Why Pascal Was Right | Benefits of Being Alone

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  • Опубликовано: 7 май 2023
  • 'All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone' - Blaise Pacal
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  • @StanleyBetts2001
    @StanleyBetts2001  3 месяца назад +22

    Hello all. Thanks for all the support on this video. I would love you to check out a short film I am editing called Grace, Redacted. yustart.hubbub.net/p/graceredacted/pitch/ Any support would be greatly appreciated. I am very busy at the moment, but when things quiet down I will get a new video on the channel! :)

    • @BlueBeeMCMLXI
      @BlueBeeMCMLXI Месяц назад

      You love-hearted your own comment? Wow, that's hubris.

  • @imran.alshabazz
    @imran.alshabazz Год назад +1952

    If one cannot appreciate his own company, then one will always be alone.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +34

      Thanks for watching 🙏

    • @kostaskostas6224
      @kostaskostas6224 Год назад +4

      ....said everyone that cannot get it wet due to natural preselection

    • @imran.alshabazz
      @imran.alshabazz Год назад +27

      @@kostaskostas6224 Whatever that mean

    • @GrumpSkull
      @GrumpSkull Год назад +44

      The constant imposition of narcissistic me me me people is soul destroying and mind numbing.

    • @kostaskostas6224
      @kostaskostas6224 Год назад +2

      @@imran.alshabazz google it...

  • @waedjradi
    @waedjradi Год назад +1499

    Being alone is so lovely. It's like a secret weapon.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +38

      Agreed! :)

    • @user-io3ru9tc1d
      @user-io3ru9tc1d Год назад +3

      أهلا 😊

    • @manikyum
      @manikyum Год назад +7

      Then who is with you in pfp

    • @simonabbott725
      @simonabbott725 Год назад +25

      Gives you time to reflect and learn the psychology of the people who you believed to be your friends and also gives time to learn about yourself and the situations life throws at you it's a concrete jungle out there stay safe 👊

    • @littleredrose6254
      @littleredrose6254 Год назад +3

      @@manikyum Sorry, what does pfp mean?

  • @kawasakiwhiptwo5821
    @kawasakiwhiptwo5821 10 месяцев назад +452

    "People say that being alone is very sad...it's not. It's being surrounded by people who make you feel like your alone."
    Robin Williams.

    • @brianmeen2158
      @brianmeen2158 5 месяцев назад +14

      Only an extrovert could think that “being alone is sad”

    • @ahhwe-any7434
      @ahhwe-any7434 4 месяца назад +2

      I don't think I ever became me bc of what ppl thought or what I ever allowed to affect me. Bc it was always My choice, My life!.Im just me bc I'm simply me. Ppl can't even simply be themselves w/ out others adding their 2 cents. It's like legitimately, I really don't actually find u all that interesting tho. Plz go back to your own space and bring that weird energy back over there somewhere. Getting older & I don't like investing any kind of energy on anything I consider pointless. Or if I do, I at least want it to be on My time. Idk watching my bbs teef teefs sprout is pretty amazing tho. Tiring, but pretty damn adorable

    • @howell7136
      @howell7136 4 месяца назад +4

      Being alone is nor very sad. Ir is being lonely that is very sad.

    • @redblade8160
      @redblade8160 4 месяца назад +1

      @@brianmeen2158
      An extrovert is a person who is outgoing and socially confident. Obviously, that is not you, then. You can still be alone, even when surrounded by many people in your life.

    • @the.deadpoet
      @the.deadpoet 3 месяца назад +2

      Robin knew the score. RIP.

  • @georgiafrancis9059
    @georgiafrancis9059 11 месяцев назад +271

    When you are your own best friend, you are never alone 💕

    • @Anony_mouse2
      @Anony_mouse2 10 месяцев назад +7

      My mother always said "Son God never leaves us truly alone"💨🤍

  • @peterwarden7471
    @peterwarden7471 Год назад +1042

    My complete life 99% of my trouble cames from outside (family, friends, girls). Now I'm alone for 8 years, no apartment, travel in a camper van, playing guitar, watching the stars, communicate with the universe.
    I was never before so happy.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +66

      Wow! You are proof that peace can be found in solitude. :)

    • @TexasDymond01
      @TexasDymond01 Год назад +30

      That's beautiful

    • @OkinInc
      @OkinInc 11 месяцев назад +14

      Nice one Peter!👍👍

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 11 месяцев назад +12

      I'm going to do this. Looking forward to it.

    • @sureshsood8349
      @sureshsood8349 11 месяцев назад +14

      You bet, this is what I am doing now. Well said.

  • @josephbrown9685
    @josephbrown9685 Год назад +1478

    I am a middle age introvert. I’ve embraced being alone and have learned to enjoy it. I used to be married about a decade ago. There is no way I could ever do that again.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +35

      Thanks for watching. :)

    • @Arbiter902
      @Arbiter902 Год назад +178

      I feel you, when I was married I really missed the me time alone. I'm divorced now and sometimes I miss marriage life but if I got to choose I would choose to be alone.

    • @Lucifer-jc3td
      @Lucifer-jc3td Год назад +27

      ​@@commonconservative7551 he said introvert not shy they are different

    • @ibrahimhasbany999
      @ibrahimhasbany999 Год назад +30

      Reading your comment summarizes what I went through for the past five years. Salute my dear friend. Stay strong.

    • @DirtyMikeandTheBoyz
      @DirtyMikeandTheBoyz Год назад +92

      I'm an ACTUAL introvert. I've never been interested in Marriage... I'm the reason grocery delivery exists. I'm a full time published author... there's levels to this game. This is the most I ever socialized... and it's just with the intent of antagonizing. So my life can remain blissfully lonely.

  • @saltrock9642
    @saltrock9642 11 месяцев назад +275

    Being alone 3 hours before anyone else wakes in the morning is beautiful medicine.

    • @stalin1909
      @stalin1909 10 месяцев назад +8

      wow….Thats Exactly what i do every single day for years . i wake up around 5 am.
      the clarity i get is just way too surreal to give up …

    • @gorlestondoug
      @gorlestondoug 10 месяцев назад +8

      Same here, I'm up at 4:30 -5:00 am and cherish those hours of solitude

    • @Anony_mouse2
      @Anony_mouse2 10 месяцев назад +4

      3am, that magical hour💨🤍

    • @zerocal76
      @zerocal76 10 месяцев назад +5

      It's beautiful being alone at night when everyone's asleep and the streets are empty and quiet. Makes for a fine relaxing drive if your car is even a little sporty 🚗 🙂

    • @zoeyanaqvi-zn7482
      @zoeyanaqvi-zn7482 7 месяцев назад +2

      true... God bless you !

  • @LoveHandle4890
    @LoveHandle4890 11 месяцев назад +523

    “Be alone, that’s where ideas are born.” -Nikola Tesla.

  • @marystacey4796
    @marystacey4796 Год назад +748

    It all started in 2014. I decided to take a year off from dating. I spent time with myself, my friends and family. Read books, watched movies, and raised my kids along with my ex-husband. Went back to school at 47 and got my BA at 53. I'm now 55, been single for 9 years. I am in love with being alone. I realized that I'm a happier person alone, more peaceful and have a lot of time for spending time with God, and in silence. Never been happier. 😊😊😊

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +12

      🙏

    • @MartinScreeton
      @MartinScreeton Год назад +17

      That is essentially what I did as well... and Pascal's quote is one of my cherished quotes! :)

    • @mrbenn1489
      @mrbenn1489 Год назад +19

      I am with you, apart from the god thing.

    • @bluewendigo672
      @bluewendigo672 11 месяцев назад +8

      You definitely find the illumination of Life.

    • @bettyabote4229
      @bettyabote4229 11 месяцев назад +28

      Well said spending time with God is the best of all

  • @rebeccav.3734
    @rebeccav.3734 4 месяца назад +51

    I was married for 13 years to someone who never bothered to understand me. Those were the loneliest years of my life. I'd rather be alone than lonely.

    • @ahhwe-any7434
      @ahhwe-any7434 4 месяца назад +1

      Ppl say it's like your partner is so much a part of ur identity. And to a pt, yes. Bc we do have a kid. And we were supposed to be married. But blah. I never even did the paper work bc I didn't want to. Idk what to feel or how to face it. I just hurt for my kid. Aside from that, he was never gonna steer me away from being able to stand on my own. I always thought about worse case scenario. :/ I lied about how much money I had... Biiisshh, it wasn't enough. But it was 😉. To roll the hell out & get mia on enough. I'd be lying if it didn't low key amuse me he's asked for help. I'm helping our kid. Don't ask me for anything else

  • @Williamb612
    @Williamb612 11 месяцев назад +130

    being alone vs being lonely are two completely different things

    • @phil2u48
      @phil2u48 2 месяца назад +5

      Indeed. Solitude is not loneliness.

  • @user-cr5vc6xq3b
    @user-cr5vc6xq3b 10 месяцев назад +207

    Better to be alone then with bad company. ❤

    • @noelevans8239
      @noelevans8239 4 месяца назад

      So very true

    • @redblade8160
      @redblade8160 4 месяца назад

      @user-cr5vc6xq3b.
      "Than," not "then."

    • @enriquesanchez2001
      @enriquesanchez2001 3 месяца назад

      My father's favorite saying. ♥

    • @dii-N-sd
      @dii-N-sd Месяц назад +1

      *than

    • @redblade8160
      @redblade8160 Месяц назад +1

      @user-cr5vc6xq3b
      The correct word is "than", not "then".

  • @DillyWillow
    @DillyWillow Год назад +426

    I enjoy being alone and in the first time in 64 years I’m living alone… no stress, no anger… best move I ever did for myself …

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +12

      Great 👍

    • @GrumpyMeow-Meow
      @GrumpyMeow-Meow 11 месяцев назад +22

      Me too! Isn’t it weird how some people feel threatened by that? You have to keep explaining “I’m happy by myself” and they look at you look you’re an alien.

    • @dennismclaurin1487
      @dennismclaurin1487 11 месяцев назад +5

      Women can do it better

    • @rebeccafrost5542
      @rebeccafrost5542 11 месяцев назад

      I absolutely believe women do Alone better than men but I'm trying to figure out why.

    • @martinmerrill5366
      @martinmerrill5366 11 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@rebeccafrost5542 until the money is gone!!

  • @angusmackaskill3035
    @angusmackaskill3035 Год назад +377

    If you are alone then nobody can take advantage of you.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +8

      👍

    • @robertihiga2707
      @robertihiga2707 Год назад +3

      My research too

    • @toptiercrip
      @toptiercrip 11 месяцев назад

      That means ur scared lmfao it's easy to know when ppl just want to use you broski keep hiding a shell and die unknown 💀💀

    • @sweetestaphrodite
      @sweetestaphrodite 11 месяцев назад

      Well… if you’re alone somewhere in public then perhaps

    • @thefoxzeta7089
      @thefoxzeta7089 11 месяцев назад +8

      The point of the video is that even if you are alone, your mind can take advantage over you and that s what you have to fight to feel in peace.

  • @richricogranada9647
    @richricogranada9647 11 месяцев назад +124

    Living alone, with my rescued boy is a bliss, it is pure peace. Humans are too stressful to live with.

    • @spmoran4703
      @spmoran4703 4 месяца назад +8

      Dog or Cat . Often the furry friend can make a better companion than a human . We are over rated

    • @ahhwe-any7434
      @ahhwe-any7434 4 месяца назад

      Man cave, she cave, his tiny house, her tiny house. But beside each other. There sooolllved. Patting myself on the back. Preferably w/ a dude who actually thinks like a dude.... "Likes to assemble. & The likes." Ironically, y does it seem like Some the most messed up ones r the ones who knows how to do that sh. Like enter mechanics .

    • @janbarrett4544
      @janbarrett4544 4 месяца назад +3

      ​@@spmoran4703I agree.My dog brings me more joy than anything else I have experienced.

    • @gayanngodfrey2824
      @gayanngodfrey2824 Месяц назад

      😅 facts

    • @georgesontag2192
      @georgesontag2192 14 дней назад +1

      My cat has never petitioned the court to take the house and get alimony.

  • @srini9653
    @srini9653 10 месяцев назад +137

    I consciously cut off friends, I just do my office work then I switch off to being my own self. I stroll in my back yard, do bit of gardening. Thanks to my remote living, I'm not bothered by neighbours, family is there but they don't bother me. Some think I'm depressed but the fact is I enjoy being alone and your video just convinced that there are folks like me out there. Peace!

  • @nelsonvargas9527
    @nelsonvargas9527 Год назад +210

    Being alone brings me inner peace .

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +4

      Same. :)

    • @gayanngodfrey2824
      @gayanngodfrey2824 11 месяцев назад +3

      Facts, outer peace too

    • @bettyabote4229
      @bettyabote4229 11 месяцев назад +3

      The Shalom peace of God

    • @Gunn27
      @Gunn27 11 месяцев назад +2

      Same here 🙌

    • @magic2506
      @magic2506 10 месяцев назад +3

      Yes, me too. Some that are close in my life could never understand it.

  • @bonzomcduffy8336
    @bonzomcduffy8336 11 месяцев назад +48

    I love being alone. Nobody to tell you how to live your life. Solitude is the best.

  • @afanasymarinov2236
    @afanasymarinov2236 11 месяцев назад +108

    Being able to rejoice in solitude is a secret super power.

  • @carolwaugh5466
    @carolwaugh5466 10 месяцев назад +95

    I am 78 and live alone. I have family but they are not close. I don’t mind being alone one bit. I was an only child and learned very early on how to amuse myself. I read a great deal from age five, and drew and made up my own little games. I was fine around other kids and had a good time playing, but never minded being alone. But I must add, that I am in contact with my family, so though I live alone I am not totally isolated. I find life alone very calm.

    • @spmoran4703
      @spmoran4703 4 месяца назад +3

      I did not have siblings either. I never missed that . And I was not spoiled. That's mythology .

    • @ahhwe-any7434
      @ahhwe-any7434 4 месяца назад

      A little random but I pretty much raised myself. It's a teeny bit funny ppl think I was raised up right. 🥴 =Idk what ppl expect when you're out in the world by your young self, raising ... Yourself but u're gonna do some pretty dumb things. But other than that riiiigghht. I mean, in some ways I look at other ppls "norms" & then think about my background. & I think y'all must be generations of some degenerates bc you can paint me however but good gah some of the ish ppl settle on getting comfortable in. & Honestly, yeah my past is pretty questionable. But I didn't actually ever know what it was like going w/ out, at least materialistically, when I did live w/ those kin. Anyways, I always thought me & what army? I wonder now if I'll always have a huge army but "w/ out even trying..." Or in short, I wonder if the health fields & associates ever feel haunted. And u know what? Nvrmnd. Bc of couuuursse they would. Dealing w/ the elderly does give me perspectives. Like what do u mean handle the well respected... & Now, it's really just a thing to me, kind of

  • @rommelflores2618
    @rommelflores2618 Год назад +27

    I always enjoyed being alone. Staying away from toxic people, all good.

  • @richardmabe4186
    @richardmabe4186 Год назад +201

    I have only ever found bliss in peace and quiet alone in my room.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +4

      Same. :)

    • @starsaber9631
      @starsaber9631 Год назад +4

      Some peop!e such as myself couldn't even sit on my own on my bed without having a load of shit being brought in to my life 😓

    • @richardmabe4186
      @richardmabe4186 Год назад

      @@starsaber9631 I'm sorry to hear that it sounds very distressing. I hope one day you find a way to improve the way you feel.

    • @alimerchant5545
      @alimerchant5545 Год назад

      💜

    • @gayanngodfrey2824
      @gayanngodfrey2824 11 месяцев назад

      😂 facts

  • @Ridendrty
    @Ridendrty 11 месяцев назад +173

    6 years ago i divorced after 25 years of marriage. 5 years a go i quit facebook and i stopped watching tv and sports. It is so liberating. I now have more peace in my soul and more time to connect with my small circle of loved ones. I encourage anyone to try it.

    • @Jos-qk7oj
      @Jos-qk7oj 11 месяцев назад +5

      So you watch youtube instead?? 😂

    • @Ridendrty
      @Ridendrty 11 месяцев назад +26

      @@Jos-qk7oj yes i watch content created by individuals that i select as opposed to mass media. See the difference?

    • @Jos-qk7oj
      @Jos-qk7oj 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@Ridendrty yes, I'm slowly doing the same. I'm finding main stream media to be dishonest and depressing in equal measures

    • @Ridendrty
      @Ridendrty 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@Jos-qk7oj me too man. Me too…

    • @davidmitchell6873
      @davidmitchell6873 11 месяцев назад +5

      I'm in a similar situation but I still love football Sundays.

  • @DrewRueDoo
    @DrewRueDoo 11 месяцев назад +35

    The older I get, the more I love being alone. I love spending time with people, but it's just so much more peaceful being by myself.

  • @stefannicholson852
    @stefannicholson852 Год назад +154

    I always loved being alone as a child. It is what has always made me happy

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +2

      🙏

    • @lanikiamccloud4227
      @lanikiamccloud4227 11 месяцев назад +6

      Same here, only child!

    • @annemarie3693
      @annemarie3693 11 месяцев назад +3

      I instinctively loved being alone as a kid in my room . Or just alone in my house looking out the window watching the kids I had just been playing with. And I've been doing it my whole life. My brother and sister would laugh their asses off about me BEING INSIDE. They still do! It makes me happy, gives me peace. Let's me think way clearer. I have enough of my own crap to deal with haaa. But ya, for me at least I can only take so much of society,the world, people.... whatever you wanna call it. Your crap! This gives me at least a chance to catch to catch my breath till my next round WITH PEOPLE.

    • @bluekatgal7300
      @bluekatgal7300 10 месяцев назад +1

      I am ok with or without others. Really both are needed for well rounded life. I always could entertain myself or enjoy the company of others. I did teach and practice yoga meditation which is a powerful tool for opening our minds to opportunities for self awareness and knowledge.

  • @renekirebornrenekireborn4777
    @renekirebornrenekireborn4777 Год назад +211

    I must say I’ve felt more peace and serenity in my life since I’ve been alone for the past few years. Gone is loneliness and fear. Become your own best friend and you’ll never be alone in your life ❤

    • @bettyabote4229
      @bettyabote4229 11 месяцев назад +3

      Amen

    • @banginzaza
      @banginzaza 11 месяцев назад +1

      I don't know WTF that is but it sounds pretty good!

    • @basilfomeen9995
      @basilfomeen9995 11 месяцев назад +1

      I feel the same as you, although friends/family keep reaching out to me and when I ignore them, I start feeling incredibly guilty and start wondering whats wrong with me. You experience anything like that?

  • @martinellis7156
    @martinellis7156 11 месяцев назад +68

    I am an old man who revels in solitude, but I also enjoy the freedom of the internet to satisfy my curiosity about the human condition. Acceptance of my failings comes in the quiet time of introspection afforded me by a lifetime of work and service to my family, community and society.

  • @romeo-zw4zw
    @romeo-zw4zw 9 месяцев назад +22

    I am 39 years old was married for 9 years, got divorce. I have never live alone in my life, when i decided to get my own place and live alone at first was lonely and sad, depressing. But once you get use to it is beautiful. We come to this world alone and we will leave alone😊🙏🏼

  • @GrumpyMeow-Meow
    @GrumpyMeow-Meow 11 месяцев назад +46

    I love living alone. I spend time with family and friends, but I’m happy living by myself. People keep asking me why don’t I remarry? ‘Cause I don’t want to, not because I’m anti-marriage, but because I feel the healthiest this way.

  • @jennifer1872
    @jennifer1872 Год назад +144

    I love being alone , all my life I’ve been with people but now I’m on my own I feel like I’ve found my haven / paradise

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад

      That’s good to hear. :)

    • @elizdonovan9219
      @elizdonovan9219 Год назад +6

      Me too. We can choose to be with people whenever we wish.
      ☘️🌝🌲

    • @justsayin644
      @justsayin644 10 месяцев назад

      @@elizdonovan9219 i think it's harder for those who don't have the choice to be with people whenever they like or maybe at all. Or at least people they care about and care about them. Humans are designed to have some degree of stimulation from being relational. It's not healthy to have none of this. Choosing to be alone at times is a completely different thing.

  • @ismaelrajab2822
    @ismaelrajab2822 3 месяца назад +8

    The less contact you have with people..,the less the drama.I fully agree.

  • @jamesmcmccray8255
    @jamesmcmccray8255 4 месяца назад +16

    At 35 years old I’m just now starting to understand the joy of being alone. I used to get a false sense of dopamine being around people and needing their validation and attention. Now I’m building my business and focusing on myself.

  • @caffiend.
    @caffiend. 11 месяцев назад +49

    “A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.”
    -Arthur Schopenhauer

    • @olivieraleman
      @olivieraleman 4 месяца назад +1

      Schopenhauer is my go to always❤

  • @MartinScreeton
    @MartinScreeton Год назад +126

    One of favorite quotes... "All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit quiet in a room alone." - Blaise Pascal

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +2

      Mine too.

    • @jackgammon4084
      @jackgammon4084 11 месяцев назад

      Also one of the greatest lies. All man's miseries come from little men sitting in rooms when they know they should be doing something, saying something. Instead they let things just happen out there in the world. The silent majority let the thugs and liars run riot because it seemed, er, that's the way things are going, The quiet men could have spoken up, spoken the truth, stopped a few atrocities or holocausts.

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 11 месяцев назад +6

      Most people cannot face themselves; they're engaged in elaborate avoidance strategies. I had one boyfriend who said he had to buy an Audi car. I mean, seriously? It was a must. When you get that thing, that car that luxury handbag it's never going to satisfy you for long. Is it worth what you sacrificed to buy it?

    • @malissahyatt2425
      @malissahyatt2425 11 месяцев назад +1

      Not always true. I can sit here all day. Mostly because no one cares if I'm here or not.
      I'm stupid lonely and no one cares

    • @MartinScreeton
      @MartinScreeton 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@malissahyatt2425 (That brings up another quote) --> “If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.” - Jean-Paul Sartre

  • @meta2011
    @meta2011 11 месяцев назад +71

    “We are often more frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.” - Seneca

    • @Amastar13
      @Amastar13 11 месяцев назад +4

      Einstein famously said:
      "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand."

    • @jeffcramer6722
      @jeffcramer6722 10 месяцев назад

      Have you ever been kicked in the groin? Try it...I'll do it for you

  • @marciamellow1211
    @marciamellow1211 Год назад +91

    Being alone teaches you all you need and want to know...love the peace..you learn so much about everything...being quiet is a gift..being alone is a gift.

  • @MrMassivefavour
    @MrMassivefavour Год назад +266

    When you're feeling low
    Try a day of silence
    Take things very slow
    Listen to the wireless
    Never speak a sound
    Sit up on the hedgerow
    Watch the world go round
    Peace will let your mind go

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +15

      Lovely.

    • @macaroll
      @macaroll Год назад +4

      Nice poem! Thank you for sharing!

    • @MrMassivefavour
      @MrMassivefavour Год назад +7

      @@macaroll When you're feeling low
      Try a day of silence
      Take things very slow
      Listen to the wireless
      Never speak a sound
      Sit up on the hedgerow
      Watch the world go round
      Peace will let your mind go
      When you've had a row
      Sit alone say nothing
      It's really funny how
      You quickly see that something
      Wonderful and warm
      Lies between each second
      In every side and out
      Eternity will beckon
      You and me, we are part of a single soul
      And one day we will know we're one
      Sit and listen the word will come
      There is nothing beneath the sun that we can't realize
      And one peaceful night
      Will remind us that it's alright
      And we'll figure we owe it all
      To one life of silence
      Whispers will emerge
      Proud against the thunder
      The wind hiss precious words
      Erase our problems rumble
      Watch a speckled fawn
      Hear it crash like seaspray
      Someone sees it all
      We will meet him someday
      When you're feeling low
      Try a day of silence
      Take things very slow
      Maybe listen to the wireless
      Songwriters: Pete Townshend

    • @macaroll
      @macaroll Год назад

      @@MrMassivefavour Oh! It was a song!

    • @DirtyMikeandTheBoyz
      @DirtyMikeandTheBoyz Год назад +2

      A day? I might have gone too far 😅🤣

  • @donnasilver940
    @donnasilver940 11 месяцев назад +9

    I'm a loner from 10 years old.People get on my nerves .I could only stand being around most for awhile.Then it's time to go.

  • @richardorina7118
    @richardorina7118 11 месяцев назад +35

    Solitude is an underrated therapy in a such a chaotic and fast world. Being at peace alone is priceless. There's is a difference between being alone and being lonely. Once you learn to enjoy your own company, you'll always set aside time for it.

  • @justincarroll1313
    @justincarroll1313 Год назад +131

    I've been told I have an "unfriendly looking face" by people, that I look intimidating, and that's why I haven't been able to make friends since I was a teen (age 42 now). Thus forced to be alone, I've discovered tons of benefits of being alone over the decades. Especially being alone in nature.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +11

      I will make a video about nature as it is essential for our wellbeing.

    • @julianterris
      @julianterris Год назад +10

      Some people are intimidated by intelligence ~you don't look at all unfriendly.

    • @rookiej5587
      @rookiej5587 Год назад

      Same. They told me about a term called "RBF" (RESTING B!TCH FACE) to describe my face 🙄

    • @thabangramokoena584
      @thabangramokoena584 Год назад +9

      U are not alone on that,thats why I decided to never care what anybody says about how I am or how I do things. So long as I feel comfortable in how I am I will never try to change mi personality just to please somebody else. I always believe there someone somewhere who will accept and appreciate me the way I am,for not everyone is perfect in this world. I really do feel trying to change mi lifestyle/personality just to please other people intimidated or uncomfortable about mi personality will just be loading more unnecessary pressure in mi own life,I'd rather have less or no friends at all its fine

    • @mahindrarai7660
      @mahindrarai7660 11 месяцев назад +10

      It's there loss your gain

  • @timpearce3314
    @timpearce3314 Год назад +211

    Great, wise words,
    I wasted a lot of my years continually trying to "please people"and failing miserably,I was unhappy to say the least!
    finally after a very "bad marriage I realised "enough was enough" and escaped into a life of "living with myself" and enjoying the peace and solitude that came with it! never having children was also a big bonus!
    when I decided to leave my wife , driving down the road it felt as though I had been released from prison! never to return,
    I was 50 years old then,and now at 67 and retired,I realised what I have missed! and after 17 years of "peace and solitude" and pleasing myself I can truly reccomend it,
    after all of the "trials and tribulations" of being in relationships,I consider myself "truly blessed" and to be the "phoenix from the ashes of a life gone by!"
    Good luck, Be strong, Be alone,....😊👌

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +5

      Thanks for telling your story. :)

    • @IAmNoeyes
      @IAmNoeyes Год назад +1

      You should try learning to use grammar and punctuation properly now. Thank me later.

    • @sandella11
      @sandella11 Год назад +5

      For sure. I’ve been alone since I was an only child. Single parent..hectic job, feeling as I just am not part my generation. Love my solitude…raised my girls alone, helped raise all 5 of my grandkids…rescued/saved so many non humans also. Born caregiver…easy to burn out and become exhausted..and physically ill. I’m 75 yrs old now…and I understand conscious awareness and letting go and flowing ….long story..but it all began almost 33 yrs ago. Now…I am grateful…feel love…and accept that I’m only able to control my own mindset and my actions/inactions. Conscious awareness … and meditation…and solitude…benefits me, others and this Universe. I believe in vibrational energy. I dwell on the positives within my life..not the heartache and loss of so many loved ones..and it’s amazing that I’m aware I’m able to do this. It’s an ongoing process….but so worth it…and doable.💥💫💖

    • @timpearce3314
      @timpearce3314 Год назад +9

      @@IAmNoeyes the message quickly typed on this social media post has received 50 "thumbs up" thank you and wasn,t meant to to "proof corrected" like a book, by you , I have nothing to thank you for and will treat your "comment" with the"contempt " it deserves....

    • @ramonafeisley5732
      @ramonafeisley5732 Год назад +2

      I hear my passed on parents and my angels in the silence. Everyone assumes I am lonely and don't understand and look at it as rejection. Not my prob. Been like this since the age 6, totally get it. It is a gift 🎁

  • @pitalitta8814
    @pitalitta8814 6 месяцев назад +25

    Married twice, divorced twice. Been alone for 2 decades. Luv it.❤

  • @user-jg2nq6ll4c
    @user-jg2nq6ll4c 3 месяца назад +4

    I've been living on my own for 10 years now - by choice - and I can honestly say I've never been happier😂!!!!

  • @TheBlitzgundam
    @TheBlitzgundam Год назад +78

    I have reduced my social media footprint by deleting those apps… I rarely socialize only with close friends and family. Being alone is great. I get to reflect on my own faults and goals.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +15

      I am definitely a solitary type. While others are out partying on a weekend I’m sitting at home making a video about being alone! 😂

    • @wolfthequarrelsome504
      @wolfthequarrelsome504 Год назад +3

      And how to correct faults and clarify goals.

    • @wayneelliott1180
      @wayneelliott1180 11 месяцев назад +2

      Yes, that inner investigation is one of the main tasks in this life. It can be confronting but ignoring it does us no favours.

    • @TheBlitzgundam
      @TheBlitzgundam 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@wayneelliott1180 I agree. Our own faults, when not confronted, manifests itself as graver faults and sometimes, we are not even aware of it.

    • @L3nigma
      @L3nigma Месяц назад +1

      Even when I go clubbing I go alone (if that makes sense😂)

  • @annstewart8506
    @annstewart8506 Год назад +14

    What price for peace? I am alone but, never lonely. I can occupy myself in healthy past times. Cooking, gardening and painting. Oh the joy of being Solo!

  • @interesting2491
    @interesting2491 11 месяцев назад +60

    This is hitting 100 million views in no time, as most people relate to this in the chaotic modern world.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  11 месяцев назад

      Wow, that would be unreal.

    • @TNewsh
      @TNewsh 11 месяцев назад

      Yes

    • @adamgriffith6750
      @adamgriffith6750 10 месяцев назад

      been one month since your comment and since this vid pub and it still has tens of thousnds of views to get to make 700k views.
      this vid may never hit 1 million views let alone an astronomical number of 100 million views.

    • @interesting2491
      @interesting2491 10 месяцев назад

      @@adamgriffith6750Lol, didn’t realise I wrote *100* I meant just 1 million which it will 100% reach

    • @SIERRATREES
      @SIERRATREES 6 месяцев назад

      you speak sense, and if Stanley was to be true to his work, he wouldn't care about it too much. @@adamgriffith6750

  • @boledle
    @boledle 11 месяцев назад +25

    I've always enjoyed being a lonely introvert. My one beef with life though is that the world rewards the extroverted and social game players

    • @therealwewin
      @therealwewin 10 месяцев назад +2

      You mean narcissists and psychopaths?

    • @boledle
      @boledle 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@therealwewin in many cases, yeah

    • @ruffian2952
      @ruffian2952 5 месяцев назад +1

      My loyalty to me is it's own reward.

    • @adamhughes4442
      @adamhughes4442 3 месяца назад

      Being a lonely introvert sounds sad.

  • @Sew_OzzyWar_Made_This
    @Sew_OzzyWar_Made_This Год назад +46

    Dude, there's nothing better than your own company. Deadass... Is best to find happiness in the self (self love is real y'all) than trying to achieve happiness in someone else's company. Companionship, wether be in a friendship or romantic relationship, will not fill the loneliness void - only the self can do this.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +6

      It should be priority to be happy by yourself.

    • @Amastar13
      @Amastar13 11 месяцев назад

      Your first Marriage, is the Marriage you have with self!

    • @Amastar13
      @Amastar13 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@StanleyBetts2001 - Factz, your not by yourself, your with yourself.

  • @kresivarivkah612
    @kresivarivkah612 11 месяцев назад +44

    I truly enjoy my alone time. I live by the Ocean. This helps lots. 🤗

    • @MaryC-co8fm
      @MaryC-co8fm 11 месяцев назад +4

      Lucky you! :))

    • @ruffian2952
      @ruffian2952 5 месяцев назад

      Nothing quite like the Atlantic for me. Cape Cod now, Cape Ann before.

    • @jasondaniels640
      @jasondaniels640 3 месяца назад +1

      At the other end of he Atlantic. Atlantic seaboard, Cape Town. Love it too 🏖️

    • @ruffian2952
      @ruffian2952 3 месяца назад

      @@jasondaniels640 When wind is right, can hear the bell buoys. A most pleasant sound. Live at Sandwich end of the Canal.

  • @nerd26373
    @nerd26373 11 месяцев назад +29

    I'm pretty much alone most of the time, and I find it refreshing. It helps to 'recharge' my 'batteries' and to just look back and reflect on some things.

  • @Divyanshu0236
    @Divyanshu0236 11 месяцев назад +28

    Being alone... Not lonely, because contemplation and reflections are possible only when alone...

  • @daynalynnxo
    @daynalynnxo Год назад +20

    I absolutely love being alone. Well alone with my kids. I may struggle financially and I’m rich mentally!

  • @harryroberts388
    @harryroberts388 Год назад +239

    I remember being a very happy person before I took up social media. I never cared about others, what others were thinking, why someone wasn't replying to me.
    Recently I went on a hiking trip with mates and I forced myself to not take my phone. Never felt happier.
    I reckon social media is an illusion, and leaving the phone alone in a drawer is the solution to many many problems.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +7

      Agreed. Thanks for watching:)

    • @Dee-iy9uq
      @Dee-iy9uq Год назад

      Yeah social media was the worst thing to ever happen to society. It just a makes everyone 10x more narcissistic, egotistical, selfish and simply evil all from the false reality that they display to be real for the sake of receiving validation from their audiences and trampling on people. It’s a joke, I’m never touching it for the rest of my life and I stay far away from those that excessively indulge in it and make it a lifestyle.

    • @FriendofDorothy
      @FriendofDorothy Год назад +10

      May I humbly suggest that "hiking" is probably the one activity where you DO need to take your phone? A phone, at its most basic level, is for communications, not just hanging out on social media sites. It can actually be used to call.... 911! I don't want to read another tragic story of someone who got lost while hiking and the Search and Rescue people have to look for you for days before you are found (hopefully alive, but not in every case). Otherwise I agree with your comment...

    • @Dee-iy9uq
      @Dee-iy9uq Год назад +4

      @@mocrovich Yeah some people love trying to make introverts feel like losers and small people in society and most deem them as such just because they are noncommittal and nonconformist to societal norms. It’s always beautiful to see an individual enjoy their own company instead of the company of crowds built off of insecurity, inadequacy and shallowness.

    • @harryroberts388
      @harryroberts388 Год назад +5

      @@FriendofDorothy haha don't worry I make sure we're safe when we go. One guy had a phone although we didn't have reception most of the time. We also carried a PLB so plenty of countermeasures haha. Family and other friends got a route card and estimated date and time of return before they call emergency services. Another mate brought a satphone and we all had UHF handheld radios if someone separated.
      But yes phones are pretty good in that aspect but there are still plenty of ways to stay safe in the bush without a glass brick!

  • @tagabulodchastityobedience7292
    @tagabulodchastityobedience7292 11 месяцев назад +11

    When I was so rounded with people I’ve loved and trusted ( with a huge house ) I was depressed, angry, miserable, no appetite ( scary skinny) with horrible insomnia. Now that I’m alone (in a small apartment) I’m very happy and healthy ..Thanks be to God🙏💐🙏

  • @moonshine5377
    @moonshine5377 Год назад +56

    Reading the comments and everyone's experience gives me so much hope. I was feeling a bit down and depressed because of my failed marriage, getting anxious about my future but seeing how it's okay and even best thing for me to be alone helps. Also recently i came across this person who was 75 years old and he told me he has always been alone but not in any kind of lingering sadness but he was completely okay, he even told he was doing okay. That felt good. So i can grow old and alone and don't need to have this fear or want of needing a partner. Thanks for the video, grateful 🙏

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +2

      🙏

    • @royaltybeehivecollections8477
      @royaltybeehivecollections8477 11 месяцев назад +4

      Yes hunny seems sad but I am 32 and only have my children They are 12 and 13 and I even teach them this principle, because truth is human beings let you down in so many ways they can’t be dependent upon I always tell them that everything is only a moment in time They should not attached themselves to anyone but yourselves, but know that they always will have each other for how ever long as they are in the physical But they will always carry their selves and one another each other. Should I say in our hearts no matter where we go even after the physical realm is over everything is only a moment in time. The problem is people have been made to want to live forever, and have the fear of what it would be like to let go of someone or have the fear Of letting go of this life not living in the moment like this is all we have. When the truth is we all have to get old someday and we all have to leave. It’s a very dangerous thing that we are creating in the hearts of our children today with that feeling of hanging on to their parents forever when they have to grow and have they own lives in the concept of life because then they’ll grow up feeling alone and doing crazy things for love. Simply, because they have not been taught the right way about what love really is which is loving yourself not looking for it somewhere else in someone else

  • @niteshades_promise
    @niteshades_promise Год назад +24

    and this is why i go camping alone with no phone often. the sounds of fire n water are so soothing. no stress or worries.🍻

  • @tcrijwanachoudhury
    @tcrijwanachoudhury Год назад +113

    I love being alone. I'm a creative person, that is what happens when there is no people and no phone. But I'm so afraid that as I get older and as life gets more expensive in the UK I will spend less time alone and more time working.
    I try to do this 4:28 all the time, I look at my environment at peoples faces and they almost never look back theyre usually on their phone, wherever they are, they're not here.
    This is a very powerful message ♡

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +7

      Yes many creative pursuits require being alone. Yes there are a lot of people on their phones these days. You might find my video ‘The Background Static’ interesting as it talks about this age of distraction.

    • @voyagetravel1840
      @voyagetravel1840 Год назад +3

      You ever thought of leaving the UK? There's a whole world out there

    • @tcrijwanachoudhury
      @tcrijwanachoudhury Год назад +1

      voyage travel yeah I have, at the moment I dont have the money, i hope to be able to leave some day though. got any ideas ?

    • @voyagetravel1840
      @voyagetravel1840 Год назад +2

      @@tcrijwanachoudhury well I would go wherever your currency is worth more. For example I'm in the US. I plan on going to Thailand where the dollar is worth like 34 of their currency. I would suggest starting something online thats location independent so you can take it anywhere. It's possible you just have to put some work in.

    • @glowandgrow1976
      @glowandgrow1976 10 месяцев назад

      i'm here, if you need me! ❤️🙏

  • @sandimcclain6523
    @sandimcclain6523 11 месяцев назад +13

    I love being alone! No BS or drama! 😜

  • @songsmith31a
    @songsmith31a 11 месяцев назад +11

    There is a misconception that being alone means being "lonely". Nothing is further from the truth.

    • @renatovonschumacher3511
      @renatovonschumacher3511 11 месяцев назад

      So do not call it "alone",- call it "being on one's own" for eing alone DOES mean lonely.

    • @songsmith31a
      @songsmith31a 11 месяцев назад

      @@renatovonschumacher3511 In the sense of being without companionship, you are correct.
      I suppose that it frequently associated with a state of suffering mentally from that particular
      physical state. The word "solitary" is more appropriate.

  • @medusagorgon8432
    @medusagorgon8432 Год назад +12

    My entire home is my sacred place. This is why I don't let anyone come here. I'll meet you anywhere you want, but you can't come here. Unfortunately, I have the ability to absorb energy, so when people are around me my energy shifts based on what they are presenting. Sometimes I can block it, but it is draining all the same. So, I need my personal space clear.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад

      What do you mean by absorbing energy?

    • @bobmitchell2584
      @bobmitchell2584 Год назад +1

      I'm with you, Medusa, to a tee! I live alone in the Mountains amongst trees and birds, and enjoy watching the clouds float by. And what you say about absorbing energy is so true! Just the other day, I was lying down in a semi-snooze when there came an insistent knock on my front door. I hesitated to get up, but thought it could be a neighbour in need, and so opened up to, would you believe, a Seventh-Day Adventist with a bent to "converting" me, and pushing a pamphlet on me! I was polite (raised to be...social conditioning...?), accepted the propaganda-leaflet, and politely asked him to never call again. But the moment left me in a degree of confusion as to whether I was being intolerant, or whether I should have been even more insistent on protecting my personal space. I don't mind people and get along well enough with decent-minded folk. but, like you, my home is, as you call it, "my sacred place".I lived in a lonely place and space for fourteen years married to a woman who left me to take up with her Lesbian lover...Explains a lot...

    • @midnightblue3285
      @midnightblue3285 Год назад +1

      @@StanleyBetts2001 we are Absorving the people aura energies when we are closer to the people, we can even feel the people energy from long distances too

  • @enockt6218
    @enockt6218 Год назад +24

    I changed city and moved away from everbody i know and my family. Do not use any social media or anything like that. Moved to a small city.
    Its been 6 month and never felt better and im in peace that i have never experienced before and never taught it even existed this kind of peace.
    All of sudden i do not feel to drink alcohol or anything.
    As 34 year old to do a drastic change like this was one of my best thing i have done to save my very soul.
    I throw away everything i own and just moved with one bag of cloth and a laptop i needed a full reset in life and feel great now.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +1

      Glad to hear that, must have been difficult at first.

    • @enockt6218
      @enockt6218 Год назад +1

      ​@@StanleyBetts2001 Yes it was and thanks to it

    • @shirleysmith9421
      @shirleysmith9421 Год назад +1

      Peace of mind us what we all need and each of us has our own way to obtain it Peace to all and we all need to find our own path!🤩💖👍🗣👥👥👥👥👥👥👥

    • @autumn5852
      @autumn5852 Год назад +1

      Your on social media now 😳 so I think you maybe meant that you don’t spend a lot of time on social media 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @enockt6218
      @enockt6218 Год назад +1

      @@autumn5852
      No not social media, i use RUclips as information site and listen to music.
      I do not know anyone nor intent to know anyone in RUclips. Yes i still use internet as you see.
      If i example i comment in someone's website or a blog about deep space if that is social media then i guess it's true then almost everything in internet are, even email.
      When i say social media i mean those platform i connect with people i know such as Facebook, instagram, snap etc I'm sure you understand.

  • @markbigelow2608
    @markbigelow2608 11 месяцев назад +23

    Even when i was in a relationship, i was alone.

  • @SilverSurfer5150
    @SilverSurfer5150 10 месяцев назад +9

    Pascal’s focus was to turn us to God, His presence. We were made for God and when we are alone, nothing stands in the way of that ultimate peace, once we have repented.

  • @mikestroud9969
    @mikestroud9969 Год назад +43

    Nothing wrong with being alone Always time to think and reflect about life at times Such a peaceful feeling. Good for your character and your Soul. 😊😊

  • @rosecampos5479
    @rosecampos5479 11 месяцев назад +23

    Being alone can be A treasure if your wise enough to like and understand the energy other others can bring unwanted tensions❤ we are no one babysitter to any adult that's bored with themselves or is not connected to the light of peace God gives us.

  • @inducruz5558
    @inducruz5558 4 месяца назад +9

    I learnt it through hard way..
    But finally found a friend within myself who understands me and appreciates me wholly . So there's no fear now of being criticised 😂

  • @notw333
    @notw333 4 месяца назад +7

    Love it. But Im never really alone. God is with me always. He is ALL I need. Done with relationships. Select friendships are great, but I will never give up my peace.

  • @michaelcase8574
    @michaelcase8574 11 месяцев назад +8

    You can only be truly happy when you stop pursuing happiness.

  • @clifforddriver9434
    @clifforddriver9434 10 месяцев назад +6

    Solitude, is what I personally look forward to every single day from growth, development and repair. All three of them take place just by finding the fact that there's plenty of value in solitude.

  • @tyshondrabarnes7631
    @tyshondrabarnes7631 11 месяцев назад +11

    I BEING ALONE 40 YEARS NEVER HAD FAMILY OR FRIENDS AND I LOVE IT , ME AND GOD FIOCSUING ION MYSELF AND MY CAREER PATH

    • @adamhughes4442
      @adamhughes4442 3 месяца назад

      Sounds very selfish!

    • @tyshondrabarnes7631
      @tyshondrabarnes7631 3 месяца назад

      @@adamhughes4442 VERY SELFLSH IS A PERSON WITH COMMON SENSE WHO WILL NOT BE MESSED OVER WITH

    • @JanesOracle
      @JanesOracle 3 месяца назад +1

      Don't listen to people who call this selfish, I'm very happy that you have found a way to live that makes you happy!! 💖💖💖

    • @adamhughes4442
      @adamhughes4442 3 месяца назад

      @@JanesOracle I'm glad she's happy too. I apologise. Best wishes.

  • @meriena
    @meriena Год назад +16

    I am so used to being alone and living alone for many years, I started to lack social skills, but never been more grateful for all the peace and freedom. They are running through my veins like a drug. Once you get addicted, it's hard to go back.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад

      🙏

    • @silverdale3207
      @silverdale3207 Год назад +4

      I hear you on that one, I was widowed young 3 and a half years ago and by default started to isolate myself to cope with the grief, now I cherish being alone and don't want to go out because it's addictive being on my own ( I do miss her though) . Like you I think I've lost social skills and struggle to remember how to have a conversation but consider it a small price to pay for the peace and solitude and calming of the mind.

    • @meriena
      @meriena Год назад +1

      @@silverdale3207 I am very sorry for your loss. Grief is one of the reasons people decide to set off on the road of solitude and it's a process. I pray for you, dear. God is taking care of everything, trust Him. 🙏🏽

  • @user-fk8rb8ue5h
    @user-fk8rb8ue5h Год назад +48

    I believe in a balance between solitude and social interaction. I live alone and spend a lot of time alone, but I'll tell you what it can play tricks with your brain.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +3

      I believe in the same thing.

    • @wolfthequarrelsome504
      @wolfthequarrelsome504 Год назад +1

      Agreed

    • @autumn5852
      @autumn5852 Год назад +8

      That’s the beauty of living alone, you get to get control over your mind instead of it controlling you as it does to the majority of people in the world and the thing is, it’s not even their mind, it’s the collective consciousness that we claim as ours and being alone helps you to realise the truth of this

  • @EricWeston
    @EricWeston 10 месяцев назад +5

    One of the most thought provoking videos on youtube.

  • @sarah.marco888
    @sarah.marco888 11 месяцев назад +26

    I love this. Been really in a lonewolf mentality mindset in my recent years and it's been such a great experience. Can totally resonate with this 😊❤

  • @perryedwards4746
    @perryedwards4746 Год назад +49

    So true... Nicely done... Freedom and peace is the two most important keys to a good life in my opinion... Im a poet, so it probably helps, I've been on my own for 30 years and would not have it any other way... My home is truly, my home... Important vid!! Well done sir!

  • @trevorgwelch7412
    @trevorgwelch7412 10 месяцев назад +5

    Alone : Peace of Mind . Peace with oneself . Some people are afraid of there own shadow .

  • @potatospace6084
    @potatospace6084 Год назад +28

    Before, I felt disrespected when that one classmate called me a loner, but these days I felt more prouder that I can manage myself being alone. This actually made me discover and try things that I am afraid to try before. I'm so proud to be this independent now, I don't need to depend on others and just blindly follow their lead because I can't decide on my own. Being alone is freedom and it attracts opportunities because you don't have to always consider other people which at times becomes baggage to the things that you wanted to pursue.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад

      Yes 🙏

    • @shreel8880
      @shreel8880 11 месяцев назад

      🎯 agree!

    • @craigmalcom6294
      @craigmalcom6294 11 месяцев назад

      Being alone isn’t the same as lonely. If ur introverted that’s fine but it’s important to connect with friends and family.

  • @jocelienjimenez9821
    @jocelienjimenez9821 Год назад +9

    I'm an INFJ Woman and i value being alone i need it to recharge bieng around people who are always talking and needing assistance constantly drains me to a point where i feel so tired and i need my me Time. Thank you Millie👍✌👊❤🦋

  • @A.ICraft
    @A.ICraft Год назад +6

    I honestly love "just Existing", I feel happy observing the nature and things around me without any objective in my mind.

  • @BiijiiTheGamer
    @BiijiiTheGamer Год назад +14

    I think you made an important point, that the true peace doesn't come until the storm of thoughts finally calms down. I can sit in a chair with no stimulation and occupy myself with thoughts for hours, but that's rarely more fulfilling than any other distraction. I like to spend most of my time alone, but I think I need to be honest with myself about what types of alone time are beneficial to my well-being, and get better at deciding when to nudge myself out the door.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +3

      I always feel unpleasant if I think too much. We need silence and stillness in our lives.

  • @sumiben5211
    @sumiben5211 5 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you for the video. It is unbelievable how now the phone can bring all the chaos of the world to our rooms while before people had no idea about what was going on in their neighbor village. Our minds are getting more information and worries than what they have been evolved to hold.

  • @GnosisMan50
    @GnosisMan50 11 месяцев назад +16

    I've lived alone for most of my entire life and I'm already in my mid 60's and I still struggle living alone and you can't do it all the time in complete isolation. We need interaction with others but it largely depends on WHO those others are. It's a real tragedy when you can't find someone whose emotional intelligence is above the norm hence someone you can have an intimate connection with and feel the person has genuine regard for you. It's only then that you can be alone because you know that those who care for you will be there even though they are not in the same room with you. Having good healthy friends is emotionally and psychologically nurturing. Unfortunately, there are too many people who are alienated from themselves and the hope of finding someone, especially an amorous relationship, has become impossible. This only makes being alone that much harder.

  • @eldondavidson8281
    @eldondavidson8281 8 месяцев назад +126

    It is said that after hours of deeply contemplating problems with physics Albert Einstein would sit calmly in a chair with his keys in his hand and relax his mind to the point where his keys fell from his hand and hit the floor, and after he reached this point of mental relaxation he clearly saw the answer to his problems.

    • @patrickvanmeter2922
      @patrickvanmeter2922 8 месяцев назад +14

      As few obligations as possible. This is what people are to me. I am obligated to my dogs. People have the ability to take care of themselves. They don't need me, and I don't need them.

    • @la_baby_khalil7703
      @la_baby_khalil7703 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@patrickvanmeter2922🐶🐕 WOW!!! 👍😉...NICE...AMEN...👏🙏😇🙏

    • @louislerma545
      @louislerma545 4 месяца назад

      It is called auto inquisition
      Edison used metal balls dropped on a metal pan

    • @louislerma545
      @louislerma545 4 месяца назад +4

      You can use your subconscious mind to give you the every thing you want ask it what if questions or what if then complete the task

    • @eldondavidson8281
      @eldondavidson8281 4 месяца назад +3

      In meditation I come home to my self, taking a break from the world, centering my self, maintaining the calm balance, entering the great and calm void.

  • @revolutionofconsciousness
    @revolutionofconsciousness Год назад +45

    I've felt the need to be alone for many years now and it's bought me unbelievable transformation. There were so many great points raised here. I'm constantly trying to find that perfect balance between 'being' and 'doing'. Thanks for making this 🙏🙏

  • @amosbeedle9875
    @amosbeedle9875 Год назад +330

    Thank you for this , I got more from these 11 minutes than from 6 months of therapy...
    The irony is that the GIANT INESCAPABLE ALGORITHM OF DISTRACTION is what brought me here !!??
    I am glad it did !
    subscription enabled

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +16

      Glad my video was helpful, and thanks for subscribing. :)

    • @nickname3471
      @nickname3471 Год назад +8

      I also found this by auto feed...
      Very ironic..
      Cheers.

    • @tedlogan3194
      @tedlogan3194 11 месяцев назад

      WEIRD

    • @mcarmelita6524
      @mcarmelita6524 11 месяцев назад +1

      😂

    • @georgiafrancis9059
      @georgiafrancis9059 11 месяцев назад +17

      therapy only benefits the therapist.... think about that and then be your own therapist

  • @westwild75
    @westwild75 11 месяцев назад +3

    alone ...with the CREATOR of the universe... Best feeling's
    و حدي مع خالق الكون احلى شعور..

  • @andrewbeattie244
    @andrewbeattie244 Год назад +12

    Peace,tranquility,aloneness are tuned with perfect harmony. There's nothing wrong with being alone, though the world thinks and acts differently. I'm more alone in a room full of people .The Belfast poet Andrew Beattie.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад

      You are right, there is nothing wrong with being alone.

  • @a.pantherinlex4368
    @a.pantherinlex4368 Год назад +6

    For me its the ability to detach from the world and say I make me happy... I alone bring me peace.

  • @lilray7210
    @lilray7210 11 месяцев назад +5

    This is why I love being alone. It gives me more time to concentrate on GOD. Instead of listening to other peoples problems and drama.

  • @user_000_1.
    @user_000_1. 11 месяцев назад +2

    people don’t innerstand the power of being alone, able to adore the silence. but you aren’t alone in your loneliness. you who you truly are when you are alone. good vid.

  • @jacquelineireland2273
    @jacquelineireland2273 Год назад +8

    Being alone there is no frustration, anger, demands, urgency, loudness. I enjoy my own presence. I follow Eckhart Tolle. And several Buddhist monks, gurus. Spiritual teachers. Inner peace brings external peace and ability to handle life better. Namaste.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад

      I agree completely. :)

    • @autumn5852
      @autumn5852 Год назад

      … only life isn’t for handing, it’s for living (the clue is in the name) and it’s for living in perfect joy and harmony so either your gurus are feeding you bs or you’re misunderstanding them or maybe you’re just listening to them and not 11:39 doing that actual work but either way handling life sounds like hell and you’ll never succeed because life doesn’t need handling, it’s perfect just the way it is ❤️

  • @animlk3
    @animlk3 Год назад +4

    One can be alone but not lonely."

  • @mus139
    @mus139 3 месяца назад +1

    You can't beat being alone, I love it.

  • @dipakdeshpande5453
    @dipakdeshpande5453 4 месяца назад +2

    It's great truth. Being alone is real bliss.❤

  • @claresmith9261
    @claresmith9261 11 месяцев назад +5

    The real art is being with people and enjoying your own peace and aloneness within and seeing them as that love too

  • @lloydwalden4053
    @lloydwalden4053 11 месяцев назад +5

    Some people can be on there own without feeling lonely, some can not,❤🤔

  • @MaryMargaretteWhite-ek5tn
    @MaryMargaretteWhite-ek5tn 11 месяцев назад +3

    Self reflection....clarity.....self assurance and self reliance.....

  • @themajesticmagnificent386
    @themajesticmagnificent386 11 месяцев назад +4

    When your on your own your really keeping loneliness company.Loneliness longs for solitude but she’s kept in the company of millions…

  • @abrahamcasanova9901
    @abrahamcasanova9901 Год назад +8

    Unfortunately many times when I want to have peace and quiet all I can hear is the neighbor’s dogs incessant barking or their TV a the loudest possible volume. This in turn makes me want to watch something on RUclips or put on my own music in order to drown their horrible noises. I understand and appreciate the power of peace and quiet but, living so close to other people, sometimes it’s not easy to get it, which makes me appreciate it even more.

    • @StanleyBetts2001
      @StanleyBetts2001  Год назад +2

      Can the sounds be an object of meditation? Once you stop labelling them, can you find peace with them?

    • @dragonfly9209
      @dragonfly9209 Год назад +1

      @@StanleyBetts2001 Barking dogs---maybe. Loud, ever-changing TV sounds? Impossible.

    • @scorpio85
      @scorpio85 Год назад +3

      I live alone and I am at peace with myself. I do have one problem however and that is my next door neighbours. They have this fixation of using their washing machine and tumble drier 24 hours of the day. I would love to know: what on earth do they wash? At night I use white noise of rain 🌧 so it’s fine then but during the day it’s horrendous. I have learn to shut it off but sometimes it gets to me. It is what it is. 😊