We See It Too Late - Robin Williams On The Fragile Meaning Of Life 

So true sometimes I feel like goals and how to go about reaching them couldn't be further apart

So profound Only my family makes me less so.

Or make you wish you were alone because of your shame

Yeah, I totally get that.

This is a line from a movie Robin did. Not a quote from Robin himself.

Just dropping in ,to say I love your name 'I know exactly who you are". Blessings from New Zealand, UNITY IN DIVERSITY, TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER.

Well said!

Yep, there’s probably some truth in that

Thats so true 100% am like that myself..X

SO TRUE 😑

Robin who. Oh yeah, him

You need to broaden your horizons.

@@deemika 🥱

@@battle_promaster3631 My comment was directed at karin, not you.

Jesus Christ was a gift to humanity.. Robin Williams was a quitter who took his own life instead of trusting God.. You won't learn anything worthwhile from that guy

no, it was the instance where he realizes the dementia is getting worse so he hurried back home and ingested the pills

He killed himself depsite the pain he knew that would inflict on those who loved him. Selfish.

@@PhuquerkProductions Is that written anywhere, spoke of?

What a horrible thing to say

what a horrible thing to do @@buahburke9912

I wish it was that easy. Its hard to be nice to someone who makes you feel heartbroken and unwanted. Someone who uses you, only gives 50% but expects you to give 100%. Someone who knows that everytime you see their name on your phone, your heart skips a beat. I miss Robin Williams. He always seemed genuine and comfortable to be around. Sucks he felt so alone.

Anyone ever need to talk about your battles.. im all ears 💪🏾✊🏽👊

@@johnnyringo4463 i've heard the youtube comment section is a good substitute for therapy. Let me know how it works out

Change your Mind-sets and your life will chsnge but its up to YOU.

@@aomoxomoa3658 You sure come across as an asshole mate. Why make that comment other than to just insult someone? On a Robin Williams memorial video no less. You oughta be ashamed.

I hope that he is in a better place too❤❤❤

He is in a better place- the cosmotic land of NO PAIN.

@@dealerdave69 "And that's the way it is." WALTER CRONKITE

He is now a star in the night sky. I feel like when people die the become a star in the sky thats why there is so many.

The problem is that we suffer more when we feel everything around us. It enables us to give ourselves up until there is no spark left

Life is pointless, a absolute pointless horror trip!

I'm sorry for all of your pain

​@@patriciavandevelde5469 I used to think this. I now have a son and that is my point.. to some point you are correct. But while I am alive and he is alive.. my point is to just be there for this pointless trip

Sorry for your loss.

@@michaelmorris9575bingo 💯

Yes he sure was

I can't believe it's been seven years already. Feels like yesterday 😞

I miss him still but so grateful for the laughs, lessons, love, light & memories

Suicides are destined for hell from what I understand. It's a sad shame. I hope God has mercy on him.

@@razial5745 The poor man suffered from a horrible type of dementia, and he didn't even know it. I don't believe God would be so cruel.

I feel the same way. I think about him often. His passing makes no sense.

Stay Strong, Fred.

In 75 years worth of watching fucked up shit happen every single day Robin's death is top of the list!?!?🤔🤦🤡

@@sarahelmore3147 that's how impactful Williams was to him. And just how important Williams was. Says a lot, huh.

You are the same age as my mom...not quite as old as my father at 83, but a magical thing happens when you pass a certain threshold we all become peers. My parents introduced me to Robin in the 70s, coming off of happy days...I was a wee child then, X-gen is what you'd call me, but I still had time to grow up with him and look at him as a father figure, through pop eye to the world according to garp.....to everything...he touched this kid in the 70s to now a middle aged adult in current times and I will never forget him

❤

Williams did not commit suicide because he was "depressed" or "sad". He had 2 specific, brain-degenerating diseases leading up to his death: Parkinson's disease and Lewy Body Dementia. It was agony and he suffered from terrifying hallucinations. His brain was literally misrepresenting reality to him by the time he killed himself. His brain was deteriorating and as his wife has said, at the time he killed himself, Lewy Body Dementia could have been "telling" him anything to lead him to do it - or he simply couldn't handle the torture of it anymore. He was not "sad" - his brain was literally falling apart. His wife said that leading up to the time they found him, his brain was making him see literal monsters crawl up from the floor to kill him. He died terrified, hallucinating and in agony. Not "depression". I know it's a lot easier for people to think he was just "sad" - but that's not what happened. His brain was eating itself from two degenerative diseases.

SO, SO TRUE!

People dont understand that comedians for the most part arent happy people they are sad lonely people they find away to come out of a dark place through comedy

@@redadamearth This is was a big misunderstanding most people think he died because of depression involving cocaine and alcohol. The fact that your brain can switch up on you like that is crazy.

@@ricardodelacrvz1400 crazy is a delicate word- it can happen to anyone ✌️

I am so glad you didn't say was even though you could have.

Only twice in my life have I ever seen an orb of light in the dark. The first time was when I turned to God in a moment of great fear. That amazing orb helped me get through my ordeal, and the next time was nearly a year later when I was watching Robin in Peter Pan. I thought to pray for him and asked God to forgive him if he ever did anything wrong, to let him be in heaven. I then said thank you to him for being the first time in my life where I believed in magic. And at that very moment, it came again. Idk if it was an Angel, or maybe his soul, or just an acknowledgement. But it seems to me like he's okay, and in a much better place.

@@narsakucanada154 Thanks for sharing 👍🏼

Undoubtedly. He was light and love, and he was the friend we never got to meet. "Oh Captain! My Captain!"💔~APRIL LIPKE

We are all beings of light. The light lives inside of us, but we know it not..

*2024

@frankieperez2404 lol the ironc thing is I pulled someone up for the same thing 😂 🤣 😅

peace is inside everyone. God put it there

No one is good but God!

@@brandonow82 inappropriate and taken out of context. God is perfect people are not but they can still be considered good or acceptable

Couldn’t agree more , kindness gentleness and above all lovingness cost nothing but will enrich your life . More importantly it will enrich those around you .

I don’t believe in god , I hope those that do take strength from it . It’s just a personal thing . I put all my faith in to my wife and 2 children. I also try and be the kindest version of me I can be .. I don’t need a god to do that I just need a soul

Agree. Him and Steve Irwin to me can never be replaced.

Amen, yes indeed....... It sure does!! I think it will hurt.......forever...

I met him once in the early 80's. Our store didn't have what he was looking for, even then he was ahead of his time. But we had a nice chat, he seemed like a nice man. But then, while I was ringing up his purchase, he began to spontaneously perform with funny noises, silly voices and rapid fire jokes. I never asked for autograph because I wouldn't want people to bother me if I were recognizable. I wish I'd told him that he was good enough just the way he was. I miss him, and my life has so many synchronicities with his its quite ridiculous. My co-workers told me he came back in a couple of weeks later when I wasn't working. I'll never know why. Wish I had time to talk to him more

✌\m/✌

Dec2021, sure need him

nope, we are all unique.

He was a legend

Indeed

Such a fantastic Human being🌹

I hope for the sake of the world soul that you are wrong, because we need a 'Robin Williams' or 3, more so now then ever before. Actually Gabriel Iglesias (and others) goes a fair way to filling that role now that I think about it. He might not be as manic as Robin was, but he makes the day better, just by listening to one of his sets.

He is here with us. You will see him soon. Yes, he is alive

I wish he had randomly dialed a number and got me......I would have helped him. 😥

​@@spotlightofficial788 IF WANNA GET DOWN.. down on the ground... Song should be, IF YOU WANNA GET EARLY PARKINSON'S AND DIE SHAKING ON THE FLOOR.. COCAINE!! Live fast, die young and burn up into a phoenix. that's what he did. He never hid his cocaine addiction. And there are plenty of studies that link cocaine and Parkinson's disease. So no my friend, you probably couldn't have done anything for a 63 year old life time alcoholic and cocaine addict but enjoy what he put out into the universe.

@@chrischris5510 Interesting comment. He was friends with Christopher Reeves and saw what happened to him and Reeve's strong spirit. I didn't think he was still a cocaine addict at 63 and he presumably clean---maybe not, maybe he relapsed? Is that what you're saying? Don't assume RW knew the connection between cocaine and parkinsons. RW never struck me as truly self destructive. Just the opposite really. I think he was so sad and that's partly why he was the clown. I have seem people completely ignore RW serious side in interviews and just wanted him to be funny ALL THE TIME. Like Oprah or almost anyone who interviewed him. It's like only a few people closest to him really knew him or saw who he really was. That's sad.

@@chrischris5510 Compassion comes to mind. But thanks for the reality check.

100%

for me, it was my father, Robin was weak

angel dear, when you are gods light, it because god makes you an angel...men cannot know gods light unless they have already been to heaven once already

or unless they find it along the way

Im him. I feel his heart 🥺💔

DITTO!

@deborahc.. That is beautiful & so true.

Mork from Ork. Thanks for making me smile

Even though you moved in with my highschool crush. Mindy. It's all good I remember belly laughing at your shows and any guests appeardence.

at 70 robin impacted mylife. i put on my checks "it's to Bad that whats right in life is what's left after you do every thing else wrong" hope i got that correct. no one ever got that

Beautifully said

Is it nearly ten years!? I remember when i heard of his death when i was young and i felt so upset cuz he was the genie of the lamp for me and ever since i heard of his death i wanted to see more of his movies. "the fisher king" being one of my favourites. He was and always will be an inspriational figure for so many people

Same here…

yeah but he didn't end his life, THEY made it look that way cause him and the lead singer of Linkin park were both gonna make public of the pedophilia in Hollywood and they got ended because of it.

🤗💫

Passed?? Oh, you mean when he strangled himself on a doorknob ? Whatever.

Channeling is what I believe happens when I open myself to give

Well said!

I absolutely love this comment.

❤❤❤❤❤

I love this!

Well said. Truly a beautiful sweet compassionate intelligent magnificent. (hairy) man

Amen Chris. 🙏♥️

This is beautiful xxx

🙏 Robin wait for us, we will all be there soon.

@@doyoulovehimloretta1607 his energy helped model us, I am sure our energy will find his again. We just need to keep positive and be there for others but above all else, be kind to ourselves. I will never stop trying to find my purpose, just as our sweet Robin never stopped. Stay safe Patty x

His death hit home with me.I was taking care my dear husband who also died from Lewy Body Dementia . Heart shredding. Five years and it feels like yesterday. I loved them both, gentle beautiful souls.

Me too!

I actully cried upon hearing of Robin's death, he really did so much for me as I was growing up. The only other celebrity death that affected me was Alex Trebek's. In fact, they both still affect me, as they both have made an impact on my life. Tearing up as I type this...

You were indeed a very deep thinker and soul. You used comedy to spread your message.!

Robin williams, is in heaven, I KNOW HE IS< GOD KNOWS WHOS GOOD>>>YOU THINK GOD WOULDNT HAVE ROBIN THERE....COME ON!

Wow, what a wonderful comment you wrote

Wow! I totally feel that same way it’s like I knew him without meeting him😟

I love your words here

@@lillymay9488 You said it. I'm 51 so I was there from Mork & Mindy onward, and it was like losing a friend.

My dad passed away in 2014 & a few months later Robin passed away...my heart broke for the man that was my dad & for the man I grew up watching as a kid that always made me laugh when I was having a bad day. Robin's death made me realize that the world will never be the same. I don't usually cry over people I don't know, but I did for Robin. I felt that void too. We love you Robin Williams. May you find peace!💜

Beautifully Said 💖💖💖

80s child here. He was happiness and wonder.

You are not alone my Friend , nobody is alone at this Planet. Mork from Ork

Much love to you precious!

The Lessons of Life are realy Bad , but that is the Quest of finding to yourself and to be you . I was Depressed too ,because of all the sickness and Bad Politics, and i can read in Faces , my whole Life , and Politics are Most Not saying the Truth , and i cant understand why.

I hope you'll be ok, I believe in you

@Video Games See IT AS Gift or State of Concenis but you are not ill. Your Brain cant Work with the Truth , that is why Most Peoples Brain tillt by many Openmindet Real Facts.

that sounds like me.

@@2girls1cup36 hope you find happiness. Take care of yourself! Find someone who you listen to, that is willing to listen back without criticism.

Yuppers!

@@2girls1cup36 Yuppies! Too

Is so true!!! 💚

🥰ALWAYS🥰

Those are big facts. He puts a smile on my daughters face as well. I refuse to let the work of this legend die die.

We were fortunate.☺️

☺️YESSS

Same . Your doing good 😊

@@RebeccaWCsknowledge thank you soo much. It's fulfilling that you understand the same interest

@@stewartelder7039 absolutely 💙🙏

ditto

Robin was one of the wisest man walking on the Earth. He did not know it, but he had true wisdom.

My goodness 7 years 😔🦋

your one blessed guy.

Like Chris Cuomo

@@stephencharles8456 You knew him personally?

@@stephencharles8456 First off, I don’t believe you knew him at all. Second, you know these things how? Lastly, why do you care??

@@stephencharles8456 Triggered? Haha. No, it’s called dialog. If anyone was triggered it was you sir since you kept writing how Robin was a wife beater, coke addict etc.

So true🌹

AMEN BROTHER

I absolutely love Patch Adams. Robin was such a special actor

Oh wow, I was in Iraq in 2011, and I believe someone mentioned he had been there not long before. It would’ve been my dream to meet him in person!

My understanding is that he paid for those trips with his own money, to visit the troops.

✌\m/✌

his soul still out there, and here JJ (;

He left a legacy of beautiful memories and inspiring words. As long as we can still reach out and touch these things, he’ll never really be gone.

@@stephencharles8456 Robin Williams was deeply loved by many of those who actually knew him personally very well. People who are deeply loved in the manner he was are not as you describe. And as for you, I'm thinking it's high time you began tackling your long term anger issues along with any others seriously, and no doubt negatively, affecting your psyche.

Yes... we do.

@@stephencharles8456 maybe he was I don't know him personally

And tortured at the same time

I’d like to say to you that you are a great person. No matter what’s been said and done Take care of yourself, you are ok. And the fact you opened up is a great sign you are going to be fine. Please don’t ever give in.

Keep going brother x you've got the world at your feet.

You have strengths you don't know. But from the outside looking in it takes truth and honestly to admit you need help

All everyone's saying here about mental illness is valuable, but no one seems to acknowledge the cause of RW's suicide, which is no sin--particularly in his case. Yes he lived with depression, but would have carried on except for his Lewy body diagnosis, which made him decide not to put his family (and his public) through the end stages of that terrible disease. He was a truly funny, kind, talented, courageous and tenacious (not fragile) person and man.

Trust me(even as a stranger) when I say you are far from alone. Keep reaching out, keep sharing because the rest of us who deal with depression need to know that we have friends like you-that we just never met.

Me too man you’re exactly right

@@weedmusicandfood5189 it's worse when you try and talk about it, and they take it lightly like saying... Oh, your just feeling sorry for yourself, or, look at others that have it worse than you, or get over it...ect.ect. that's why people with depression stop talking about it, or stop trying to get help, then they feel even more depressed and alone, which usually ends in suicide. Don't take people's depression lightly, cause you may be hurting them even more than helping them! Weed, you sound like a caring and understanding person, and God bless you.

@@jayceew.rabbit9358 I agree with you completely and thanks for the compliment. I've dealt with it off and on most of my life and for me, being around the right people(even when that may seem limited at times) is a huge step in the right direction. Try to stay focused on your strengths, not your mistakes or off days. Also keep in mind that like one of my mentors always says "Its a moment, not a monument" We all have stuff we wish we could have done better or not done at all but don't let the negative crap and the nay sayers bring you down. They all have their own shit, they just don't have the strength to show it but hopefully some day they will. In the meantime those of us with the disease need to be kind to ourselves and others, even when you have those days where you want to say FTW, and we all do. Be safe brother.

You are so right about feeling even more alone when people don't understand depression. For me, it is almost more painful after I tried to reach out to a Counselor and they didn't care-didn't even TRY! to understand me😥😥😥-and I knew for certain I really was all alone in this great big world. Especially when I called the Suicide Hotlines and they were Mean so Mean! And it's not about Faith-or Religion because you can have that and still when Depression hits it is like an earthquake in your soul. At least for me. I always Loved Robin Williams and "Dead Poets Society"-"Awakenings"-"Goodwill Hunting"-"What Dreams May Come"(I cried through that whole movie it got to me so much. He was that very Special REAL person that I felt he understood my private pain. Like He knew me in a wierd and crazy way- and maybe Robin Williams thought I was okay. That he wouldn't judge me. The way I have been judged SO MANY TIMES-and wrongly. The way I was Observed and Watched for a Reaction by the counselor who told me he had died😥. She wanted me to produce tears on the spot. But like so many other counselors who took all MY words and turned them around and used them as arrows against me-HURTING ME 😥😥😥😥😥 SO BADLY!-She just did not understand. Later she wrote that I was hurting myself when I worked-out and that I had "Suicide ideation"-and that IS FALSE! Working out has been the One Constant that I use to Fight off my Depression. All my Life it has been my private tool that doesn't take a Pill. It's just Me making my Life Work. People can be SO CRUEL! I am sending you some Love and Support💖🌺 in battling your Depression. I understand. I Do. Brave Onward in your own best way ~ It's your Life! Work hard to keep it 💖

World's Greatest Dad, Robin says something close to that but in character, so not really a quote but a movie line.

@ Donald Dump: Amen. I absolutely concur.

That feeling must be some time of pathological condition. It makes no sense.

@@72seeker72 because the quote is inaccurate

@@72seeker72 no its not..today world is disconnected from the essence of life and love. We constantly battle with our subconscious about the purpose of our life and happiness. Loneliness is deep inside all of us

Hi Emily, how are you

I understand how you feel Emily. I hate growing older too (I'm 76). I've lost so many people who were near and dear to me, and it hurts like hell, doesn't it? My most traumatic loss was when my 44 year old nephew hung himself in 2007. He was like a son to me, as I helped my parents raise him. To me, that's the worst part of aging...."all of your favorite people dying". 😢 .

Look up Andrew Wommack's A Better Way To Pray and Within Heaven's Gates by Rebecca Springer 😇

Well said.

@@JC-tp5lz Yes. You don’t think about all this when you’re young. I’m only 65, but almost all my friends have died - and with each person a little bit of your shared history is lost. No, it’s no fun. I’m so sorry for the terrible loss of your nephew - I’ve had a similar loss. You don’t get over death, you learn to somehow live with it - and it’s hard.

Idk about that. If Robin Williams, God rest his beautiful soul, cannot express how depressed he is and how much he’s hurting, with all his accomplishments and the art of his communication and acting skills, there’s no way in hell anyone would ever listen to me. I have tried to tell all those closest to me, especially my wife, how badly the negative things that she is doing is hurting me. I am not getting across to her. I’m not communicating properly. Because the alternative of she understands but just doesn’t care if I end my life, is too 💔

@@ibewcountry You speaking up now. I am listening. That is the hardest thing to do is speak up. People have issues in their heads that is not always easy to see from the outside. I know that dealing with my own issues. Listen to meditation has been my most helpful. When I think no one is listening to me. I don't know if this helps. It's with the best intentions.

@@ibewcountry just keep speaking out. Be true. I’m there right now. The only way through it is to first be honest with yourself, and genuine to others. You may not find many that understand but they ARE here. Your voice will be heard.

More reasons why we need to support and love one another 🙏🏾🙏🏾 Make this world a better place 🥰

@@didiclaire7466 I agree

Me too a lot, foster kid in the 70s and into the 80s mork from ork and he made me laugh when there wasn’t so much to laugh about. I will always be a fan. I cried when I found out he was gone from us.

My mom died when I was 5 I look up his videos to feel. He taught me to feel again after I lost her to cancer and my dad wasn't around. He and he alone. Patch Adams. Taught me you can be happy in sickness.

Exactly ❤

He died due to a form of dementia. Unfortunately he didn’t have a diagnosis until they did an autopsy. He struggled with the behaviours and changes in mood.

My first movie as a kid I saw with Robin Williams was the movie popeye lol I love this man

What Dreams May Come. Sad but a good flick. By the by as well you look nice in your pic!

How fascinating he is...... you mind if we indulge more on a little conversation?

Iant kno he was dead damn i must be too young

@@stephencharles8456 >this children is a hand. >Hes not even trying anymore.

I can’t remember where, or exactly when, only that decades ago I read that as a group, comedians are the saddest people on earth. I’ll find something supportive of this, but it likely won’t be the original piece that really struck home and reminded me of my school days, and being the class clown.

Robin Williams encompassed the best traits of humanity. His brilliance & innate ability to touch on the core of humanity, to blend pathos & empathy with sadness, is a very heavy burden to internalize. The World lost an amazing human being when he died 7 years ago. His comedy routines would move me to a flood of tears-often vacillating between laughter & always providing food for thought. I always hoped I would meet him when I ventured into San Francisco from Alameda, CA. I was never blessed enough to get to thank him personally for the kindness, gentleness, compassion & love he brought into our World. I am forever grateful my life-if only through celluloid-was impacted by Robin Williams. May his light & love shine on.

Yes, great

@@joeomalley1252 read this too. It’s about how they find the irony of life and true human nature from the way they use perspective to analyzing everything. Same goes for Artist and Musicians.

@@joeomalley1252 It's true they are. The really good one's anyway.

Denial will get you nowhere Cheers

😁👍🏻

Who's turn is it to roll 😭😭😭

When he filmed jumanji he stopped by the elementary school just to say hi to the kids where I live in bc, he was truly a special being.

😢

Alcohol is a cash cow virtually everywhere in the world; that's why how devastating it is goes unspoken

We're a social animal and we have this mind that is able to feel awe. When we don't care and don't create conditions where sharing the wonders of this world is possible... then we're nothing but individuals in an anonymous crowd of technically advanced insects, who each have a little private fantasy of being the queen (sorry I didn't want to preach on you.. First I just wanted to write that I agree... And then that's what your comment made me ponder as I started writing)