA: WE 27:08 CAN'T CHANGE IT BUT WE CAN CHANGE THE WAY WE LOOK AT 27:12 IT. IT'S OUR CHOICE. WE CAN DO IT. AND IT WILL BE 27:13 A PRIVILEDGE TO LOOK AT LIFE POSITIVELY, WITH 27:19 HOPE.>>BILL: YES. >>DR. 27:20 FERREIRA:.AND ENJOY LIFE. 27:22 EVEN IF ALL WE HAVE IS JUST ONE STRING IN A 27:23 VIOLIN, LET'S PLAY THAT STRING WITH THE BEST 27:31 ABILITY THAT WE HAVE AND LIFE WILL BE ENJOYABLE. 27:38 >>BILL: THANK YOU DOCTOR. 27:39 >>BILL: THANK YOU, OUR FAITHFUL VIEWERS, FOR 27:43 TUNING IN EACH AND EVERY WEEK. REMEMBER 27:44 THE WEBSITE, ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. 27:46 THERE YOU CAN SEND PRAYER REQUESTS, YOU CAN FIND OUT 27:50 WHERE THE 'IT IS WRITTEN' TEAM IS APPEARING, YOU CAN 27:51 EVEN SEND A DONATION IF YOU FEEL SO MOVED TO DO 27:55 THAT. 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