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I’m 76. One word of advice for those younger. Don’t postpone something you want to do, because one day you may be too old to do so and regret it.
Thank you so much for sharing!
What's so horrible about regretting something ?
God bless everyone
@@stoicepictetus3875that it never came to life in real life is horrible indeed
Hi young'uns! I'm 53. START A PENSION. NOW.
''Love is not looking in each other's eyes, but looking together in the same direction'' that was beautiful 🥰
Agree. That really moved me.
5:47 🥹 so well stated
That was a massively phenomenal statement!!
My favorite statement of all. Heed this advice and you will not be sorry. Such wisdom!
Fr that hit
The best advice I heard on this channel was that if someone is willing to teach you something for free you should listen well. Sometimes when someone gives us advice we take it personally as an attack when they are just trying to teach us something they know.
I'm 66. Inside every old person is a young person who is wondering what the hell happened! What I like most about being this age is the wisdom I have gained from my many mistakes. If you learn from your mistakes you never have to suffer the consequences from them again because you don't repeat them.
What's funny is that you can NOT pass your wisdom to the younger generation because they will think your ideas are obsolete. They have to experience the same things themselves and draw conclusions to learn, and by the time they learn they are old too
Great Scott! 66 isn't old. 90 is old.
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@@wolfthequarrelsome50490 is getting old.
I am now 60 years old. Time has gone by so quickly that I don't know how it could happen that I'm now considered old by other people. People sometimes make comments like that. Sometimes I think of the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. Have I perhaps spent all these years in Sleeping Beauty's sleep and suddenly woken up old?
Bro I moved from Vancouver to Italy this year. I’ve noticed the Italians know how to relax in a totally different way. Italians really understand how to do nothing. And I mean that as a good thing
The Balkans where I moved to from U.S. is the same. These people know how to relax, enjoy life. Total opposite of U.S. why I live here permanently now. I tell my American family members, friends in the U.S. about this great lifestyle and the first words out of their mouth always is, 'I could never live like THAT!!!'. One actually told me, 'When I'm on the road, I yell at slow cars to get out of my way, I got things to do'. She has been retired for 20+ yrs! That's how corporate brainwashed most Americans are, and she admitted so.
Joe, you learnt the meaning of il dolce far niente 😅😅😅. Do you like it more? I moved from Montreal to Italy in 2019 and I couldn't wait to return to Canada. And so I did. I think it depends of where in Italy. I was in the North, I found it quite boring. From Canada, I love both Montreal and Vancouver.
@@dianabalan A lot depends on your age, maturity level. If you find bars, night life, malls, shopping, more interesting then the ancient architecture, a slower paced life that most Americans have zero interest in, along with different lifestyles, cultures, languages they should remain in U.S., that is so toxic and boring to me!
@@wanderingwarrior5626 hi. No, I'm not into that all. I'm actually European by birth and very close to Italy. Used to be my super soul country. But I lived there enough (and in many other places on all the continents) to know it's not the same to live and to visit. I find living there quite challenging. I absolutely love art, and I think that's one reason to cherish Montreal and I also adore nature and here, Vancouver wins. Canada is a very interesting mix of Europe with N America. On the other side, if we talk about Europe, Spain impresses me the most for living. And Poland is a beautiful surprise, too. The way I see it, a country is an entire package, you can't take just one aspect into consideration, neither only the bad or the good. And for me, Italy is not a winner overall, sadly. Neither US. But Canada, Spain, maybe Australia, NZ etc are - talking about long term! (Short term there are maaaany countries worth trying, there is a huge list).It depends on the field of work and necessities, expectations, openness to the world, age of course (I'm middle aged). In the end though, everybody is different and that's great.. there's a place under the sun for each of us ☀️
@@dianabalan You have the right frame of mind. A open mind! Very hard to find in many countries now, especially the U.S., where I'm from. Almost no one there is interested in knowing about, visiting other countries. I've been to over thirty countries, lived in five. I'm capable of adapting to most countries, people, so never a problem for me to live in another country. Keep on the path you are. That most will not take! Preferring the well worn safe route.
The greatest "gift in life" is to find that one person to spend it with. Whether it's a He/He or She/She or Male/Female relationship as long as you find that one person to spend time with, life is special. My greatest accomplishment in life, was finding that one person who I love more than anything else in the world. The Children we had together are the second best accomplishment for sure!!!!
At 83, i regret not doing or trying things. I do not regret anything i tried, learned, experienced.
Thanks much for your comment. Love and best.
I really appreciate how this guy approaches people with an open heart and as equals. He seems to be a genuinely friendly young man. He will hopefully grow old, too. Not everyone does, remember that. Some people do not get to be even 10.
Thank you so much
💯 with you, I've had 3 childhood friends who didn't hv the opportunity to celebrate their thirtieth b/day & one not even her twentieth
“Love is not looking in each other’s eyes, it’s looking together in the same direction” ♥️
Starts with looking into each other's eyes, it leads to your heart and mind taking life's journey together. Endurance is more important than truth because without endurance there can't be any truth. And truth means going to the end like you mean it. That way, death itself comes up short when it grabs. -Henry Charles Bukowski
From the poet Rumi
I'm 65. Your series has helped me reflect and ask myself the questions you ask your guests. What do I regret? I regret not spending more time nurturing a friendship that was important to me. I was busy raising kids on my own. But that's not an excuse. I hope to live a lot more years and always take the time to be there and listen to people around me.
You got this
When you are young you cannot see yourself getting older. Then snap, you're there and you're looking back wondering where time went. A cliche, but you have to make the most of every minute. Wise words in this video from the couple 😮
no matter how well you live your life, old age sucks. I'm 75.
I'm Italian and i'm so proud for that wises words! Love your work man! Respect!
Thank you so much Vincenzo!
As an Italian Living in America my best words of wisdom would be to slow down and smell the roses. When I was younger I was always busy working and always get busy with a lot of other things. I never really slowed down . Life goes by so fast that one day you wake up you're an old man or an old lady. Adopt the slow food movement that was pioneered by the Italians and French. Be grateful for every day good and bad and again most importantly slow down and smell the roses and enjoy the simple things in life.
Thanks much, I agree, so valuable to spend time in quiet contemplation within.
I think learning a new language is one of the best way to make our life better. It is not only beneficial for mental health but help us open the another view.
I’m so happy that this new series has popped up on my YOuTube. At 81 I am conscious of time passing and that the end is coming near, but as I see it, to live every day with something special in it, something to look forward to, take exercise seriously and keep in touch with friends and especially my granddaughter is the best way to be.
It is not the end.. it is moving to a different phase to the next level of existence of beyond what is physical. It is the time when we disembark our bodies to give it back to Mother Earth. The loan that we must repay her. Then move on to something more beautiful.. there is no end.. my greetings 😊
really love that couple.. such a bless that you can stay in a marriage for more than 40 years. they also wear matching outfits, how cute 🥹 the husband seems very patience. the wife is very wise
I turned 60 last year. In 2017 I was in a hospital thinking I was dying. Those 7 days of thinking in that hospital bed made me get out and do things I’ve always wanted to do. I bought myself a mustang convertible. I went to Hawaii and to Havana. The memories of those trips come back to me every time I get into my car. I don’t regret doing those things I regret having to almost die to do the things I really wanted to do.
Just because you're old doesn't make you wise. No regrets, life is an adventure full of ups and downs, twists and turns. You may want to do differently, but living in regret is just an option. Live in Love, acceptance, expansion of all that is ❤
The 80+ year old couple look amazing. That's what I aspire to, if I ever reach that age.
Love listening to what older people have to say. They keep us connected to the world before social media and just simpler times that kept values, principles and morals alive and kicking.
The couple speak incredible English. I adore the Italian culture and wish us English would adopt it more.
One of the most important lessons of this is to hear what they say. They still feel 18-20 inside. You don't change, you are the same person. Your body has fallen apart but you are the same person and it happens so quickly. One day you are young and you turn around and you are middle aged. Turn around again and you are old, but inside you are the same person. You just step back in sadness because you realize that you are deteriorated, old, and undesirable. Priorities change because your position in society changes.
My father always says “el espíritu no envejece.” Your soul never ages….
almost 63, a few years ago i had the opportunity to ask a man in his 90s what his 'life lesson' was. he said "be kind." why we are not is an increasingly important consideration.
Love this content. We should pay more attention to older people. They are a gift.
Thank-you.. We have lived long enough to have learned from our failures and mistakes…We all have them… Mistakes are the best teachers
I love how the old gent is reading a newspaper and not reading news on a phone. In America, I don’t see that anymore. I love it.
Unreal
You don't have think about regrets because otherwise you don't live well! Thank you, this really helped me.
The goal in life is to not have too many regrets and when you make mistakes to learn from them and try to fix damage. That way you are not carrying too heavy a burden. We should net regret too much because everything that has happened in your life is largely decided by circumstance. Hopefully you try to do the best you can with what you have. You can not regret too much of the past because it has made you who you are today. The good and the bad. If you have learned from your experiences and are trying to do better you are on the right path.
Another quality video I've found on KZhead 😊. Realizing your worth is really hard when you are too focused on giving your 100% to others but not giving at least half on yourself.
such beautiful and intelligent elderly Italian people
Sprout ! I’m 62. My mother is 89. I’m fit for fight. Have a wonderfull job being a news TV photographer for 31 years working with all the young people at my TV station. But age make you start thinking. I have so much respect for your channel that you can’t imagine. I could say a lot more. But that´s from the bottom of my heart. Love from Denmark Jesper
Bless everyone.
My wife is exactly like the woman in that couple, albeit, we're 25+ years younger. We'd look forward to you interviewing us when you are about our age now.
God willing 🙏🏽 Best wishes to you & yours 💛
5:38 the old man gave the opinion and how the lady reacted , that's all what it takes for agood marriage, the thing is having fun together , supporting and having a chearfull life is the key to happ y marrage
another good job for this video. very raw, human and organic new subscriber here. BLESSINGS to you more!
I love it that most people nowadays get younger at heart and in their minds. When I was a child in the 1960s, old people were different. At 60, they were old, felt old and wore clothing for old people. And they were very conservative, not accepting other cultures or ways of live, not to speak about sexualities. Even - due to advances in medicine - the bodies work like younger ones.
Not really. I knew lots of people then around 70, even 80, who were still vivacious, very healthy, and living each day to the fullest. And they were interested in other cultures, liked to travel and learn.
i loved these deep and honest answers. such a deep connection can evolve from such a simple question between two strangers. magical. thank you for these insights. I hope to create something similar one day
I’m addicted to your video interviews Will. Keep up the amazing work!
love this content, keep it up
❤❤❤thank you sprouht for making extremely amazing contents for us💖💖💖
From one Will to another---Thanks for posting this.
Love your videos, great thought provoking content. I totally agree with slowing down and just be. I had to move out of the big city of Sydney into a small coastal town to do that. Sea breeze, being close to nature and beaches with little traffic makes so much difference. Love it here now! ❤
I live in Switzerland and I have enough of commuting in overcrowded trains, working in an office in the city and paying crazy rents. I will try to move and work in a small city or a village. Or in the mountains.
Thank you for this content 🙏🏿🤲🏿🤝🏿
Great video!!! I Love their wisdom!!!
What a fun surprise that this was in Italy! I love Italian. Thanks for sharing these beautiful interviews with us❤
I love Italy too, what is your favourite place in italy?
these people have their priorities together- refreshing
Thank you for making this 💕
Amazing video lots of interesting answers take care
Very interesting. Thank you for interviews and for uploading.
There was before knowing this channel and there is now. I feel blessed.
These are the very best videos, so so simple but we learn so much from. You should write a book. Advice from the world's oldest and wisest people. I'm talking Japenese, Italians etc etc.
Love it❤️❤️❤️Please,do more like this!We can learn a lot!✌️🌹❤️😊💯
Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed it and learned from it.
God bless the Italians, I love being Italian.
When you are young, you don’t realize how much baggage you are carrying from your childhood. This contributes to self-sabotage and making choices against your own best interest.
Are you single?.
Hey man. where can I purchase one of those It`s a mindset t-shirts?. They`re awesome. Keep up the good work, your videos are always inspiring and uplifting, food for thought.
This was great!
That 81 / 87 couple looking fresh af
Thanks for sharing. Great video. Rare to see a video with actual value on KZhead. Elderly should be listened to more often. Very refreshing.
Agreed!
Will, These interveiws are going to help me get through a very difficult time, dont know just unexpectedly felt my mind expanded deeply to feel abit better
I got you ❤️
My biggest regret is not giving my son a sibling…it was a lonely childhood for him
I gave my daughter a sibling for the same reason but they are constantly fighting. It doesn’t always goes how you think it will
@@Rapha187 I understand.. I have 2 sisters. One, is my best friend & the other ~not so great
@@Rapha187😂
@Rapha187 Eh. None of my adult friends are close friends with their siblings. I have an older sister and, when we were growing up; she wanted nothing to do with me. 😅
Love your channel!❤
Great interview and advice.
Thats inspiring man ❤
Thank you!
Thank you so much ❤🎉
This is so beautiful and so important
Wow, those people were amazing. Definitely worth listening to 🙌
Interesting. I never really thought how one stays "young in mind" but "old in body"...very interesting.
Amazing! ❤
Bravo! This may be your best video yet.
Thank you so much!
Spending more time with my elders and asking more questions. So many things I don't know about my grandparent and parents. Now I'm the elder and no one is asking me questions. ❤
Bro those are upper middle class or middle class people.If you reach out to the lower or poor,you will hear totally different story.
You can't reach out to the poor, they died under a bridge a while ago.
@@jurgen9568😂 don't be so mean
And what kind of advice could they have told you? How to stay poor? No point.
@@hunpat4916 this is not about poverty all the time. Some might have mental health issues or severe betrayal case too. Still some of them has courage to overcome those situation. That’s my point.
@@AS004-xf4jcthey just look normal people in the central park of Milan, Parco Sempione. A lot of people here are like that... unfortunately young people tend to be much worse off than elderly people here, though.
Amazing content
Just wonderful, my Italian neighbours 🇭🇷 💚🤍❤️
Love it!
It's a real mindset....🙏
Reaction on mind sets during interviews, delivers the so-called 'pop-ups' being the given answer. As a junior retired senior at 71, categorized as follows, there are juniors, senior juniors, junior seniors and real seniors. Being a junior-senior, I also travelled the world. The travels taught me that good conversations with the right people are priceless. That's why I love your interviews....
There are no regrets in life! Life is a school ....we come here to learn and grow ......and most of all experience life on Planet Earth. We all walk on different Paths....but arrive at the same DESTINATION.... Thus we come here to help each other and walk each other HOME!!!😍🥰....Try to be POSITIVE even in a negative situation...... Feel pain...Accept pain and RELEASE!!!......1💖
insightful
Last one just nailed it,,,study,sports,friends, health etc,,
Awesome 👌
love your content! this is something that younger people should watch.
The youngs are busy tik tokking 😂
Apparently love is also never letting your husband speak.
He was shy to speak because his English isn't very good.
What a beautiful culture and people.
Amazing life journey from Italy 🇮🇹 ❤️
"Italians still have a meal together".
Your program is supper. Speck with life😊
I can got something to learn from you the difference between being alone & a being family in every content since I watched you..... cheers 😊
Hey sprouht! Once again nice video and inspiring! May I ask if you have a new cutter. Now the cuts are very TikTok-like and before you just kept people speaking, gives me more peace and the video is ‚slower‘ and better to watch. Thanks again !
Sound advice - 🌸
Yes, young peoples love of money, buying expensive things to be happy, impress others, enough is never enough, following others, no original thoughts, quick fixes that fix nothing permanently, drink, drugs, lying, cheating to get what they want, be popular, fit it!
Agreeing to this interview.....
I just love these vids. ❤
Are you single?.
These are deep questions and produce good thoughtful responses.
are you single?,
They speak the truth.Think about what you do,take all the consequences in consideration.That way will have less regrets.
The more you travel the more you learn that's gold advice right there
Agreed!
When he said"that is my opinion".❤
Such a beautiful language. They look so much younger than their age. Their muscle time is envied. I can't believe that lady runs and dies gymnastics at her age. Lovely video. ❤
Bless us oldies 😊
I am a 69 year old Italian woman and this one touched my heart. Thank you.
Are you single?
The 80+ couple are just fabulous. At 77 they help me see being old isn't so bad. Perhaps it's different if one still has a partner.x
Being old is most definitely bad.....illness, loneliness, little money, friends all dead, physical ailments that keep coming. You have to be tough to age and it isn't for everyone. Trouble really starts around seventy for those in the western and European countries who are asymptomatic of disease. One day you're at the racetrack, the next you're in the hospital. And so it goes......
@@peterandreadakis3851one day at a time, tomorrow may not come