@@jomarsh6449 no, it's way better than a movie. It's 8 episodes of arguably the best TV (it's a series) of the past 10-15 years. Starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. Check it out 👍🏼 (series 1 only, the rest is meh. The last instalment S04 with Jodie Foster is garbage, practically unwatchable)
Rarest?What except for TH-cam!? & y'right it's not like women ever live extreme challenges, that they feel deeply, or need guidance about from elders, and even if they do, modern media/the internet is just overwhelmed with them philosophizing to each other about it, it's almost like feminism has gone too far and there's no space for boys these days, it's all yap, yap, yap yap, yap with the Lady philosophers, advising young women!sheeesh
Just as we develop a tolerance for poison, you must develop a tolerance for this cruel fallen world. Be the light, be the joy, even when you suffer. It might lessen the suffering of your fellow man.
@@thelkornybecause by not breaking the cycle you perpetuate it. Be the strong one, not the one who gives in. This mindset of your comment just now is a toxic, pain-causing one.
@thelkorny Generous people give to be generous and not as a transaction. If you are committing acts expecting something in return, that isn't kindness, it is a debt.
My dad literally gave me a glass of pesticide to drink when I was 9. Most of us are poisoned, some of us more than others all I've learned is rest but never give in.
I experienced deep emotions my whole life and it simultaneously made my experience more beautiful and heartbreaking. I could see that everyone around me did not experience the world this same way. It wasn’t until I went through a really hard depression that made me realize that this is my experience on the world and I can’t and shouldn’t numb myself to feel less. So I embraced it and didn’t feel shame for experiencing the world this way. Sometimes I think it’s the shame that we add that makes it harder.
Sounds exactly like me. At least from how I read that. I always experienced deep emotions my whole life, and was always deeply reflective and introspective. But in the last 4 or so years I've just become significantly more resilient and better centred. I consider this better. At least for me. It's better to be less emotional, and I feel more of a well centred man. But at the same time, I have lost so much of the beauty of feeling like that. I agree. It's beautiful. But it comes with heartbreak. If God wants to take me back to that place of softer heart, I'll go there. But hopefully this time around simultaneously along with the more mature experienced well centeredness that I have right now.
@doublehelix2609 well, so not true. I was born in a location for from water. In fact, in a landlocked country with no oceanic borders and rivers that are several hours away and I could say I am the most empathetic, compassionate and sensitive human on earth, that's how sensitive and aware and intuitive I am. It's is our personality and our environment, how we are raised, which makes us like this and then I have worked and studied much to learn how to deal with people but they try to project their anger, frustration, misery onto those of us who are free and able to enjoy life
but the fact that Peterson could come to that notion without necessarily thinking of stoicism, could speak volumes about human nature. its basically science, adaptability for the evolution of organisms. but i put christ's teachigns before stoicism because even stoicism fails at times i think
Taken as a whole, Peterson is saying the speaker has to first open himself up to it such that he may have the opportunity to diligently work to fortify himself and develop the strength to better withstand it. Peterson talks about this idea all the time: the voluntary and gradual encountering of the source of your suffering. He doesn’t say just jump straight to the dragon. Go step by step, forward into the abyss, voluntarily but carefully so that you can use all the learning/growth along the way to build yourself up to eventually “slay the dragon.” The hidden wisdom there is the idea that *that* which seemed like a dragon at the start of your journey won’t be by the end of your journey.
I saw JP speak in Wichita, KS recently. He's exactly how he is on the videos. He was hilarious and so engaged with his audience, and so genuine. I felt like I was there to see my friend speak.
Jordan is the only person I've been able to truly trust (besides christ). Long story short, rough upbringing. Because of that upbringing, I've had no real direction moving in life. I've had to rely on what I see. When I started to feel things like conditional love when teen dating, I was blind sided. I was and have been devastated on multiple accounts. When I read and adapt his work and words into my life, it's changing everything and for the better.
As someone who has high levels of neuroticism and conscientiousness, I envy those who go through life without feeling things so deeply. Guess there is virtue in both, higher highs, lower lows.
What about someone with high neuroticism, high conscientiousness but in the wrong career - working literally all hours a day and feeling very few highs, only the very low lows
i used to hate how much and how deep i thought , i contemplated taking drugs to slow my brain down but over the past year and half i’ve learned to just accept how i am and search for answers or things to help sooth my thoughts and now i’m happy with who i am and how things are because it’s me. i’ll always wanna be me
Resilence through repeated exposure is growth. Every seedling is hardened by the wind, the rain, the sun, and the struggle to break through from the ground.
Yes. When facing suffering you can either let it consume you or you consume it. The journey is to fall into chaos and the only way out is to weather the storm to either control chaos or to be freed from it through your own will past its malevolent nature
What a beautiful answer. To me, as a deeply feeling person: it's both. It is both a blessing and a curse. It gives me life and makes me shrivel. I am both grateful and wishing I could hide away from feeling.
@@JoeARedHawk275 I don't understand your response. Yes. I love Jordan Peterson, and totally respect how deeply he feels about people. And I understand what that feels like. You can feel empathetic about a person's situation and still wish you could be a little ignorance-is-bliss sheep too 🤷🏻♀️
@@JoeARedHawk275 He’s not the first one to say it by any means. It’s also part of a particular Zen and Tibetan Buddhist meditation where you use negative energy to fuel positive energy. Not understanding something doesn’t necessarily make it meaningless.
its definitely purely a blessing brother. i red somewhere that u have to embrace life with both all the positives and all the negatives cuz thats how life is meant to be, we both know not everything is happines. Negativity will always be there, but rejecting it will just make u more susceptible to it. u have to love life and yourself with all the good and bad cuz that's who u are. u cant love 50% or 70% of you. gotta embrace all 100% of it. also, my second point, so many people walk around half dead w no purpose that its a blessing to be able to feel deeply, it means u are alive. "i think therefore I am" remember that!
I’ve been struggling with an insane amount of self doubt, and self-worth and it’s very heavy on me every day. As I acquire more information from podcasts it seems that I just become stronger by getting used to it. Gaining Knowledge and information helps too so I can try to understand why.
@@stevenmanwaring8943 He lives his life in accordance with nature for what he believes to be the benefit of humanity, with a priority focus on the disenfranchized, and he does it all under great opposition which he challenges with courage, temperance, and wisdom for the sake of his perception of justice. There aren't many better living examples than him due to his wholehearted commitment to society's mental health. Those he lifted out of addiction decades ago are empowered and standing for righteous justice today, he's already made a massive difference, and he's not even done yet. Expressing a contesting point would be a good starter to further your argument. "No, sorry" has just about no authority behind it.
"Everything you want in life is hidden behind what you don't want to do" I keep telling myself this every day and will until I find the motivation to hit the gym and go back to school. The change is coming. Soon I will go and never look back. Right now, its "tomorrow" or "another day". But by next spring its all changing with enrollment. Time to get it. 💪
Not only did he not answer the question, it’s also terrible advice for how to deal with being poisoned. He basically just said, “turn that frown upside down, homey”, but in more poetic language.
@@TPRM1I believe that we can agree that the person whom asked the question is intelligent or self-aware enough to have at least _consider_ that the answer is "both". In which I imagine Dr. Peterson also thought that. I speculate that rather than plainly giving him an answer, he gave him a solution. Maybe you and I can agree that it's safe to assume that if someone is suffering, in which a fair portion of people whom come across Dr. Peterson are, that when someone asks "Is this thing about me good or bad?" even without suffering, people are usually more concerned with "bad", considering negativity bias. If you've dealt with suffering or have dealt with people whom are suffering, we are familar that we can't save someone whom cannot save themselves. My reiteration of the quote could be, "Whether is a good or bad, it's a part of who you are. If you're not going to change it, then take responsibility for it."
@@MiguelStinson88A "girdle" is like a belt, but taller. It stretches from the middle of the stomach to below the hips. It was used to hold your shape and other pieces of clothing in the right place. In the context, I think the idea is through facing the "poison" you learn methods to hold your world tightly to your body, keeping you in strength and good posture through the experience of life. The "World" that Jordan Peterson is talking about is your 'inner world'. You learn to be internally secure.
If our individual hardships do indeed lessen the pain of others, then we all must strive to suffer. .. and suffer well. Whether or not this resonates within you, Much love unto all whom read this!
This is what it took to become a efficient software engineer. I remember being engulfed in software engineering in my 20s. It was painful, but I came out the other side a much more confident and less worried software engineer. Things are so easy now.
Dr. Jordan. You are so much to the ones that matter. I am forever grateful for you and what I have learned and applied to my life. I respect you and your family to the highest degree. Merci, gracias, dunkishaun, with love and gratitude. A fella Gemini ♊ ❤️ 🤍 💙.
You may agree with JP or not, but it's undeniable how well spoken he is to the point that is just pleasant to hear him speak and 90% of what he says is obviously simple and wholesome advice that any therapist would give you. It pisses me off the amount of people that flat out says he's dumb, lying or snake oil peddling just because he's a Christian (or not) or because he uses big words...or just cause they need to hate on whatever people like to feel smarter
Based on what I have heard JP saying when he talks, I have a fair amount of respect for JP. I don't say that I necessarily agree 100% with everything he says, but he seems like a sensible, logical and rational person, who has good intentions. So whenever someone are being critical about him, it sadly tells me a lot about that person: Either 1. they haven't actually evaluated JP themselves, but are simply repeating what others are saying (which is sadly a common mistake among humans), or 2. They are simply unable to grasp what it is he is saying, or what he is saying proves them wrong so they "have to be against him". P.S. I actually have a personal bias against psychologists (I think there is a lot of bulls*** in psychology), but despite my personal bias, I still "have to" acknowledge that JP actually seems like a really decent guy, who presents very sensible advice. Some of the advice might be very simple, but that doesn't mean they don't need to be said or aren't valuable.
@@DanildFlamme definitely. A lot of it it's also that people want hot takes, clear cuts statements about anything. So any nuanced answer they take as either he's lying or he doesn't know what he talks about. Like for example he has said having a long term relationship and having children is what's ideal for your psyche and giving meaning to your life (based on data and many obvious rational reasons) But then lots of people start saying they don't agree because you don't need to have children to give your life meaning or that he's bigoted to think that way... But he didn't say there's no other meaning or way of living and everyone should be the same just that the ideal is that which is based on the studies on that respect...so there's no argument or nothing to disagree with really is just they feel personally attacked because they don't fit that mold. This is one example of many that I see people criticising him for stuff he hasn't really said (just they make up that meaning) or acting as if he wants to force people to be that way when he's only just saying lol and no one is forced to pay to watch him on youtube
@@sakurasfish2115Yes. His more traditional view on the core-family unit, is definately one of the things, that makes people attack him. But sadly that is because many people can't see beyond the limits of their own emotions (which is quite normal for humans). But I think this is somewhat symptomatic of our time... many people confusing "truth" with "what we want to be true" as being the same thing. (You can probably read between the lines, what I am referring to). Now, I do believe people should be free to do or believe what they want... As long as I am also free to believe what I want, including not partaking in other peoples delusions. (People should be free to have those delusions if they want, just don't force them on me too).
Hm no actually it’s the big oil money backing and basic inhumane and also transphobic shit he’s been rambling on lately. I Really used to like his provoking thoughts and perspectives but I can’t stand this man no more. He took too much of the poison and became radiant with toxicity.
@@yabut2200 don't know about oil money and inhumane stuff...give an example please. About trans I only hear him saying things on the line that law shouldn't oblige people to use certain words, that certain organisations use trans rights (or other minorities) to push their agendas, and that change sex surgery shouldn't be pushed on social media as a cool thing especially where minors are targeted cause there's the danger of not actual trans but just confused teens making an extreme choice they may regret later. All of these are very fair and doesn't speak bad of trans people themselves but like the example I put, people can't have nuanced opinions, If you don't promote trans love, they automatically say you hate them.
I ask chatGPT about the second part of Dr Petersons answer and this what is came back with The second part, "you take more of the thing that poisons you until you turn it into a tonic that girdles the world around you," might metaphorically imply transforming negative experiences or challenges into something positive and empowering. It suggests the idea of using adversity as a catalyst for personal growth or positive change, turning what might initially seem harmful into a source of strength or wisdom.
@@karolisz815Depends on how he is using it is he leveraging the technology for all difficult problems he's facing whenever? or is he using it for genuine inquiry, not as short term remedy but as a long term solution for the blanks building blocks that resides in his mind? personally i use it for the latter, as I'm not a native speaker so i most of the time have problems computing but i also am aware of the major pitfalls from relying too much on these extremely enticing new age tech, one being developing this lingering dependency on short term solutions that won't necessarily help you further your cognitive excellence
Ive always resonated with the idea "the only way out is through". Hearing that delivery sends shivers through me each time I hear it. It is potent with impact of Truth.
There is a healthier perspective: don’t put your attention on what you don’t want. Instead focus on what you do want and visualize yourself doing much better emotionally and spiritually regardless of your environment
It's not the destination but the journey getting there that matters. You don't learn once you achieve a goal, you learn along the way. You learn through the suffering, sacrifice, hardships, and experience. The journey is not only negative experiences, but when the going gets rough is usually when people give up.
Yeah, I love how utterly transphobic he is all the time. So many marginalized people in the word and he just decides to focus his attention on them and send them all his hate. What a great guy. Truly thoughtful and caring....
One of my favourite quotes ever is in a song called - Pursuit Of Happiness Kid Cudi - “You don't really care about the trials of tomorrow Rather lay awake in the bed full of sorrow” That lyric at 16 years old was like listening to JP as a adult. Everyone can relate to this.
I think sometimes people don't recognize the depth of wisdom that emanates from JP. Its too easy to be dazzled by the verbosity of some of his questioners. While we're grabbing our thesaurus, he's thinking about what the person really said. Because again we're blinded by the words and understanding the meaning behind it. Jordan Peterson taught me the value of really listening 😢
This honestly made me nearly collapse in tears. I'm struggling now and that question resonates with me so deeply. I feel cursed because I care so much. I feel everything so deeply and it sometimes feels as if I'm losing my entire self. But I'm not alone.
Live in gratitude, not for the good times but for the bad ones that give contrast thus value to the rest. You cannot live your life one good moment to the next while hating the in between. It's all connected, all necessary. All valuable.
Human Life has always been a balance between mental toughness and compassion for those around you. Knowing when and how to employ them appropriately with Emotions getting in the way.
The obstacles are in the way and the only way forward is through them, you will beat yourself to the ends with these obstacles and they will tear you limb from limb until one day they will be the things that allow you to conquer life
THANK YOU GOD, 🙏 FOR PUTTING YOUR ESPIRITUALITY AND SOME OF YOUR WISDOM IN A MAN ALIVE IN MY TIME to make us understand the meaning in ourselves . Thank you for Dr. Peterson.
I've been "awake" my entire life and when I was a young man I felt alone and depressed, but as I have matured it has brought me closer to people through my uncanny knowledge of the human condition. It has become my shield and armor ✌️♥️
He is so intelligent. It really humbles me hearing Jordan answer questions of that latitude. His articulance gives me a better understanding of myself. Not because his ideas are genius or radical but rather that when an idea is so well spoken, it makes me understand it more deeply than I could fathom it myself. In a way, it gives me more colors that I can paint my understanding of who I am even though the image I'm trying to paint already has outlines.
@@leroybrown3856 since what beginning? There have been plenty of people enslaved throughout history, only the ones captured and sold by their own cast blame on the buyer...
I love Jordan Peterson. He has helped me so much. I did exactly that and had my abuser answer for his crime. The Grand Jury indicted him from California to my small Appalachian town in SW Virginia. The only way out is through. Exactly.
“The only way is through” You know what, I try to be poetic sometimes (not really ofc not) but this is just on whole another level. Like, I never thought of it that way. It’s so much packed in that phrase. I think I should start reading his book.
Consciousness illuminates the truth: pain is a prerequisite for joy. Wisdom reveals that joy, hard-won through suffering, possesses a depth and richness unattainable by any other means. It's this profound, earned joy that makes every ounce of suffering not just bearable, but profoundly meaningful.
I literally scroll through these shorts filled pointless clips, in hopes to find a gem like this. Wish I could remove the clutter and my algorithm provides more content like this.
Bro, don't put personal information like that out on the internet. Share your perspective, but try to be a bit more vague and non-specific. Delete this comment.
@@GjVj oh no you’re TH-cam police? Telling me what I can and can’t say?! This is what is wrong with modern society. If someone disagrees and you hurt someone’s feeling they want to silence you and tell you “ delete this comment. We need to develop thicker skin instead of trying to protect everyone. The more you remove difficultly from a child’s life the harder it will be to deal with stress
@@Chris-sg4th Bruh. I'm advising the lad not to share things like his age. Especially at that age. This is basic stuff - used to be, anyway. Perhaps I should've said to edit that part out, because that's the only part in need of policing - to guard against creeps. Did I or did I not say for him to share his perspective? So I am certainly NOT trying to curb expression, here. Chill.
Jordan is a Master...he is a Really Real Man...he is unafraid to show his deep sensitivity and that MAKES him a very STRONG man..he has learned how to Harness the Beast to Turn it Into a Saint....thats a True Master of the Heart.
…or you can just see concepts for what they are, just concepts, and move on. Marinating in concepts that make you “suffer” is the real problem. so stop marinating, see it for what it is and move on. meaning don’t attach emotion to concepts. The idea that you have to suffer and through suffering you will become stronger just causes more unnecessary suffering. Too many people romanticize the idea of suffering. It is so much easier to just see concepts for what they are and move on. mindfulness practice is the best device I’ve found to accomplish this. Ok I’m done rambling. Peace and love, mi gente.
Our minds are the consciousness of the universe, feeling is the witness, taste is the understanding, and meaning is our creation. Memory of joy and sorrow weaves the fabric of experience. Mastery is loving and becoming.
OMGOSH Freaking Swoon!!! My 3 sons actually recommend Peterson after I lost my husband of 32years. They were so young, and I figured if his book gave them resilience strength … Peterson’s wisdom matched their father’s/ my beloved’s perfectly. Beyond grateful 🙏🏼💝💪🏼
that resistance you feel, is usually a sign showing you the direction you’re supposed to take. fix the connotation around that specific feeling, if you can program that into yourself you will be beyond unstoppable.
JP also said about religion that it may be God’s intention for evil in the world because it’s better to contend with suffering and evil than to live in a world where you never question anything. Basically, the suffering and evil brings you closer to God if you choose to follow Him.
Dr. Peterson, along with Stoic and Biblical, helped literally save me from depression and suffering. God bless this man in the day and age, where men's mental health is a taboo subject at the expense of Wokedomness. Stay strong 💪 my brothers.
This has been my ethos since I saw the original video. The only way out is through. The only way out of the struggle of life is to take on the struggle of life head up and shoulders back.
One of the things that I like the very most about Jordan Peterson is that he does always think before speaking and has such a commanding understanding of human nature. He gives advice that embraces reality, understanding and genuine wisdom. Thanks Chris.
This quote almost took my life, but absolutely saved my life at the same time That and the speech from Joe in the Sound of Metal movie about moments of stillness. It kept me going, and I eventually emerged the other side
The genius of Jordan doesn't necessarily lurk around the creativity of the ideas he presents to the public. Partly because most of the general so-called "life advice" ideas have been developed, so the pool is practically full in that regard to expand it creatively even if you are really smart to do so. I think that the real genius of Jordan is the articulation and the esthetics of what he says. He is brilliant in that regard. You can listen to him for hours without boredom. You see a really educated and verbally competent person using his mind in real time, trying to put the pieces together to give form to those kinds of thoughts. It's just amazing. It's like an artist in some way.
Jordan is one of those people who can drop instant legendary, life changing gems, on the run in lectures, he’s truly unreal, he has changed and saved my life for the better
This is so true. I made this discovery, it’s mine. And so did every other man whose faced adversity, the adversary & self-destruction and refused to despair, refused to quit (but only after taking every pathway, door, trail, shortcut, and cursed forest to realize - THERES NO GOING BACK. And the only way out is through, so inure yourself to pain, misery and malice to steel yourself for the battle.
It's a blessing, because now you feel what God feels. We have to be willing to give God our hand as many would give it to their father as he lead them across a busy street the 1st time at 3 or 4 years old because that's the time we are now ready to grow to learn Trurh to be more than what we thought we were. To do nothing with the knowledge becomes the burden of the curse
He’s like the father I never had and I knew I never wanted to become my father so I went through life dealing with childhood trauma still have it. It’s something that never goes away but the more you talk about it the easier it becomes, and the less feelings attached, I love Jordan Peterson when I heard his podcast I was like off my seat staring at the TV like crazy. I can’t believe this guy talking like this. This is how I’ve been living for the last 32 years. My background is I was the 70s kid first grade. Already seen a psychologist on medication. My parents were terrible parents. They both cheated on each other but somehow because I acted out I was the problem. I never believed I had ADHD. I ran my whole life. You’re not label me with that nonsense parents divorce when I was 10 violence screaming, and yelling I witnessed stuff I shouldn’t have the next day. My mom left us three kids thank God she did we be dead by now so anyhow before I was the age 15 I was in four mental institutions/rehabs a group home for a year and then my last program when I was 19 because I drove myself right into the streets sleeping in my car all the walls I built to protect myself I end up destroying myself, it was the road to death or prison so I took ownership of my life at the age of 19. Been clean for 32 years. I build a family living by truth has led me to become a complete person. That’s awesome. All I have is gratitude for being alive this long and being able to achieve everything I always wanted was a family thank God I always knew he was with me. I was too messed up to see anything 52 today. I finally accepted. I do have ADHD that they’re talking about since I’ve managed to live by truth. I’ve worked through it without drugs without ADHD medication, I struggle but my heart always in the right place that’s what my kids understood, so as a team, our family, we work through everything together and everything has to start with honesty and truth. That way we can keep growing and getting better understanding each other with compassion and love.
"The obstacle is the way" (Marcus Aurelius)
Or a fence
What stands in the way becomes the way
Marcus Aurelius is either a famous historic philosopher or a made up character from Skyrim. I really can't remember.
@@jonathanfruchtnicht4966same exact thought I’m having 😂
I love this but i dont understand, what does it mean when he says "gurgles the world around you"?
We need movies with lines like these. Men speaking deeply into the hearts of fellow men is the rarest form of media today.
Have you seen True Detective S01?
@@jonasv8159is that a movie title?
Not being cynical..I truly don’t know..is it a series, a movie ? A special of some kind?
@@jomarsh6449 no, it's way better than a movie. It's 8 episodes of arguably the best TV (it's a series) of the past 10-15 years. Starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. Check it out 👍🏼 (series 1 only, the rest is meh. The last instalment S04 with Jodie Foster is garbage, practically unwatchable)
Rarest?What except for TH-cam!?
& y'right it's not like women ever live extreme challenges, that they feel deeply, or need guidance about from elders, and even if they do, modern media/the internet is just overwhelmed with them philosophizing to each other about it, it's almost like feminism has gone too far and there's no space for boys these days, it's all yap, yap, yap yap, yap with the Lady philosophers, advising young women!sheeesh
Just as we develop a tolerance for poison, you must develop a tolerance for this cruel fallen world. Be the light, be the joy, even when you suffer. It might lessen the suffering of your fellow man.
Why would you want to lighten the other person's burden when they won't even reach out a hand when you fall down ? Why be hollier then the pope ?
@@thelkornybecause by not breaking the cycle you perpetuate it. Be the strong one, not the one who gives in.
This mindset of your comment just now is a toxic, pain-causing one.
@thelkorny Generous people give to be generous and not as a transaction. If you are committing acts expecting something in return, that isn't kindness, it is a debt.
My dad literally gave me a glass of pesticide to drink when I was 9. Most of us are poisoned, some of us more than others all I've learned is rest but never give in.
@@thelkorny Just think Ricky Gervais...
I experienced deep emotions my whole life and it simultaneously made my experience more beautiful and heartbreaking. I could see that everyone around me did not experience the world this same way. It wasn’t until I went through a really hard depression that made me realize that this is my experience on the world and I can’t and shouldn’t numb myself to feel less. So I embraced it and didn’t feel shame for experiencing the world this way. Sometimes I think it’s the shame that we add that makes it harder.
Sounds exactly like me. At least from how I read that.
I always experienced deep emotions my whole life, and was always deeply reflective and introspective.
But in the last 4 or so years I've just become significantly more resilient and better centred.
I consider this better. At least for me. It's better to be less emotional, and I feel more of a well centred man.
But at the same time, I have lost so much of the beauty of feeling like that.
I agree. It's beautiful. But it comes with heartbreak.
If God wants to take me back to that place of softer heart, I'll go there.
But hopefully this time around simultaneously along with the more mature experienced well centeredness that I have right now.
A German friend of mine said that if you’re so sensitive and empathetic that you were born close to the water.
It is a blessing and a curse. Realising these emotions are normal for you is the first step in learning to manage them.
@doublehelix2609 well, so not true. I was born in a location for from water. In fact, in a landlocked country with no oceanic borders and rivers that are several hours away and I could say I am the most empathetic, compassionate and sensitive human on earth, that's how sensitive and aware and intuitive I am. It's is our personality and our environment, how we are raised, which makes us like this and then I have worked and studied much to learn how to deal with people but they try to project their anger, frustration, misery onto those of us who are free and able to enjoy life
So am I
I think we're all aquarians 😉
Thats basically Aurelius: The obstacle is the path.
Stoicism is amazing
@@AnonolpfPowerful as it is, thank you for directing me to the source of what he quoted. And sorry he didn't attribute as a quote.
@@jenniferbrent9025If OP is correct then the exact source is Marcus Aurelius
@@danielchettiar5670The exact quote is "What stands in the way becomes the way"
but the fact that Peterson could come to that notion without necessarily thinking of stoicism, could speak volumes about human nature.
its basically science, adaptability for the evolution of organisms.
but i put christ's teachigns before stoicism because even stoicism fails at times i think
Jordan Peterson is a treasure, man helped pull me out of depression. Something you don’t forget..
That’s not nothing!
Same
Yet Canada wants to put him through a reeducation camp to brainwash him into their ideology.
Same here bro, the man is truly a force for good in this world.
Yes
Taken as a whole, Peterson is saying the speaker has to first open himself up to it such that he may have the opportunity to diligently work to fortify himself and develop the strength to better withstand it. Peterson talks about this idea all the time: the voluntary and gradual encountering of the source of your suffering. He doesn’t say just jump straight to the dragon. Go step by step, forward into the abyss, voluntarily but carefully so that you can use all the learning/growth along the way to build yourself up to eventually “slay the dragon.” The hidden wisdom there is the idea that *that* which seemed like a dragon at the start of your journey won’t be by the end of your journey.
That was so well said. Thank you.
And its not necessarily because the dragon grew less dangerous. You just grew more powerful.
Can't forget Hormozi on this one
you don't slay the dragon, because you cannot kill it, you grow and you learn to ride it, till the course becomes a blessing
You see, these kind of comments deserve thousands of like. Well said! I think you hit the nail on what JP means 🙌🏼
I saw JP speak in Wichita, KS recently. He's exactly how he is on the videos. He was hilarious and so engaged with his audience, and so genuine. I felt like I was there to see my friend speak.
Damn i didnt know he was in town i would have gone
I missed the show, I very much would have liked to have seen it.
@@shotgunner777 I hope he comes back next year. I haven't seen anything posted about a tour yet.
That’s such a sweet comment… ✨there to see my friend speak. ✨
As you embrace the suffering of existence, it strengthens you as it also develops you into a person that can overcome that suffering.
Jordan is the only person I've been able to truly trust (besides christ). Long story short, rough upbringing. Because of that upbringing, I've had no real direction moving in life. I've had to rely on what I see. When I started to feel things like conditional love when teen dating, I was blind sided. I was and have been devastated on multiple accounts. When I read and adapt his work and words into my life, it's changing everything and for the better.
For those wondering, the song in the background is "odyzon - winter is here"
Hero 🫡
Thanks :)
For anyone old: SHAZAM, instead
Legend ❤
Hero
Finding comfort through the discomfort.
Not comfort, _strength._ This was a variation of Nietzsche: _That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger._
But the discomfort is actually freeform and adventure. That's what I learned recently.
Mr . Peterson was the one to ask. He reaches so many with a phenomenal brain and heart.
As someone who has high levels of neuroticism and conscientiousness, I envy those who go through life without feeling things so deeply. Guess there is virtue in both, higher highs, lower lows.
I’ve had countless times when I wished I could feel a little less, care just a little less
@I_Drank_What "....the one who endures to the end will be saved."
Isn't it amazing that someone could just repeat something the Greeks and the Romans would say and he instantly is considered a God.
What about someone with high neuroticism, high conscientiousness but in the wrong career - working literally all hours a day and feeling very few highs, only the very low lows
i used to hate how much and how deep i thought , i contemplated taking drugs to slow my brain down but over the past year and half i’ve learned to just accept how i am and search for answers or things to help sooth my thoughts and now i’m happy with who i am and how things are because it’s me. i’ll always wanna be me
Resilence through repeated exposure is growth. Every seedling is hardened by the wind, the rain, the sun, and the struggle to break through from the ground.
Damm. So true! We grow throw the shade because we need light
“The only way out is through. You take more of the thing that poisons you, until you turn it into a tonic that girdles the world around”❤
E C H O! E C H O ? ? ...
Thanks. That’s what I came for. Copying and pasting into my notes!
what does it mean to turn it into tonic that girdles the world around?
What is a griddle does? Reshapes, molds, transform, or supports
A sentence like a poem. He is a Wizard.
Yes.
When facing suffering you can either let it consume you or you consume it.
The journey is to fall into chaos and the only way out is to weather the storm to either control chaos or to be freed from it through your own will past its malevolent nature
What a beautiful answer. To me, as a deeply feeling person: it's both. It is both a blessing and a curse. It gives me life and makes me shrivel. I am both grateful and wishing I could hide away from feeling.
It’s word salad. Would you implement his advice? Probably never because it means nothing.
@@JoeARedHawk275 I don't understand your response. Yes. I love Jordan Peterson, and totally respect how deeply he feels about people. And I understand what that feels like. You can feel empathetic about a person's situation and still wish you could be a little ignorance-is-bliss sheep too 🤷🏻♀️
@@JoeARedHawk275Still not word salad friend no matter how many times you repeat it.
@@JoeARedHawk275
He’s not the first one to say it by any means.
It’s also part of a particular Zen and Tibetan Buddhist meditation where you use negative energy to fuel positive energy.
Not understanding something doesn’t necessarily make it meaningless.
its definitely purely a blessing brother. i red somewhere that u have to embrace life with both all the positives and all the negatives cuz thats how life is meant to be, we both know not everything is happines. Negativity will always be there, but rejecting it will just make u more susceptible to it. u have to love life and yourself with all the good and bad cuz that's who u are. u cant love 50% or 70% of you. gotta embrace all 100% of it. also, my second point, so many people walk around half dead w no purpose that its a blessing to be able to feel deeply, it means u are alive. "i think therefore I am" remember that!
I’ve been struggling with an insane amount of self doubt, and self-worth and it’s very heavy on me every day. As I acquire more information from podcasts it seems that I just become stronger by getting used to it. Gaining Knowledge and information helps too so I can try to understand why.
You are consciously working on it already, that’s not uncertainty but intelligence. Sure you will be alright
A true Stoic of our times.
He's imperfect, but driven toward sagehood.
He's certainly not a stoic in almost any way sorry
@@stevenmanwaring8943he seems pretty stoic to me. Look at how patient he is given the issues he talks about
@@stevenmanwaring8943 He lives his life in accordance with nature for what he believes to be the benefit of humanity, with a priority focus on the disenfranchized, and he does it all under great opposition which he challenges with courage, temperance, and wisdom for the sake of his perception of justice. There aren't many better living examples than him due to his wholehearted commitment to society's mental health.
Those he lifted out of addiction decades ago are empowered and standing for righteous justice today, he's already made a massive difference, and he's not even done yet.
Expressing a contesting point would be a good starter to further your argument. "No, sorry" has just about no authority behind it.
@KevlarKoat thought I replied before must not have sent. Sorry about that.
Stoic 😂
"Everything you want in life is hidden behind what you don't want to do"
I keep telling myself this every day and will until I find the motivation to hit the gym and go back to school. The change is coming. Soon I will go and never look back.
Right now, its "tomorrow" or "another day". But by next spring its all changing with enrollment. Time to get it. 💪
"The only way out is through, you take more of the things that poisons you until you turn that into a tonic that girdles the world around you"
Not only did he not answer the question, it’s also terrible advice for how to deal with being poisoned.
He basically just said, “turn that frown upside down, homey”, but in more poetic language.
@@TPRM1I believe that we can agree that the person whom asked the question is intelligent or self-aware enough to have at least _consider_ that the answer is "both". In which I imagine Dr. Peterson also thought that. I speculate that rather than plainly giving him an answer, he gave him a solution. Maybe you and I can agree that it's safe to assume that if someone is suffering, in which a fair portion of people whom come across Dr. Peterson are, that when someone asks "Is this thing about me good or bad?" even without suffering, people are usually more concerned with "bad", considering negativity bias. If you've dealt with suffering or have dealt with people whom are suffering, we are familar that we can't save someone whom cannot save themselves. My reiteration of the quote could be, "Whether is a good or bad, it's a part of who you are. If you're not going to change it, then take responsibility for it."
Transmuting the darkness in to light.
sorry guys, I'm not a native speaker.
How can I understand "girdles" in this context?
@@MiguelStinson88A "girdle" is like a belt, but taller. It stretches from the middle of the stomach to below the hips. It was used to hold your shape and other pieces of clothing in the right place.
In the context, I think the idea is through facing the "poison" you learn methods to hold your world tightly to your body, keeping you in strength and good posture through the experience of life.
The "World" that Jordan Peterson is talking about is your 'inner world'. You learn to be internally secure.
Painfully true, yet ultimately liberating. As you travel THROUGH you feel you are dying, the pain is intense. On the other side you now have armour ❤🙏
If our individual hardships do indeed lessen the pain of others, then we all must strive to suffer. .. and suffer well.
Whether or not this resonates within you, Much love unto all whom read this!
This is what it took to become a efficient software engineer.
I remember being engulfed in software engineering in my 20s.
It was painful, but I came out the other side a much more confident and less worried software engineer.
Things are so easy now.
Any advice jumping into tech. Studying cloud computing now
Tomorrow's pain will make our present more bearable
Dr. Jordan. You are so much to the ones that matter. I am forever grateful for you and what I have learned and applied to my life. I respect you and your family to the highest degree. Merci, gracias, dunkishaun, with love and gratitude. A fella Gemini ♊ ❤️ 🤍 💙.
You may agree with JP or not, but it's undeniable how well spoken he is to the point that is just pleasant to hear him speak and 90% of what he says is obviously simple and wholesome advice that any therapist would give you.
It pisses me off the amount of people that flat out says he's dumb, lying or snake oil peddling just because he's a Christian (or not) or because he uses big words...or just cause they need to hate on whatever people like to feel smarter
Based on what I have heard JP saying when he talks, I have a fair amount of respect for JP. I don't say that I necessarily agree 100% with everything he says, but he seems like a sensible, logical and rational person, who has good intentions.
So whenever someone are being critical about him, it sadly tells me a lot about that person: Either 1. they haven't actually evaluated JP themselves, but are simply repeating what others are saying (which is sadly a common mistake among humans), or 2. They are simply unable to grasp what it is he is saying, or what he is saying proves them wrong so they "have to be against him".
P.S. I actually have a personal bias against psychologists (I think there is a lot of bulls*** in psychology), but despite my personal bias, I still "have to" acknowledge that JP actually seems like a really decent guy, who presents very sensible advice. Some of the advice might be very simple, but that doesn't mean they don't need to be said or aren't valuable.
@@DanildFlamme definitely. A lot of it it's also that people want hot takes, clear cuts statements about anything. So any nuanced answer they take as either he's lying or he doesn't know what he talks about.
Like for example he has said having a long term relationship and having children is what's ideal for your psyche and giving meaning to your life (based on data and many obvious rational reasons)
But then lots of people start saying they don't agree because you don't need to have children to give your life meaning or that he's bigoted to think that way...
But he didn't say there's no other meaning or way of living and everyone should be the same just that the ideal is that which is based on the studies on that respect...so there's no argument or nothing to disagree with really is just they feel personally attacked because they don't fit that mold.
This is one example of many that I see people criticising him for stuff he hasn't really said (just they make up that meaning) or acting as if he wants to force people to be that way when he's only just saying lol and no one is forced to pay to watch him on youtube
@@sakurasfish2115Yes. His more traditional view on the core-family unit, is definately one of the things, that makes people attack him.
But sadly that is because many people can't see beyond the limits of their own emotions (which is quite normal for humans).
But I think this is somewhat symptomatic of our time... many people confusing "truth" with "what we want to be true" as being the same thing. (You can probably read between the lines, what I am referring to).
Now, I do believe people should be free to do or believe what they want... As long as I am also free to believe what I want, including not partaking in other peoples delusions. (People should be free to have those delusions if they want, just don't force them on me too).
Hm no actually it’s the big oil money backing and basic inhumane and also transphobic shit he’s been rambling on lately. I Really used to like his provoking thoughts and perspectives but I can’t stand this man no more. He took too much of the poison and became radiant with toxicity.
@@yabut2200 don't know about oil money and inhumane stuff...give an example please.
About trans I only hear him saying things on the line that law shouldn't oblige people to use certain words, that certain organisations use trans rights (or other minorities) to push their agendas, and that change sex surgery shouldn't be pushed on social media as a cool thing especially where minors are targeted cause there's the danger of not actual trans but just confused teens making an extreme choice they may regret later.
All of these are very fair and doesn't speak bad of trans people themselves but like the example I put, people can't have nuanced opinions, If you don't promote trans love, they automatically say you hate them.
I saw Peterson when he came to Sydney, Australia. I cried the whole time. He was truly amazing
I ask chatGPT about the second part of Dr Petersons answer and this what is came back with
The second part, "you take more of the thing that poisons you until you turn it into a tonic that girdles the world around you," might metaphorically imply transforming negative experiences or challenges into something positive and empowering. It suggests the idea of using adversity as a catalyst for personal growth or positive change, turning what might initially seem harmful into a source of strength or wisdom.
Brother, learn to think for yourself. This destroys the brain.
this is stupid
Learning skills in life make you feel proud of who you have become.
@@karolisz815Depends on how he is using it
is he leveraging the technology for all difficult problems he's facing whenever?
or is he using it for genuine inquiry, not as short term remedy but as a long term solution for the blanks building blocks that resides in his mind?
personally i use it for the latter, as I'm not a native speaker
so i most of the time have problems computing but i also am aware of the major pitfalls from relying too much on these extremely enticing new age tech, one being developing this lingering dependency on short term solutions that won't necessarily help you further your cognitive excellence
Ying and yang
Ive always resonated with the idea "the only way out is through". Hearing that delivery sends shivers through me each time I hear it. It is potent with impact of Truth.
There is a healthier perspective: don’t put your attention on what you don’t want. Instead focus on what you do want and visualize yourself doing much better emotionally and spiritually regardless of your environment
It's not the destination but the journey getting there that matters. You don't learn once you achieve a goal, you learn along the way. You learn through the suffering, sacrifice, hardships, and experience. The journey is not only negative experiences, but when the going gets rough is usually when people give up.
Peterson is a gift to humanity. I wish I could personally thank him for all he does. It’s not just that he’s brilliant. He’s caring and thoughtful.
I agree with you wholeheartedly but wouldn’t have put it so well
Yeah, I love how utterly transphobic he is all the time. So many marginalized people in the word and he just decides to focus his attention on them and send them all his hate. What a great guy. Truly thoughtful and caring....
@@BennettMatsso much wrong in that statement
@@steveavery167 so much in your reply is wrong. wow what a fun convo we are having
This question was the exact question im struggling with. Thanks Mr Peterson.
One of my favourite quotes ever is in a song called - Pursuit Of Happiness Kid Cudi -
“You don't really care about the trials of tomorrow Rather lay awake in the bed full of sorrow”
That lyric at 16 years old was like listening to JP as a adult.
Everyone can relate to this.
What doesnt kill you makes for lessons and scars. The pain is numbed over time, just depends if it makes you a monster or not.
I could watch this short over again all day. What a message. Also, Jordan Peterson is such a wonderful man. Thanks for sharing.
I think sometimes people don't recognize the depth of wisdom that emanates from JP.
Its too easy to be dazzled by the verbosity of some of his questioners. While we're grabbing our thesaurus, he's thinking about what the person really said. Because again we're blinded by the words and understanding the meaning behind it.
Jordan Peterson taught me the value of really listening 😢
This honestly made me nearly collapse in tears. I'm struggling now and that question resonates with me so deeply. I feel cursed because I care so much. I feel everything so deeply and it sometimes feels as if I'm losing my entire self.
But I'm not alone.
Live in gratitude, not for the good times but for the bad ones that give contrast thus value to the rest. You cannot live your life one good moment to the next while hating the in between. It's all connected, all necessary. All valuable.
Human Life has always been a balance between mental toughness and compassion for those around you. Knowing when and how to employ them appropriately with Emotions getting in the way.
I love how Peterson is not uncomfortable taking the time to think before responding to any question
The obstacles are in the way and the only way forward is through them, you will beat yourself to the ends with these obstacles and they will tear you limb from limb until one day they will be the things that allow you to conquer life
Memory of wisdom is not the same as wisdom in action.
THANK YOU GOD, 🙏 FOR PUTTING YOUR ESPIRITUALITY AND SOME OF YOUR WISDOM IN A MAN ALIVE IN MY TIME to make us understand the meaning in ourselves . Thank you for Dr. Peterson.
That is such a legendary reply. Jordan Peterson has cultivated such tremendous skill for communicating his ideas
I've been "awake" my entire life and when I was a young man I felt alone and depressed, but as I have matured it has brought me closer to people through my uncanny knowledge of the human condition. It has become my shield and armor ✌️♥️
Eat the bitter lemons till you start enjoying the lemonade.
He is so intelligent. It really humbles me hearing Jordan answer questions of that latitude. His articulance gives me a better understanding of myself. Not because his ideas are genius or radical but rather that when an idea is so well spoken, it makes me understand it more deeply than I could fathom it myself. In a way, it gives me more colors that I can paint my understanding of who I am even though the image I'm trying to paint already has outlines.
Those who fight monsters should be aware that they become that monster
Be the monster know how to control it
@@QuantumBlissH agreed
You were always the monster.
@@leroybrown3856 since what beginning? There have been plenty of people enslaved throughout history, only the ones captured and sold by their own cast blame on the buyer...
The first time I saw Peterson was the Cathy Newman interview. And it blew me away! I've been watching and listening since then 👍
Tries this:
Me: Dies from poison
I love Jordan Peterson. He has helped me so much. I did exactly that and had my abuser answer for his crime. The Grand Jury indicted him from California to my small Appalachian town in SW Virginia.
The only way out is through. Exactly.
Congratulations does not even express the satisfaction. I feel over this. I hope it helped.
“The only way is through”
You know what, I try to be poetic sometimes (not really ofc not) but this is just on whole another level. Like, I never thought of it that way. It’s so much packed in that phrase. I think I should start reading his book.
or, as the famous song by Genesis claims, 'you've got to get in to get out'
I’ve seen him 3 times with my brother and dad, such a genuine lovely wise man !
Few will understand..... Even less will Practice..... Thank you Dr Peterson
Consciousness illuminates the truth: pain is a prerequisite for joy.
Wisdom reveals that joy, hard-won through suffering, possesses a depth and richness unattainable by any other means.
It's this profound, earned joy that makes every ounce of suffering not just bearable, but profoundly meaningful.
I literally scroll through these shorts filled pointless clips, in hopes to find a gem like this. Wish I could remove the clutter and my algorithm provides more content like this.
i think the algorithm is made to give you as much varying content as possible so it wont bore you
Well said!
keep commenting and liking and the algorithm will remember it
This is also hot garbage though. This guy's whole stick is just repeating quotes...
Jordan Peterson, awesome man much wisdom may God watch over him and bless him amen
Name of song anyone? Please and thanks
ødyzon - winter is here
Love a real answer to a real question.
I am 14 and this is DEEP!
👎
Bro, don't put personal information like that out on the internet. Share your perspective, but try to be a bit more vague and non-specific. Delete this comment.
@@GjVj oh no you’re TH-cam police? Telling me what I can and can’t say?! This is what is wrong with modern society. If someone disagrees and you hurt someone’s feeling they want to silence you and tell you “ delete this comment. We need to develop thicker skin instead of trying to protect everyone.
The more you remove difficultly from a child’s life the harder it will be to deal with stress
@@Chris-sg4th Bruh. I'm advising the lad not to share things like his age. Especially at that age. This is basic stuff - used to be, anyway. Perhaps I should've said to edit that part out, because that's the only part in need of policing - to guard against creeps. Did I or did I not say for him to share his perspective? So I am certainly NOT trying to curb expression, here. Chill.
Jordan is a Master...he is a Really Real Man...he is unafraid to show his deep sensitivity and that MAKES him a very STRONG man..he has learned how to Harness the Beast to Turn it Into a Saint....thats a True Master of the Heart.
Scriptures state that the ascent is in the descent! Humble yourself.
Peterson is my guy. Got me through sooo much shit 💯
…or you can just see concepts for what they are, just concepts, and move on. Marinating in concepts that make you “suffer” is the real problem. so stop marinating, see it for what it is and move on. meaning don’t attach emotion to concepts. The idea that you have to suffer and through suffering you will become stronger just causes more unnecessary suffering. Too many people romanticize the idea of suffering. It is so much easier to just see concepts for what they are and move on. mindfulness practice is the best device I’ve found to accomplish this. Ok I’m done rambling. Peace and love, mi gente.
Our minds are the consciousness of the universe, feeling is the witness, taste is the understanding, and meaning is our creation. Memory of joy and sorrow weaves the fabric of experience. Mastery is loving and becoming.
Ahhh HSPs. As someone who's an HSP, it is both a blessing and a curse.
What is that?
@@rushiljain9423 Highly sensitive person
Halal snackpack 😂
@@rushiljain9423
High Speed Poodle 🙄
Peterson is wonderful. Thankyou.
Robert Frost quote: "the only way out is through"...but Peterson is brilliant as well.
THANK YOU!!! All these idiots thinking it's Peterson's for lack of Information.
Jordan Peterson is probably the greatest public intellectual in the world today
OMGOSH Freaking Swoon!!!
My 3 sons actually recommend Peterson after I lost my husband of 32years. They were so young, and I figured if his book gave them resilience strength … Peterson’s wisdom matched their father’s/ my beloved’s perfectly. Beyond grateful 🙏🏼💝💪🏼
that resistance you feel, is usually a sign showing you the direction you’re supposed to take. fix the connotation around that specific feeling, if you can program that into yourself you will be beyond unstoppable.
This was fire!! Every word had immences meaning.
Yeah, I wish I had the depth of Wisdom, clarity of mind and the gift of condensing my Ideas into an eloquent answer as they do.
JP also said about religion that it may be God’s intention for evil in the world because it’s better to contend with suffering and evil than to live in a world where you never question anything. Basically, the suffering and evil brings you closer to God if you choose to follow Him.
Absolutely epic question and answer.
This moved me greatly today. Thanks for sharing.
Dr. Peterson, along with Stoic and Biblical, helped literally save me from depression and suffering. God bless this man in the day and age, where men's mental health is a taboo subject at the expense of Wokedomness. Stay strong 💪 my brothers.
This has been my ethos since I saw the original video. The only way out is through. The only way out of the struggle of life is to take on the struggle of life head up and shoulders back.
Jordan Peterson is a Gift of a human being. Forever thankful for him. Protect him at all costs
One of the things that I like the very most about Jordan Peterson is that he does always think before speaking and has such a commanding understanding of human nature. He gives advice that embraces reality, understanding and genuine wisdom. Thanks Chris.
And I've had the same deep question practically wanting to give up on society.
This quote almost took my life, but absolutely saved my life at the same time
That and the speech from Joe in the Sound of Metal movie about moments of stillness. It kept me going, and I eventually emerged the other side
In, is the only way out. You have to become willing to go through the process that takes you in.
Great answer and yet through it is the hardest part about being a deep spirit who can’t process so much from people they truly love
I’m glad that person asked that question because that is something I have to deal with. I feel the weight of others pain and suffering.
That was an awesome response!
The genius of Jordan doesn't necessarily lurk around the creativity of the ideas he presents to the public.
Partly because most of the general so-called "life advice" ideas have been developed, so the pool is practically full in that regard to expand it creatively even if you are really smart to do so.
I think that the real genius of Jordan is the articulation and the esthetics of what he says. He is brilliant in that regard. You can listen to him for hours without boredom.
You see a really educated and verbally competent person using his mind in real time, trying to put the pieces together to give form to those kinds of thoughts. It's just amazing. It's like an artist in some way.
Being strong enough to not entangle with it is as powerful as it is to disentangle..
That’s the voice of frustration and addressing it constructively.
The first time my husband showed me this short I damn near cried because the person who asked the question made me feel so seen
Jordan is one of those people who can drop instant legendary, life changing gems, on the run in lectures, he’s truly unreal, he has changed and saved my life for the better
Whatever is in the way IS the way!
‘I have found a strange paradox, we must love till it hurts after that there is no hurt, only love’
'love some more until it hurts no more'
The poetry and depth of the question and answer are reminiscent of the profound writings of Gibran Khalil Gibran.
Someone asked the very question that's been weighing heavily on me the last few months. Thank you JP for such an eloquent answer. ❤
This is so true. I made this discovery, it’s mine. And so did every other man whose faced adversity, the adversary & self-destruction and refused to despair, refused to quit (but only after taking every pathway, door, trail, shortcut, and cursed forest to realize - THERES NO GOING BACK. And the only way out is through, so inure yourself to pain, misery and malice to steel yourself for the battle.
It's a blessing, because now you feel what God feels. We have to be willing to give God our hand as many would give it to their father as he lead them across a busy street the 1st time at 3 or 4 years old because that's the time we are now ready to grow to learn Trurh to be more than what we thought we were. To do nothing with the knowledge becomes the burden of the curse
That almost brought me to tears. But yeah, seeing it through is all there is I suppose.
The magnitude and eloquence of the question was matched with an equally deep and profound answer
He’s like the father I never had and I knew I never wanted to become my father so I went through life dealing with childhood trauma still have it. It’s something that never goes away but the more you talk about it the easier it becomes, and the less feelings attached, I love Jordan Peterson when I heard his podcast I was like off my seat staring at the TV like crazy. I can’t believe this guy talking like this. This is how I’ve been living for the last 32 years. My background is I was the 70s kid first grade. Already seen a psychologist on medication. My parents were terrible parents. They both cheated on each other but somehow because I acted out I was the problem. I never believed I had ADHD. I ran my whole life. You’re not label me with that nonsense parents divorce when I was 10 violence screaming, and yelling I witnessed stuff I shouldn’t have the next day. My mom left us three kids thank God she did we be dead by now so anyhow before I was the age 15 I was in four mental institutions/rehabs a group home for a year and then my last program when I was 19 because I drove myself right into the streets sleeping in my car all the walls I built to protect myself I end up destroying myself, it was the road to death or prison so I took ownership of my life at the age of 19. Been clean for 32 years. I build a family living by truth has led me to become a complete person. That’s awesome. All I have is gratitude for being alive this long and being able to achieve everything I always wanted was a family thank God I always knew he was with me. I was too messed up to see anything 52 today. I finally accepted. I do have ADHD that they’re talking about since I’ve managed to live by truth. I’ve worked through it without drugs without ADHD medication, I struggle but my heart always in the right place that’s what my kids understood, so as a team, our family, we work through everything together and everything has to start with honesty and truth. That way we can keep growing and getting better understanding each other with compassion and love.