[0:00]Hi, my name is Simon and I decide to make this video as a culmination of everything I've learned in the past year. If you don't know, I've been on a journey to spread positivity and help those struggling with mental illnesses on Tik Tok. And I wanted to create a single body of work just something I could put all my mind and soul into that would maybe help someone out there. So without further ado, here's a video to watch when you're sad.
[0:26]If you're watching this, first realize that the fact that you're still breathing and still here is a miracle. Through every bad time, every breakdown, every anxiety attack, every episode, you're still here. And I know I can't even start to understand how hard it really was, but you're here and you owe yourself a smile for that. To get to this video, you either had to find it on YouTube somewhere or be one of the one percent of people to come from my other social media. Every minute, more than 500 hours of video are being uploaded to YouTube, yet you made it here. And while you may just think it's a coincidence, I feel as if you're here for a reason. I'm here for you. I'm proud of you for making it this far. I'm sorry if you don't get that enough, but I'm proud of you. If you're watching this, you're probably under 20 years old and considering that the average lifespan of a human is around 80 years, (which btw we will definitely live longer than) you're only less than 25% through your life. You also have only met an insignificant portion of people that you share this planet with. It's crazy that you can go a whole life only meeting less than 1% of the population. In that same way, there's so much more to this planet than you've experienced yet and in that unknown are beautiful, amazing people, so don't give up on it yet. There are good people. There are good places out there, and as you get older and experience more of life, you'll see this. Be grateful of what you can and be cautious of those you surround yourself with and continue to persist. Life is so weird and annoying and irritating because no one has the answer to why we are here. We don't all have a purpose inherently put upon us, so we create that purpose. Find that purpose and wake up each morning motivated to do something, whether it's creating art or working out or just making people smile. Purpose is what keeps us going at the end of the day, but you have so much time. The future is full of smiles of late nights under the stars of spontaneous road trips with friends that you have yet to meet. The future is what you make it. You're going to be a great parent one day and raise a kid that is literally a clone of you, a mini you. How crazy is that? You're going to meet so many new people and lovers and have so many more amazing experiences, so keep living. One day you're going to be 100 years old on your deathbed with your children and grandchildren by your side, and you're going to want nothing but to live another day. No matter how hard it was, no matter how many tears were shed, we only have one life, so hold onto it. It's your most valuable possession, and while you don't have to love it now, hold onto it. Keep waking up, keep fighting, keep laughing, keep smiling, keep crying, keep living because that's all we got. And I promise if you do this, it will get better. We're all here for you. Love you so much and as always keep it wholesome.
