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- What if you only had a year to live?
Take a moment and seriously consider your answer to this question. What would you do? Maybe you’d spend your time close to home, appreciating time with loved ones. Or, maybe you’d pack your bags and travel the world. Maybe you’re interested in philanthropy and would dedicate that year to community service. Or maybe you’d spend most of your time alone, quietly reflecting on your life.
But the truth is, you can’t cram a lifetimes worth of experiences, achievements, challenges and friendships into one year. Life doesn’t work that way. But what you can do is make sure that you don’t take your time for granted, and that you consciously choose to pay attention to the things that are most important to you.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. When you open your eyes to the beauty that surrounds you, you not only learn how to live but find what to live for.
Filmed in Swellendam, South Africa.
Featuring Jeremy Puren.
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Who is Reflections of Life? We are Justine and Michael (previously known as Green Renaissance). We use our passion for filmmaking and our love of storytelling, to remind our audience of one simple truth - that we are all human. The more that we understand and believe in this interconnectedness, the more we will treat ourselves, one another, and planet earth with a greater sense of compassion.
Filming - by Michael Raimondo
Editing - by Jackie Viviers and Justine du Toit
Music sourced from ArtList - bit.ly/2KfrAt2
Spectral Type O - by Yotam Agam
Shiver - by Borrtex
Soft Touch - by W A T E R F V L L S
Picturesque - by Conor McKeever
Oval Window - by Yehezkel Raz
A huge thank you to these guys, who gave so generously of their to time to help with translations, enabling us to provide subtitles in the following languages:
Arabic - by Mohammad Alkhudhair
Assamese - by Partha Protim Borah
Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) - by Shun-Ying Lu
Croatian - by Davor Bobanac
Dutch - by Karla Greven
English - by Justine du Toit
French - by Amélie Macoin
Georgian - by Qeti Giorgadze
German - by Tanja Pütz
Greek - by Vicky Polychroni
Hindi - by Parul Sharma
Hungarian - by Zorka Evetovics
Indonesian - by Ary Nuansa
Italian - by Grazia Gironella
Japanese - by Kaoru Hasegawa
Korean - by Chloe Park
Macedonian - by Lidija Pusevska Markovska
Persian - by Mona Zadsham
Portuguese - by Sibylle Steinpass and Lucivani Valvassori
Slovenian - by Jasmina Kovačič
Spanish - by Emanuel Mori
Vietnamese - by Thi Le - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Jeremy’s latest film on his channel czcams.com/video/u5J-5BAJRtI/video.html
This may be my last year. I survived cancer one year ago, but my test last month came back abnormal, and I didn't get the message on time. Monday I go back to Onochology. I always feel satisfied and happy each day with my life though. ❤️ I think no matter what I spend time doing, it's worthy of my last day, or my last year. Taking a nap, sitting in the sun, chatting with my kids, traveling to Mexico... it's all good. 🙂
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We are deeply touched by your message. Whatever the visit to the Oncology department reveals, may you spend valuable time with your children, with others, in nature, ... may you live life and have peace and strength for whatever lies ahead. Sending you warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
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This is one of the most outstanding channels on social media. My humanity grows with each and every presentation. What a gift. Thank you.
True - extraordinary channel, incredible people. Lucky to have them 🙂
Wow, thanks a lot for these touching words. We are so thankful that we can share these videos with you. Much love, Justine and Michael. 💚
I love the many blessings that have been exposed in these beautiful Green Renaissance videos ❤
Agree!!!! ❤
What more do we need, humanity....wisdom...and nature! This channel is almost food to me.....yum.
"Thank you pain. Thank you pleasure. Thank you life. Thank you death." The circle of life. Wise young man! I pray he finds someone who truly appreciates his depth and wisdom. 💜
He has... czcams.com/video/CkPnqYw0e1E/video.html
Thank you for your touching and kind words, Bridget. Warm wishes, Justine and Michael. 💚
Such a lovely gentle man. You tell a lot about a person by the way they treat their animals. His dog & he were deeply connected…I felt that deeply too.
He found himself who truly appreciates the gift he is. There's nothing more it. :)
Live life deeply Give thanks Love , help those who lift a finger : " I need help" others it's difficult for them to beg for help I believe we're here to help the most as possible This channel is important bright and shiny
Oh how I reminisced my youth in this video. I was told at 25 by a 'psychic' that I would die at 74. I was always conscious of this, so filled each day henceforth to the brim with as much 'living of life to the full' as I could as if it were a race for time. I am now 74 (and a HALF) years old, retired and reclusive, but still enjoying each moment of quietude with my pups as if it WERE my last year on earth. Yes, spend time in nature whenever you feel overwhelmed and love everything about your unique self without shame or apology. Life's grand in all it's speckled glory. Enjoy it to the last drop.💕
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences, Linda. So glad this video resonated so much with you. Enjoy every day, every year. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Hi Linda, please disregard what the charlatan told you as I'm sure you know. Rather celebrate in your imagination your 100th birthday with all your loved ones around you. We do create our lives I believe.
Surprisingly, I had exactly the same idea a month ago. I wanted to do what I would do if I had a year to live. The first thing I did, was to come home to spend some time with my family, especially with my grandmother who has been isolated mostly for the past three years. I go and spend two hours a day with her, chatting and having a nice cake, and that was almost all I needed. I don't know how my journey will turn out but I just want to let things be for a while. A journey to find myself again.
That's so amazing. May you have a wonderful journey ahead, spend quality time with people/in places, etc. We wish you all the best. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
I'm so happy for your Grandma! As a sometimes isolated old lady. Family really matters SO much. Especially for her, believe me.
Beautiful. It seems that each chapter of our lives calls for us in a different manner. It sounds like you have listened to your own heart during this chapter and you, and your grandmother, are each so fortunate as a result.
@@ReflectionsofLifeThank you so much your kind words, and thank you for such an inspiring and healing channel. People I see in the videos are so relatable, and I find answers to my questions every so often🙏✨
@@nancykelly9393 Thank you✨🍀 ☺️ I hope to make her smile more🌞
Life is so precious, so short, so unpredictable...funnily I thought a lot like the man in the video. Living every day like it is one in your very last year seemed wise, but I noticed now that I am living with and caring for my ill husband who literally knows that his days are numbered, that on a certain level you also need to live like you would live forever. Otherwise you don't get on with projects anymore, that are dear to your heart, which may rather need half a year than just 2 weeks to be finished. We also need to trust that there is enough time for us to create, to risk the unfinished, to allow days on which everything just feels too heavy to enjoy life and to do anything at all. Such a complex balance being alive and honouring our essence with all its talents and shortcomings. Thank you for this video and the many others!
Amazing and deep thoughts, thank you for sharing. Certainly words to ponder on. We wish you all the best and the right balance in the days to come. And we thank you for your kind words at the end. Much love, Justine and Michael. 💚
@@ReflectionsofLife Lots of love to you too, Justine and Michael, you are doing such beautiful and much needed work! 💚
Beautifully said. To live in balance between living as if it’s your last day and living as if you’ll live forever. Perhaps different chapters of our lives call for us to live in different manners, and yet to maintain presence through each of them.
He got me crying on the first minute. This is the time, in my own life, where I am in Brazil and in pain (recovering from a surgery), while also being apart from my husband who is Ukrainian and can't leave his country to come be with me. So the question of "what would I do if this would be my last year?" leaves me in a loop having to choose between staying with my mom and waiting for war to be over, or actually returning to Ukraine to be with my husband. Well, I will try to do both things in the same 'year': when I get better, I will be with my husband, but for now, I heal and enjoy the moments I get to spend with my mom.
Not an easy situation, we can imagine that it brought tears, Paula. Wishing you a speedy recovery in any case. May all work out well. Sending you warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
My heart goes out to you Paula. May you heal fully, may the physical pain resolve itself fast, may you be reunited safely with your husband and may you all feel the deepest peace in your hearts. May this monstrous war be ended. 🙏🏼
❤❤God willing, you will recover as soon as possible, O Lord, have a long life. I hope that God will give you health and wellness, my dear Paula
My good thoughts to all of you . May you be blessed .
Be greatful that at least u hv mom.
I hv no mom no husband
Alone since 2005.
I suppressed my whole life everything.
Now it seems everything is coming out.
Am automatically crying out of nowhere.
Am clueless as to why am i crying.
I feel a lump (non-phyical) in my throat area it becomes heavy even in sleep..wen i just open my eyes from sleep am crying suddenly.
This is strange.
After crying my throat heart area becomes so relaxed as if some 5kg weight is been removed. But after 2 or 3 hours or few minutes my throat again gets full and i cry.
Do you know what it must be?
When will it stop.
Crying starts even when am out on road buying something or wen am selling something or busy watching some funny video.
More I control crying more heavy load it becomes on my chest throat and my whole left side of the body.
Wow, just Wow, " if I die now, I will have had a good year" that absolutely blew me away. " Im 75yoa all my life I've been waiting for something, searching, searching, endlessly searching, I think I've just found it, guess what I intend to do from right this very minute, to all involved thank you for this brilliant video.
That's wonderful that this video was such an inspiration, Jim. We wish all the best for the journey ahead. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
The paradise we create is always flawed. Being alone is better than being with a person who resents you, often because of their own flawed selves. Live every day as though it will be your last. Solitude, nature and animals are life's greatest pleasures. Wonderful insight. You have done well for yourself in dealing with your vulnerability. Beautiful camera work and editing! 💛💫
Glad you could appreciate his message. And we thank you for your encouraging words about our work. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Your films bring me so much peace, it's hard to put into words how I feel when I watch them. It seems that I always know before I click the play button I better sit down and get ready for something that's going to resonate with me and will be deeply profound. Your films not only make me think deeply but they invoke feelings deep within in me. This man has much wisdom at the age of 38. I just celebrated 65 years on this earthly plane and I'm so grateful that I live out in the country. It's not as peaceful as it once was because more and more city folks are seeking the country life, but they bring their noisy selves with them and don't fully understand the country way of life. I'm sad about losing my peaceful country life now, and sometimes I feel the need to move further out into the country today. But then I think... I'd have to give all this up, everything I worked and dreamed of my whole life up until now. So I sit and ponder... The word acceptance comes to the forefront of my mind. I still have my little safe space on my place where I can also retreat and retire to.
This was a another masterpiece, thank you.
You are welcome. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences, Annette. So wonderful to read that our videos have such an impact on your life, bring peace, etc. We hope you can continue to enjoy your life, your safe space and your surroundings, even if it has changed. We wish you contentment. Much love, Justine and Michael. 💚
@@ReflectionsofLife thank you for your comment! So
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Your little dog loves you so much - and you him/her - this alone and being in nature - so glad for your thought process-
Glad you enjoyed his message and the dog, Patrick. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
We all have the same feelings: pain, uncertainty, confusion, and sometimes happiness, but most of the time is a struggle with what's going on inside. It's just that it happens to each person in a different way and each person chooses a different way to face it. So just see it, feel it and let it be, let it go. Thanks for a beautiful video!
Thank you for sharing these thoughts with us. So glad you enjoyed the video. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Realy realy you find the right words. Thank you🌻
He reminds me of one of my sons. As a mom, it made me a bit nervous watching him climb slippery boulders while wearing what looks like slippery shoes! I hope he puts some tight, gripping sneakers on those feet! Thank you for sharing his very wise thoughts with us and I pray his life journey continues to enlighten and lift him up up up! ❤
Thank you for your warm wishes, so glad his message resonated with you. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Moms!
Crocs on the rocks😊
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Indeed, pain is an excellent teacher. I lost my husband Claudio 14 months ago (he was only 55), and the last year was so intense and so eye-opening… Lord, I wish pleasure when we still were together had taught the same… anyway, thank you for this very touching and gentle film
hello dear sister Natalia, I am also a Natalia and I see you and hear you and feel you. I know this place you are at and am with you ath this exact moment.
We are sorry to hear about the loss of your husband, Natalia. Always so difficult to lose someone we love. We wish you strength and healing for the road ahead. Maybe watch this video too, maybe it can help you - 'Through The Storm' - (czcams.com/video/tB98ldnUcTE/video.html). Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
@@ReflectionsofLife Dear Justine and Michael , I think I’ve made throughout these 14 months also thanks to your films. I’ve seen them all! They are deeply deeply true and healing. They give hope that this world is still full of real people and not … consumers. Thank you for your exceptional heart and, please, be happy!
Wonderful again and Jeremy was amazing. I love this line you listed earlier - Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. It reminds me of the best saying I ever heard years ago - When you go to write the story of your life, don't let someone else hold the pen. I so look forward to these videos. They seem to hit me most when I need them. Thank you!
Thank you for your kind words and for sharing the saying. So glad Jeremy's message resonated with you. Lovely that the videos always come at the right time. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Every day that I wake from sleeping I am grateful. I live each day as if it were the only day I will have. Not that it's "not yesterday" or "better than any other day" but, that it's the only day, and I ask myself... "How would I live if I had only one day?"... and I live that way, on that one day. Today is a gift!
Lovely message, thank you for sharing. Keep it up, enjoy every single day afresh. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
The dog is such a lovely guy as the owner. For sure your separation put the right parts in the right place.
Pain is just the intolerance of acceptance… ❤❤❤
Thank you for your caring message. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
I have witnessed many a human who woke up one morning never to see the end of the day. It gives you a new sense of perspective on life and how precious the time we have truly is. I completely agree with every word Jeremy said. We get so caught up in life and the mundane stuff that does not truly matter we forget to live sometimes.
Thank you for sharing your experiences, Janine. We never know what holds for us on a certain day, if it's our last one. So important to try and live more consciously. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
I love his message! Pain, pleasure, life, death... So inspiring! It makes me feel so calm...
Thanks a lot!
You are welcome Monica, so glad you enjoyed his message. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
I have this same experience after my coma. I was hit by a car on street and was in coma and have braindamage and more damage in my body. I could now not walk without a strowler. I cant work anymore and was very sad. But after this i live now my life slowly. I have time to do nice things with my children and family and talk and rest. I am now 51 years old and with retirement after this. I live fully my life and be thankful for it. I came back from almost dead and do appreciate my life more and my time with my loved ones. And bee happy with less. The only thing in life what counts is love. Thanks Jeremy for sharing your experience and Justine and Michael for sharing this with us 🤗
Touching words, thank you for sharing, Manuela. So happy that we could share this with you, that it resonated with you. We are glad life looks a bit more positive again after the traumatic experience. Wishing you all the best for every day, may you still enjoy many wonderful days with family, friends, etc. Much love, Justine and Michael. 💚
Thanks Justine and Michael 🤗❤
Of all the very good comments here, yours is, to me, ABSOLUTELY THE MOST STRIKING AND AUTHENTIC...thank you!
It's always about the love. Family is precious. ❤
Thank you. What a wise man! It seems the process he is talking about is something many people go through as they get older. It is not easy but i hope helpful ❤
You are welcome Kate. So happy his words resonated with you. Much love, Justine and Michael. 💚
The timing is amazing here. Because I live alone, I have to be proactive with my death process, have been for years. Last night I decided to video my own eulogy perhaps today and post it for a later date? I will tell my life story in a 15 minute or so video to help me with my process. No one will do it so I will do it myself. Just like everything... Despite all I have done and created, no one has shown up to share my energy, time and nature after five years here in the forest living a good life. Looking back all the way to my childhood I see that I have led a solo, isolated life, not really wanting that but its happened, I wonder why?. Yet there was 30 years of partnership and that was my happy time. But now I have been living alone for 6 years plus. Soon off goes the computer, and the communications, now out in the forest without human voices, leave you all behind. I'm tired of it all ready to take a nap. Oh well, not my problem anymore, humans are shyte I will tell the saints. Leave them to their misery. My camp will disappear which is sad because all the hard work will be wasted except for the joy I have had making it happen. I've really sat with my isolation for years now, in and out of difficult times, friends falling away. Another sad part is that people have been the clueless ones to want a simple life, living in the woods but they are stuck in their minds, very few people help each other and listen and just be. Most are takers, lost in the consumption values only out for their own interests. No big deal in the big picture, for I have sat with my grief and its liberating that things will change in the final days I will be kind with myself. Meditation, sitting, singing and moving on. thanks for the video.
Thanks for the message dear one, and for opening your heart to all that Jeremy shared with us through his story. And we hope that, through our films, you are reminded that there are indeed so many good people in this world. Hold hope and keep faith. We send you much love and gentle kindness. Justine and Michael
I feel much the same as you and walking an analogous path. What have so sincerely and wisely expressed here in ur unique comment helps to illuminate this wondrous and hazy path! Thank u for the courage u have in posting.
The way you produce these videos is amazing....the people are amazing too , the way you combine the shots and content fro your guests is so good 👍
Wow, thank you Mark. Your words really touch us. Much love, Justine and Michael. 💚
What a perfectly fitting expression - mind gets cluttered...how right you are🥺🙏
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Who am I? The most difficult question in live. Thanks for another fantastic deep touching film🌱
You are welcome Jarek. So glad his message spoke to you. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
All your stories are so beautiful, but this one has touched me most. Thank you. And what a sweet human being!
Glad this video was so special. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Brilliant - grabbed me from the get-go. Jeremy expresses so well the feeling of being just a tiny speck in the cosmos, but at the same time being grateful to be part of it. At my age in my seventies I have even more reason to live each year/month/day as if it were my last. It doesn't necessarily mean I would change anything, but I do try to be aware of all that I have and the opportunities I am being given to enjoy the natural and human worlds, and in some way to contribute to the sum of "the good". I have had my crisis and had to change instead of clinging on to my old life - it's hard to go through but I'm glad it happened. Thank you again Green Renaissance for this chance to reflect and be glad.
Thank you for these kind and encouraging words, Anthony. We are glad this video spoke to you so much/created an opportunity and nudged you to ponder on life. Warm hugs, and enjoy every day and year. Justine and Michael. 💚
You always post the most incredible Humans. Where do you find them? Judging by their accent I would say maybe South Africa, Zimbabwe-ish or in that vicinity :)
Thank you for your kind words, we are so happy that you enjoy our work, Michael. People like him surround us all every day. But often we don't take the time to truly listen to each other, with open hearts and minds. We all have a story to share if we think about it.
For quite some time now we interviewed people in South Africa but we do have videos that were made in Europe, on St. Helena, New Zealand, etc. Often you find details in the write up below the video. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Nature neutralises pain. And dogs! ❤
Well said. Kind wishes, Justine and Michael. 💚
What a beautiful soul
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Awh Dude, you've got it. Sweet, authentic, simplistic etc, etc. When I was your age, I hurt so much, since then, healed to a great extent, still a life journey, being grateful, participated in healing others. A vulnerable guy is a powerful guy, is a present guy, awh, would like to have a toast to you... somewhere in my beloved Namibia...
Thank you for your kind words, so glad you enjoyed his message Talita. Wonderful to read that you were able to heal to a great extent. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Have been missing Green Renaissance! So good to be back. Never stop…our sense of humaneness needs these inspirational and incredible stories so magnificently presented! ❤
Lovely to see you back, Christine. Thank you for your kind and encouraging words. Much love, Justine and Michael. 💚
This deep smile with a lot of wisdom are one of the signs of a person that has come far. I just love it. And the sign! "Tomorrow never comes"! Wow!!! Thank YOU!
We are glad the video spoke to you, Lars. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Its realy true.... i feel the same...thank you Jeremy for your words, your being, your experience..... lovely greetings from a little place in germany. ...🌻🌱🌼 Ina
Glad this video resonated so much with you, Ina. We send you warm hugs all the way to Germany, Justine and Michael. 💚
"I feel small and vulnerable but I also feel safe because I am part of everything." If only we all can feel this the world will be a far far better place. Wish you peace, health and happiness dear Jeremy !
We are so happy that his words resonated with you. Thank you for your kind wishes. Much love, Justine and Michael. 💚
Wow. Some of us just really feel life, don't we? Grandma Ellen.
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I must say that your channel is wholesome, not filled with "experts" but everyday relatable people with a great wealth of experience and wisdom. Thanks for sharing these human stories, decluttering life to its basic and simple ways.
Thank you for your kind words, it makes us happy that you like our videos so much. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Jeremy thanks pain. How poignant. It is the place to grow and discover ourselves. Thank you for sharing and to Jeremy for being so vulnerable. 🌸
We are so glad his words resonated with you. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Beautiful essence of the human being, just being and letting that experience be, yes, BE, enough. Wonderful presentation in every way. Thank you, Jeremy and GR.
We are so happy that Jeremy's message resonated with you. Thank you for watching. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
What a smile. This man’s joy is palpable and contagious : )
Thank you for your kind words and pointing out this detail. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
So beautiful. 💚 I really liked how he spoke about pain. End of life living is beautiful.
We are glad this spoke to you, Heidi. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Thank you GR for another narrative that i can relate to totally. I am trying to live in the now. Thats all we have. No one has seen tmrw. He has such wise words to share. He has endured the pain but clearly come out of it appreciating life even more. We can only feel the full sweetness of pleasure once we have experienced the darkness of pain. Stay blessed young man. Thank you and i hope you have a good two weeks,till i hear from you again x
You are welcome, we are glad his message resonated with you Adya. We thank you for the kind words and thoughts you shared. Wishing you two good weeks as well. Much love, Justine and Michael. 💚
This comes pretty close to a promise I made! I love this video. It felt like a deja vu at some point, but that can't be! I think he got it! I think we can all get it! when we realize we all share our humanity indeed - I'm steeling the idea of hanging "tomorrow never comes" above my door. It's even stronger then Carpé diem! Thank you for sharing this!
We are glad the video resonated with you. May his message inspire you as you journey through life. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
So brave. So true. So wise. Thank you for sharing ❤ this is love to the world❤ thank you from my heart❤
You are welcome Emelie. So happy that this video resonated with you. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
9:22 "Who this essence are that I am seeking?"
Beautifully spoken!! ❤
So glad you enjoyed listening to his words. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
A finitude é um fato , mesmo assim não pensamos sobre isso … isso mudaria muita coisa em nossa existência
Well said Maria. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Accepting the Authentic Me. Pain is Neutralised by Nature.....Very Insightful Jeremy xoxoxo
We are glad his message resonated with you. Warm wishes, Justine and Michael. 💚
ThankYou💐for this great🦋WISDOM❣
You are welcome, we are glad you enjoyed his message. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
I realized last year, around this same time, that I was was somehow willing to endure more pain and loneliness over the next 50 years - but if I only had a year left, I would change everything.
So things have changed.
Thank you for sharing the thought. Yes, the outlook changes if one has only one more year. Warm wishes, Justine and Michael. 💚
"Honour your privilege", he says at one point. So important, I believe. Let us use our privilege and resources to serve others; not my words, but those of all the great teachers we admire.
Thank you for pointing this out, Charl. Words to take to heart. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
another beauty and they always come at just the right time. Thank you Jeremy for sharing some of you with all of us out here ... your soul spot is very beautiful. Thank you Green Renaissance. Much love from a cold and (blessed) rainy Eastern Cape
So happy that this video reached you at the right time, Michelle. We are glad you enjoyed it his message. Sending you warm hugs to the Eastern Cape, glad you received some much needed rain. Justine and Michael. 💚
I can't find the words which express my feelings when i watch your videos.
You are the best.
Keep going.
Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words, we certainly appreciate it. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
How true,i feel the same,little,vulnerable and part of everything,thanks life!!!
So glad that his message resonated with you, Marion. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
A beautiful introspective film. Your films breathe life into the soul. Your work is a gift to humanity. Thank you.🙏💝
We appreciate your kind words, so happy his message spoke to you. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
You're very blessed to be able to live in a beautiful home around the woods. Not everyone is so blessed. Being out there is comfortable emotionally and physically and you have that. I was the kind of person who would get up at 4:00 a.m. in the morning, take my car and go out to the hills. Now I can't do that because I can't afford my car anymore. I am 75 years old today and alone, preferably. But it is a lonely life.
A belated Happy Birthday, Rut. We hope it was a good day however you spent it and we wish you all the best and health for the year ahead.
Glad you enjoyed the story he shared, we trust it can give you some joy. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Thank you for this video, for all of your videos. These videos make a difference in peoples lives
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Thank you for these kind and encouraging words, Maggie. It's wonderful that we can make a difference in the lives of people. Share positivity and hope. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
This is the best channel on CZcams, as I always say to my friends. ❤️
Wow, thank you! Your words mean lot to us. We hope we can share many more inspiring videos with you. Warmest hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
The people, the locations, the technical process of making the videos and the content, everything is excellent ! Thanks a ton to the creators for adding to the beauty and peace in my life through their creative work. Much love and best wishes to you all ❤.
Wow, we are touched by your words. So encouraging. Enjoy the future videos, nice to have you with us on our journey. Justine and Michael. 💚
Thank you Jeremy for sharing your pain, it helped me work through mine💛
So wonderful that the video helped you, Stacie. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
You are fortunate indeed for this magnificent place you're living in,, but again live in it with peace in your mind dear ✌🏼🌸
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This channel brings me peace when I'm overwhelmed.... thank you so much for creating this ✨✨✨
It's a pleasure. We are so glad the videos are so helpful. Sending you warmest of hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Nature, a fire, your dog, hot tea - it doesn’t get much better. Thoughtful and beautiful perspective.
So happy the video resonated with you. Warm wishes, Justine and Michael. 💚
This is so beautiful. What a wise young man 👍🇬🇧
So happy you enjoyed the video so much. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Jeremy ❤
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and your time. Embracing the marvelous things that are happening in our midst and recognizing the need of being present and loving. Having a wonderful time with the magnificence of being alive in this moment to moment living with awe, delight and joy. Learning to let go of the past stories and the painful times and challenges. Taking the most unbelievably important lessons from our experiences and focusing on what is beneficial and what is possible for a new perspective and a.
We all have the choice and strength to be present and joyous in our vulnerability.
Enjoy ❤ filling up life with peace and love ❤ 😍 💖
Beautiful message Parry, uplifting. Thank you fir sharing these thoughts with us. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
"It all needs to be there somehow. Thank you pain. Thank you pleasure. Thank you life. Thank you death"...Thank you Jeremy...for sharing. It was like listening to someone describe my inner world. What a gift. Thank you Green Renaissance. Beautiful 🌺
Pleasure Michele. Nice to read that Jeremy's message spoke to you. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
And Thank you Jeremy, Justine and Michael!
It's such a pleasure to have shared this video with you, Marianne. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
I went through a divorce last year and it definitely gave me pain that I have never felt in my life. The fear of loss, what if and why all came in. The pain of inner trauma, attachment and depression all struck me hard. It forced me to heal, to love myself, to accept and to let go. I am grateful for that pain. Without it I would have never seen the true beauty of myself and what this life has to offer. Sitting with the pain and finding nature helped me not loose myself. So many times I wanted to give up but I knew if I just sat with the pain, understand where it comes from and release it, I knew that help me heal instead of going back to old triggers. I dedicated my Sundays to be in nature and continue to heal. It was very meditative for me, I found myself there. I am so happy for last year. I know if I died today I know that I had a beautiful year to finally be me. ❤ pain showed me who I am and how strong I really am.
Wow, quite a story, this goes deep. Thank you for sharing your experiences, what you did, ... Wonderful that you can say that you would have had a beautiful last year, such powerful words. Wishing you all the best and strength for the road ahead. Sending much love and kindness to you, Justine and Michael. 💚
@sarahgarcia6120 ❤️ Thank you for sharing.
Thank you!💚👍
Pleasure Verna. Much love, Justine and Michael. 💚
Ohhhh, that's a good mantra to use for meditation: "Thank you pain, thank you pleasure. Thank you life, thank you death." May we all attain a deeper equanimity in this life. ☺
We are so pleased you enjoyed the message he shared. Thank you for watching. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Thank you for another great story to remind us our purpose in life. Pain and pleasures serve us for different growth.
You are welcome Jenny. We are glad that we could share this story with you and that it was meaningful. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
"LAST YEAR ALIVE?" ..."TOMORROW NEVER COME!"... ENRICHING JOURNEY OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON ON OUR LIFE! EXCELLENT VIDEO!
Thank you for watching. We are happy his message spoke to you. You are right, tomorrow may never come, we need to live in the moment. May his words inspire you. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
What a wonderful man. I wish you the best my friend.
So kind, thank you Iryna. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
You do it again + again 'painting' the pictures with your camera - it's soul food for me. And a reminder there are places paradieselike and people aware of it.
You support my keeping up until i can leave Berlin (+ Germany) again.
Thank you Team GR
It's an absolute pleasure. Your words touch us and we are glad that we can support and accompany you with these videos while you are in Germany. We wish you all the best. Much love, Justine and Michael. 💚
Another very gentle, but thought provoking film. Thank you.
You are welcome Anne. Glad we could share it with you and that it spoke to you. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
I can completely relate to this video. I love that I feel small and vulnerable in nature. Nature is my therapy. Thank you for sharing ♡
It's a pleasure. We are so happy this video resonated with you, Lea. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Beautiful. Reminds me a lot of Thich Nhat Hanh's teaching of interbeing: there can be no suffering without joy and no joy without suffering. There is beauty in understanding the relationship between the two.
We are so happy that this resonated with you, Lisa-Marie. Interesting to read about the teaching of interbeing -
something to ponder on. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Such wisdom, he is so gentle and kind, thank you for sharing! The shot of him walking through the dandelion field was absolutely gorgeous! The spider webs were beautifully captured also. Ah just beautiful❤
Thank you for all your kind words. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
I love him. Very childlike, mischievous eyes. I have a place of my own, tiny, where I live with dogs and cats, in silence and peace. I also had an intertwined marriage. Been solo for 6 years. Finally making it through to the other side. It feels better and better now, every day. I go to bed with a smile on my face, and I sleep like a baby.
Glad this video resonated such a lot with you. So good to read that you are doing better. Keep enjoying your peaceful place with your cats and dogs. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
@@ReflectionsofLife ❤
Jeremy, you made me cry! Tears of happiness, for sure. Your words make me think about my own life experience. I feel so grateful for living close to nature, which changed my life in a way I had never imagined. I hope anyone who's been facing some hardship right now, wait and have hope. Tomorrow might not come, though u should hope it does! cheers!
We are glad this video resonated with you, Elton. Lovely to read that being close to nature had such a positive effect on you. May you always be able to draw from these special surroundings. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
All four seasons of our 'lives' pleasure, plain, life and death - THANK YOU. Well Said. Thank you for this awaking video.
We're so glad that this one touched your heart. Sending love. Justine and Michael 💚
Thank you, for sharing a precious life experience, the life of Jeremy. His vibrant health, and wisdom, respecting the pain and pleasure both, are so beautifully put in words.
Once in my life I haddeep pain, and released a harness of "having to be strong always" I'm the oldest daughter in a family of 11. To my great surprise, I entered vulnerability without feeling weak, and it felt as if I was finally a human being among other human beings.
On equal grounds. Accepting pain and pleasure too. A symbol appeared in my mind, of a cross, of which the horizontal part finally completed my "raison d'etre" on planet Earth.
Like the gesture of spreading my arms wide, embracing my human existence.
I am one of many human beings, no longer aiming for the flight taking me to great heights, you see? It's a relief to accept being alive in the place where I AM, and move from that base, while life itself resembles a river of change. PANTA RHEI.
The camera-person following Jeremy does a very good job, showing this man's true colors, and those of his cute dog, and not to forget, the natural beauty of this man's safe haven. 👋🧙♀️
I'm so touched by it.🙏
You are welcome. Thank you for your kind words, we are glad his message resonated with you. Warm wishes, Justine and Michael. 💚
Thankyou Jeremy, what you have said is so true. The thing about letting go of what you think you are - that is so true for me now. Thank you so much for sharing this - and good luck x
We are glad that his message was so valuable to you, Lindy. May his words inspire and help you. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Thank you for these beautiful videos, Michael and Justine. I feel washed over with calmness watching your videos.
I appreciate the effort you put into these...even to the extent of ensuring grammatical and well-punctuated subtitles/captions.
Pleasure Joan. Your encouraging and kind words mean a lot to us. Much love, Justine and Michael. 💚
Beautiful 💖
Glad you enjoyed it. Much love, Justine and Michael. 💚
What a wise man, so beautiful what he said, especially in the end!
I'm 52 and having survived cancer years ago, I ask myself the same question sometimes.
I'm not afraid of death, to me it's just a different way to live without a body, and the most important thing for me is to cultivate love and my spiritual self, being compassionate and kind to all living beings and trying to leave some good deeds behind, as well as a clean environment around me.
Life's too short to waste it with petty stuff that doesn't make us happy and in harmony with the universe 😊
We are so glad you were given another chance in this life. So wonderful that this video meant such a lot to you. May your time ahead be full of joy and contentment. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
So beautifully put. ❤️🙏
I can totally relate.
Thanks for reminding❤ 🙏❤
So happy his message resonated with you, Sandra. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
It's always like a tiny escape (+ a reminder) watching a few minutes of the other lifes ... i can completly identify with ... first of all it's the wide empty countryside, nature alone ... i always watch the first time without having the tone, words added ... here again i acctually didn't need to watch again + listen - already 'felt' the most important message. But than i do to connect ... grateful for every human being living a peaceful selfsupporting life. And sending positiv energy into the world ... which is so much needed - every tiny quantum of it. Thank you Jeremy
Thank you for sharing these thoughts, Chris. Interesting how you watch the videos without sound and words. We are certainly glad that we can share some positivity and hope with the world. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Wonderful short film, filled with profound human emotions. You can feel how much pain Jeremy went through and wants to let go of something. I believe he gained so much more in nature, in this idyllic existence. A remarkable individual. Oo and the dog😍
Thank you for your kind words, we are very glad Jeremy's message spoke to you, that you enjoy the video, including the dog. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Not many will open up to share in a real way these days. Communication is the hardest thing when people don't have the trust to share. I loved this video. Thank you for sharing. It meant a lot to me.
We are so happy to read that you loved this video and that it was meaningful, Ruthie. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
I'm reminded --- questions are issues; as answers are iniatives... and in reverse as well. And so, asking a great question is a wonderful way to move through a day/week/month/ a year! Here is to the answers! Surrounded by ki, kin, kind, kindness ))smiles
Thank you for sharing these thoughts. May hies message inspire you. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Your life is beautiful and you are so in touch with your heart. Blessings. 🙏🏼
Thank you for your kind message Cathy. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Jeremy you are so beautiful x
We appreciate your kind words. Warmest hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Wonderful person who can talk about very difficult and different topics situations experiences of life at the same time discussing attachment,fea,loss and pain sensitive issues and it’s a blessing that we have such kind of beautiful souls around us
Nice that his message resonated and touched you. The last part of your comment is so kind! Much love, Justine and Michael. 💚
Thank You, and thank for Jeremy! 🙏💝
You are welcome, such kind words Erzsebet. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Beautiful storytelling 🤍
Thank you Reyna, glad you liked the video. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
What an enlightened young man! Beautiful story, humans can be so much more than they ever realised, thank you so much💜
So glad this video was valuable, Debbie. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
I love these videos I've been watching them for 4 years .listening to him say that about attachment and clinging is what the Buddhists say causes us the most suffering our cravings and attachments.
We are so glad you enjoy our work, Joyce. Thank you for mentioning the thoughts about Buddhist teaching, words to ponder on. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚
Thank you for all these precious moments 🙏✨💓
It's a pleasure, we are glad we can share these videos with you. Warm wishes, Justine and Michael. 💚
This focuses on the time constraint, but then goes on to completely ignore the budget constraint. To do the things I want to do I need to earn money. I am not not doing what I want to do because it hasn't occurred to me to have fun instead of working. Focusing on your career when you are young is how you maximize the fun things you get to do in your life.
Thank you for sharing , Bill. We trust you will always have the right balance between fun and work. Warm hugs, Justine and Michael. 💚