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<strong>Rock</strong>s <strong>Stars</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aging</strong><br />
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SPIRITUALITY<br />
44: Centenarians Are Spiritual and Pray<br />
“What’s the secret to life? Belief in God. And don’t you forget it.” --<br />
Harold Rotenberg 104-year-old artist<br />
We have never met a centenarian atheist and we have interviewed<br />
many centenarians who attribute their longevity exclusively to faith.<br />
Most centenarians attend church regularly and pray daily. Recent<br />
surveys, including one from Evercare, indicate that 62 percent <strong>of</strong><br />
centenarians surveyed pray, meditate or engage in spiritual activity<br />
daily.<br />
“I do a lot <strong>of</strong> praying,” 109-year-old Ruth Hamilton told us. “I don’t<br />
know where Heaven is but there’s something good about praying.<br />
Life is a wonderful thing if you know God. If you don’t have God, you<br />
got nothing.”<br />
Faith provides relief from stress <strong>by</strong> relinquishing the pressures <strong>of</strong> the<br />
day to a higher power. It also provides social connection to a<br />
community <strong>of</strong> believers.<br />
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