Shadowing Practice: Scared of getting older... - Learn English Speaking with Video

It's been a while since we talked.

Like, I mean, really talked.

For those of you who don't know me, my name's Isaac.

I'm 21.

I'm from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

And I'm scared to get older.

Or at least sometimes.

Maybe a lot of times.

Let me just explain how I think about life.

And I know this is going deep really quick, but look, we ain't got much time.

So literally and figuratively, I think of life in this way, right?

You're a kid and then you're a teenager and then you're an adult, right?

And along the way, you're trying to figure out what is your thing, right?

Your purpose, finding meaning in your life.

What are the things that you enjoy?

What are the things that you're striving towards, your goals, your aspirations, finding success in some way? and so along the way,

you know, finding meaning through maybe a spouse or marriage or

and kids and all that kind of thing and so you're in this stage of, you know, especially in teens, young adults, you feel like you're in the in -between, right?

You know, in high school and when you're a kid, nothing's really too much expected of you, right?

Like, it's not a big deal that you don't know what you're doing with your life.

You feel like you're lost.

Of course you feel like you're lost.

If you know what you're doing, then you're the outlier.

But as you get older,

especially young adulthood, and you feel like you haven't gotten to where you want to be

and you're scared you'll never get there.

You're scared that you'll wake up one day and you'll be 30

and you've never accomplished anything or you'll be 40 and you've never accomplished anything and you've wasted the years you have.

What people talk about, you know, what's insane to me.

I hate when people do this.

I hate it when people say, Oh man, you know, enjoy your, you know, enjoy your twenties.

Those are the best years you'll ever have.

Or like, those are the best years of your life or, you know, like things like that, because that makes me feel like, well, I'm not happy.

I'm struggling.

And you're telling me this is the best it's going to get.

That's the, that's all you could say. That blows my mind.

So I can't believe that.

And I can't believe that I can't believe that the summit, that there is a summit, right?

We think, at least in my mind, I think I've always wanted to get to a place

or a certain specific goal where certain things measure up and they line up.

And for at least one moment in time where I have, you know, I'm financially set and I'm relationally set and I'm,

you know, emotionally set.

And all these things align and then I've made it.

I've won.

I've done it.

I've accomplished what I wanted to do.

And I can be at peace.

But that doesn't exist.

I have to believe it doesn't exist.

Everything I watch, every person I talk to that has accomplished what they wanted to accomplish, they're still hungrier.

They're still looking for approval.

They're still looking for love.

They're still looking for meaning.

They're still looking for purpose.

So cornering myself off into believing

that I need to get to a certain place at a certain time

and accomplish a certain thing in order for me to be happy or be fulfilled or be

be accomplished I think it's a sham I think it's a

complete lie along the way my journey over the last two

years at least with this ministry I set numerous goals of like stats

and and and and all you know amount of followers

or subscribers and goals and aspirations I wanted to get to And each time I would pass one of those milestones,

I would look back and think back and remember myself before saying, if I could only get here, then I would be satisfied.

Then I would be happy.

Then I would be fulfilled.

But I got to that place, and then all of a sudden that didn't look too hot.

Actually, honestly, the fact that I got there was a failure in itself because I should have got there sooner.

And that applies to a lot of aspects of my life.

I think of, oh, when I get to this spot, then I'll be fulfilled.

And then I get there and then I take it as a negative because it took me too long to get there.

Because I should be further along than I am.

And so you torture yourself because you have these expectations that are...

You have expectations, but on top of those expectations is your really life motivation it's connected to

that so if your expectations aren't met then your life motivation is just shriveled up.

Your meaning, your sense of purpose, your sense of peace is all connected to that.

Every day, every day that I don't feel like I've made a dent,

like into something more, something meaningful,

something that has legacy to it,

Every day that I haven't done that, I feel angry.

I feel frustrated.

I feel discouraged.

And so I feel like in some ways, every day I wake up with that motivation to do it,

to make it, to tap into that more that God would have for me.

But along the way, things pop up.

Like my own desire to find love and acceptance from other people and to find identity, right?

As long as I find my identity in my productivity,

I'll never find peace, right? because I'll never be productive enough to give myself license to let go.

Because it will never be enough.

It will never be enough.

And I think God designed it that way.

He designed it that we can wake up early.

We can, you know, grind and we can rise and grind or whatever the heck.

We can do all that.

We can strive.

We can even make an impact.

But at the end of the day, if our identity is disconnected from the one who created us,

we will always be disconnected from who we truly are in Christ.

and so as long as I find my identity in in being

that kind of person that makes an impact or find

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that identity in in in being somebody that is is successful

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or or somebody that is productive or somebody that is smart

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or or liked or loved as long as I find my identity in

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that I will always be disconnected from who I truly am and I will never find the peace that passes all understanding.

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And so what I'm trying to do, and I know this is just a weird big therapy session, I guess, but you need one of those every once in a while.

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What I'm trying to do, what I'm trying to do is tap into my identity in Christ,

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step into that, letting go of the pressure to perform in order to gain God's love,

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but rather as I step into my identity, I want my productivity and my faithfulness to God's work,

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the work that he's given me to be an outflowing of his love.

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And I know I've talked about this before.

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And at certain points in my life, I felt like that was the moment.

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That's the one I like.

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I've made it.

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I get it now.

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I can do it.

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Yeah.

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But then I just go back to where I was before.

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Same mentality, same mindset, same anxieties and discouragements all fueled by this concept that,

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that, that I'm not where I'm supposed to be.

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And that feeds into, you know, every year I feel like I'm running out of time and,

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and look, I don't want to live this way.

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I don't think anybody wants to live this way.

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I love that God, I'm thankful that God has given me a desire for more,

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for more of him and what he would have for me and, you know, and all that.

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But I'm also, I need to be aware and I'm, and for those of you who are like this,

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you need to be aware that you need to fight off the,

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the things that will steal your joy and things that will take this identity in Christ and they'll pull it,

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pull it to things that shouldn't be like identity in money, how much you're making, or your status, or how much you're working,

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or how busy you are.

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All these things are going to distract you from the point of all this.

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I could wake up every day and work my butt off for God.

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But where is my relationship with God?

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Where is my identity in God?

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Because it seems like, it seems like sometimes,

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were the people that Tony Miano gave this example once were the people

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that or the the young man that goes to the the door of somebody

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and knocks on the door and you know older guy answers it

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and and the young man asked

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if I mow your lawn can I be your son and

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that sounds crazy guys like no you can't be my son if you just mow my lawn.

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That doesn't make any sense.

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But if that, you know, that older guy first adopts that young man as his son,

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then the outflowing of that will be, could be mowing his father's lawn.

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And so we're getting this out of order here.

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We're looking for more.

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We're looking for purpose.

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We're looking for identity.

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We're looking for love, we're looking for these core, like existential, fundamental aspects to our human nature.

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And yet we abandon the one thing that is free.

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A love, acceptance, a peace, so glorious as is available to us can only be a gift.

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We can never earn it.

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but it's not good enough for us.

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We, we, we want to earn it.

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We want to work for it.

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We want to find it in other things, but it always leaves us empty.

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It always leaves us discouraged.

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It always leaves us asking, is this all there is?

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When you've got to the peak of where you wanted to go, when you've accomplished the things you wanted to accomplish, will it be enough for you?

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If If you're scared of getting older, my question for you would be, where is your foundation?

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Is it in God's sovereignty over your life?

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Or is it in your own self -reliance on doing enough,

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earning enough, succeeding enough, achieving enough to gain God's love, to gain other people's love, to gain meaning,

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to gain purpose? us where is your foundation that's pretty much

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all I have to say I know this is kind of weird video

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if you sat through the whole thing thanks I love you guys I really do

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and I really am thankful for a platform

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that I can just get on

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and talk I mean yeah we're all working we're all trying

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to figure this out you know it takes it takes time takes a lifetime

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and the more honest

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and open we can be about what we're going through about what we're feeling especially with the people around us

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that can only be beneficial it can only be beneficial thanks for watching guys i'll see you next time god bless

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze video bevat 171 zinnen en 1923 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 13:38. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 141 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 87% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
accomplish werkwoord	/əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/	volbrengen
scare werkwoord	/skɛɚ/	bang maken, beangstigen
expectation zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/	verwachting, afwachting
earn werkwoord	/ɝn/	verdienen
leaf zelfstandig naamwoord	/lif/	blad
motivation zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/	motivatie
lawn zelfstandig naamwoord	/lɔːn/	gazon, grasperk
fulfill werkwoord	/fʊlˈfɪl/	vervullen
aspect zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈæspɛkt/	aspect
connect werkwoord	/kəˈnɛkt/	verbinden
summit zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˈsʌmɪt/	bergtop, piek
productive bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/	productief
acceptance zelfstandig naamwoord	/əkˈsɛp.təns/	acceptatie
productivity zelfstandig naamwoord	/ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/	vruchtbaar
beneficial bijvoeglijk naamwoord	/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/	gunstig

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

Woord	Uitspraak	Betekenis
wake up werkwoord	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	wakker worden, ontwaken
figure out werkwoord		uitvogelen, er achter komen
look back werkwoord		achterom kijken, terugkijken
pop up werkwoord		opduiken, te voorschijn komen

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

Structuur	In de video
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	It's been · haven't gotten · you've never accomplished
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	be fulfilled · be accomplished · would be fulfilled
Advies met “should” should + werkwoord — zeggen wat een goed idee is	should have · should be · shouldn't be
Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groep	the best

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 92 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, I'm, we're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De klanken “sh” en “zh”: accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/, productivity /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/

Zo oefen je met deze video

Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als accomplish, scare, expectation.

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