Life Lessons From 100-Year-Olds

We asked three unique and lovely centenarians what their most valuable life lessons were, and also their regrets.

The conversations that followed were remarkable. They talked about the importance of family, people, relationships and love. Their view on life, as an elderly citizen with a lot of experience is truly an inspiration and motivation. Enjoy the video! And please let us know what your thoughts are!

Wonderful and special thanks to: Cliff Crozier (1915-2020), John Denerley (1914-2018), Emelia Tereza Harper (1913) , Leslie Masters, Ruby Martin, The Birchwood Grange.

#centenarians #bluezones

Agency: LifeHunters
Executive producer: LifeHunters
Producer: Marcel IJzerman
UK Producer: Anna Snowball
Director: Chris de Krijger
Script: Marcel IJzerman / Chris de Krijger
Camera: Marcel IJzerman
Sound recording: Tjeerd Melchers
Interviews: Anna Snowball
Editor: Marcel IJzerman
Sound engineering: Tjeerd Melchers
Music: Federico Durand

[venl]

'' We all have two lives. The second one begins when we realise that we only have one. ''

[stephenscott]

"I don't have many failures. If I make a cake and it fails, it becomes a pudding."

-Cliff Crozier

[pauldad]

"I'm a hundred and two and a half." What a great, positive and humourous outlook they have. Just lovely.

[cameronjohn]

I started a conversation with an older gentleman at the gym the other day. I like talking to people and have been into the gym for 20 years now. I'm 37. I knew this guy was older but when he told me he had just celebrated his 95th birthday I was shocked. That is by far the oldest person I have seen lifting weights and in such shape. So cool.

He told me his son died at 52 and he outlived his wife. Then he said what I was seriously hoping for. He asked if I would go for a coffee with him sometime. It was literally the cutest thing in the world. He said the following:

"You have no idea how much you made my day by talking to me, thank you."
"When you get to my age there aren't many people left you know."
"Most people just pass you by."

It was heart warming seriously people.

I shared that cool story because as younger people we don't feel the way they do. The world still sees us. Heck, sometimes we get so much attention we want people to actually leave us alone!! lol. I know I do sometimes.

Most cultures hold their elders in very high regard, we should all hold them there.

Try to talk to these lovely people whenever you can. Just say hello if nothing else, you will almost always receive a warm smile.

Cheers

[RyanBuchananJ]

"I don't have many failures. If I bake a cake and I fail, it becomes a pudding." That was so simple yet so beautiful.

[stefan]

"If I make a cake and it fails, it becomes a pudding."

Now that's a life motto.

[blackdog]

" I don't have many failures. If I'm baking a cake and it goes wrong it becomes a pudding ..." . A priceless metaphore for how to live our lives. Thank you.

[bose]

I really felt this. I'm 17 now, making plans for my life, wanting to chase money and success, being great and change the world, becoming important in a wider meaning. But when I see such things, when people who have already lived tell me what living really is like, I think I'm completely missing the point: I just want to be happy, and live a happy and fulfilling life. And when I'll be old I think it won't matter if I had been rich or if my life plans had gone right, I will only care about how I really lived my life.
Thank you for sharing your stories, teaching us these life lessons.


Should definitely talk more with my grandparents...

[MaikaRose]

I'm a hundred and two...and a half...*childlike smile*

The pure joy.

[Rusell]

that first man was looking pretty fresh for a 101 year old!

[the-chipette]

Mr. Crozier passed away in 2020. What a lovely soul. 💐

[np]

Cliff walked more rapidly than I can. Seems all of them shared one thing: Loving parents.

[icypee]

"It always pleases me though that I can keep robbing the government with my pension." Legends don't die.

[spodreman]

"be independent, but don't be reluctant to ask for help"
Why didn't I ever find him earlier?

[nathanrutherford]

As a 92 year old man... I love this video... I am American but I understand these folks very much...

[frenchfrysz]

I talked with my neighbor who was 97 years old. He was becoming incredibly frail and I would see him sit outside with his walker. I would join him whenever I saw him outside, and he would talk about his experiences in Poland and being a child prisoner, and his experience in the RAF as a radar operator during WW2, also how he came to the USA and started a family. That man really lived a life that I will never come close to experiencing. He passed away about this time last year and I was really glad that I sat and talked with him. We both share the same first name and heritage, I only knew him for about a year and I miss him.

[joshsmoovo]

When the man took out his iPad it was the cutest thing

[markashd]

this is the kind of video I want to see in my recommended, not some click bait rubbish.

[cristinabrown]

I’m 25 years old and I’m always worrying about the future and regret a lot of my past but watching this has moved something in me that was so beautiful and i’m thankful. I’ll keep this video near so i can look to when I’m feeling down.

[shaunz]

6:35 "I don't have many failures, If I'm making a cake and it fails it becomes a pudding." - It's this mindset which has brought him a long & happy life.