I’m a grown man but I can’t help but tear up when I think about things like this: there was a last time I played ball with my friends as a kid and at that time I had no idea it would be the last time. There was a last time I called my father “Daddy” and a last time I called my mother “Mommy.” There was a last time I rocked each of my kids to sleep, a last time they ran to me to be swept up into my arms, etc, etc. All these daily moments we cherish but also tend to take for granted, and there’s a particular sadness when you look back and consider all these last times for these everyday things.

Don't cry because it's over...smile because it happened 😊 Dr Seuss

Loss can be a profound lesson. There has never been anything to gain or lose, just an experience to be had

There'll be a day when we all have to bid farewell to others: our family, friends, random people we meet at the crossroads...then we still have to carry on with our own journey. It is sad, but it is inevitable. It is life.

"It's better to know how to adapt than to plan." My view of the Dao summarized so succinctly and accurately.

The older one gets, the more loss one feels. That is the price of outliving your peers.

"It'll be all over soon" yet people live like they are never going to die, worrying about trivial stuff and making other people feel miserable... Being a human is a blessing and a curse.

Nothing can prepare you for the loss of a friend or family member by way of death. Its a gut punch that will stay with you the rest of your life

There is a last time for everything. We are all just grains of sand on an enormous beach. One day our problems will cease, all the stress, fear, pain, gone. Death is not something to fear, particularly when you are left alone.

I know you might not see or read this comment Robert Pantano but your videos have greatly changed and influenced how I see and think about the world. First of all I am no longer afraid of death. I have accepted this fact and countless other unsettling facts about life like having no free will,The depth of suffering and pain rooting in the very nature of human existence etc. And I have found meaning and fulfilment and purpose in the absurdity of being and the futility of doing. Your video titled "Every person is one choice away from everything changing" eliminated my indecisiveness of choosing the right decision complete. Your video titled "We are all made by accidents" gave me a sense of relief and appreciation and gratitude for good luck and "accidents" i have encountered that has shaped me to who I am today. Your videos on philosophies of philosophers,influential people etc. were very clearly explained (at least to me) and the information, understanding, knowledge and wisdom has significantly helped deal with difficult times where few people helped me. Mostly because of your videos i am able to live a more fulfilling and meaningful life and I just want you to know that. -Time Traveller (not my real name obviously)

Lost my friend a few years ago… The sad thing is that I didn’t know until two years after it happened… Consumed in my own life I lost touch with a lot of friends over the years… And the crazy thing is I commented on his last photo on Instagram which he posted a day before his death. It was a photo of The Park Hyatt, the hotel location in the movie Lost in Translation. I asked him if he was at that hotel and he responded to my comment “Yep! One more off the bucket list!” 😔 To whoever is reading this, you never know when your friends will no longer be there so go ahead and check in with that friend you’ve been meaning to call.

It's not until you get older that you realize those small moments were your big moments.

Beautiful. It's such an amazing feeling to explore that deep connection with the few people remaining so close to us. As we get older more and more friends seem to drop off from our lives. Some moved away. Some have families. Some unfortunately died. Most just lost touch. And with each one gone, the remaining ones are so much more precious.

Just yesterday I was thinking about all my friends I'd never see again. I thought maybe they were now overweight or couldn't walk or I even thought they might not be alive anymore, and I wouldn't even know. Life is bittersweet. I miss my friends.

I am blown away, that was beautifully poetic and touching

Strange how this stuck out for me: "It's better to know how to adapt than to plan." Thank you for this handy advice.

The timing of this video is unbelievable. These exact thoughts have been at the forefront of my mind for the better part of this year. If we're all going to die anyways, why do we bother to live why do we want to know someone so closely and deeply today that in 50 years from now you will barely remember them. I still think of my friends from elementary school do they still remember me want to know me? My first crush in middle school or my friends on the high school football team. Is it better to remember and hurt or forget? I have tried reaching out to a few friends with varying success life is such a mystery.

IDK if it is universal, but you really nailed down this feeling. It's something I've been thinking about a lot lately. You have given me a map while trapped in a labyrinth. Perspective is everything. You are a fantastic poet. Thank you.

I really needed to hear this. I've been going through a lot in my mind because I fear losing that special person. I know there is nothing I can do but it still hurts everyday. I try to cope with the pain and get over it but it does not get easy everyday

This is so beautiful, scary and comforting at the same time.

I never look the same after one train travel at random meetings. I was once travelling a train to Krakow and was sitting with a Romanian guy. We had a great talk and he was such a good person to be around. Unfortunately we didn't decide to exchange our contracts 😔 and after 12 years this day is still in my memory.

Life is a beautiful thing. And as this video said we are all drifting apart. And although we are all on the same ship called Earth even here we drift apart.

"There are so many people from your life you'll never see again." Depending on the person, I choose one of two responses. "Oh, well." and "Thank God."

"the slightest differences in our initial launch conditions increasingly affected our individual trajectories over time, sending each ship further and further in its own direction." beautiful. i can smell the smoke coming off your keyboard.

The universe is not meant to make sense with humans. Humans are meant to make sense with each other. The background music and your metaphorical poetic storytelling makes it so awfully awesome. Great content!

You have a very unique style of story telling. I love it its so concise and meaningful

Strength comes from within not the outside. The outside is a collective..... The internal is indivulidual. From that comes strength i believe.

So true, you know it's ironic that you spend more time with your work colleagues than with a partner but, you don't get to choose your work colleagues.

Believe me, there are or were a lot of people in my life that I do not desire to see again in my life.

“Life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory”--Leonard Nimoy

'It will all be over soon.' I hope you are right. Nothing left now but pain.

A beautiful and powerful metaphor for our lives... Thank you!

"Get to" vs "have to" is a big difference in mindset, brought on by whether one gets to make the original choice to take the journey. Nobody gets to choose to be born.

I remember fighting to get the right care for my late parents when very sick in hospital No one gave me the answers I deserved, it was like watching a video with no sound,I did everything I could but to no avail It seemed like the universe was going ahead with its plans for my parents, and everyone working in the hospital knew of this but me! Now I look back and believe it was out of my hands!

_its funny how nothing can become uncomfortable..._

You guys are killing me. I'm already depressed right now. Geez.....it's hopeless. 😂

Not the best video of this channel but the comments are gold..

A profound allegory. Thank you.

Excellent metaphor of life. Insightful.

Awesome!!! I did this in Starfield before uninstalling

This is the most profound video of yours I've seen. I'll need to watch it a couple of times more.

" we are slowly realizing this fact ...and we are very very pissed off" - Tyler Durden

Yes, that is what life’s like for all of us. Or for all of us who notice it. We do drift, and we can only try to be happy as the gulfs between us and all we love widen. An excellent analogy. Thank you.

if this guy was a rapper hed have the deepest bars ever, all jokes aside I'm always waiting for that punchline that makes everything make sense and he always delivers. I've cried more listening to this channel than probably anything else. That's not a complaint but appreciating the way these videos provoke thoughts.

Friendships which lasted years, had special moments only you and one other person enjoyed, and the comfort of familiarity can be lost forever with just one heated exchange. Then, all you're left with are photos, videos and memories of that person. They can disappear too, never showing up on social media, and so they become stuck at a certain age never growing older. They might have been twenty when you knew them, and are now fifty, or they could have died years ago. Either way, we'll never see them again, and it's not uncommon.

Wow! So much to reflect on. Thank you for this! 🙏🏽

Thank you. This is so soothing. Just like you and me to encounter each other through this video. And for you to tell me this specific message that the aimlessness may be as important as the destination. That everything will come to an end. Yes, this might be a fleeting encounter by pure chance, but at least I am grateful for this moment

People should hold onto each other and never block or ignore others. You never know when it’s the last time you’ll see someone so appreciate them. People are so selfish. I wish there were far fewer people in this world so that relationships would be more important forcing people to not be able to “move on”

I cried my eyes out on this video. It was exactly what I needed. Thank you

Please don't change your voice to A.I. Your content is always wholesome.

Simply excellently worded! ❤

"it will all be over soon" So true

This stories, this channel is a gift to the world I wholeheartedly love these

Wow I have always loved everything you do but this one really hit hard. Thanks man

Thank you. Yes, indeed: it all will be over soon. Fr. B. T. Nia

I miss ny mother and my brother. I hope to see them on the otherside.

Helping the channel. Love educative content so much. 😊

Awesome, explained very seamlessly but technically and spiritually

Hey man, I just wanted to take a moment to say congratulations on the success of the channel 2.6 million subscribers... Wow bro. Wow!

Nicely done!👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽 I will definitely be researching in buying your books. I will also pass this channel onto my family. Thank you.

So beautiful, keep doing this amazing work

Robert’s voice sounds like a young man but a lot of his videos are from the perspective of someone who has experienced the different phases of life

Great channel I always look forward to seeing new stuff.

You have created something beautiful

Yesterday have my first breakup and here comes this video🙂

Ooof, this is very good. Thank you

I couldn’t have found this video at a better time. Almost all of the spaceships around my own abruptly scattered about 2 years ago. But lately, I’ve been trying to point my spaceship back towards the path of another that drifted off some years before that. I need to recognize that I can’t force it to change course, though. Doing that will just push hers further off her own path. It’s so unbelievably painful, but it’s just part of life. That being said, I hope we’ll meet again someday. Even though our memories together are beginning to fade around the edges, I still hold her as close to my heart as I can, and I always will. 🌊

Awesome video as usual.

_”It will all be over soon.”_

❤ So beautiful. Thank you so much 🙏❤

Thank you for your expressions of the Things I know but labor to express. I find this all meaningless except for the moment. There is no way to express eternity .

This is sadly beautiful and signals a lovely understanding of life, thank you!

" i hope the other ships that are close will stay close,.i hope that in the distant future, my path will reconvene with those who have drifted further apart l and i hope the closest one will stay fhe closest one"

love your channel! you communicate subtle sentiment so well! i lost my sister in law in May and took care of her during her last three weeks, it was a very tough experience, impacted me a lot, now better, emotional and cheerful music helps, music carries a signal of ❤, from loving musicians, if we listen deeply, sometimes music provide better emotional help than friends family could , i made sports videos lately with happy EDM music , that boosts happiness level 😊 library volunteering and tennis help me to engage with others , though deeper lonesome feeling is always there no matter what you do, have to accept it as a part of human existence and make peace with it

I haven’t watched one of your videos for too long. They’re always interesting improve my thinking

Powerful !

Seems like life might just be an exercise in letting go. Maybe life is actually, truly, simply death's waiting room.

Adulting is a lonely world.

This is one of my favorite channels.

Doesn't matter...one must not lose one's own self..

Just beautiful

I can't wait for it all to be over.

You are everyone you love

This idea tortures me every single day. About the video's title. My best friend just died and I hadn't seen him in over five years. I don't even remember when I saw him for the last time. Life totally sucks.

Beautiful and sobering

Love this

Brilliant!! 👏👏👏👏

Just sent this to a friend…I sure as I can be every friend of mine would see this in their ear and say hello I think I hear you hearing me……

6 months down the line, I lost her.... Not to death but to time, connection and distance. I feel we'll probably die before ever seeing each other

I've had many good friends through my life but they've all disappeared into life. Time and tide wait for no man.

Finally....i have been waiting for this notification ❤

I hope so.

In all of our lives and connections with people we love and cherish, the best approach with them is to learn to go your own separate ways --------together. It makes the inevitable that much more bearable.

Life is for the living.

Why do people comment? In instances where comments stem from anger, hatred, or jealousy, the compulsion to express oneself is understandable. However, in the context of this channel, what motivates us to comment? Reflecting on my own experience, I attempted to write a comment last time, initially believing that it was not driven by compulsive emotions. Upon further reflection, I realized that my urge to comment was also fueled by a compulsive desire for approval.

Godspeed to all of my fellow astronauts out here trekking on this Earthship ❤️⚖️🧠

I’ve thought about this a lot, also it works they other way. I can go to for example a wedding or a party and see someone I haven’t seen in years, then I’ll see them a week later in a random place like a shop, then again in a restaurant in a different city

Love your work friend. Please keep it up. Daxx in Asheville, NC

This was great.

Thank you