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Hank Green's New York Times Bestselling novel A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor: hankgreen.com/
Thanks for being here with us. -John
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Great
We're always here for each other.
We're here because we're here because we're here. It's a difficult time but we have to stick together!
Can you make a video on dos and don'ts while writing YA fiction ? Please
i’m admire the fact that you chose humans as your favorite creature because sometimes it’s almost impossible to love them
I think we are the most interesting thing ever to happen to Earth, although I am of course biased. :) -John
@@vlogbrothers I like this comment, because it's positive but it also acknowledges that the best frame to view humans from is as something that happened *to* Earth.
@@vlogbrothers + & I too can be quite bias....
...on good days!
@@vlogbrothers "On the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much-the wheel, New York, wars and so on-whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man-for precisely the same reasons." Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
my answers were all monsters and mythical beasts 😅😅😅
0:48 John admits he's not related to Hank, confirming my favorite conspiracy theory
hahahahaha OR I just didn't know the definition of "immediate" family. -John
@@vlogbrothers I'd say the definition of "immediate" family is something like, *usually* it includes any parent, sibling, or offspring, and it might reach farther if you're in close contact with certain people. Like, if your grandparents lived with you, they'd probably qualify as immediate too. But for anybody on your family tree who's literally a next door neighbour of you or your significant other, those are probably fair to call immediate family, so Hank would count
@@vlogbrothers you change your youtube channel name to vlog-not-immediate-family-brothers
I would call your immediate family, the family that you are currently living in the same household with.
(A minute or so later)
And indeed, a quick Google search reveals that there is no set in stone definition and varies based on culture/law/regulations/circumstances. Your immediate family may be different for your work benifits than it is for some government regulations.
@@vlogbrothers rule #2 of the internet- never attribute to ignorance what can be (loosely) explained by an intricate conspiracy
"I am taking next week off because my brain requires it" As a nurse with chronic anxiety, I probably should also follow that advice.
Thank you for all you do- I’m wishing you well 💛
Can't help the people we need to help if we're not well enough to help them. I wish you all the best. Thanks for helping people. -John
As a student nurse with chronic anxiety and depression, I applaud you for keeping going throughout these crazy times and send love. Do what you need to do for your health, take care x
As badly as we need people to keep going, it's also really important for you to take care of yourself. Please be safe and well, you are also important, and your well being is important.
Support hearts
I would trust an owl with our government rather than our actual government.
Owls can't tweet, after all. -John
@@vlogbrothers owls are truly our superiors
And they already have Parliaments!
That’d be a right hoot.
That's why Hedwig was killed at the start of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Because the death eaters knew the owl was the smartest. Mad Eye was a close second.
I will be adopting the phrase “doom-scroll” immediately
I didn't invent the phrase. But I did perfect it! :) -John
@@vlogbrothers you've seen the phrase and you've perfected it. now, for a strong central democracy...
There was an NPR story about doom-scrolling recently that outlined ways to break the cycle if anyone is interested.
@@Bea_Esser I personally am VERY interested, thanks for the heads-up!
Anfisa Chern r/UnexpectedHamilton
“A question Tuesday? After all this time?”
“Always.”
Now he should do a thoughts from places where the place is just the inside of his house
Ha ha! Yes. Maybe have a kid pretend to make airport announcements in the background every once in a while?
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imagine having an owl for president. and yes, they will be wearing a little owl-sized tie
They would handsome, little owls.
I always imagined Owls to prefer bow-ties.
@@hezzipoint2005 Swell. I can remove my comment then. Can't wait for your president to meet Canada's beaver prime minister.
CGP Grey used owls in his voting videos!
D-duolingo owl
Me, immediately before clicking the video: "Holy crap, is it Question Tuesday again?! It feels like it's been so long!"
John: "Goooood morning Hank, it's Question Tuesday--"
Me: "YES"
@Batel Avrahamov they will post it on the community tab on the vlogbrothers channels.
No matter how bad 2020 gets we’ll always have Question Tuesday
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Thank Karl for that.
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i’m commenting “these titles start coming and they don’t stop coming” so you don’t have to
Not sure what this is in reference to. -John
@@vlogbrothers probably aimed at all of us, because this is what many people have been commenting since these titles started coming in.
"Worrying. There's not even a close second."
Is like the most accurate description of living with OCD in the best of times.
"When people say we have been through worse, I hear the wind off the tombstones of those who didn't" That is a beautiful point, too many people mitigate currently problems with the idea that we have been through worse as a county of a species. But that pain doesnt get rid of the current pain. Its not a comparison. Similar to how people compare their own personal struggles with others. Well they have it worse. However pain can not be a competition. That just breeds a lack of empathy
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I do remind people that "All pain hurts".
If you are in pain, someone reminding you they have felt worse pain, does not in any way help to eliviate yours.
@@Babelfroggy Exactly! Pain should never be a comparison. We all feel different pains and comparing them does nothing to eliminate that pain.
“We are all broken by something. We have all hurt someone and have been hurt. We all share the condition of brokenness even if our brokenness is not equivalent."
― Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
I saw a graphic once with two wolves, one bigger and alive, but with many arrows sticking out of it. The other was smaller, dead, and only had one arrow. The caption was, "Just because it won't kill you, doesn't mean it won't kill someone else."
I think you’re not thinking this owl thing through, John. Have you _met_ the Duolingo owl?
Well, when the owls take over, we'll all be multilingual.
Duo works day in and day out to provide free language lessons for everyone so we can better communicate and share the universal experiences of life while also appreciating the wonderful details unique to our own culture and experience. In other words:
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┃┃╱╲ In this
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╱╱╭╮╲╲ we love
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Duo the Duolingo Owl (and Luis von Ahn, the irl human who actually founded Duolingo)
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At least with our new duolingo owl overlords I will be able to speak Spanish.
May I introduce you to Eleri Lingo, his Welsh relative?
@@BeaChapman aber warum nicht? ;)
Q: "Are you writing a new book?
John:" Yes"
Me: *chokes on my Earl Grey* "wait what"
I mean, like he said, that is his job
He did a few live-streams where he read some of it.
I had to rewind that to make sure I heard it right!!
Oh my gosh, SAMMEEEE. I was listening to this in the background of folding my laundry, and I just dropped everything.
@@julianatheis5556 where did he do the streams? Are they available somewhere?
John "That Reminds Me of a Poem" Green. :D
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Congrats Hank for another New York times bestseller
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"Empathy! Empathy! Empathy!"
I believe, is the solution to most of the world's problems...
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I’d dare to say it’s “Compassion! Compassion! Compassion!”
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And strawberry cheesecake ice cream
Hey John, when talking about Vacation time, you said something along the lines of "I hope that is fine". As a Nerd Fighter, I feel whatever breaks you (or Hank) choose to take are yours and yours alone. As Nerd Fighters, VB content is not a necessity, but a very appreciated commodity. Therefore, I feel you should not have to apologize for needing a break every once and a while. It isn't up to others whether or not you need/want a break, just like it isn't up to a mailman whether or not you need spinal surgery. All that to say, we-as Nerd Fighters-appreciate VB content and you both need not make any apology for what you need. Anyways, Thanks for the video, I love Question Tuesdays!
Allie, 16, USA
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Yes! Also, where I am from, it is normal to have 6 weeks of vacation time, and you are encouraged to take at least one vacation that is at least two weeks long every year. So, three weeks seems pretty low?
Freya Eli where are you from and when can I move in? (Here in the US, most industries give you a week or two if you’re lucky but you still often get rewarded for working more time than you‘re required to)
By the way Hindi adaptation of the novel The Fault in Our Stars is releasing on 24th July under the name 'Dil Bechara'. Very excited for it!!
I am also excited. I hope people enjoy the movie! -John
I was GoNNNa ask John about it for this Q&A. But got disheartened bcz many people had asked questions by then! Finally someone commented and he noticed it :") Indian Nerdfighters ftw!
We miss you SSR .
Always a pleasure to hear from Nerdfigheria India :')
@@vlogbrothers john , you need to see 😏,and review it for your indian nerdfighters 🙏!
Please do address it ,next friday 😇
honestly i wouldn’t be upset if owls took over they’ve been around longer than we have and would probably do a better job
Says who?
Says... "who".
Owls would certainly be a hoot.
Peter Maar 10/10
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But they are not what they seem...
Ahhhhhh I didn’t realize how much I’ve missed question Tuesdays! They’re 1000% the old videos I go and watch when I’m having a bad day.
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THIS COMMENT IS A WHOLE MOOD!
I'm a Massachusetts resident, and when I first noticed that partners in health was helping locally my first reaction was "wait... the same one?" but not only is it great to know there are organizations trying to help locally and abroad, but recently Massachusetts, which was one of the earliest epicenters of the virus, has been doing exceedingly well, with new daily cases not surpassing 400 of over a month, active cases on the decline, and a test positive rate of less than two percent for a while as well. I know covid response efforts are the combined work of so so many people an a community, but I am very grateful to PIH helping out here, I'm not in a place where I can support financially, but I hope to get to a place where I can give back to the people who helped my community, and help them support others in greater need.
you know he said “worry” a lot in this but the puff is gone, so that’s probably positive
This is just a reminder that Keanu Reeves exists. I hope that makes everyone’s day better.
Ah, that's nice, thank you!
You mean John Wick is real?
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Was it just coincidental timing, or did John actually start the wholsome Keanu trend?
Ugh oh it does. ♥️ Looking up wholesome Keanu memes now.
Whenever someone I watch on TH-cam or Twitch announces that they'll be taking a vacation I'm just honestly happy for them. 🙂
Is anyone else imagining the owl spirit from Avatar: The Last Airbender, in response to John's comments about owls taking over?
Honestly? Wan Shi Tong would not want to be in charge of a group of people unless they were able to prove they valued research but if he was going to be in a significant position of power in a government then he'd probably be chill? Like, y'all don't start wars, and we will mitigate damage.
I certainly am now, and not at all sorry for it.
Hmm, more funding for Libraries... As a former librarian I'm okay with this.
Katrijn De Keersmaecker +same
John, Hank is your brother, I think this qualifies as immediate family
Yes! I was extremely confused. By this logic, Henry and Alice are not immediate family members. Or does John think that siblings automatically stops being immediate family members the moment one of them gets married/have children?
Maybe Hank is only immediate family when he's in John's immediate surroundings?
Yes, I think of "immediate family" as one's parents, children, siblings, (edit) and spouse.
@@Naiadryade and spouse
@@LeoStaley Ah yes of course, I forgot
I measure my tomatoes every Tuesday. They grow about a half-inch per day! 🍅
That's lovely! I am also having a good tomato year. -John
@@vlogbrothers I too decided to start gardening this year. I'm hoping to beat John unrealistic goal of 17 peas :P
@@Gablork unless you're in Canada or Alaska, peas should pretty much be done for the year. They like cold weather so if you want a lot, plant them early. Like really early. When your grass starts turning green, thats about right.
@@herranton Oh they've been planted for a while now, got my first bean last week!
Also, I'm in Canada but summer in Canada is nowhere near cold (unless you are in the very far north), it's been 85F for the past two weeks here :P
WHAT THAT'S INSANE!!! THAT'S SO FAST
Oh my goodness, John being bad a pointing ❤️ that gave me a wave of nostalgic Vlogbrothers feels.
The doobylydoo has been down below for so long I'd almost forgotten I can't point. -John
I just wanted to plop down here to say this: in my sixth grade history class we watched A LOT of crash course. We started saying that John and my science teacher were best friends cause they both have basically the same personality. I went on for 3 years and every single time we saw John we all screamed “John”. That’s it.
How do you rate video titling after a 90's pop song?
That would be an absolutely absurd project. Why would anyone ever do that? What could it possibly accomplish? Two stars. -John
@@vlogbrothers 😂
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Vlogbrothers really did shape my life though
Empathy, empathy, empathy💕
I for one am very relieved to hear that it's "really lovely" finding Wallet Island on Google Maps. I was a bit worried that we were going to bring to light this place of respite and... I don't know, bleach it so to speak. I truly hope it continues to be a restful place for you, John
YES I've been waiting for another question Tuesday for so long! Just like old times!
Glad I could take you back to the old days for at least four minutes! :) -John
additional question: how do i not feel like i'm wasting my youth while i rot at home incessantly?
Learn a new language, read a book, reorganize your space. Pretty much do anything that lets you feel productive!
Yep
learn!
The way I often feel most like I'm not wasting my time is by helping people. There are lots of fascinating ways to volunteer remotely -- citizen science projects where you contribute to current research, tutoring other students in subjects you enjoy, making phone calls or sending letters to isolated elders who live alone, making phone calls or sending texts for political candidates, and probably many more you can find in your community.
Time to email dear Hank and John
Seeing johns genuine excitement for hanks success is such a heartwarming experience ❤️
Definitely going to use "I'm going on vacation because my brain requires it" next time I need a mental health day!
The most powerful advice I can remember receiving is when someone yelled at me to STOP WORKING AND GO LIE DOWN.
Take a break, John, take a break.
And probably yell at Hank to do the same.
I’ve missed question tuesday❤️❤️❤️
Restoring my faith in humanity bit by bit. Empathy empathy empathy
I love this community
I love that John made the line: "somebody once asked," into a question Tuesday video. That is is very satisfying!
John I want to thank you the videos, especially lately. I know you feel overwhelmed and anxious with this all. You helped this emergency medicine provider get through a tough few months. Pursuant to that, if you ever take suggestions for Anthropocene Reviewed, I would suggest "apologies" because they are both useful and necessary and healing and sometimes feel empty and powerless. I'm tired of apologizing to people I can't make better.
I’m just confused by the part where your brother is not in your “immediate family”.
I think he must've understood the question to mean people he doesn't live with
He did question it in text in the video for a second, but immediate could really be his wife and kids now
Cause if hank is his immediate family, what does he call the family he have with his wife and kids..
First immediate & second immediate? lol.
@@shakibzz I'd say they're all equally immediate.
I think in the context of the question immediate family is the people you live with, because they’re the only people you’re supposed to hug with the social distancing rules, and I think the intent of the question was to ask about the impact of social distancing on John’s recent hugs.
Hank lives on another plane of existence
That's why it's not "immediate"
(John's plane has brain chemistry illness, but Hank's plane has bowel response illness)
I'm so early!
Edit: OMG I got a heart from John!
Edit2: The Heart is gone cause I edited the comment :(
I feel ya
The heart goes away when you edit the comment, surprise.
You know the heart goes when you edit it though.
Everything good must come to an end
rehearted. -John
Worrying is also my go to quarantine activity so I felt that answer in my soul.
My husband has very similar anxiety problems as you do. I struggle between empathizing with his anxiety and frustration with it. What kinds of things would you recommend for those of us with normal levels of anxiety to be kinder to those with anxiety disorder especially during a pandemic?
Note: I am not an expert. It is frustrating. But as Aza says at one point in Turtles All the Way Down, "If you think it's frustrating to love me, imagine how frustrating it is to BE me." I think the most important thing is to help your loved one get help, because if they're living with untreated anxiety, then it may be almost impossible for them to distinguish between extremely serious real threats to life/well-being, and everyday frustrations or difficulties or minor worries. Empathy and reassurance can go a long way, but ultimately it requires careful and ongoing treatment--just like any chronic health disorder. So I'd encourage you or your husband to reach out to a counselor or to talk to your doctor. If you don't have a doctor, try an urgent care center. This is an urgent problem, especially now, and it's treatable. -John
^ The comment/reply should be stickied and/or deserves mentioning, this is a fantastic and useful response that deserves to be seen by more people.
@@vlogbrothers I tell people all the time that my OCD anxiety makes it very difficult, if not impossible, for me to distinguish between things that are Not A Big Deal and things that are An Extremely Big Deal.
Fun fact: The Green brothers shared a hug on my 18th birthday. I don’t know why, but that made me happy.
Happy Belated Birthday! Hope it's a good year!
flawedmind Thanks! Honestly adulthood has gotten off to an uncertain start, but I do still have a great support system of family and friends and a place to live. Stay safe!
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This confused me for a second, but then I realized that people can't fly. All we can do is create massive pressurized containers that hold several tons of cargo and passengers, and fly that to nearly anywhere on the planet within a day or two.
An open letter to John green's brain:
I know that one of your main "hobbies" is worrying, but I also know that your owner believes in hope no matter what the circumstances, so I am not so worried about you, keep seeking hope wherever you find it💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Best wishes:
A nerdfighter
Thank you for periodic shot of dopamine in this dopamine-scarce times! I will try nerdfighting communities to make more friends :)
All star came on when I was out shopping and I instantly thought of vlogbrothers
This will be our only legacy. :) -John
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@@vlogbrothers What are you talking about?
Late question: Could you spare some change for gas? I need to get myself away from this place
We could all use a little change.
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I really appreciate that even though living is difficult in USA right now, Hank and John are still supporting PIH because this crisis is only exacerbating the systemic issues in the world. This is true of race and class divides in America and it is also true of wealth and healthcare inequality across the world.
Thanks for the video, donating my birthday money to the Sierra Leone project ❤
"I am taking next week off because my brain requires it" should be a perfectly acceptable reason to take time off even when life is "normal"
I'm using Dualingo to learn French, so owls taking over the world when you are haunted by the Dualingo is... no.
Haha oh gosh they'd be taking over to ensure we keep up our langauge lessons 😆
It will be terrifying for sure.
@@maya-gur695 definitely 😂
No please Duo not the kneecaps I'll learn my German I promise
I'm also using Duolingo, except to learn Hungarian. Best of luck with your studies!
I love that a Question Tuesday video became mostly a PIH-SL video. 🙌 (And I’m glad you’re taking time to take care of your brain, John. ❤️)
“Worried” is also my constant state of being! I’m a special ed teacher and I’m praying they change our start date :/
Omg i love being as early as - Posted 16 sec ago !!!!
ps. love the vids
Making silver linings out of other peoples suffering. Well that sums up colonialism nicely
Hey, I just wanted to let you know how much Turtles All The Way Down has helped me with managing and understanding my own anxiety. Aza's experiences validated my own and helped me feel less alone, also the word spiral has become a more common part of my vocabulary and that word in particular along with many different parts of that novel has given me the language to articulate my thought process with others and for myself. So if you see this, just from the bottom of my heart thank you.
A hearty congrats on PiH's work in SL and beyond. What you have achieved can not be overstated.
At the end, did he tilt his head because Hank was going to throw the book like in his tiktoks? If yes, this is a TikTok trend I can get behind.
hank is immediate, he is your brother, in the same way, your two children are immediate to each other. Unless there is some news you'd like to tell me about y'alls genetics, but then that opens the question, are adopted siblings immediate, I would say they are, as well, immediacy might speak to intimacy. Anyways, this thought can keep going. DFTBA
I feel like this youtube video might be referenced in a number of years as an early example about how the shift in definition for "immediate family" from genetic immediacy to physical immediacy happened. Some Ask_Historians expert on the 2020s will quote it, like, "You can see from this video how the COVID-19 pandemic shifted the understanding of immediacy in the family dynamic. Even after reviewing John is unsure of the definition. If you look at this archival TicTok..."
I think in the context of the question immediate family is the people you live with, because they’re the only people you’re supposed to hug with the social distancing rules, and I think the intent of the question was to ask about the impact of social distancing on John’s recent hugs.
The old school vlogbrother feel of this video really helped me feel some normalcy - a much needed currency these day. Much love, DFTBA
I've been thinking a lot about how forcing positivity during this time is super disingenuous and only hurts the most vulnerable among us. Thank you for articulating that so clearly here.
Owl Overlords 🦉🦉🦉
To the person who is reading this: You're amazing, stay safe, everything always works out in the end and have a great rest of the day/night! From a small TH-camr Vlogger trying to spread positivity during this hard time!
100% support your vacation John. Go forth and do you. Take longer if you need to, we love you, but we'll be ok.
John loves owls??? I LOVE OWLS! I met an owl for the first time last year! An injured owl named Chance at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi! There's a short video on my channel of Chance. Lol. (The video is not me meeting him, b/c I met him after the show, and the video is a clip of the bird show)
hiiiiiiiii :D
"Kindness, patience, information, empathy, empathy, empathy.” Wow that's potent. I need to put that onto my wall.
Your vlog and especially today for whatever reason comforts me. I am so glad you exist and do what you do. Thank you
Owl always be here for every Question Tuesday celebration, and every video. Thanks again and enjoy your vacation, John!
Thank you for bringing that poem to our attention. It encapsulates these times so well.
Thank you for the update on the Baby Care center in Sierra Leone. I think about those mamas often. My baby is eight months old today. I had a marginally difficult delivery that was made easier by great hospital care. My family and I take long walks through this beautiful old cemetery near our house, and I see all the hundred-year-old little lamb headstones and know that my baby and I are alive because of highly trained staff. I am so very very grateful that you've given me a way to provide some support to these moms across the world from me.
I've spent most of my time in grad school online classes this past month and the fact that question Tuesday can come up and remind me I'm more than a student... thanks John.
Hey, John! Thank you (and Hank) for improving my quarantine with your videos!!!
I appreciate it! 💗💗💗
Even though he's not that much older than me, I've always kind of looked up to John. I've needed every video he's posted this year. He gives me the same glimmer of hope my brothers and professors used to when things got tough.
Thank you Vlogbrothers for your videos, especially during such times. You really make my day better!
I just wanted to comment and say that listening to a Dear Hank and John podcast each night (I'm listening to all of them since I've only ever listened to a few before) has been such an enjoyable experience and made me feel hopeful and entertained in an otherwise rather bleak and disappointing time. Thank you for making them.
"I hope that's okay." John, it doesn't matter if it's not okay. If you need time off, take time off. We'll be here when you get back.
Thanks for your and Hank’s insight and honesty during this crisis. It’s certainly helping me stay present and hopeful. Enjoy your brain-cation!
This cheerd me up! Thanks for doing theese again! Love from sweden!
Thank you so much for being so incredibly open about your anxieties. Seeing you express your worries so freely has led me to better handle my seemingly omnipresent anxiety. It's easy to feel alone in this place of fear and uncertainty, so it's a relief to know that I'm not alone. Thank you for everything that you do, and I hope we can all get through this together
Thank you for sharing the poem by Clint Smith. As someone who has lost a loved one to the corona virus this poem almost perfectly summed up how I feel about phrases like that.
Thank you for both recognizing the need fora break and taking it. It's especially difficult right now to be kind to oneself, but it's as important as ever. I hope you feel more calm and rested afterward. And please be kind to yourself.
RIP Sushant❤️❤️. He acted in the Indian version of 'The fault in our stars' named 'Dil Bechara'.
John once said he's very excited about this movie. In India, it broke many records.
He was a great actor. The movie just released on Disney+Hotstar.
John, i have no other words to describe you than, I love you and I seriously appreciate how you educate us with things that schools or life failed to do, the perspectives that you share and how they make the world slightly brighter. Thanks for everything :)
Ugh this was so refreshing for some reason. Enjoy your week off John!
Thank you for taking a week off. I am a teacher trying to push myself to do housework, but as an experienced distance learning teacher, I have been in rescue mode since March 18th. I am now exhausted, utterly drained. I too will take a week off. Just not next week, I have a few more Zoom meetings left.
Good to take a week off. This is so, so, so, so hard for teachers. I can only imagine how drained you must be. thank you for doing the hard hard work, but yes, I really hope you find some time to take away and recharge. Good luck. -John
Enjoy your Vacation John! Take all the time you need 😊💜 DFTBA! But also don't forget that you are awesome even if you're not trying!
I am a reader who recently came across your book in Korean. I love the world of your novels. I am trying to get Korean books and read them. I cannot help but love your writing because the language you speak, the psychology that describes Christian values people is so beautiful and pure. thank you. For reminding me of the inspiration for purity, faith and love in me. I will always support you from now on
the world needs more of you both.
From the deepest of heart with respect THANK YOU : )
Silver linings, definitely Nerdfighteria ♥️ see you on August!
Thanks for that poem link, John. It's true. Optimism is good, but it is hollow if it's based on forgetting all loss, pain, and failure.
nothing fills my need to see vintage-youtuber-style-haunting-yet-mesmerizing-and-unflinching-eye-contact quite like a question tuesday
This community is so great! Brings me joy