Angela MondorClickUp Verified Consultant, ClickUp · Operations consultant & ClickUp Verified Consultant for neurodivergent entrepreneurs

The Surfer Girl Philosophy: Why You Need Pain to Feel Joy 🌊 #Shorts

3 Jul 2026 · 2 min

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In this short, the speaker reflects on a personal metaphor—a baby‑blue wave necklace that reminds her of a "surfer girl" mantra about riding waves. She uses the image of ocean waves to describe life’s inevitable ups and downs, noting that her own experiences over the past 35 years have been a mix of good, bad, stressful, and crazy moments. The core message is that to truly appreciate love and joy, one must also endure pain and hardship; the contrast between delight and darkness is what makes the human experience special. She ends with a tone of gratitude, emphasizing that both the positive and negative aspects of life are essential and valuable.

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I love it because we are. And some work well for some people and some don't, right? Well, you know, I mean, there's— that's kind of how the past 35 years, you know, these slogans are kind of cliché, but they work and they're true. And like, I have this new necklace on because it's, it's got baby blue in it and it's a wave. You can't see the details, but it's all these crystals and it's a wave. And I wear a lot of baby blue and I didn't have any necklaces. And I— and this reminds me when I wear it, I heard, like, oh my gosh, years and years ago, someone said, you know, I'm a surfer girl. And I'm like, okay. And they're like, yeah, just ride the waves. And I've hung on to that because life is like that. I mean, you know, we go— it's so much up and down, and this happens and that happens. I mean, and my life has been filled with that. And it's been good. It's been bad. It's been stressful. It's been crazy. It's been you know, fill in the blank. I've experienced it all. And at the end of the day, I'm grateful for it because that's what makes being human so special, because we get to experience— we don't have to, we get to experience love and joy. And to experience love and joy, you have to experience pain and hurt because you can't have one without the other. It's just, that's not the world we live in. There's delight, there's darkness. There's good, there's evil. You know what I mean? It's just how we are. And And in order to appreciate the good times, you got to go through the bad stuff.