Day 43 - Melancholy

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Ben

Күн бұрын

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@aleksandersochan2645 3 ай бұрын

RIVETING! Get after it dude. Inspiring to see. Happy birthday!

@bennnyoung 3 ай бұрын

Much appreciated mate, thanks for the support! Wishing you well!

@leshrza7882 3 ай бұрын

Hey, first of all Happy Birthday! i hope you had an excellent time during that. Secondly i think what you are doing is great and you should keep doing it. I stumbled upon your channel in my recommendations and i really liked it. Hopefully i will be watching any future videos that you make and overall have a good time

@bennnyoung 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad you got something out of the channel and stick around as long as you like; I find there's always comfort in finding others who feel a similar shade of emotion. Wishing you well!

@thankkyourluckystars 3 ай бұрын

Hi Ben! I also have a hard time with birthdays. I don't like all the attention you receive, the idea that today is supposed to be "all about you," and I often end up having a mini existential crisis when I think about my age. That said, something that helps me is instead of thinking of birthdays as celebrating myself, I like to think of them as a celebration of another year of things to be grateful for. I got a whole 365 days of experiences, good, bad, terrible, amazing, I got to spend time with my favourite people, and I was able to do the things I love. I stayed alive long enough to be able to listen to Hozier's new music, I had a great hair day yesterday, I get to see the people I love be happy! It's always the small things that are worth celebrating and that make life worth living. :)

@bennnyoung 3 ай бұрын

Love your take Clara! That is as it should be, the small things compounding into a net positive. All we must do is strive to never be blind to the small things. I know nothing about you, but having a take like that commands enormous respect from me. I've always thought (much like Dostoevsky) that suffering is the necessary and inevitable cost of peace. I know not what demons have plagued you but if your reply is to scorn misery and find comfort in life's quirks, you hold my undying admiration. Wishing you all the best! (And you're totally right, particularly with Hozier's new music!)

@Bensaur 3 ай бұрын

Benjamin! Happy belated birthday!!!!! 🎂 I just finished reading your comment on my comment on your last video. I appreciate you, as always. I'm not trying to feed your ego, but since it's your birthday, I just gotta say... from what I have seen so far, you are a very thoughtful, well-mannered, kind young man, deserving of all the love and attention that he wants. One day, someone (who isn't halfway across the world) is going to see that you are a poet trapped inside the body of a f̶i̶n̶a̶n̶c̶e̶ lawyer guy, and you are going to adore them as much as they adore you. Until then, may the melancholy gods have mercy upon us. Looking forward to the next one.

@bennnyoung 3 ай бұрын

Cheers Ben, thank you! Seriously, really appreciate you and your kind words. If I appreciated them less, I might be able to thank you more. Wishing you nothing but the best.

@uomochitarra 3 ай бұрын

ciao amico! nice reflections today as always, i think birthdays are just not meant to be for some of us, celebrating ourselves feels very awkward to me considering the reason ( not a success or stuff like that ) i really like to spend those days with mom and dad, not celebrating actually, but feeling cuddled ( with a nice lunch made by mom for example ), storing some good memories also getting a beer with friends is a part of it, but just like a day off from work/study ( turning off thoughts maybe ). it’s ok to feel melancholic, i’m not either satisfied with what i’ve achieved ( relationships/study ), but i always try to rationalise that feeling ( like you are doing too ) and if i feel like it’s fine to feel that way ( because maybe there is still a long way ahead or else ) i try not to get absorbed by it. anyway, buon compleanno amico, wish you the best 🍀

@bennnyoung 3 ай бұрын

Ciao my italian friend! Always great to read your perception. I love the comfort of knowing there are others who feel similarly! It sounds like you have a nice, quiet day accompanied by those who matter to you. All the best to you too amico!