By Mallory Mattingly
Kathie Lee Gifford found the secret to thriving in her 70s, and it’s a lesson we all should take to heart.
While at the QVC’s TikTok Super Brand Day on May 14, Gifford spoke with Fox News Digital about the Age of Possibility and what it means to her.
“Maybe something different than it is to a lot of women who think ‘Are there any possibilities left for me?'” Gifford began. “And they have a sense of despair — some of them — a little sense of well, ‘What am I here for anymore?’”
“But I’ve always had purpose in my life,” she continued. “I’ve been solid and just steadfast. I’ve tried to be a believer in Almighty God, and if I wake up every morning, that means — I’ve got a pulse. That means He has got a purpose for me, and that’s what I try to do is listen to His voice. Figure out what that purpose is, and go about it holding His hand.
“And not getting ahead of Him because I can’t do it without Him,” Gifford added. “I can’t breathe without Him and never had a day in my life when I thought I could. I’m grateful for that. I’m grateful that I came to that kind of faith early on in life. I don’t know what I would have turned out to be in Hollywood if I hadn’t been rooted in my faith. Right, wrong, immoral, moral. I mean, it saved me from a lot of despair.”
When Kathie Lee Gifford turned 50, she was still “busy” raising small children, Cody, now 35, and Cassidy, 31. Her work with Regis Philbin on LIVE! WITH REGIS AND KATHIE continued until 2000, and and she worked with Hoda Kotb on TODAY until 2019.
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But time keeps moving, and this past year, Gifford turned 71.
“I know it’s hard to believe,” she said. “There are things in my body I’m not happy about. But I’ve got a brand new book coming out. I’ve got three movies I’m writing and producing with my son. What else am I doing? I’ve got two new grandchildren coming. I will have five under the age of three in three years.”
She continued: “I mean, if you live in the past, you’re gonna die there. If you just concentrate on what you’ve lost in your life, you’re going to miss out on what you still have. And God wants you to be grateful. Not enough grateful people in this world, you know? There just aren’t.”
As she continues to age, Kathie Lee Gifford’s focus is on God, gratitude and giving back.
“I don’t know how much time the Lord has me still on this earth, but for whatever time it is I pray that I would be useful…that I would be kind and helpful, and loving to people,” Gifford said last year. “I am a strong woman, but I’m a woman who for 60 years has been trying to do godly work, trying to do the right thing, trying to love people, [and] trying to represent the kingdom of God.”
No matter her age, Gifford will do all she can to live a strong and healthy life. She continues to remain active and involved with her family as much as she can. But most importantly, Gifford relies heavily on her faith in God to sustain her and carry her daily.
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