For those of us that have raised ourselves, this is the conversation we have missed from our fathers and grandfathers.

@rodolfogomes6615

4 жыл бұрын

😢

@SunnyDlite84

3 жыл бұрын

True!! I don't meet others who raised themselves. Nice to know I'm not alone. Though sad too.

@michaelgrace1298

3 жыл бұрын

@@SunnyDlite84 me too, and it's only just hit me, I raised myself 😢

@trayc2762

3 жыл бұрын

zx6r79: Word👌 I Am. Peace brothers and sisters.

@powerhouse8888

3 жыл бұрын

I wish all of us find each other one day with an open pure heart because we know the value of love and we can give it to each other unconditionally.

I changed my mind. Suicide is not the solution.

@robertdegroot8302

7 жыл бұрын

+Metehan, great. But don't forget that your mood is mostly determined by imbalance of certain chemicals in the brain: mood determines thoughts, thoughts barely affect mood. If you've already tried antidepressants, start exercising 5 times a week (force yourself to do it in the beginning), start eating healthy, look for a new hobby (like learning an instrument, a sport or a language), set a happy long term goal for yourself (like going traveling 3 years from now) and clean up your social life (by removing toxic people). If you fail to continue with one or some of these, then don't worry about it and just focus on the others. I did most of those things and they saved me from depression and addiction. Especially the healthy eating and daily exercising greatly improved me within a few weeks. Some people like jogging or cycling, but I prefer fitness because the body building also improves my self esteem. Good luck!!

@geromerca6734

7 жыл бұрын

Metehan Kaya do it Do it..just kidding I'm in a hard boat too but I'm curious if my future

@Felipe-fb5lh

7 жыл бұрын

Dont give up

@jpare3375

7 жыл бұрын

It's not the solution, LIVE.

@josephstevens5489

7 жыл бұрын

how could it ever be. Hope you start making waves you enjoy surfing

And when nobody wakes you in the morning, and when nobody waits for you at night, and when you can do whatever you want. What do you call it, freedom or loneliness? -Charles Bukowski

@ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw

8 ай бұрын

Personal Freedom. ✨❣️✨

@machoman6969

7 ай бұрын

A bit of both.

@davidas5049

2 ай бұрын

amazing quote, thank you !

@copperraising

2 ай бұрын

From Rodger Waters in an interview, Wish you were here is often misinterpreted as being about someone else, and that works and is understandable, but really it is about your own naivete and innocence that you trade in over time, or lose even, through experiences, or "life"... TLDR- "Did you exchang,e a walk on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage?"

Isolation is a gift.. I've come to love myself this year. Took 27 years, and quite a few mistakes, but all the inherent self hate, and misery, isn't mine. I'm glad I held on. I'm glad I'm alive.

@boadicea5856

4 жыл бұрын

Zach McElroy Im glad you're alive too. And that you held on. You never know the good that awaits you in your future.

@aritrakrishna7379

4 жыл бұрын

Im 17 and thank you for your comment. Was in a doubt about isolation u cleared it out.

@johnh23z

3 жыл бұрын

Good Man !

@thomassterckx549

3 жыл бұрын

@kpooja9379

3 жыл бұрын

@@aritrakrishna7379 I was about to say what u said. But sometimes it's frustating and hit profoundly; triggers very ridiculous thought in mind nd end up thinking about nothingness..... But yeaah sometimes it provide wide space too to live your life in way that you want.

the phrase "You can't beat death, but you can beat death in life" is one of the most profound statements I've ever heard.

@sistergrimace1567

7 жыл бұрын

Lewis C "Its the only good fight there is"

@lescamerounais8740

7 жыл бұрын

i'm agreed

@Quixoticah

7 жыл бұрын

It's a good line, but it's difficult to do anything with it. The lines that follow are those that offer direction how to do this: "and the more often you learn to do it, the more light there will be" Don't just think a big idea, repeat using it every day just a little at a time. Beating death is a pretty big concept after all! Take it a little at a time and get better at it every pass. And even we agree on this, the form of this action won't be the same for any one of us, so we must ask - what's my own way of beating death in life, a little bit at a time? Answer this and your profound experience will be complete.

@Nikku08

7 жыл бұрын

I don't really understand it. Can you please explain it to me?

@yinauritaveras317

7 жыл бұрын

Lewis C sometimes???

I feel like everyone needs an old man to narrate their life...

@creactivaimpresiones3629

5 жыл бұрын

TO NARRATE OR TO INSPIRE THEIR LIFE..? There is a little difference on that.

@Mp47Ak5

4 жыл бұрын

Look up the truth about Morgan Freeman.

@TANTRUMGASM

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4N-qryfebHLoNY.html

@user-nd8vl7uy5x

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@asiddiqi123

4 жыл бұрын

THIS old man.

For a moment I thought that this was Bukowski's voice. It would be what I expected from the man in the photo, a raspy voice. It is a shame writers and poets don't record their work in their own voice.

@wakeupbenny

Ай бұрын

maybe AI but this voice is so close to his voice if u watched his interviews

He also said, "If you let them kill you they will." He was right. Protect yourself. Learn to say NO. He also said, :"Sometimes you have to just piss in the sink." I love this guy.

@katokato7776

3 жыл бұрын

100% ...

@zhugeliang777

Жыл бұрын

ahahahaha 1000%

@pierreracine128

10 ай бұрын

sometimes you just have to pee in their sink

There is a light somewhere It may not be much light But it beats the darkness

Laying in bed staring at the ceiling at 5 am, couldnt eat for 3 days with a broken heart this is making me cry, but I know these moments will mold me into a stronger person and to anyone else going through tough times: when you're at the bottom the only way is up, keep your head up and ride it out straight to perfect laughter.

@maximusgladio3989

7 жыл бұрын

Diverseyy hold on there man. you are stronger than you think

@justindsalinas

7 жыл бұрын

stay strong it gets better

@nlpjim5502

7 жыл бұрын

i hope you're doing okay

@irishmermaid4

7 жыл бұрын

Diverseyy Hold fast, my friend. You will heal.

@Edddy...

7 жыл бұрын

Diverseyy hit it and quit it

Throwing Away The Alarm Clock by Charles Bukowski my father always said, “early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” it was lights out at 8 p.m. in our house and we were up at dawn to the smell of coffee, frying bacon and scrambled eggs. my father followed this general routine for a lifetime and died young, broke, and, I think, not too wise. taking note, I rejected his advice and it became, for me, late to bed and late to rise. now, I’m not saying that I’ve conquered the world but I’ve avoided numberless early traffic jams, bypassed some common pitfalls and have met some strange, wonderful people one of whom was myself-someone my father never knew.

@kathrynstewart-mcdonald

4 жыл бұрын

My father said he love the poetry of Robert Frost, "The Road Less Traveled" we traveled that road, along with my adventurous mother and my pet dog, we lived in many foreign countries, places which were at that time virtually unheard of, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Thailand, Italy, Bahamas and others, My father was always employed and had a good income, he was loved by people, when he returned to the USA, after serving our country in foreign service for US Dept of State, more than 50 years abroad, he said it was a country he barely recognized, the lack of community, the lack of manners He loved our country , we all do. We need to do more to humanize our nation, we need to change the curriculum for the generation of children destroyed by their parents drug abuse or absence. Teach them to speak standard English, learn manners, and improve our schools, they need safe places to live, affordable places.

@moskva-kassiopeya

4 жыл бұрын

You said that like it’s up to everybody to wake late. If you have to work for a living you can’t choose to up late.

@eldorado1244

4 жыл бұрын

@@moskva-kassiopeya ...find a different job that allows you to wake up late....

@MrSimonw58

4 жыл бұрын

Do what you want I don't care but your father sounds like a dick.

@RoxyWrites

4 жыл бұрын

@@moskva-kassiopeya If that is the only thing stopping you from creating, from following your bliss, from doing what you love, then change the job. If you cannot change jobs bc of economy or circumstance or location, then change your circumstances or your location! As a woman over 40 in America it is very non-egalitarian for me. I have manifested from nothing, for 4 decades of my life, a more egalitarian circumstance for myself in a sea of "no egalitarianism" but manifesting that daily for myself inside a nation that hates women, that neither supports me or recognizes me as a human being but only as a gender... That is not the answer for me. So I can stay or I can leave... my choice is to leave (moving to Germany this year). To each of us, the question is always the same: How badly do you want what your heart tells you is your path? "Your Life is Your Life, don't let it be clubbed into dank submission..." simply because the STORY you're telling yourself right now is a negative one...That's NOT your story, it's someone else's story that you were fed as a child. Other people's stories are not yours. Tell the Story of Your Life as you Want it to be, and not how it was 5 minutes ago. Every morning you will decide who you are when you wake up. Choose Your Life and no one else's, and if your bliss means changing jobs to a 2nd or 3rd shift, or moving to another city or another country, so what? ........ "DO IT! ....It's the only good fight there is."-CB

"The gods wait to delight in you." I want to believe it now more than ever, Charles.

@haze_the_alchemist1123

2 жыл бұрын

You are infinite my friend.

@huwballbot3978

2 жыл бұрын

There is no such a thing as god , humans need hopes to get something what they need so they creat as by there own fantasy

@haze_the_alchemist1123

2 жыл бұрын

@@huwballbot3978 God means the Soutce we obviously came and exist from somewhere.

@wingo78

Жыл бұрын

@@huwballbot3978 go away HITLER!

@max-bc5uo

Жыл бұрын

@@haze_the_alchemist1123 Believing in God implies you gave up curiousity. Sad

"You will be alone with the gods And the nights will flame with fire" That image is absolutely stunning. There are no words for the emotions this invokes

@randyjarrell4611

6 жыл бұрын

Inspiring. It talks to the soul How far are you willing to go to know your path

@doorswhofan

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. An intense, vibrant line.

@kiran0511

4 жыл бұрын

do it !

@andyt9181

2 жыл бұрын

That one got me too, some familiar truth about it.

@jeanshareux2090

Жыл бұрын

I wonder what this phrase means though.. can someone explain?

Please never delete this. I come back here often and it always touches my soul and heart like no other poems could.

“You can’t beat death, but you can beat death in life...”

@c.1211

4 жыл бұрын

What a great line.👍

@BrendonMarkering

4 жыл бұрын

🙏😌

@teddyboef2821

4 жыл бұрын

Actually you can beat death. Bv realising you were never born to begin with.

@TOKRocK84

4 жыл бұрын

@@teddyboef2821 yea, that's what "but you can beat death in life" means (for example) I think. It's a very weird line, it's greater than simple logic, that's why it is so great. Definetely deepest line in the poem(s)

@TOKRocK84

4 жыл бұрын

that line... whish people would know it, instead of getting their lifes screwed by that excuse of a pandemic... guess I'll listen to 'genius of the crowd next'... and then come back here probably, he

Never in my 27yrs of living have I came across something so magnificent as this to the point where it's moved me so emotionally

@jimw.4161

Жыл бұрын

I am 78 years old - and I feel exactly the same way. Even with a lifetime of experience. You discovered Hank very early in life; you're lucky!

All of these words mean different thing to each one of us.

@amyfrizzo3756

4 жыл бұрын

You are so right. Isn't that the meaning of each man being free to say what is in your true heart. And you are to take it for your self and what it means to you.

@chaosdweller

4 жыл бұрын

That is art

@kishanshivakoti256

4 жыл бұрын

AR AD no better interpretation

@gregflores8959

4 жыл бұрын

AR AD Didn’t need you to inform everyone of the obvious,..duhhhh.

@RogerioLupoArteCientifica

3 жыл бұрын

and also mean a different thing to the different persons we become all throughout different times of our life.

When I feel a little bit sad I always come to this video to remind me that I must "go all the way" to follow my dreams :)

@RogiDream

7 жыл бұрын

+Francisca Jeraldo Never stop going Francisca! Your positive actions, like this comment, make impacts all over. Create a life of your own and influence people in a good way

@ascad55

6 жыл бұрын

Do it do it do it u will do it

@nat0106951

6 жыл бұрын

Francisca Jeraldo I've been going all the way. and started to lose relationships. that is why I lost my focus coz it hurts. I wanted to start going al the way again

@mtw9592

6 жыл бұрын

there are no dreams in life. Dreams are illusions, constructs of our mind, in order to alleviate our pain.

@papadoc711

6 жыл бұрын

Your Life, is your life :)

❤️‍🔥 “Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think I'm not going to make it but you laugh inside remembering all the times you've felt that way” ❤️‍🔥 ~ Charles Bukowski 😎

@blackbird5634

Жыл бұрын

"Sometimes I bend over to tie my shoes, and when I stand up the day is over." -William S Burroughs. 🙃

@cristianm7097

10 ай бұрын

IF you manage to get out of bed. It can take days, due to laziness or depression or lack of motivation.

Took me 15 years to realize alcohol was holding me back and preventing me to become my best version. Not anymore. I come here almost every day to watch this video. My life is my life.

I always have to fight back tears when I listen to poems like this. Anyone else?

@scratchness5567

4 жыл бұрын

it's so deep broh..

@annajacobs697

4 жыл бұрын

@@scratchness5567 I am 63 now and Bukowski was my savior many a time and all the way

@acrididi

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I feel the same, but you and I know why.. Because we are not doing it, doing what we're supposed to do.. Start today if you haven't already!

@ChethanKumar-ot7mp

4 жыл бұрын

Me too friend

@ms.misunderstood150

4 жыл бұрын

I feel u....it's deep..and overwhelming

he is a legend .. when he say "do it , do it , do it " he entering into my mind slowly .. what a voice .. inspirational

@solidtrader1452

6 жыл бұрын

I get goosebumps

@agirlfriendfreeboy3245

6 жыл бұрын

Wasn't his voice

Bukowski, for me, is the most honest poet I have ever had the privilege to read. I love his stories, his autobiographical truth, and his comical harmonies. I only discovered him this year, and am totally hooked. Bless him!

@demigodkenshi

3 жыл бұрын

reyis

@rjwasser8312

2 жыл бұрын

You wouldn't happen to know what book of poetry this happens to be in, would you?

"Your life is your life" how can five simple words hold such powerful meaning

Isolation is a gift✌

@JustAgreekPassing

7 жыл бұрын

amen

@rekostarr7149

7 жыл бұрын

INDEED.

@bruhcolli5220

7 жыл бұрын

Why? Is it because in isolation you'll know more about yourself?

@bruhcolli5220

7 жыл бұрын

Yes. You'll understand how life works, what's better for you and others but I guess im still looking for a deeper meaning why he said ”gift" although I get what you mean when you're alone you'll understand what's really going on with you

@flukesl8615

6 жыл бұрын

H Rad maybe he just means that from enduring the other stuff, isolation became a gift?

What would a human life be without emotions, words, music and poetry. This hit me like a gust of wind and raised me up above my everyday BS life. Great poetry makes you pay attention to the present moment.

@GlossaME

7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, respect.

@stillwatersnightsky6533

7 жыл бұрын

AquariusRevolution you said it

@peterturley1331

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed dear fellow Aquariun

@peterturley1331

4 жыл бұрын

@Travis Rabble No- you are!!!

I've lost a lot by going all the way, but I have found nearly everything because of it, the hidden treasure in one's own soul!!

@RoxyWrites

3 жыл бұрын

YES

@Last.Dark.Emperor

2 жыл бұрын

Everything is worth of loosing in this life to get that which is eternal,it is hardest path,full of blockades in every corner,but once u realize yourself,there is nothing that can stop u,even nothing itself.

Found this shortly after being made redundant. I was on the edge of despair, about to tumble into a black hole of my own making. Thanks for uploading this ! It has helped take the edge off the sadness

@ay3696

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you are doin ok now and things started to look up 🙌🏻🙌🏻

@georgecraker8972

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you’re well.

@Last.Dark.Emperor

2 жыл бұрын

When u are in black hole,then became black hole itself,absorb everything around u,untill thers nothing left that is not u.

I watched and listened to about.... 5,000 KZread videos, however, this tops them all. All.

@pgielzakdesign

5 жыл бұрын

And death shall have no dominion. Do not go gentle into this good night. Dylan Thomas

@acrididi

4 жыл бұрын

Make it 5.000.000

@forgiveness_denied

4 жыл бұрын

great waste of life

@ryanweston9677

4 жыл бұрын

This was about 250th on my list. Keep searching!

@boadicea5856

4 жыл бұрын

forgiveness denied Not when one is hearing the words Bukowski wrote! 😆

'Your life is your life, know it while you have it'.WOW, Magic words

Just gave up every possession I have and moved across the country to chase a dream ...these words guide me

A real knot in my throath to hear this man who lived a terrible life in many aspects and then gave humanity this beautifull words of hope and wisdom.

"beautiful" is not enough to describe my feeling watching this..

@Hal.chemist

8 жыл бұрын

same for me

@bithynian3700

7 жыл бұрын

Yea, right? It felt like seeing with his eyes. Damn what a man, i love this poem

@kimberlyalexander9691

7 жыл бұрын

roosevelta99 chills up my spine

@faroq_ak47

7 жыл бұрын

roosevelta99 Same here !

@b.r.a.a.d6870

6 жыл бұрын

Agree

i type this with tears in my eyes....second poem may be the most profound thing ive ever heard

@timmytoms__

5 жыл бұрын

:')

@drtyluver1422

4 жыл бұрын

Why do people say that so much now? Glory? Attention? Why have people become so fake?

wise words we all need to hear. great man.

@roguespiral

6 жыл бұрын

Ryan Smith Yeah i just hear them but i dont really do anything...

@drtyluver1422

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, men are great, always have been. Do not let a female shape your life, never. Follow your dreams, not hers 👍 good luck kid

@drtyluver1422

4 жыл бұрын

@@roguespiral Go for a hard run, wake your ass up. Sweat, feel pain on purpose, dont stop till it's over 👍

@michaelodonnell7970

3 жыл бұрын

This coming from a Jag off who worked in a post office mail room for like 20 years ..... fuckin hypocrite

@haze_the_alchemist1123

2 жыл бұрын

@@drtyluver1422 yup

I discovered bukowski when I was 15. Saved me in my life. Just last week I discovered Alexander port a true calling and it made me pick up a book by bukowski. Just great.

"I don't fight because I want to win, I fight because I have to win" -Unknown

@maltelauridsbrigge3776

4 жыл бұрын

That's garbage. Words by someone who never lost anything profound. Ask for some words from someone who had to fight knowing he would lose everything.

@UchihaNoMadara

4 жыл бұрын

Ichigo whilst fighting Ulquiorra.

@poondawg3244

4 жыл бұрын

"A good idea, is a good idea forever" - David Brent

Facing some possible jail time in a few months, needed to hear this.

@jamjox9922

7 жыл бұрын

The greatest prison is always inside our minds. Mandela did 20 years and changed the world. If you do end up inside, serve your time, and change your life. It will not be easy, but it's the only life you have.

@c0rnf1ake

7 жыл бұрын

If I was in jail I'd try to teach myself like Malcolm X. And train in calisthenics and become a strength-functional god who's smart as fuck.

@sohaybmegraoui2050

7 жыл бұрын

You are what you make of your experiences - good or bad.

@biggusdickus666

7 жыл бұрын

what did you do?

@djkiddrocks1241

7 жыл бұрын

Jam Jox Mandela was a terrorist who changed the world for the worse. Look at south Africa now. You have Mandela and his ilk to thank for that.

I always think about these words of him when I feel like I don’t wanna live anymore and feel deeply hopeless it is unbelievable when you realize how he understands and shares it all I don’t have enough words to thank him one of the greatest souls...

I wish it was Bukoski reading this. The way he spoke in his readings carried a certain energy to it that cannot be replicated just like the way he wrote.

"and it will be better then anything else you can imagine"

@KRASHMAN669

7 жыл бұрын

Black Moon let's see

@RogerioLupoArteCientifica

6 жыл бұрын

it is... and yet after knowing it, all you can know is that there is nothing better, but you can't recall it, just be there again. As Rumi says: I saw you and became empty. This emptiness, more beautiful than existence, it obliterates existence, and yet when it comes, existence thrives and creates more existence!

"go all the way. there is no other feeling like that. you will be alone with the gods and the night will flame with fire." god that is soo beautiful

All the greatest men died in the 1990s, but their work, poetry & legacy lives on.

The sheer potency of this exhortation cannot be matched. Bukowski wisdom!

Genius!!!!

I mistakely clicked on this video,wow i got chills listening to him

@wanderer299a

6 жыл бұрын

its not charles talking...nowhere even near...

@peterturley1331

4 жыл бұрын

There are no mistakes friend.

Dear Charles, You delightful drunk. Thank you for your words. Go All the way

@RogiDream

6 жыл бұрын

ALL the way... ;)

phenomenal.

Post Office is still one of my favorite novels - even after all these years. there is only one Bukowski.

I feel like the actual gods have guided me to watch this video and hear this amazing composition. Guess my already broken soul feels the healing powers of truly amazing poetry. What a great character Charles Bukowski was. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

@avi-ventures

4 жыл бұрын

Teodora B. No it was the amazing KZread algorithm

@lilyk9518

3 жыл бұрын

@@avi-ventures maybe there is a god of KZread, you never know😄

@avi-ventures

3 жыл бұрын

Belief is all we need

Wish I had heard these words long ago as a young man, never too late though.

"you'll be alone with the gods,and the nights will flame with fire " wow only Bukowski can write something so true and badass in the same time

You will ride life straight to perfect laughter.... amazing

What a legend! Gave me goosebumps specially second poem!!

@dr.justice

6 жыл бұрын

No doubt - he just lived it.

This is the best speech I've ever heard. I cried when I heard it

I wrote these poems on paper and paste to board and read daily from February 2020 to now. It gives great enthusiasm everytime I read them.

"Your life is your life, don't let it be clubbed into dank submission ... ", it's like thunder, quick and massively influential. Damn it, it's Awesome.

Heard this incredible piece and looked for it's writer. I was expecting an composed man who had life figured out. Turns out he was an alcoholic who had a rough life. Weirdly I find that comforting, seems more fitting in my opinion.

I've never heard of this guy but, those were the right words at the right time. Just in time.

@ESport211

4 жыл бұрын

read the bòok, the subtle art of not giving a f#$%, by Mark Manson. He talks about Charles Bukowski in the first chapter.

His read, his voice, his poetry is so rich. "Roll the Dice" was so powerful, I wept yet listened so many times, as he is generous and beautiful with his words. "You will ride life to perfect laughter". "Your life is your life, know it while you have it", powerful.

@judymahon5147

5 жыл бұрын

@@DeuceDevil It was lovely, but no worries.

bukowski knows whats up.!

@Lookout4the3rdrail

6 жыл бұрын

79JOM1 Sure does

@drtyluver1422

4 жыл бұрын

He stayed in my town n area 👍 San Pedro and Torrance. We know pain lol and ego

The two best poems of the 20th century.

This poem made me take all the important and hard decisions of my life. I knew it several years ago. I forget about it each time. But in a dark night, God might remind it to me, each time. At the good moment. And eather it makes me do, eather it makes me be proud of what I did. Full of hope

I'm starting a new job tonight and I'm scared, but I came here for his words of wisdom...

@Pondapple

Жыл бұрын

Courage.

I just hope Nike don't take this up as an ad.

@5001mistymouse

7 жыл бұрын

dingoswamphead that made me giggle

@richardsneed9042

7 жыл бұрын

This is the kinda shit Shia Lebarf wishes he could come up with

@chishuwochangu1

7 жыл бұрын

Vvvvbhhu

@andyhernandez9612

7 жыл бұрын

Como aprender Abordar

@kjsciacca

6 жыл бұрын

Levis already did about 8 years ago

Idk what led me here, but I'm glad it did. I needed this right now. Good luck to everyone in their lives. We sometimes forget ourselves and lose our way. Remember yourself and treat yourself kind.

Hey you reading this! I just want to tell you that no matter how hard your life may seem right now, you are gonna fight through it! You are gonna make it, whatever your dreams or goals may be, you are gonna make it! You only have one life, embrace it! Never give up, stay strong! And have a beautiful day!

i couldn’t make it through 25, 26, 27, without these words. thanks puke.

Understanding him and his body of work, as a statement, this gives me chills every time I hear it.

Something about his voice and mannerisms just adds to the profundity of everything I've ever heard from him

He will always be the poet of my soul.

The poem I keep coming back to when I need some encouragement.

This poem helps me in the journey in sober life. Love it!

@rodneyharvey7780

7 жыл бұрын

Arturs Arturs One day at a time. 6 years clean and sober. The program isn't for people who need it, it's for people who want it.

@artursarturs9783

7 жыл бұрын

My brother... :) Hugs!

@rodneyharvey7780

7 жыл бұрын

Amen.

@drtyluver1422

4 жыл бұрын

@@rodneyharvey7780 Aye, but as anything, lots of bad in all

@AnnaLVajda

4 жыл бұрын

The author was an alcoholic.

I watched a documentary on Charles Bukowski the other night,I did not know his story as such.There were times when I thought he was a misogynist git and times when I was so overwhelmed with compassion for the suffering and humiliation he went through by the hands of his father and the lifelong scares that left.He determination and compulsion to write even when working long shifts in a post office that left him physically pushed to his limits,utterly moved me.Like many of us he was a complex mixture virtue and vice and I think this quote is beautiful from someone who really knew what darkness was.I will go and read some of his other writing as well.

@karencrisol3307

7 жыл бұрын

Upenda Sana hollywood is a good book .

He was a beautiful beautiful man. Thank you for your words. "The gods delight in you" thank you charles🙏🙏

I'm feeling a bit sad. And just like every time I came to this video to remind me that I must "go all the way" to follow my dreams" and "I must paas test of my endurance with 💯.

And that's why he's one of my favorite authors

This gave me life, on a spiritual journey so long, this gave me life again

@jaffajoffer6300

4 жыл бұрын

So how its going now?

@bilalkaragun4189

3 жыл бұрын

are you alive ?

"It's the only good fight there is."

Something inside me broke long ago. And it will never get fixed. Sometimes I feel like I'm drowning, in those moments I come back to this and it makes me feel better, there's hope. But more than that, this makes me feel completely insignificant. At this point all I can do is feel gratitude. In the middle of the darkness, in a mostly hostile world, I have found unbelievable beauty and love. This moments are worth living.

@peterturley1331

4 жыл бұрын

Beautifully stated. I empathise deeply. I sincerely hope that we both find peace, in this world or the next. X.

That DREAM belongs to me! Whatever it takes!

I've watched hundreds of inspiritaional videos over the years, but this one is by far the most truthful, and thus, the best. You da man, Charles.

This is exactly what i needed to hear.. Not just today, but for the previous 34 years of life.

Everytime I feel like everything is falling apart I come back to this video. It makes me goes through life.

Pure wisdom 😍

@Saurabh_Tewari007

2 жыл бұрын

It's been two years I wanted to Tell You that I went all the way thanks for this poetry it gave me strength in the Darkest of times.

severe depression. cant breathe. feels like the walls are closing in its a never ending hell

@groshbell4739

7 жыл бұрын

Urbex Shauny i know buddy

@kevinsiu3769

7 жыл бұрын

Urbex Shauny there will be light again. the skies may be gray today, but there is always sunshine after the rain

@CS-fe5yg

6 жыл бұрын

You're not alone my friend. I struggle with you

It is 2024 And I always come back from the future. Thank you for this.... I am listening to this video for long time ago

This is always a good place to come back.

"go all the way"! Indeed. Synchronicities are leading me to this, to 'push on through'. Nothing left .

Empowering Truth.....”the Gods wait to delight in you”.... how beautifully put. Hank’s depth of feeling is oft under appreciated.

Respect great authour...

thanks Charles, the man who wrote the line -"the carbon tips of Peru are lace in the fleece of my dreams" what great words...bruce

I’m an extreme person when I first heard this in my 20’s it made me feel powerful. I’ve pushed dangerous things bc I knew it was the only way I could heal and I don’t have long to live so I enjoy everything even if it kills me. I have insane faith in myself. Thanks Charles one day I will tell my story bc you’ve helped me.

this is the first I hear of this guy and the first I have heard of this poem..... it teared me up especially " go all the way" I am going through a similar situation right now in my life and this video was the first that showed up on my video list. Maybe a sign...

Waking up on a park bench as a 25 year old man with no education, job, caring family, apartment or money and suffering from health problems was an eye opening experience. Then you really are alone with the gods. Now in a slightly better situation, but my mindset has vastly changed from what I used to believe. But I learn the hard way, always have and always will.

To all the young folks that insist you are raising yourselves and growing up alone...I hit 40 'bout a week ago... And these words, this poetry is timeless...This IS strength. This is the core of determination, no matter what it looks like or sounds like. (I have plenty of stories...you do not deserve here!) This is a man willing to go "all the way" for his passion, his art, his craft, no matter how people might view it from the outside looking in... Seriously, grow up and commit to something other than your next high. You have one life to live! Stop chewing on his words and live! You've missed the point completely! Ugh!

02:15 "You will be alone with the gods And the nights will flame with fire"❤️❤️❤️

This is so beautifull that it makes me cry!

Human beings beat death when they raise children ... The way Bukowski inserts "god" in this one is ... Just Sublime .

Whoever wrote this, you’re a beautiful soul. Thank you for sharing with my children my family myself and the people that are my friends that I will give it out to you. Thank you simply, thank you