>> Hello and welcome to It Is
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Written Canada.
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According to Statistics Canada,
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young people in Canada express
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experiencing loneliness more
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frequently than older people.
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Among youth aged 15 to 24
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years, nearly one in four said
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they always or often
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felt lonely.
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[RENÉ] So young people in
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Canada feel lonely more often
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and more intensely than
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older people.
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Why do you think so many young
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people feel so lonely in
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Canada?
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>> What part do you think
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social media, technology, and
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the use of electronic devices
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play in why today's young
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people do not interact as much
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as they did in the past?
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Today on It Is Written Canada
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we will examine what the
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research tells us about the
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importance of forming social
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connections and share with you
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proven, practical, and
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effective ways that you can
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have more meaningful
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connections to dispel the
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loneliness from your life.
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>> To begin with, we have
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Dr. George Cho.
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Dr. Cho is a licensed
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naturopathic doctor who
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practices in the Greater
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Toronto Area.
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He's a member of the American
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College of Lifestyle Medicine
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and the Canadian Society for
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Exercise Physiology.
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His practice focus is on
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lifestyle medicine.
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>> Dr. Cho, welcome to It Is
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Written Canada.
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>> Thanks for having me
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back again.
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It's good to be back.
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>> So, Dr. Cho, we're talking
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about making connections and
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how important social
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connections are to our health
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and our well-being, so the
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opposite of that would be
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loneliness or being alone, is
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there a difference between
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being alone and being lonely?
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>> Absolutely.
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Just 'cause someone is alone
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doesn't necessarily mean that
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they're lonely.
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Alone is just you're by
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yourself.
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But loneliness is when there's
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a disconnect between your
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desire for interpersonal
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relationships and what you're
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actually getting.
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So you wanna feel connected to
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people, but you're not getting
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that connection that you want.
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So somebody can actually be in
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a group and with-- around a lot
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of people and still feel very
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lonely.
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Like, for example, you've got
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kids who might be in school,
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they're surrounded by 20
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classmates, but they might feel
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lonely because they're not
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getting that connection, right,
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same as work, you know, you
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could be at work, you could be
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lonely at work, at church and,
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you know, so forth.
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So just 'cause you're in a
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social group, doesn't
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necessarily mean that you're
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well-connected, so that could--
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that's gonna lead to
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loneliness.
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>> Loneliness has affected me
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personally in a number of ways.
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When I moved away from my
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community back in British
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Columbia and I came home during
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COVID, I fell into a mild
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depression.
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I stopped wanting to exercise,
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I stopped really caring to eat
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healthy, I spent less time
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outdoors, more time on my phone
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and my computer and from there
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my health just really began to
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deteriorate.
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So loneliness directly impacts
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our health.
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>> So scientific evidence shows
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that loneliness is linked with
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increased risk of depression,
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anxiety, unfortunately,
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suicidal ideation, substance
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use, drug use, alcohol use,
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those types of things.
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So that's the mental aspect and
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I think people could probably
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understand that, they can get
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that link, but also physical
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health as well.
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So now we know that loneliness
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is linked with increased risk
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of chronic diseases like type 2
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diabetes, heart disease,
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stroke, even Alzheimer's
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disease.
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So loneliness has not only a
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mental health aspect effect,
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but also a physical effect
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as well.
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And physiologically it makes
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sense because science now shows
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that lonely individuals, they
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have higher rates of-- higher
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levels of inflammation in the
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body and we know chronic
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inflammation leads to chronic
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disease.
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So people actually, when you're
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lonely there's the inflammation
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levels go up in the body and
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that, over time, that's gonna
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put people at greater risk of
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these chronic diseases.
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It's probably not the only
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factor that causes someone to
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get diabetes, but, you know,
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poor lifestyle habits and
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eating habits and sedentary
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behaviour plus loneliness,
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that's a recipe for disease,
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right, so...yeah.
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>> So then, Dr. Cho, what's the
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importance then of having
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social connections?
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Is there research that shows
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the importance of these social
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connections?
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>> Absolutely.
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So social connections is really
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important, the American College
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of Lifestyle Medicine has
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social connections as one of
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its pillars of lifestyle
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medicine along with diet,
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exercise, staying away from
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harmful substances, sleep, and
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they have social connections
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and that's based on research.
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For example, in the Blue Zones,
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if you look in the Blue Zones,
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right, they found that the
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centenarians who were living
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long lives, one of the things
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that Dan Buettner found was
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that they all have strong
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social connections.
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So for example, he went to
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Okinawa and he found these
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Okinawan women who'd been
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friends for over ninety years,
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you know, so it's called a
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Moais in Okinawa and basically
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when you're young you join a
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Moais which is a social group
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and you're friends for life,
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right?
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And science shows, there's one
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study where they looked at
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mortality, so this is-- you
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track a population over time
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and you see who dies and what
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is associated with those
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deaths.
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And they looked at-- they
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compared eating six servings of
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fruits and vegetables every
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day, they looked at
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Mediterranean diet, regular
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physical activity, and then
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good social connections.
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Now if you ask most people
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which one, which factor is the
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most important, they would say
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maybe the fruits and vegetables,
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or the exercise, but, you know,
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it was actually social
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connections.
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So having strong social
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connections had a greater
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effect in lowering the risk of
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mortality than even regular
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exercise or Mediterranean diet
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and six to-- six servings of
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fruits and vegetables.
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So that tells you how important
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social connections are.
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>> Social connections in
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general are so important, but
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studies have also shown that
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when you touch, the benefits of
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social connection are even
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greater.
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Hugs reduce stress, they help
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improve your immune system, and
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so much more.
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They did a study with 200
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adults and they broke them up
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into two groups.
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Couples were put into a room
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and they were told to hold
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hands for ten minutes followed
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by a 20-second hug.
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The second group, again
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couples, were put into a room
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and just to sit in silence for
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ten minutes and twenty seconds.
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At the end of the study, they
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found that those in the first
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group who were holding hands
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and hugging had greater
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reductions in blood pressure
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and heart rate.
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So that just goes to show how
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important being connected, not
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only together, but physically,
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is so important for our health.
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>> From a health perspective,
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longevity perspective, social
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connections are really
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important.
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To get more specific, if you
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look at, like, elderly
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individuals, when an elderly
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individual remains married, for
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example, that enhances their
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longevity.
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When that elderly individual,
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they stay connected with
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grandchildren, for example,
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that also enhances their
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survival.
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So in one study they looked at
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elderly individuals, those who
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had regular interaction with
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their grandkids, elders who did
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not, and elders who had no
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grandkids, and out of that
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group, the elders who had
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regular interaction with their
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grandkids, so that social
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connection, they-- their
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survival was better.
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So social connections are
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really, really, really
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important and marriage as well
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is very important, it's a
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social bond that promotes
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health as well, so...
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Again, centenarians, many-- in
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the Blue Zones, many of them,
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they remain married, their
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divorce rates are often lower.
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So especially for men, having
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a-- being in a marriage
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relationship seems to promote
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health and that's because all
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the benefits from that social
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interaction.
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So the research is pretty clear
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that social interactions are
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really important for health.
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>> One of the ways that people
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get together is around food and
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so right now our friends Cathy
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and Arlete are going to prepare
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a meal that is one of their
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comfort foods.
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So let's take a look at this.
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>> Hello, my name is Cathy
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Marcos and this is my
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sister-in-law.
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>> Hi, I'm Arlete Susana and
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today we're in the kitchen with
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our family.
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And being a home-schooling
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family, this is a pretty common
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scene around our home.
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[CATHY] Absolutely.
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[ARLETE] Both our homes.
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[CATHY] Absolutely.
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[ARLETE] We always cook
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together and when we do cook
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together, it's not only to make
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our load lighter as moms, but
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also to teach our children life
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skills and also to take
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opportunity to connect with one
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another.
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[CATHY] Yeah, we really connect
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during those times.
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We talk, we play, we laugh.
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We have fun.
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[ARLETE] It's great.
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And today we're gonna show you
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one of our favourite recipes or
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one of our favourite meals,
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soup.
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We love soup.
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The recipe that we're gonna
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show you today is not really a
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recipe, it's basically just
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joining ingredients that we
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would normally have in our
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fridge and incorporating some
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of the things that we have in
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our organic garden and throwing
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them together to make a lovely
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meal for our families.
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So...
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[CATHY] And it's a wonderful
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way to clean out your fridge.
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If you have vegetables you
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don't know what to do, perfect,
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soup.
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Soup day.
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[ARLETE] And there's no right
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or wrong combination, right?
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[CATHY] Nope, there isn't.
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[ARLETE] Can customize it.
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So for today's recipe we're
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gonna actually show you what
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we've got together.
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We'll give you the proportions
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for those, but, again, you're
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not limited to these and you
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can create your own version of
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this or completely be
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customizing it to your
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flavours.
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So why don't we get started?
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So today we're going to be
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adding two zucchinis.
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[CATHY] Okay, I'll help you
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with this one.
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[ARLETE] Yeah.
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And you don't have to dice them
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too large, you can go ahead and
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put it in, please.
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Thanks.
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[CATHY] No problem.
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>> We're putting in one
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sweet potato.
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And they're diced pretty
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uniformly, they don't have to
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be any specific size and then
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how many carrots?
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>> We have about two to three,
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two to three here.
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>> These are about medium
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carrots, but, again, you can
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add three carrots, four carrots
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depending on the size and
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depending on what you have
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on hand.
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We also are putting about half
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a head of chopped cauliflower.
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>> That's always nice, yeah.
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>> Yeah.
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>> That's a nice one.
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>> And then we're adding two
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large onions.
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>> I love adding onions, you
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can never go wrong.
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>> No, you can't.
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>> No.
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>> Woop, there we go.
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We also love garlic in our
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home.
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Today's soup is gonna have four
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cloves of garlic and we're not
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even dicing or chopping those
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up, we're just adding them in
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whole.
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Okay.
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>> That's good.
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>> And then we're adding about
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six medium potatoes, diced.
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Actually this pot might not be
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big enough for all of these
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veggies.
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We might have to transfer them.
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We do need a bigger pot.
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Do you have a bigger pot
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on hand?
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>> I do have a bigger pot.
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>> Alright.
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>> Usually I do it in bigger
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pots, but...[laughs]
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>> So now what we do, we're
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gonna transfer this to a bigger
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pot, we're gonna cover it with
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water until the water is over
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the surface of the vegetables
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and then you can add your
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seasonings.
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So there-- are there any
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specific ones that you can
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suggest?
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>> Well, salt for one.
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Actually we like to use
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Herbamare because it cuts down
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on the sodium because it's a
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mix of herbs in there.
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>> And you can add things like
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turmeric or any kind of herbs
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from your garden, either fresh
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or dehydrated herbs, so you can
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add oregano or basil or...
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>> Yeah, cilantro...
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>> Yeah, perfect.
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>> Parsley, anything.
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>> So we're gonna go ahead and
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do that.
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>> Okay.
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[ARLETE] So now that we've
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transferred it to a larger pot
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and added the water, we
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seasoned it and now we're
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letting it boil until the
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vegetables are nice and soft.
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And for this version of the
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soup what we do next is once
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the veggies are soft and ready,
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we take an immersion hand
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blender and just puree it all
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into a nice puree...
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[CATHY] Yeah, and then we add a
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handful of spinach, one or two,
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some beans, and millet.
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[ARLETE] Excellent.
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And you can choose whatever
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grain you'd like to add to that
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to make it versatile.
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And once it's all ready to
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serve, we can serve it to our
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family and enjoy, but another
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thing that we like to do and
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that we encourage you to do is
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to share it with others.
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[CATHY] Absolutely and it's a
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great opportunity to share it
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with someone who's sick or a
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shut-in, it's a wonderful
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blessing for them.
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[ARLETE] It's a great way to
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reach out and to show Jesus's
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love to the community.
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We hope that you've enjoyed
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watching us make our version of
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this soup and we hope that
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you're encouraged to try making
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your own version of it.
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Add your own veggies and
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whatever you have on hand, make
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it a twist and make it your own
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and make sure that you share it
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not only with your family, but
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that you bless others with it.
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Have a great day!
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>> Isn't it amazing how food is
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so good for us and also how it
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enhances connections and it
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just brings people together.
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It's such a fun thing and, you
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know, the Bible, I think it
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also talks about how important
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it is for us to get together.
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Dr. Cho, are there places in
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the Bible where it tells us
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that being connected is
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important for us?
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>> I think the Bible tells us
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that we're supposed to be
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connected by design.
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So if you look at Genesis, it
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talks about how God created the
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animals and the earth, then He
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creates man, so He creates Adam
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first, and we all know what He
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says after, He said, "It's not
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good that he's alone."
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So what does God do?
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He creates a woman.
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But he doesn't even stop there.
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After He creates the woman,
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what does He say?
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He says, "Be fruitful and
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multiply," so have children.
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So I think-- that's-- I think
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it clearly shows that by design
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humans are supposed to be
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connected socially, right?
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And it's throughout the Bible,
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like, I was thinking about
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the, in Leviticus where, you
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know, it talks about the
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Israelites and their journey
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through the wilderness and, of
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course, God gives various
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instructions to Moses, to the
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Israelites on how to live their
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life and-- but also it talks
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about festivals that the
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Israelites were supposed to
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keep throughout the year and I
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think there was like five or
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six different festivals that
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they were supposed to keep and
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some of these were like a
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week long.
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And if you think about that,
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that was God telling the
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Israelites that you need to
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keep these festivals and these
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festivals not just Israelites
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by themselves in their tents
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worshipping God, these are
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social events, right?
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So I think God knew that the
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Israelites needed time to
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reconnect with Him, but also
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time to get away from the work
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and reconnect with the wider
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community.
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So even, like, within the
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Israelite calendar, it-- they
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were supposed to have these set
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times for social connection.
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Then if you look in the New
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Testament, Jesus, He wasn't
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just a one-man show, He had His
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twelve friends, the disciples.
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So even Jesus by example, He
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wasn't just going around by
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Himself, He had a group of
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associates so even Himself, He
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was immersed in social
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connection.
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Of course, He was always, He
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was in gatherings, He's-- He
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accepted the hospitality of
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other and so forth, right?
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And then after Jesus dies with
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the early church, what
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do we see?
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It's not Christians in their
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home worshipping by themselves,
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the Bible says they got
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together and some of then even
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daily breaking bread, so it
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wasn't just Bible study, they
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were eating together and
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socializing and in Hebrews it
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says, "Don't forsake the
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assembling of yourselves
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together," right?
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So I think all through the
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Bible it's very clear that
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social connections are
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important, especially when we
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look at Genesis, it's very
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clear that by design, humans
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are meant to be socially
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connected starting with,
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obviously, the family unit and
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then expanding from there.
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And so this explains why when
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humans are disconnected we do
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not do well because by design
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we're meant to be socially
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connected.
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>> I think Jesus met a lot of
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lonely people when He was on
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this earth, but a couple people
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that come to mind are, one,
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Matthew the tax collector.
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Tax collectors were despised in
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that age and in that time and
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Jesus took him in not only as a
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fellow believer, but as His
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personal twelve which is the
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closest that any of them got to
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Jesus Himself.
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Jesus loved and helped and
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cared for these people.
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And the second person that
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comes to mind is the woman at
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the well.
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She had many husbands which, in
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that time, was greatly looked
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down upon.
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She didn't really have anyone
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to turn to, she went to draw
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water at a different time of
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day than all the other women
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because she was that hated or,
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you know, neglected.
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So what did Jesus do?
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He spoke with her, He welcomed
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her, and then He told her to go
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connect with other people.
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So Jesus helped lonely people,
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He brought them into Himself
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and then He encouraged them to
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go and maybe even find some
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other lonely people themselves.
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>> You know, Dr. Cho, according
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to Statistics Canada, young
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people in Canada are lonely,
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more lonely, more often and
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more intense than elderly
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people, and so there's a higher
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percentage of young people that
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are lonely.
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Can you explain to us why or
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why do you think that there's
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such a higher percentage of
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young people here in Canada
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that are experiencing
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loneliness?
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>> Right, right, and it's
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exacerbated through the
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lock-downs and the pandemic and
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all that.
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You know, when I was little bit
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younger, when we gathered for
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church youth group, we would
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all be talking, you know, and
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when I was a kid, if you wanted
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to have fun, you had to kinda
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leave the house and you had to,
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like, we played road hockey and
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stuff like that.
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But, you know, when I look at
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the new group of young people
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coming in, even when we're
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gathered together for, like,
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after church, they're all on
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their phones, it's very
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fascinating.
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And unlike any time in human
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history, to entertain
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ourselves, we don't need
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others, we can be alone, so you
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can play video games by
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yourself, you can watch Netflix
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by yourself, you can use the
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internet by yourself and cell
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phones, all that by yourself.
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So I think young people are
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gravitating towards that, but
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the research shows it never
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replaces the one-on-one, the
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actual direct contact with
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people.
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I think that could be part of
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the reason, also we know that
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so many kids are raised now in,
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like, broken homes where
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families are torn apart and so
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there's already that disconnect
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there, so that could probably
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contribute to loneliness
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as well.
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So I think there's a whole set
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of circumstances that's coming
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together to create this
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syndemic, if you will, this
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issue of loneliness, not just
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in Canada, but across the
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world.
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>> So, Dr. Cho, talk about some
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steps, some practical steps
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that a person can take to
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increase the number of
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connections that they have.
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>> You know, the Bible talks
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about hospitality and the
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importance of that and I think
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one of the things that we can
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do is to be hospitable.
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Invite people to your home and
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entertain guests, that is one
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way to really develop social
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connections.
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I learned that from my mom when
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we were-- when we first came to
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church, you know, we were very
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shy individuals, you know, but
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my mom was very hospitable
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individual, almost every week
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she would invite all the youth
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group, it was like 30 kids, and
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she would invite them
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to our home.
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So that's good stimulation for
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her, obviously, but also for
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us, you know, we're shy, but
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practising that hospitality
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allowed us to have those social
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connections.
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So I think that's one thing, to
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practice hospitality, I think
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it's really important, but
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also, you know, you can get
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involved in church life,
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volunteer in an organization
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that's reaching out to the
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community, those types of
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things I think are good steps
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to get socially connected,
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yeah.
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>> I really like that idea
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because when we're hospitable
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like that we are creating a
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community...
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>> Correct, yeah.
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>> ...of people pressing
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together and coming together
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and connecting with each other
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and that's so hopeful and so
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encouraging if we can do that
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with each other, if we can pray
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together and eat together and...
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So I really like that idea of
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hospitality.
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>> We recently moved to a place
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where we didn't know anybody
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and that move brought with it a
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lot of new friends and new
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faces that has been such a
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great blessing in our life.
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So being open to explore, being
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open to accept everyone and
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being empathetic with
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everyone's situations and
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points in their lives, it's a
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great way to start building new
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relationships and new
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connections.
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>> Yeah, I totally agree and I
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think one other way that we can
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be more socially connected is
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being willing to serve.
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The more that we're willing to
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help others, you know, put
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ourselves in other's positions,
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that increases our empathy and
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being willing to be friendly.
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You know people generally miss
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seeing smiles after being
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masked up for so many months
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and so just being willing to
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help others where it's-- that
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need it will go a long way
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in being socially connected.
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>> So, Dr. Cho, what hope can
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Jesus give to those of us and
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to people who are lonely?
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>> Right.
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You know, it's interesting, the
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Bible talks about characters
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who had lonely experiences and
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how, obviously, when you're
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lonely, you feel like no one's
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listening, no one's watching,
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no one cares.
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But then they realize that God
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was actually watching and there
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all along.
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So one of my favourite examples
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is this woman named Hagar in
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the Bible and Hagar is a
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servant girl, she's the servant
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of Abraham and Sarah, and
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Abraham and Sarah, they don't
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have kids, so as is the custom
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in the day, you know, Abraham
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goes with another woman, it so
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happens that it's Hagar, this
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servant girl, so Sarah gives
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Hagar to Abraham and when Hagar
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gets promoted, she starts to
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get a little bit arrogant and
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that obviously causes frictions
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with Sarah and then, you know,
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then it boils over to the point
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where Hagar actually runs away.
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And the Bible says that she
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ends up running into the
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wilderness by herself.
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Remember, she's a slave girl,
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right, so there's nobody around
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and so she must have been very
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lonely, very-- felt like no one
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cares, you know, and so forth.
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But then the Bible says that
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she encounters an angel.
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So in her loneliness, God sends
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His angel and comforts her,
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tells her, you know, "Go back
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to Abraham and Sarah," and also
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encourages her by saying,
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"You're gonna have a child,
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you're gonna have a man child,"
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you know, a son.
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And it's interesting, after
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that, it's interesting, Sarah--
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Hagar, she says, she actually
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gives a name to God, saying,
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"He's the one that sees me."
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Very interesting.
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So in this experience where she
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felt like no one's watching
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her, no one cares, no one sees
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her, but she recognizes that
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there was a God who sees her.
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Jesus promises that He is gonna
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be there for us in our lonely
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times and I think we could take
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encouragement from that, yeah.
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>> So a final question about
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the church, what do you think
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the church can do to help
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people in this quest to find
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social connections?
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>> You know, one of my
00:25:27.96\00:25:28.99
favourite authors, she says,
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"Christ's method alone will
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bring true success."
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Jesus mingled with men.
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He sought their good, right,
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and she says there should be
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less sermonizing and more
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personal contact.
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>> And as we close off, I
00:25:48.01\00:25:50.45
wonder, Dr. Cho, could you say
00:25:50.45\00:25:52.41
a prayer for our viewers?
00:25:52.41\00:25:55.08
There may be people who are
00:25:55.08\00:25:56.72
saying, "Hey, I really want
00:25:56.72\00:25:58.12
more connections in my life,"
00:25:58.12\00:25:59.82
and that they can find people
00:25:59.82\00:26:02.66
who are genuine friends, people
00:26:02.66\00:26:04.89
who listen with their heart and
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can be a part of a community
00:26:07.30\00:26:09.50
of faith.
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[DR. CHO] For sure.
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Father in heaven, Lord, I wanna
00:26:13.57\00:26:15.67
pray for those who are
00:26:15.67\00:26:18.37
listening today.
00:26:18.37\00:26:19.67
Maybe some of them are
00:26:20.61\00:26:21.71
struggling with loneliness or
00:26:21.71\00:26:24.55
they don't have that
00:26:24.55\00:26:25.68
connectedness to their family
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and-- that they would like.
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I wanna ask, Lord, that first,
00:26:30.19\00:26:32.29
they would look to You, that
00:26:32.29\00:26:34.36
they would realize in You that
00:26:34.36\00:26:36.69
they can find the connection
00:26:36.69\00:26:38.69
that they need, but also, Lord,
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I wanna pray that You lead them
00:26:41.16\00:26:43.53
to friends and good social
00:26:43.53\00:26:46.97
groups that can nurture them
00:26:46.97\00:26:49.24
and meet their needs.
00:26:49.24\00:26:50.64
So, Lord, I wanna pray for each
00:26:50.64\00:26:52.41
individual who's struggling,
00:26:52.41\00:26:54.08
that You would be with them
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and guide them each step
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of the way.
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We wanna pray this in Jesus'
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name, amen.
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[MIKE] Amen.
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[RENÉ] Amen.
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Dr. George, thank you so much
00:27:04.05\00:27:05.55
for joining us on It Is Written
00:27:05.55\00:27:07.29
Canada today.
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>> Thank you very much for
00:27:09.09\00:27:09.99
having me.
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>> We really do have a
00:27:12.46\00:27:14.20
desperate need for making
00:27:14.20\00:27:15.96
connections with others.
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[MIKE] Friends, if you want more
00:28:00.88\00:28:03.01
connections in your life, we
00:28:03.01\00:28:05.38
would like to recommend that
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you turn to God who knows that
00:28:07.35\00:28:10.75
it is not good for you to be
00:28:10.75\00:28:12.55
alone.
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>> Turn to the Bible where
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Jesus receives strength in His
00:28:16.06\00:28:18.33
time of critical need when He
00:28:18.33\00:28:20.33
declared, "It is written, ‘Man
00:28:20.33\00:28:23.47
shall not live by bread alone,
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but by every word that proceeds
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out of the mouth of God.'"
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