To give you a taste of what Charlie does, watch this video. It's one of my favorites:
It's certainly not everyone's humor, but it definitely makes me giggle.
Anyway, last week he posted a more serious video called "I'm Scared."
I think part of what I like about him is that he's not afraid to be real. And this video was no exception for him. Maybe I just hang out with the wrong people, but in my experience almost everyone refuses to let on to how scared and broken they are inside. We all build our lives around this facade that we present to the people around us that says I'm strong, I'm confident, I don't struggle.
I feel like part of me can suddenly breath again when I hear people admit that they don't have it all together. It's even more rare when I man is vulnerable, so I think that's what surprised me about this video.
Hank Green made a video response that I really like too and that I think is a great way to speak to what Charlie is expressing. Here it is:
Where are all the people like this? They must exist. For every video blogger who makes a video like these, there's got to be a ton more people who feel that way too. I'm so grateful that I do have a few people in my life who can admit to who they are inside. I can admit my brokenness to them and they to me. The older I get the more I realize those friendships are hard to come by, which just makes what I do have all that more precious. And these videos definitely reminded me of that.
