with one breath a life was changed
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
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We often underestimate the power of small actions. A single word, a glance, or a kind gesture can change the course of someone’s life forever. I remember hearing as a child that you could “kill someone just by looking at them wrong.” It sounded dramatic at the time, but now I realize they were talking about heartbreak, about the way we impact each other without even realizing it.
But just as easily, we can change a life for the better. Encouragement at the right moment. A small act of kindness. A conversation that shifts someone’s perspective. In a world that can feel overwhelming, this is something we do have control over.
So today, I want to reflect on the power we all hold in our daily interactions. No matter how small it may seem, you never know what kind of difference you’re making.
#lifeadvice #deepthoughts #mindfulness #dailyreflection #beabetterhuman
You come across as a really lovely person, very caring and insightful. I enjoy listening you as you walk in such beautiful surroundings.
So nice of you☺️
I can comment on this, I lost my brother through suicide. The most simple comments and little kindnesses stopped me from doing the same. Never ever underestimate how those little things can affect others. I wish I could thank those people personally now.
The gift of a smile is a simple gesture anyone can give to others. Gratitude to you my brother. Beautiful video in beautiful surroundings. Nature is so healing.
I have spent many many years of my life enjoying Hamsterly Forrest and as a child we used to swim and jump into the black king water hole 🕳
Did you ever get.to see the Green Man (Circle of life Sculpture) It was sadly removed a few weeks ago due to wood rot but ot was first erected on the forest in 1996 and carved from a fallen tree in the forest by a local artist Philip Townsend.
The Green Man, made of logs depicting a face, was created by local artist Philip Townsend. He carved a number of logs woth faces and when you looked as the Sculpture as a whole you could see the green man. The face looked different depending on what angle you viewed it from.
"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." Dalai Lama. A smile can save a life.
I came across you about a week or so ago and you had around 1,000 subscribers, now you have about 7,000. This is the first video I’ve seen with adverts, so is that the beginning of you making some money, I hope so. I try to be kind whenever I can as I never know what someone might be go through and my kindness may make a difference to them. I enjoy listening to you 😊
Hi :) thank you for sticking around! Yes, was literally able to turn ads on a couple of hours ago today, which is pretty exciting. You’re the first to notice 🙂
A very kind and wise topic. Offering a smile is something I always do - you never know what's in their mind.
Your videos are a breath of calm and goodness in a crazy world. No wonder your channel is growing!
The good you share, I do believe, comes back. So good wishes to you Vladimir and your family.
This reminds me of an extremely important moment in my life. During one of the worst periods of time for me, when I was consumed in Depression, I needed gas, and so I went inside to pay cash and get a coffee. I am usually so sure that in public I look fine. I don't want anyone taking time out of their already likely rough day to worry about me unless they are a friend or relative. The cashier at this gas station, though, as soon as I put my coffee on the counter, without ever looking him in the eye he said to me, "Oh, who do I need to beat up for you?" lol. He was probably in his 50s, and built pretty heavy. I told him thank you but I just was tired and needed coffee.
This man had never met me. We would never see each other again. I was too panicked to even get his name; Because he Saw me. Scared the life out of me, that a complete stranger just Knew I was Going Through It. At the same time, it was So So sweet. He saw me and he cared if I was okay. Sometimes that really is all someone needs, is to be seen. Isn't that lovely? You can just do that! It's free, you can just give that to someone for free!
That man sounds like he knows people well. Sounds like you were really going through it ❤️
Gas. You had me worried for a moment and then the penny dropped. North American 😅
Thank you for your kindness and wisdom.
Any time!
even something like a motorist giving way to you makes a difference too.
Yes it does, happens way more often in smaller towns :)
Strangely it does in these times and acknowledging when you give way
I have recently stumbled upon this channel and immediately subscribed. Love your insights on life and advice. I, too, seek peace out in nature. I am about to relocate to western Ireland to have more of a slower paced life.
Best wishes from Germany.
It took me a long time to realise that we are not responsible for other people's emotions. As long as we are good people, a negative reaction is not something within our control. Gratitude and paying it forward are my guiding principles. I'm grateful for your channel having found me. 😊 I appreciate you!
Yes, you are very right my friend. I have also learned this through experience. Another persons action or reaction is not our responsibility. Only what action or reaction we take matters in the scheme of things.
'The ripple effect', what words can do to someone either good or bad can leave a lasting impression.
I felt my heart hold onto it's beating as I watched the beautiful trees standing so majestic, beautiful and proud around you and your calm and thoughtful demeanor as you walked and spoke about the impact of words. I've discovered how nature can be healing no matter what people can throw at you. Just listening to your words along with the views around, gave me a feeling of utter calm and a slight release of tears which I haven't been able to do for so long. I needed this. Your words mattered to me and made a positive impact on me, thank you ❤
Thank you for the reminder ❤️ recently took a receptionist job as the job market is tough right now in my current profession. Felt embarrassed and frustrated for taking the job but actually it will help provide for my family until market picks up again. Working on my emotional intelligence to overcome these thoughts.
Keep up the videos!
When I was a receptionist, I paid attention to my voice more and the effect it could have. I practiced knowing people’s names, the names of their children or pets. I kept some index cards of how to say polite greetings in various languages. I learned the meanings of names- because people like to talk about where they got their name.
I can imagine lots of worse jobs than a receptionist. Trying to be positive 😅
Love that forest
I like how, when you're out walking as you pass people you say hiya /morning and smile......in the city we see and pass WAY more people but usually don't say anything 😂
Thanks viizii your little dailies are nice 🙌🏻
Great speech, thank you and well done mate
Sometimes we don’t realise what someone else is going through, when we happen to look at someone when they pass you by or when we engage with someone briefly we don’t know. And that’s why we should be mindful and less judgemental about other peoples life’s, never making assumptions because, making assumptions is not based on truth but rather our own life experiences and from what we are taught in adolescent and what we read in the newspapers and watch on film. So, like you say Vladimir, what we say or how we look at someone we don’t know may impact that persons life more then we know. But more often but not always, it can also be the case that when we go about our day to day stuff, if we happen to feel depressed and anxious and we catch a glimpse of someone we don’t know starring at us or not coming across as friendly, they might well be looking through you and not at you, thinking about something that’s nothing to do with you. Or sometimes, a person really is staring at you with a judgmental attitude. For example, I suffer from bouts of major depression and social anxiety/ptsd. So, yesterday, when I met up with my family for a Toby Carvery I felt in an upbeat mood and was happy to see my family because I now live on my own. But as I was approaching the Toby Carvery, it was in an affluent area and I was holding my Lidls and Tescos grocery bags after travelling to this area from another part of London and I remember when I saw a group of elderly people dressed very smart walking towards the entrance of the Toby Carvery, but noticing they were all staring at me with my grocery bags and I didn’t feel a friendly vibe. Immediately, I felt their vibe was affecting my mood and self esteem and that made me feel paranoid. Later on, when I got my food which was an extra large plate, lol, after only eating porridge earlier in the day which was a Saturday. I noticed as I walked back to the table to eat my food with my family, the same family that was giving me funny vibes when I walked into the Toby Carvery was starring at me oddly again and I must admit it made me feel upset and angry but I just didn’t look at them anymore to avoid them spoiling my evening and potentially causing an overreaction from ptsd. Nevertheless, I couldn’t stop ruminating about them which was affecting how I interacted with my family in the beginning and was affecting my mood because I felt like they were watching me and talking about me with a judgmental attitude. Thankfully, after sometime, after ignoring them I was determined not to let them ruin my meal with my family. But you see, suffering from social anxiety/ptsd can make socialising at times very difficult, which can trigger low mood and depression with ruminating thoughts, something which is more difficult to cope with when I get home later in the evening because I live on my own.
You have the spiritual gift of "presence." even though, ironically you're far away. I listen often to Thich Nat Han, the zen master who was a bodisattva, a person capable of healing others, not unlike doctors, nurses, counselors. You have a gift of calming voice and presence . I'm in southern California and what's happening in our government and also environmentally has been disturbing to say the least. Thank you so much for this peaceful and inspiring video!
excellent video. again! You mentioned you studied sound engineering, and I must say the sound is really good on your videos, too!
Love Hamsterly Forest...was one of the most beautiful places I used to like to walk with friends when I lived in County Durham.... 💚💛
Well Done 👏 🙌👏👏🙌🙌
I really appreciate your videos!
You are a very good communicator and you are a very kind person talking about life/ the things that are missing at the moment is people’s feelings of disconnection, so you’re presence on your walks and little chats are very calming and caring, you are a valuable asset, everyone needs to feel heard and valued!
It’s lovely to connect with nature too!
Sending love from a Retired nurse from Newcastle living in Wales!
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Another good video! You’re on a roll. 😊❤
very solid video!
Appreciate it!
Random acts of kindness ❤
Safe discussion as usual ❤thank you 😊
You're very peaceful to listen to. Its much needed at this time. Thank you ❤❤
My pleasure and thank you too 🙏
You are quite right about how random acts of kindness can stay with you for life. I recall with fondness several occasions when, encountering difficulties out and about in the world, some complete strangers have stepped forward and helped me. They had nothing to gain from their aid, indeed they expended some of their own time and resources to do it. But without their help I would have been in moderately serious trouble. Because some of these incidents are four or five decades ago and the people that helped me were 'old' {i.e. thirty or more :D} it is likely they are no longer with us but they and their kindness live on in my memories.
Sadly, largely because of the social disruption of too much migration happening too fast, that high trust society has unravelled a bit and we now fear and distrust each other more than we used to. How we get it back is a hard question and might require some hard choices that we'd rather not have to make because, in our moral framework, they are objectively 'bad' actions. But we do need to get it back or things will get very dystopian and that can happen quickly - witness the decline in just the past five years.
On a lighter note, I don't think there is anything more lovely or healing for your soul than an English woodland. I spent nearly all my time as a boy and a youth in the woods and every time I am back under the trees all those wonderful feelings flood back.
Read the comments here: you are creating that ripple effect. An honest smile is contagious indeed 😂
Audio is perfect btw, didn't even hear the bike! Mesmerizing forest, thank you for sharing its beauty.
Thank you, I just found your channel today and I think I was meant to. I'm having a really bad time at the moment and this morning, I really didn't know how to face the day and randomly I found your video. Thank you.
Beautiful forest. Not what I think of, as being in the UK. Good video. Powerful, positive, message.🙂
Oh man, UK got places that’s for sure! Winning countryside . Thank you 🙏
Very tidy forest. Mine is the new forest and it is very random but interesting and old
Congratulations on all your recent success - soon the RUclips channel will get you out of the warehouse!
Walk and breathe, yes.
This video suddenly reminded me the poem by Robert Frost
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
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Smart phone calls and messaging can produce sudden crap. When you need good vibes don't touch them
I see that James Hannigan's comment appears to have gone or has been deleted. :( Pity, I was kind of hoping he was gonna offer some sort of advice or project or something for music
I still remember a comment about me from a teacher from nearly 50 years ago, when I was maybe 10 or so, unfortunately it wasn't very nice, but I've carried that comment with me all my life. I shan't repeat it, and I've probably attached to it way more meaning than was intended, and he was probably having a shitty day, with a bunch of shitty kids, so I've forgiven him, but words do matter, and they do make a difference.
I’m a teacher. Been at it 35 years. I really do try to be positive and find positive things to say with every student 🙏
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Have you ever use this plant, rock and mushroom apps, or use ai to identify plants, rocks etc, it is a lot of fun when you are out and about walking
I use PlantNet so now I can answer when my sons ask what every plant or tree is - tech can be a useful tool
Yh I had that one before :) not sure it’d work in that forest, no service there 😆
iNaturalist also works (with service 😂) and the photos you take allow researchers to develop science for free!
There's one called merlin bird id. That listens live to birds around you and tells you what it is