Go all the way - Charles Bukowski Poem

Find your meaning of life, create your meaning of life, then go all the way

Poet: Charles Bukowski
The Laughing Heart; Roll the Dice
Narrated by: Tom O'Bedlam
if you're going to try, go all the
way.
otherwise, don't even start.

if you're going to try, go all the
way.
this could mean losing girlfriends,
wives, relatives, jobs and
maybe your mind.

go all the way.
it could mean not eating for 3 or 4 days.
it could mean freezing on a
park bench.
it could mean jail,
it could mean derision,
mockery,
isolation.

isolation is the gift,
all the others are a test of your
endurance, of
how much you really want to
do it.
and you'll do it
despite rejection and the worst odds
and it will be better than
anything else
you can imagine.

if you're going to try,
go all the way.
there is no other feeling like
that.
you will be alone with the gods
and the nights will flame with
fire.

do it, do it, do it.
do it.

all the way
all the way.

you will ride life straight to
perfect laughter, it's
the only good fight
there is

[agent]

"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time." Mark Twain

[reyes]

"Isolation is a gift and all the others are just a test" so true

[poem]

❤️‍🔥
“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think,
I'm not going to make it,
but you laugh inside,
remembering all the times you've felt that way.”
❤️‍🔥

~Charles Bukowski 😎

[christiansaldana]

"You will be alone with the gods" this part really hit me. Studying late into the night as others party and go on and do things without me or when im just tired and my determination begins to falter I really feel the lonliness start to set in. I used to have a lot of friends before I gave my main life goals more attention but now I often spend days alone working in the hope itll all pay off. It makes the journey more bearable knowing that Im on the same road as those heroes in history.

[FormedUnique]

I never thought a poem would sum up exactly how I felt in life. Being the bottom 1% in wealth in the USA and still going for my physics PhD over the many years of starving and fighting depression this poem perfectly sums up my thoughts. I didn't want to be just another graduate I wanted to be the best and in order to do that I had to sacrifice everything even sanity, health and love to get it so that I wouldn't be insignificant. I had to go all the way, had to give up everything to be the best and it's cost me everything and I believe soon it will pay off and my name will not die like others.

[TheSmokinApples]

This poem rekindled my soul and brought me back from the dark abyss where I laid defeated. I will not accept defeat. I will go all the way!!!

[MotivationalPhilosopher]

You will suffer, and you will suffer, and you will feel pain, and you will hurt, and it will be unbearable. This is not success, this is life .If you are to live, for some strange odd reason you must endure, but if you not only endure. If you also embrace it, use it, learn from it, then not only will you survive, you will surely thrive. Suffering is your reward for living, what you achieve from it is totally up to you. #MP

[alexgaggio]

I know sports are kind of the easiest route to show something like this, but could you have included other non-physical pursuits. A scientist staying up until the early morning researching, a law student practicing their case in the mirror over and over again, a photographer going to great lengths and heights for the perfect shot. There's more to life than just being physically fit and there's more ways to push yourself that don't involve lifting weights or running 10 miles, it would have been nice to see that as well.

[geraldhounchell]

The search for Truth means going all the way. And it can cost you a lot, friends, job, sleep, health, ...and, yes, your mind.

[mockingbird]

I love this channel...
However, I kind of doubt Bukowski intended this poem to end up being a Nike commercial.

[jeffs.]

This popped up at the perfect time. Cried like a baby. Powerful. Just after a breakup and moving cities..

[youngfred]

You can't beat death but you can beat death in life. Wow powerful!

[leolion]

You're fucking awesome man.
Keep doing what you're doing.

[jamesalucard]

I love this channel, when I feel like giving up, I come here, then I realize how much I have to truly live for, thank you, always, I love you.

[crowthorthebarbarianking]

This is my mantra. Seriously, SERIOUSLY contemplate the meaning of this beautiful advice. It will help you through anything. Be the strength you are, and GO ALL THE WAY!!!

[ikeradalbertofigueroadiaz]

I'm about to run Chicago Marathon for the first time on Sunday and this piece of art has been my motivation for the last 5 months.

[justinteeters]

I need this several times a year. It's my vaccine against a world run by corporations.

[koilk]

i have no choice but to share this video. i feel so many people can benefit from it

[davidcoates]

This is wonderful, and I am so grateful that you created this. It acts as a powerful call to remain true to myself in my own creative process.

[mv]

I'm so exhausted... I just want to stop feeling this pain. It never goes away. It only gets worse. I never get anywhere good.