Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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We've all been there… "If I just move, get a new job, find new friends… then my life will be perfect.”

While these changes may give you a fresh start, before too long, if you haven't dealt with the issues that made you unhappy in the first place, they will eventually rear their ugly heads again. Sadly, you can't escape them. Because, wherever you go, there you are. It is impossible to escape yourself.

Problems are meant to be solved, and if you have the courage to face them directly, then you’ll realise this life-changing truth: “You can’t run away from your problems. They will just chase you and get bigger and bigger. If you stand and face them, they will shrivel and disappear.” - W.H. Fordham

Filmed in Suurbraak, South Africa.
Featuring Sarah Beckett.
Instagram: @sarahleebeckett
TickTock: @sarahleebeckett

This is one of two films we have made together with Sarah. You can see the other film here:
Choose Yourself - youtu.be/ekhhudahu4o

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Editing - by Jackie Viviers
Sound mix - by Tamryn Breakey

Music sourced from ArtList - bit.ly/2KfrAt2
Foglie E Carta - by Bottega Baltazar
Season Of Gold Instrumental Version - by Narrow Skies
A Memory Remains Acoustic Version - by Narrow Skies
Faint Ember - by Dear Gravity
Morning Dew - by Ardie Son

A huge thank you to these guys, who so generously gave of their to time to help with language translations:
Arabic - by Mohammad Alkhudhair
Catalan - by Pau Zabaleta
Croatian - by Davor Bobanac
Czech - by Pavla Látalová
English - by Justine du Toit
French - by Amélie Macoin
Georgian - by Qeti Giorgadze
German - by Tanja Pütz
Greek - by Angeliki Papadimitriou
Hindi - by Parul Sharma
Italian - by Vincenzo Mocerino
Khmer - by Measraksmey Bou
Korean - by Chloe Park
Persian - by Mona Zadsham
Polish - by Anna Konieczna
Portuguese - by Jonatha Koeller
Romanian - by Nelia Stoyanova
Russian - by Assiya Marzhanova
Slovak - by Zuzana Beratsova
Slovenian - by Jasmina Kovačič
Turkish - by Ahsen Aygören
Vietnamese - by Nguyen Phan