This hilarious video has some profound truth…
I want to share a video with you today to both make you laugh as well as to make you think about how you process your emotions (or what you do to avoid dealing with them).
This video, which is just under 5 minutes long, has some profound truth, but it comes through a person and a message style that you typically wouldn’t see.
The video is of the comedian Louis C.K. in one of his appearances on the Conan O’Brian Show. Before you watch it though I want to warn you, if you are at all offended by strong language please do not watch this video. Louis C.K. is known for strong and sometimes offensive language, and in this video he lives up to that reputation.
If you like his style, you’ll laugh, and if you don’t, just look beyond his comedic style to the underlying message of how we oftentimes process (or don’t process) our emotions in modern society. Here are some of my favorite insightful lines from the video (these are not the funny ones):
- At around 1 minute: “You need to build an ability to just be yourself and not be doing something.
- At around 3:50: “I cried so much and it was beautiful…It was poetic…I was grateful to be sad, and then I met it with true profound happiness.”
After you watch, read the additional feedback I share underneath the video. I’ll share with you where I agree and disagree with Louis’ take:
A couple of additional comments:
1 – His message at about 10 seconds about kids not having cell phones even though other kids do, although delivered with strong language, is an important one. It takes courage to not just “follow the heard,” both as a parent and as a kid.
My brother recently told me that his son asks him why he shouldn’t eat certain foods (typically sugary processed foods) when all the other kids at school do. And he tells him that it’s because they aren’t educated on what’s in those foods and how it affects their body.
But he makes sure to be clear that those other kids are not wrong, and that his son is not different, but rather that in his family they make different and important choices about taking care of themselves that take a lot of courage to do. He ingrains a belief in being courageous and being willing to go against the trend when needed with his kids. Doing so, takes courage as a parent and as a kid. Being a good parent requires making important decisions for your kids, even when they’re not popular. Just some food for thought for all the parents out there…
2 – While I like what Louis says about taking the time to just be, I don’t agree with several opinions he has like that “it’s all for nothing and you’re alone” or that “life is tremendously sad.”
I do believe that these feeling can of course come up, but that it’s because of underlying emotions of feeling alone, sad about past experiences or current circumstances, or a number of other challenges. You do not have to feel like this though. You can tap through these challenges and connect with yourself, with the people in your life and with God (in whatever form that is for you). 
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What did you think of the video? Do you use texting, social media, food, or anything else to avoid dealing with emotions? Are you taking the time to just be? Are you taking the time to sit and meditate, or sit and tap? Share your thoughts below.
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