oh hi. We are soft-launching a new thing today: awesomecoffeeclub.com It's a subscription service for coffee. We deliver great coffee to you every month, and 100% of profits go to support stronger healthcare systems in impoverished communities. The coffee is sourced directly from small farmers' collectives in Colombia, with a focus on 1. paying a premium to farmers to increase pay, and 2. supporting communities that are actively working to eliminate deforestation. It's awesome coffee you can feel good about. -John

@kimmykimmie

2 жыл бұрын

Already got mine🧡

@bettievw

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe this subscription will convince my parents to stop using nespresso! I hate all those little capsules wasted.

@kimmychuang5564

2 жыл бұрын

this is so exciting! i'm just now getting into coffee and this seems like a perfect match for my new hobby :)

@moiradarling97

2 жыл бұрын

I wish there was decaf. (My brain doesn’t let me have so much caffeine). But I completely understand not having it available in the beginning especially.

@jabbertwardy

2 жыл бұрын

I just started exploring coffee as a hobby... Seems like you guys somehow know exactly when to feed my curiosities

I try to remind myself of a similar quote by Albert Camus whenever I'm struggling in life. "In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer." John, you may have just shown me that love is the key to unlocking that invincible summer within oneself. Food for thought!🖖🖖

@djoakeydoakey1076

2 жыл бұрын

Albert Camus had a book published called Myth of Sisyphus during the German occupation of France.

@Cygnus378

2 жыл бұрын

Great quote! from “Retour a Tipasa” if anyone wants to read it :)

@jacksparrow4058

2 жыл бұрын

@@djoakeydoakey1076 it's true and I feel like it's important to add that The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus is a (philosophical) essay on suicide and absurdity, and I haven't finished it just yet, but there are many details in it which are helping me while I'm struggling

@jacksparrow4058

2 жыл бұрын

I also want to point out that I have almost no philosophical notions, so if anyone wants to give it a try, don't hesitate to, I don't think you need to know much about philosophy (just keep your favorite search engine nearby but no need for in depth research) to be able to give it a try

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 жыл бұрын

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“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” This one always helps me pull through.

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

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@emsilua

2 жыл бұрын

I fell asleep last night thinking of this exact quote.

@tayleighagraham1246

2 жыл бұрын

I love Lord of the Rings. Such an awesome quote.

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

2 жыл бұрын

That quote has gotten me through the pandemic so far.

@tayleighagraham1246

2 жыл бұрын

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 I believe you. When Covid affected my school schedule last year, I was crying about it to my English teacher, and he brought up that exact quote, and it's always made me feel better.

Critics: Kids and teenagers don’t think or talk as complexly as they do in John Green’s books. Alice: Hold my sippy cup.

@vlogbrothers

2 жыл бұрын

So true.

“Spring is coming” gave me “feathers everywhere” feelings. This has brought me so much hope for the spring that is on its way, whenever it gets here.

@kryxena

2 жыл бұрын

I love that - "feathers everywhere" - what a beautiful idea.

@maike__-

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, it reminded me of the "light soaked days are coming" quote from last year around P4A time.

@alanwelch9216

2 жыл бұрын

@@kryxena where is that from

@wargrunt42

2 жыл бұрын

Fall, Winter and Spring all kind of blend together for me. There are only two seasons: summer and wet.

@kaitlynmurgatroyd1394

2 жыл бұрын

Spring is coming reminds me of a similar line from Hadestown: “On a sunny day there was a railroad car, and a lady stepping off the train. Everybody looked and everybody saw, that spring had come again. “

I worry a lot that if I publish a book, as a KZreadr, people will only think it sold because I have an audience, so your "I want to prove to the world that I *am* a good writer" really hits home, but I really do need to work on writing less out of that spite and more out of my love. Cheers John 🌻

@vlogbrothers

2 жыл бұрын

I'll read that book! -John

@HelloFutureMe

2 жыл бұрын

@@vlogbrothers 📖♥️

@herranton

2 жыл бұрын

Who cares if _"people will only think it sold because you had an audience."_ Heck, who cares if that is even true? Use the advantages that you're given. _All of them._ It's hard enough to get published _with_ a KZread following. The DaVinci Code sold twice the amount of books as To Kill a Mockingbird. Please use that fact to try to convince me that better written books sell more copies...

@MEG4nerd

2 жыл бұрын

You already have two books out there that people find great. Do people say that they only do well because of your audience? If not what would switching genres have to do with it?

@clairezalla

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Tim! You're a good KZreadr ~because~ you're a good writer. That came first, and no one can take that away. I've learned so much from you, and you have absolutely nothing to prove. If that didn't help, this might cheer you up: I love your episodes about writing, but I've never seen Avatar: the Last Airbender, so a fair bit went over my head. (I actually watched your three hour movie rant and still learned something about writing). Recently, I decided it was time to take the plunge so I could get more from your videos. Thanks to you, I just started Book 3, and I'm loving it!

I’m a minute in and I’m crying. This pep talk really is what I needed today and I am incredibly thankful for it.

@Shutupalready47

2 жыл бұрын

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@gregorypault8577

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@leeraby1

2 жыл бұрын

"In the depths of winter, you feel like it will never be spring." Yup, that got me. John's ability to put into words the amorphous feelings that haunt my mind reminds me of a quote from George Orwell's 1984: "The best books, he perceived, are those that tell you what you know already."

@coznow

2 жыл бұрын

mood

@ToyKeeper

2 жыл бұрын

After almost two years of being stuck unable to do almost anything, due to some sort of medical problem doctors can't figure out, it's really hard to believe spring will ever come. But despite the doctors failing me, I've at least found ways to adapt and slowly heal, and it's starting to feel like things will eventually be okay.

John, I cannot describe HOW MUCH I NEEDED to hear this, I'm writing this in tears for I'm a high school senior that has been burnt out and have beaten up for quite a while now ..and hopelessness drenched me and I've been wet from it ever since... I really want turn it around but I found myself failing at that too. Thank you John, thank you, for reminding me that as Emily Dickinson puts it " My now is not my forever" ...

@catherinecase1142

2 жыл бұрын

“Hopelessness drenched me and I’ve been wet from it ever since” is such a beautiful phrase.

@anushreenarayanan2962

2 жыл бұрын

@@catherinecase1142 thank you for your kind words.. ☺

@madamemotarey

2 жыл бұрын

As someone who felt the same way exactly 2 years ago, it makes me really sad to see that you and so many others are struggling like this. Please consider taking a gap year before you move on to your next phase of life-whatever it may be. It was difficult to pull myself out of burnout, but time is the greatest healer. Would highly recommend Unjaded Jade's vlogs of her gap year if you're interested. I'm feeling and doing much better as a current college freshman, and I believe in you :)

@anushreenarayanan2962

2 жыл бұрын

@@madamemotarey wow, I've never thought of this before! , thank you internet stranger, to whom i owe multitudes of the thank yous to!

@madamemotarey

2 жыл бұрын

@@anushreenarayanan2962 Aww of course! Glad I could help! If you have any questions at all just lmk and I'd be happy to answer :)

Can we just talk about how the Brothers Green are a frickin' national treasure and must be protected at all costs?

@nanszoo3092

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

If hope is the thing with feathers, then love is the thing with wings. Someone else said that, I’m sure. Was it John? I can’t remember. But it is nonetheless a true thing.

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

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@MattPalka

2 жыл бұрын

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@katiegriffitts4311

2 жыл бұрын

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@VanwoodVA

2 жыл бұрын

I believe John used the quote as he reflected on Donald Trump's election. 'Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings a tiny song of love and never stops at all.'

My partner and I recently had a discussion about our core values, and I realized that what really pushes me through and what I feel defines how I lead my life is Love. Love for the people around me, both family and strangers alike, love for the things I do and learn, love for the earth and the sky and every blade of grass and pencil shred there is. I have fallen in love with the world and am overjoyed to spend my time in it. Thank you, John (and Hank!) for helping me to realize this love as well as continue to develop it - I am in your debt, and I love you.

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2 жыл бұрын

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@jahnvisingh8015

2 жыл бұрын

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John, you'll probably never know how many people needed this today, and how many will need it in the future when winter comes again. Thank you.

@mylifeismylaptop8529

2 жыл бұрын

I know I was scrolling through the comments and so many people said “I needed this today” including me. It’s amazing how many people he just helped

@sadiyahassan5812

2 жыл бұрын

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This video is so timely for me. I'm in the process of a very demotivating and demoralizing period in my life. I have been using the wrong fuels for so many things for so long and it's completely burned me out and I'm struggling to build up different fuel to go off of.

@G2girl18

2 жыл бұрын

Solidarity and best wishes for getting through this time in your life ♥️

@rmdodsonbills

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, good luck! Wishing the best for you.

@falwyn

2 жыл бұрын

I hear this. It’s hard to realize what fuel I’ve been using, often subconsciously (shame, much?), and even when I can recognize and acknowledge that it’s not effective or healthy for me, trying to figure out how to switch my default fuel to something else is tough.

@verity3616

Жыл бұрын

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@bigmanrui3503

7 ай бұрын

Hope you’re doing better now!

This is so timely. I live in Texas and *just* yesterday I was thinking how every winter I forget what it’s like to feel hot. I’m not motivated so much by resentment, but fear is a big one for me. And you’re right, it never goes away no matter how hard I work. Thank you so much for this perspective on the issue.❤️

@The_SOB_II

2 жыл бұрын

C: it's great to see you here! Hope you're well, from a fan

@JBGreenASMR

2 жыл бұрын

@@The_SOB_II Hi Steve, thank you!

@bobstroud9118

2 жыл бұрын

I store up “ I’m too hot. “. For the times I’m too cold. N.E.OH Bob

The past months I've been in deep with depression & anxiety, clinging to any passages, songs, or videos that help get me through the day. The final few seconds of this video sparked a hope in me that I haven't truly believed in for a long time. Thank you John

@Erin_Wilson_Studios

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. Just wanted you to know that for this moment, you're not alone.

I was literally telling my therapist yesterday that I am having to learn the difference between an unknown ending and unending. Hard times may have an unknown ending-- but they are not unending.

On a sunny day, there was a railroad car And a lady steppin’ off a train Everybody looked and everybody saw That spring had come again With a love song

@quinngauvin137

2 жыл бұрын

It's a sad song, but we sing it anyway. DFTBA

@laurajohnson8759

2 жыл бұрын

I was looking for a Hadestown comment! Glad I found it! :)

I know your videos resonate with a lot of people, as they should. But as someone struggling with survivor syndrome while my country is being destroyed, and being fuelled by both anger and love at the same time, this feels very personal. "Surviving and turning around the bad times together" is a perfect summary of what we Ukrainians are going through. Thank you, John.

@vlogbrothers

2 жыл бұрын

💙💛💙💛💙💛 Maryna, i'm glad you're safe. Your fellow Ukrainians fighting for your country are also glad you're safe. You are the future of Ukraine for which they are fighting. I'm so sorry you're going through this, and that your country is going through this. -John

Thank you for reminding me that our winters won't last forever. I am bedbound by chronic illness and for the past two years, due the pandemic and a weakened immune system, I have been cut off from my friends and family. I miss them and my community so much but being part of the Nerdfighter community brings me solace.

@ladybug2267

2 жыл бұрын

Wishing you good health and better times ahead! ♡♡

@29Bodhisattva

2 жыл бұрын

@@ladybug2267 Thank you for your kind wishes, I wish you well too

My channel started (Mostly) because I was dumped a few months previous by a woman I loved more than 19 year old me was prepaired to love another person. I wanted to prove that I was worthy and thought if I got successful she'd think it was a mistake and reconsider. The resentment made me brave enough to put my face on camera Today we are great friends and my relationships are much healthier, for having a better, less external validation driven view of success and love. I relate really hard to video. When making videos these days I try to think about the people who will comment that they learned something new - Occasionally a teacher says they showed it to they're students for class, and how much I myself like learning in the research process. Thank you

I love seeing organic conversations from Dear Hank & John become polished stories in videos, projects, even books eventually. It's a nice process to see and demonstrates your motivation idea. Compassion for a question asker coupled with love of a brother and a few tangents.

My mental health has been the worst it’s been in a long time for the past week. Just a numb kind of existence that makes it hard to do anything. What’s helped me is recently, on TikTok, you asked everyone to go on a walk with you. I dueted you and went on the walk that first day and now have watched that same video every day to do one thing, go on a stupid daily walk. It isn’t life changing or healing but it means I get one thing done a day. Thank for walking with me John.

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you're doing that one thing for yourself with an assist from John. It is so hard to do the work of being kind and caring for ourselves when our mental health goes wonky, which is frustrating, given that those are the moments when we need it most. So here's a little extra kindness for you today: Thank you for continuing. Thank you for going on walks. Thank you for putting food in your body and hydrating. I'm really proud of you for doing that for yourself, and for continuing even when it's hard. Keep going, and know that I'm cheering for you every step of the way. You have the strength you need to get through this. DFTBA!

@moiradarling97

2 жыл бұрын

@@untappedinkwell thank you!❤️❤️❤️ you’re the best! Yesterday was a amazing day. The sun came out for the first time in weeks, I cleaned my room for the first time in a while, I got to see friends and eat good food! It was finally a good day

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

@@moiradarling97 Yaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy!!! I am *so* glad you had a good day and thank you so much for sharing it with me! That sounds so fantastic, especially the good food and the time with friends. AND you have a clean room now!! Way to go!!! I hope your next good day comes soon.

Came here only expecting a coffee announcement, was pleasantly surprised. Thanks for your loving words, John

@vlogbrothers

2 жыл бұрын

Saving the coffee announcement for when we properly launch in a few weeks! :) -John

That line of "But spring is coming" reminds me of a Good Friday sermon I heard about. As it was told to me in another sermon, the preacher was preaching in the style of African-American Baptist and he had his refrain in his sermon, "Today is Friday, but Sunday's a comin'." By the end of his sermon, the congregation was jumping up and shouting back "but Sunday's a comin'" when ever he started the line. This would be classified as a much better performance compared to guy who preceded him who had preached in the much more calm and dreary "White Intellectual" style.

@kenyathompson1909

2 жыл бұрын

I love this! I'm such a sucker for Good Friday services--the good ones exude a hope we'd ought to embrace all year

@vedakv2096

2 жыл бұрын

Winter is coming.

@mariyashandle

2 жыл бұрын

white intellectual style 💀

My life is in shambles, really. This video is much needed. Thank you John. I love, no I adore the things you say. I love your podcast and it helps a lot. Respect from Algeria ✨🎩

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

may your next spring be as joyful as this winter has been dark. Best wishes!

@supernova3114

2 жыл бұрын

@@untappedinkwell Thank you very much, I really appreciate that ❤️❤️❤️

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

@@supernova3114 It's my honor.

In my experience, love feeds a soul more than anything else can. So nerdfighteria, today's self care tip is this: feed your soul. How you do that is up to you, but odds are good it will include some form of love. Love of friends, family, self, ocean, nature, pets, fellow humans, community, activities, sports--whatever fills you with that spark, spend a little bit of time with it. And if you don't know what that is, or if it's been a long time since you felt that spark, that's okay. It might mean that you need to rest or take a break so that that spark can find its way to you. It's there. Like the spring, it will return in time. And while I put love into everything I do here, if you didn't know: I love you nerdfighteria. DFTBA!

John you made me both smile and cry in a video three and a half minutes long and I'm sure I'm not alone in the experience. Thank you for this earnest and hopeful pep-talk that I know I'll revisit so many more times in the future when it feels like winter and it'd make me feel the same way, always: that I'm seen and understood.

God, I needed this, been worried about college entrances and future career choices. I find your books and videos very comforting amidst all this confusion :)

@anushreenarayanan2962

2 жыл бұрын

I wish you the best luck with that! -from a fellow high school senior who's going through Precisely the same thing...

@saranshgautam6551

2 жыл бұрын

I remember being in the exact same shoes as you guys an year ago.. Keep working guys, and trust me, spring is closer than you think :D

@MarkThePage

2 жыл бұрын

Remember that, like a squirrel in the middle of a road thinking about changing Daylight Savings Time, the correct decision is any decision.

@deekshas3936

2 жыл бұрын

As someone who was also in this place last year with the pandemic making everything worse, I know it's hard but I assure you that spring WILL come. Good luck y'all!

Hey John, just wanted to say thank you for helping me get through high school. That was 10 years ago. Today, I’m in my final semester of my masters and I’m so comforted to have these videos in all the hard times since.

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

Way to go!! That's so amazing!

"The way things are is simply not the way they will always be" taking this as reassurance that the Awesome Coffee Club will ship internationally in the future 😭🙏

Yes LOVE! Bring on the cheese, man, because I'm here for it. I've been very grateful for this community over the past few years because it makes me feel less isolated, but also because everyone here is kind and loving. I love all y'all and hope that your metaphorical spring comes sooner than you think.

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

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Thank you for this. My dad unexpectedly passed in early November and the holidays/winter has been very hard for me. This grief has been disorienting and the love and patience you talk about is what has gotten me through. It is so important to remember that the seasons will continue to change and that I am not alone in feeling such heavy things. Thank you as always for this community and putting into words what I cannot.

@untappedinkwell

2 жыл бұрын

In nerdfighteria, we have a saying when a loved one passes away. If I may: May you dad Rest in Awesome. I am so glad our community has helped in such a difficult time, and I hope you get to carry that into spring. Best wishes.

@anchimel

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, JenBo. You are most certainly not alone in feeling this way. I also lost my father unexpectedly a few months ago. It just sucks. *Hugs*

I’m the guy who posted on your March 1st video about my wife having just died of cancer less than 12 hours before watching that video (hanging in there, by the way), and I loved this line from today’s video: “Love is not forged not only in the good times; it is also forged in surviving and turning around the bad times together.” That really speaks to me right now. Many of us affected by my wife’s passing have seen love in the tremendous outpouring of support from not only one another but from complete strangers. I love especially that the strangers have no reason to feel an attachment to my family. They just have an attachment to the idea of community, an idea that when one of us is suffering, we are all suffering. Hang in there, everyone. Whatever you are going through, I am over here rooting for you, though we may never meet. I care about you.

@winterkeptuswarm

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@mweru1900

4 ай бұрын

Thank you. Hang in there too

Dealt with a pretty bad panic attack last weekend and hearing that Spring is coming moved me so deeply. Thank you so much for this.

Sometimes, all times are bad times. I’ve needed this for a while, thank you.

John this was the perfect video for the perfect day. I had a breakdown in my car after work (I'm a HS counselor that's doing both my job and the MS counselor's job until the new one starts in a month). I really needed this video today. I also hope you got a hug at the end of that video because you sounded like you were getting choked up. It's okay, John! We'll get through it.

@vlogbrothers

2 жыл бұрын

Hard work. Thanks for doing it. -John

I agree that knowing others have worse troubles does not really help with my own, but reading these comments reminds me that, whilst we are apart in our troubles, we are all together in having to battle them and there's something comforting in that.

Stop being so nice and sincere when I'm at work. It's not socially acceptable to cry in an office!

Rage and resentment can start the fire, but love keeps it glowing. P.S. I don't know when you recorded this, but it's now spring! Celebrate, Alice!

Thank you for this video John. My friend passed away last night and it’s been a rough morning sorting through the grief. This helped to lift my spirits 💕 rest peacefully Annette

I have recently found myself surrounded with despair and worry around my personal life. Listening to this gave me faith that perhaps not all is as bad as it seems, that faith is not actually fruitless despite how meager the future may seem. I could really use a hug right now. But this helped.

Last night, I rewatched old videos on this channel for a pep talk. Even though my favorite pep talk was you talking about distractions and how you find solutions in moments of silence, this pep talk might beat that one.

i guess i'll join the chorus of people who are both, time and time again, surprised and thankful for your words in these times. I teach at a local institute for remedial learning and tutoring, and my colleagues and i are worried about a lot of our kids. In fact i've just come home from class, wondering how in all that is good these children will grow up, what their world will look like, how i can help them not succumb to a seemingly unending winter. And you are right. With compassion. With kindness. With love. The fuel that burns both bright and clean. It reminds me of P.L.Dunbars poem "The Lesson", from 1913, which closes: So I sang a lay for a brother's ear In a strain to soothe his bleeding heart, And he smiled at the sound of my voice and lyre, Though mine was a feeble art. But at his smile I smiled in turn, And into my soul there came a ray: In trying to soothe another's woes Mine own had passed away. Your video has, once again, made me smile and soothed my woes. I hope yours may also have passed a little. I wish you all the best.

Thanks for this today John. It certainly has been a long winter. I'm thankful for the coming spring, and for both of you. DFTBA.

I have the last midterm of my degree in half an hour. Just remembering that spring is coming is a great help

I really really needed this today- my dad is dying of terminal cancer and it feels like it’s going to be winter forever and I’ll never be happy again. This video was like handwarmers in my pockets, it doesn’t change the cold around me but it has helped make it a little bit easier to deal with.

I think this might be my first tattoo. "Love is the fuel that burns both bright and clean." -John Green

Thank you John, I'm in hard times right now and this is exactly what i needed.

Thank you for this. I just had to say goodbye to my 10 year old velocikeet yesterday. Had her 9 years. At first she was fearful and traumatized from previous owner, then tolerant of me at best, to one year of her deciding I was awesome and she couldn't wait for me to hang with her. She had abdominal swelling that was making it harder and harder for her to breathe, and I knew it was time. She was a smart, feisty little force of nature, and I am missing her terribly. I try to remind myself of the saying "where there is great grief, there is great love". I love these short videos, both you and Hank pack so much into them.

I have an interview that I have to conduct today. I was really really nervous, but this helped me calm down. Thanks John!

It really has been winter for a long time. But I've seen glimpses of spring, and those keep me going. Thank you, John. I really needed to hear this 🌻

Thank you. This is me sitting in my empty classroom, scarfing my lunch and trying not to think about the absolute nightmares that are my students' lives (how can I expect them to care about my class when their family feels like it's falling apart), and I found this video. That last line made me want to cry. I think I want to share this whole video with all of my classes.

I've heard parts of this talk in past videos of yours, but it's still good hearing it again.

Thanks so much for this John. It is currently a cold winter for me and I'm trying to turn things around. Needed this.

Feeling very unmotivated today and was feeling guilty :,) saw this notification and smiled because I really needed this !! Thank you John

Every year around this time I have a constant loop of “Here Comes the Sun” playing in my head.

I have been through some metaphorical winters that emerged into metaphorical springs and so now whenever I find myself in winter I tell myself that even though the cold is all I can think about I have experienced spring coming when I though it never would before. It makes the dark times a little easier to endure.

spring is coming, you may be pretty sure about that. for the darker times being, give the world - including yourself - the love it deserves, because it has given you so much already. and it will continue doing so for much more time, if we're lucky

thank you for your words john , I truly value them

I've been burning fluctuating amounts of hopeful, feathery love for creation---both the act of and the surrounded by---and this video refilled the candle, which is no longer burning at both ends. It gives a lovely light.

i am in tears. I feel this so much. thank you bro for sharing.

Frankly I needed this, thanks John.

Thank you for your perspective, John.

Thank you for always making me feel seen.

Thank you so much for this video, John. It has felt so much like winter for a long time, and the hope about spring is what I needed to hear. Thank you.

I wanted to read this when you mentioned it on Dear Hank and John so I am glad you shared it!

Thank you John. We all needed that reminder.

Thanks, John. I needed to hear this today.

This is brilliant, John. Thank you.

I needed this very badly today. Thank you John.

This is such gift right now. Thank you.

Thank you for your honesty and wisdom.

I like the one book of yours I read. The Anthropocene reviewed was very good, moving and from the heart. Thank you John, keep doing what you are doing, it's a goodness.

This video was like a warm hug. thank you!

I love you’re words of wisdom they always feel like realizations I’ve come to before and just need to be reminded. Thanks for reminding me the only real way to live is by love!

Mr. Green, That was the absolute best, inspiring and genuine pep talk Ever. I cried hard. Thank you. You're amazing. All my heart, love to all. 🕯🕊

One of your best, John. Thank you.

Thanks! I really needed that. I've been having a hard time with motivation as a music major, and you reminded me to reconnect to the love I have for my art, and the joy I get from it.

Thanks John. Really needed to hear this today. ❤️

Thanks for this John, I've really been having a hard time feeling like I've had to white-knuckle my way through my Junior Year of college, and burning my proverbial candle at both ends because that has been the thing that got me through high school and the early stages of the pandemic, and the times when I was at my job and I just wanted to quit, but now I'm getting to a point where rather than ramping up, college is finally seeming to ramp down and I'm seeing the other side for the first time in a long time and the whole thing has left me feeling incredibly hollow. Like all my barreling down and exhaustive white-knuckle driving is for nothing. I've got a little bit under 9 months left as a college student, so I'm gonna try and use a little bit more love as my fuel to get through it.

Thanks John for always making the video I least expect but need to hear

It can't be easy being so open about your flaws and personal struggles. Thank you for sharing them with us.

Thank you John, I really needed this today.

this video really gave me a bit of hope for the future, im going through a rought time mentally and i really needed the pep talk, thanks!

This is exactly what I needed to hear at this moment. Thank you, John!

Your messages have been so necessary in my life for years now. Thanks for this, John!

Wow. Really needed this today. Thank you John!

can't express how much i needed this in this exact moment. thank you.

Beautiful words, the last part got me misty eyed. Thank you.

It's crazy that sometimes you stubble across something that you really need to hear, and you are at that moment also open to hearing it. Thank you.

I really really needed this today John. Thank you 🥰

That was very motivational! Thanks for taking the time to do that John! 😊

Your story of being fueled by anger and fear reminds me a lot of Prince Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender. We see him change the reasons for his firebending from anger and fear, and it makes him not only a better person, but also a better firebender. You are an inspiration John! Keep up the great work!

Thank You! I'm a big fan & I'm feeling the love

Thanks John, can't wait for my spring to come!

This was absolutely beautiful, John. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.❤️

My winter has gone on long enough. This has given me a fraction of hope. Thank you

thanks john someone I know really needs something like this.

These videos often feel like they are the only place I can come to and be okay with how I feel about.... everything. They might not be solving problems, but I feel understood more times than not. Thank you!

I feel like after a certain age you don’t really get pep talks anymore… I didn’t realize how much I needed one, thanks John 🖤