This Simple Concept Will Change How You Think About the Future 

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I lost my wife a few months ago, house fire in the middle of the night. It went so bad so fast. We went to sleep together but she never woke up. It was so violent and so fast and from nowhere my life changed forever. I miss her so much It hurts every day. Please remember to hug your loved ones.

Not worrying about what I cannot control has become a practice that I both suceed at, and fail at.

Thanks for the encouragement, I just got fired from my job.

My mother passed away just five days ago. I found out via phone call with my step-father. I had just been with her two hours prior. I had hugged her, told her I loved her, and headed to my college campus, completely unaware that was the last time I would ever see her alive. All I can say at this point is that life goes on and my world and its struggles are wholly different from another's- something I find somewhat beautiful. No matter how absolutely devastating my life may be, people still laugh, people still smile, people still live, perhaps entirely unaware of the acute pain I experience. I have found comfort and solace in this idea. As well, I've acquired a newly-compounded sense of consideration for others. I can never know what others are experiencing, so I tread lightly, keeping in mind the pain I go through now and the potential pain another may be going through that I could never truly know. Life is so strange and beautiful. Hug each other, love each other. We can never really be sure what may happen next.

I have anxiety disorder - I'm also highly sensitive to things. It sucks. But I often reach a place of absurdity. Where I feel so much of everything else that I cease to matter. And in an odd way it's peaceful. I matter to the people in my life but that is fleeting because they are fleeting. When you step to the edge of the void, sometimes it's fun just to dance.

I came across a quote once, "Everything will be okay in the end. If its not okay, then its not the end." Absolutely true!

I just turned 47, lost both my parents, and a single mom. I wish this video existed when I was young but REALLY found this useful now. After you lose a parent, you think about stuff, when you lose both, you realize your own mortality. This is the first time I’ve felt soothed and at peace. ❤❤❤ THANK YOU

This too shall pass. And then some other bullsh@t will come and take its place. It NEVER FUC*ING ends! Have a great day!

Change will come as change does. Nothing is immune to change. I had depression for many years and after each hardship, loss or death, I allowed myself a little time to wallow in the adversity. Then the inevitable happens again - change. Nothing can last forever in a lifetime of change. Even suffering is tempered by change. Joy is a moment of not-sadness. Change can only free you from the present Now. ❤

Anxiety and fear of bad situations, loses, or unpleasant outcomes that haven't happened yet, or might not happen, is perhaps one of the most ridiculous and potentially destructive irrational humans experience. We will die. We know this. One day we won't be here and the process of dying may not be pleasant or fast, for us. Life is finite. Every moment of that life we spend worrying about what hasn't happened yet is pointless. I know that death will have its day, but it's not this day, and I won't overpay Death for what it doesn't own.

Worrying won't change the outcome.

Being alive gives you the sense of being separated from the universe and is full of suffering in order to appreciate being one again with the universe upon your return.

We don't get better or stronger as aging, we just don't give a shit anymore

Heard this yesterday: Everything will be ok if you are ok with everything.

For some reason I cried when you said everything will be okay. I want someone to yell at me that everything will be okay so loud that I forget to hear the silence all around....

Wow... Sitting in a train from work and had to keep it together to not let a tear off. This video is beautifully narrated and touches on a deep note. Thank you! ❤

I swear that I have to be in the right state of mind in order to watch your videos🖐️

One of the possible dangers of growing older is that everything in the present has the potential to link to a memory, and if your emotional compas is aligned "due gloomy," it increases any exsisting depression. Thank you for the reminder that enlightenment is not achieved but strived for, something to remember at any age.

No amount of my words can not even begin to encapsulate the profound impact of your words. Thank you truly.

So be like a Jedi, and travel through life with no attachments. Ride your canoe on the river of life, do your best to avoid the rocks, and appreciate the scenery as you flow down-river. Most of all, don't think about the waterfall at the end of your journey. You're not there yet, so worrying about the eventual end just casts a shadow over the brightness you currently enjoy.

I lost both of my parents recently. Life was fine when I wasn't aware that they were gone. Oh well, someone will surely find them.

Shoppenhauer said that this is a planet of pain. I disliked that view but It has proven to be very true. I lost my son 8 years ago………it was the most painful episode of my life but also the most transformative. 8,000 plus hours of study later and I have been given the gift of knowledge and the deepest love and appreciation that I never knew was possible. All of the info in this video was in my study-I now have numerous lenses in which to view this experience called life. Blessings!

The title is what my inner voice says to me when i'm worrying about something

"11. Never say of anything, 'I have lost it'; but, 'I have returned it.' Is your child dead? It is returned. Is your wife dead? She is returned. Is your estate taken away? Well, and is not that likewise returned? 'But he who took it away is a bad man.' What difference is it to you who the giver assigns to take it back? While he gives it to you to possess, take care of it; but don't view it as your own, just as travelers view a hotel." - The Enchiridion By Epictetus.

Everything will be okay in the end . If it's not okay then it's not the end . - John Lennon

You are so good, SO GOOD. Thank you for creating.

Just last night my brother was mrdered. The pain I’m feeling is inexplicable but i remain unfazed by the natural ebbs and flows of life

just the reassuring title i needed in my recomended today lol

Thumbs up for all of you, doing a great job with this channel! Your videos are so realistic, inspiring!

People always tell me “Don’t worry.. things only get better.” I know it’s a lie or cooing mechanism because there are gonna be far worse things to come in the near futures. Family sickness and death.. pain.. etc

Which seeker who has walked the diverse paths of life has not experienced circumstances that conspire to emphatically declare that 'All is certainly not well!' A person's sky constantly changes between light and darkness.

This video was freaking awesome! As I've been saying for years: life basically sucks, so grab onto the good stuff.

To those who have lost everything and are living at the mercy of others, we can endure, but only for so long. It's hard to keep trying and just keep getting kicked down, further and further. Thanks for the words of encouragement, but ...

I needed this video right now.

I feel like im hanging on a thread as thin as slices up a hair, then below me is an infinity abyss of a sea, then people pulling my legs telling me is better to just come down, drown with them, then crowd of people running in hurry to cut the thread that i have been hanging on to with my right hand. The skies always dark and raining, screams of cries and shouts keep overlapping surrounding me. I woke up suddenly im in a ballroom full of happy people dancing and laughing but below me people are screaming and only I can hear them. God, if I can choose, I seriously wish to never born, what do I give to turn that way. I'm not suitable to be alive or exists

I have shared this with everyone I am close too, thank you. It is wonderful to know that what you think and feel is felt by another. That it is possible to hold dichotomous beliefs at the same time. That your emotions thoughts and feelings are meaningless because you are intrinsically an eternal part of the all, and yet you and they are so meaningful, because you are creating and experiencing the expansion of the universe and conscious eternal love, life, itself. How magical ❤❤❤❤

Wow. Thank you for this video.

I often have to tell myself that these are "the good ol' days" when things feel right because any moment it can all go away.

Thanks for the encouragement, I was about to commit to it.

I love your videos, they never feel like dogma or sophistry/casuistry. Plus, the lessons are always explained with respect for nuance and that we shouldn't try to fully embody ideas unrealistically. Stay awesome!

My mother died a few months ago. She used to call me every weekend. I live alone and the phone has stopped ringing and no-one calls me. Life is strange.

I was in a terrible car wreck 30+ years ago that left me disabled, and homeless. My life has been fear and fright since. Homelessness is near again, I'm destitute, and old. I watch wildlife run in fear as their habitats disappear, I watch as pets are set free or sent to shelters as their owners become homeless or die, I watch the oceans and their habitats decay, ... I was secure at one time, but broken promises, theft, and lies took everything from me. All life suffers like tears in the rain.

I'm pretty sure I cannot control my perceptions. A perception is something like - the sky is blue, I notice the ball is bouncing, that sort of thing. I can control my interpretation of perceptions, but not my perceptions.

It will be in MY simulation ✨💆🏾‍♀️✨ Love your work 🙏🏾

I’ve already been terribly depressed these last 3 or 4 months, oh well

Thanks so much for this wonderful video!

0:45 that actually explains why i feel paralyzed in my life. i have crippling anxiety day to day and this kinda makes sense tbh..

I'm so tired of life why am i here? Why would i come to a place like this? Who are u people

Worrying (as opposed to planning and preparing) actually never helps anything.

Insane perspective: thank you.

There are no happy endings. The best you can hope for is a happy beginning and a pretty good middle. Because in the end, you die.

Hi Robert! Amazing video as always! I was wondering if I could give you a suggestion. I have a friend who introduced me to your channel (she's been a subscriber for almost four years now) and she's been interested in Philosophy her whole life. She hasn't taken classes or gone to college to study because she is deaf, and unfortunately, the places she could go to attend classes have a huge delay in providing a sign language interpreter. Because of that, she relies on RU-vid and books to satisfy her curiosity for knowledge and keep learning. That's why I was wondering if you could provide subtitles for your videos (because the RU-vid-generated ones are quite difficult for her to understand most of the time). You could even have them on your website. Please don't take this the wrong way; it's just an idea. Once again, we thank you for your videos and the quality of your content! I hope you have an amazing weekend!

Today a friend told me he had to quickly leave res for home. The hum of anxiety spiked and I remained worried... expecting the worst. He just sent a video, in which he is having a nice time. Surreal sorta timing thia video.

Thank you for this video

Thanks man , I been hearing you lately

THANKS MOM

HV been waiting thanks

The bottom line is `What doesn't kill you makes you stronger' if you want to become stronger that is.

Thanks for reminding me ☹️

For some reason, this is equally reassuring as if everything was gonna be ok

Thank you ❤

I really enjoyed this touching and thought provoking video!💯

Before he changed the title of the video, it was Don't worry, Everything won't be okay.

Action cures fear, I have lived by this maxim and it has changed my life of worrying.

I used to think a lot about these questions in the past but it's much less painful to try to ignore them though, the less you care about things the less you worry about losing them, so you keep distracting yourself to not suffer before the inevitable comes.

Maravilhosa - e olha que nem deu tempo de contar o tanto de pessoas que você ajudou e ajuda 😊❤ Exemplo de vida, parabéns!

To be happy and see things go wrong means you loved something, youre doing something right keep going hun😊

Great Video! Thank you.

I needed this

Thank you.

Aye, cheers for this

Another great video my guy!

The Beautiful Beings of Gaia would like to thank Pursuit of Wonder for your service. We are forever grateful.

Watching this while high. It’s word salad, but I’m terrified. Thank you. 🎉

In addition to controlling the way we interpret and respond to our experience, we can also control what we pay attention to. This is huge but we usually act like robots on autopilot. Those are the only 3 things we can control but we have to do it on purpose in order to make use of this purpose - Free will is an action. If you aren't really present, you have effectively no free will. I like the concept of anti-fragility or actually profiting from untoward events as opposed to resilience and robustness. Nice graphics.

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I know all of this. So do you and everyone else. There isn't anything new in world that hasn't already been said in some old book or script. Yet we still struggle. I know all of this and yet I struggle with not worrying about things I can't control. I am a private school teacher and my school is getting sold and it'll be demolished. I'm about to become unemployed in 3 months. The landlord called yesterday and he says he'll raise the rent by 300% or we get evicted. I'm gonna take an exam to get into a government school in my country but the 3 stage exam is in june and august and god knows when the results will come and I don't even know whether I'll get into a gov school or not. If I do, I'll have to move once again into another city. Everything is utterly a mistery and that's the cause of my misery. All of this unknown is making me paralyzed. I don't know what course of action I should be taking. Today I had a great dinner with my mom. I wanted to enjoy it despite everything. I looked at her and hugged her, thinking no matter what happens I just love her and it's ok. I know nothing's worse than losing someone you love and I try to live knowing that, but still it doesn't make those facts I listed go away. I'm still struggling financially and I have to support her, I have to find another job probably, have to find a house during economic crisis and no matter what job I find, it'll not be enough to pay both the rent and bills. I still have to take that test for a better position but I can't even collect my mind to study among all this.

This video is amazing. You spoke to me

I like the faceless animation! Worry is just fear. There's not a problem to be dealt with because it hasn't happened yet.

Just what I need

What a video. thanks.

My results will be in 4 days, one year of work . This video came at right time

DOES THE TITLE AND THUMBNAIL KEEP CHANGING AND THE VIDEO STAYING THE SAME OR AM I LOSING MY MIND?

Excellent!

Imagine a world. In this imagined world, upon reaching a certain age, individuals are presented with a profound choice: to evaluate the worth of their lives and decide whether to continue existing or to opt for non-existence. Our existence isn't a result of our own conscious decisions, but rather the outcome of our parents' actions, driven by their primal instincts. We are brought into this world not by our own volition, but by the desires of our progenitors. The truth is, we lack agency in our own creation; we cannot choose to exist before birth, and once born, the option to choose is no longer available. I believe that if we are not given the autonomy to choose our existence, we should, at the very least, have the fundamental right to choose our non-existence. This should be regarded as a basic human right, honoring our desire to escape the inevitable tragedies of life. Considering the possibility of infinite universes, it stands to reason that in at least one of them, governments would recognize and uphold this right for every individual. Unfortunately, we find ourselves in a reality where such recognition is absent. In the face of perpetual sorrow, could it not be seen as an act of mercy to grant us the freedom to depart peacefully?

I think an underrated response to anxiety, is the act of courage as delineated in “Courage to Be”, a short book by the German existentialist theologian, Paul Tillich. Stoicism tells us to, essentially, have faith in the “laws of nature”. Tillich would say to summon courage in the face of meaninglessness. Nietzsche’s message was the same, “He has heart who knows fear, but vanquishes it; who sees the abyss, but with pride. He who sees the abyss, but with eagle's eyes,- he who with eagle's talons grasps the abyss: he has courage.”.

Thank you, today is a terrible day. I feel a little better but I might still hang out with some C monoxides later. Sometimes the bad times are just overwhelming & I'm exhausted.

My hope is so nonexistent it’s admittedly surprising, of course my life compared to others is pretty good, but as for the things collectively society, all I see is the dystopia we continue to march towards it ultimately won’t matter what we do or don’t do but hey maybe I’m just a doomer… I thoroughly enjoy this channel, these videos the way they’re crafted is huge inspiration to me.

This is really what I needed there last few weeks I've been so anixety over my health and what could go wrong, how I could kust be done any second due to system inside and or outside. Being present, breathing and being happy that I'm still aware of the sunrise each day, the birdsong. The yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery but today is a present..

The past is gone and the future uncertain, there is only the Now. ♾️

As a regular listener and overthinker just wanted to ask you about how these knowledge have affected you in your daily life? Also love your videos😊

Thank you

Absolutely captivating! Your exploration of 'The Paradox of Anxiety' brilliantly articulates the intricate relationship between awareness and its potential pitfalls. As a fellow creator delving into similar themes on my RU-vid channel, I deeply appreciate the depth of insight you've provided here. Your ability to navigate such complex topics with clarity and wisdom is truly inspiring. Keep up the exceptional work

Thanks

Recognize the things we can and cannot change? Sure. Sounds great, thanks. I’ll get right on that.

Your best yet 👍🏻

Most of us with anxiety and depression have a rough life

Good days and bad days, happiness and sadness like the sun and the moon. They come and go, all we need to do is survive until we see the good day come.

Accept & surrender to the fact that life is difficult. No one ever said this would be a cakewalk, so no matter what, GET STRONGER EVEN IF OR UNTIL IT OFFS YOU! The other choice is to lay down & ⚰️ ... Your call.