Big Brother star Farmer Dave has shared a raw post about the importance of family.
The former Channel 7 star posted to Instagram a video of happy times with those nearest, who he credits for helping him when he feels “lost”.
“Family, what you need when you feel a little or a lot lost … they make you realise you are a link in an ongoing endless chain,” he wrote on Wednesday night.
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The video was posted with the Tyrone Wells song, Days I Will Remember.
Dave and his family were seen in the video sharing time together across various photos.
Followers of the beloved star took to the comments to offer words of support.
“Don’t ever, ever feel lost,” one wrote.
“You are completely and utterly surrounded by plenty of family, friends and a fiancé who all love you unconditionally. Xoxo.”
“Best weekend love you,” one of Dave’s relatives wrote.
“So beautiful Dave, and the family you create for others,” added another.
The post was liked by Dave’s good friend from Big Brother, Reggie Bird.
Dave’s emotional post followers a message of encouragement to his followers to appreciate the smaller things in life that helped him be his best self.
“Every day, we need to create rituals to be our best self, like getting up before your alarm, appreciating that you have a whole day ahead and you didn’t die in your sleep, making the bed,” he wrote in July.
“Even if you stayed in a hotel, having a shower where you appreciate you have running water you can even drink, getting excited when you get your socks on the correct feet, wearing the best boots you can afford, to know they will keep you grounded throughout the day.”
Dave then shared other small things people can do in the morning to help them feel the best version of themselves.
“Check that you look like you want to be seen … and say kind words to yourself, like, ’You know what you are doing’, ‘You’ve got this’,” he said.
“After all, you need to hear kind things straight up … it gives permission to people for the rest of the day to follow suit.
“My rituals help me every morning — Wake Up, Get Up, Step Up and Step Out into the world that often punches me in the face.”
Dave said at the time that his rituals provide him with “emotional amour to get back up and be kind and keep going, and enjoy every experience in front of me”.
Aside from his stints on Big Brother, Dave is a dog trainer and youth worker for his program, RuffTrack, which aims to “keep kids alive, out of prison and skilled up for a secure future”.
As part of the program, the young participants are given a dog with which to bond and must learn responsibility, caring and communicating with their pet.
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