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This Too Shall Pass

Name: This Too Shall Pass
Uploaded: 2025-10-04T20:45:02+00:00
Duration: 27 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this brief motivational monologue, the speaker asserts that our most significant personal growth often follows our greatest emotional upsets. While…

4 Oct 2025 · 0 min

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In this brief motivational monologue, the speaker asserts that our most significant personal growth often follows our greatest emotional upsets. While acknowledging that grief and hardship are not inherently negative, the speaker emphasizes that feeling terrible does not justify acting poorly toward oneself or others. The core message is that separating emotions from behavior is a hallmark of maturity—a skill that can be cultivated regardless of age. By mastering this separation, individuals can transform painful experiences into hopeful opportunities for growth.

No matter how bad it is, our moments of greatest growth typically come after our biggest upsets. I'm not saying that grieving is bad or that you need to tough it out independent of whatever it is that you're going through. I'm stating that you do not need to act out your feelings. In other words, just because you feel like shit doesn't mean you need to act like shit, treat other people like shit, or treat yourself like shit. And I think separating our feelings from how we behave is a sign of maturity, which has almost nothing to do with how old you are, only how skilled you are. And that means that you can work on it. And if that's not a hopeful message, I don't know what is.