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0:02THE SUN RISES
0:04ANOTHER DAY BEGINS AND BEFORE YOU CHECK YOUR PHONE
0:08BEFORE YOU LET THE WORLD TELL YOU WHO TO BE
0:11YOU HAVE A CHOICE
0:13A SINGLE MOMENT WHERE YOUR MIND IS STILL YOURS
0:16WHERE POSSIBILITY LIVES IN SILENCE
0:19WHERE THE PERSON YOU WANT TO BECOME
0:21WAITS FOR YOU TO SPEAK
0:23WORDS ARE NOT JUST SOUNDS THAT DISAPPEAR INTO AIR
0:27THEY ARE SEEDS
0:28PLANTED IN THE SOIL OF YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS
0:31THEY ARE ARCHITECTS THAT BUILD THE HOUSE YOU LIVE IN
0:34THEY ARE THE COMPASS
0:35THAT POINTS YOUR LIFE IN ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER
0:39THE ANCIENT STOICS UNDERSTOOD THIS DEEPLY
0:42MARCUS AURELIUS THE ROMAN EMPEROR WHO RULED THE WORLD
0:45YET MASTERED HIMSELF FIRST WROTE IN HIS MEDITATIONS
0:49THE HAP
0:50HAPPINESS OF YOUR LIFE
0:51DEPENDS UPON THE QUALITY OF YOUR THOUGHTS
0:54HE KNEW THAT THE BATTLE FOR A MEANINGFUL LIFE IS WON
0:57OR LOST IN THE THEATER OF THE MIND
1:00IN THOSE FIRST
1:01QUIET MOMENTS WHEN YOU DECIDE WHAT VOICE GETS TO SPEAK
1:05MOST PEOPLE WAKE UP AND IMMEDIATELY SURRENDER
1:08THEY REACH FOR THEIR PHONES
1:09AND LET FEAR SPEAK THROUGH NEWS HEADLINES
1:12THEY LET COMPARISON SPEAK THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
1:16THEY LET WORRY SPEAK
1:17THROUGH THEIR MENTAL REPLAY OF YESTERDAY'S MISTAKES
1:20OR TOMORROW'S UNCERTAINTIES
1:22THEY GIVE AWAY THEIR MORNING
1:24WHICH MEANS THEY GIVE AWAY THEIR DAY
1:26WHICH MEANS THEY GIVE AWAY THEIR LIFE
1:29BUT YOU ARE HERE
1:31BECAUSE SOMETHING IN YOU REFUSES TO ACCEPT THAT ANYMORE
1:35WHAT IF THE WORDS YOU SPEAK TO YOURSELF IN THE MORNING
1:38ARE NOT JUST WORDS WHAT IF THEY ARE THE FOUNDATION
1:42UPON WHICH YOUR ENTIRE DAY IS BUILT
1:45WHAT IF
1:46REWIRING YOUR MIND IS NOT ABOUT COMPLICATED TECHNIQUES
1:50OR YEARS OF THERAPY
1:51BUT ABOUT 5 SIMPLE WORDS SPOKEN WITH INTENTION
1:55WITH BELIEF WITH THE UNDERSTANDING
1:58THAT YOU ARE TALKING TO THE MOST
2:00IMPORTANT PERSON YOU WILL EVER KNOW YOURSELF
2:05SCIENCE BACKS THIS UP NEUROPLASTICITY
2:09THE BRAIN'S ABILITY TO REORGANIZE ITSELF
2:11SHOWS US THAT OUR THOUGHTS CREATE NEURAL
2:14WAYS
2:15REPEAT A THOUGHT ENOUGH TIMES
2:18AND IT BECOMES A HIGHWAY IN YOUR
2:19YOUR BRAIN YOUR MIND
2:21LITERALLY RESHAPES ITSELF BASED ON WHAT YOU FEED IT
2:26THE WORDS YOU SPEAK IN THE MORNING
2:28ARE THE FIRST MEAL YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS CONSUMES
2:31MAKE IT NOURISHING MAKE IT POWERFUL
2:34MAKE IT COUNT
2:36TODAY I AM GIVING YOU 5 WORDS
2:39NOT PHRASES NOT PARAGRAPHS
2:42JUST FIVE WORDS THAT CARRY THE WEIGHT OF STOIC WISDOM
2:46AND THE POWER TO TRANSFORM HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF
2:49YOUR CHALLENGES AND YOUR POTENTIAL
2:52THESE ARE NOT MAGIC SPELLS
2:54THEY WILL NOT WORK IF YOU SAY THEM ONCE AND FORGET THEM
2:57BUT IF YOU COMMIT TO SPEAKING THEM EVERY MORNING
3:00IF YOU LET THEM SINK INTO YOUR BONES
3:03THEY WILL CHANGE YOU
3:05THEY WILL REWIRE THE MENTAL PATTERNS
3:07THAT HAVE KEPT YOU STUCK
3:09THEY WILL BUILD A VERSION OF YOU THAT IS STRONGER
3:12CALMER MORE PURPOSEFUL
3:14THE STOICS WERE NOT PHILOSOPHERS
3:16WHO HID IN IVORY TOWERS
3:18THEY WERE MEN AND WOMEN WHO FACED REAL BATTLES
3:21REAL LOSS REAL SUFFERING
3:24EPICTETUS WAS A SLAVE
3:25WHO BECAME ONE OF HISTORY'S GREATEST TEACHERS
3:28SENECA ADVISED EMPERORS WHILE FACING EXILE AND DEATH
3:33MARCUS AURELIUS LED ARMIES
3:35WHILE WRITING ABOUT INNER PEACE
3:37THEY FOUND STRENGTH NOT BY AVOIDING LIFE'S HARDSHIPS
3:40BUT BY CHANGING HOW THEY SPOKE TO THEMSELVES
3:43ABOUT THOSE HARDSHIPS
3:45THEY MASTERED THE INTERNAL DIALOGUE
3:48AND SO CAN YOU YOUR MIND IS LISTENING RIGHT NOW
3:52IT IS WAITING FOR INSTRUCTIONS IT IS
3:55TO BE REWIRED REPROGRAMMED
3:58REDIRECTED THE QUESTION IS
4:00WHAT WILL YOU TELL IT
4:02WILL YOU REPEAT THE SAME TIRED STORIES OF LIMITATION
4:06THE SAME FEARS DISGUISED AS REALISM
4:08THE SAME EXCUSES DRESSED UP AS WISDOM
4:12OR WILL YOU SPEAK TO YOURSELF
4:13LIKE SOMEONE WHO DESERVES GREATNESS
4:16LIKE SOMEONE WHO IS CAPABLE OF GROWTH
4:18LIKE SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS
4:20THAT THE MORNING IS SACRED TERRITORY
4:23BEFORE WE GO DEEPER
4:24IF THIS MESSAGE IS RESONATING WITH YOU
4:27IF YOU FEEL THAT PULL TOWARD CHANGE
4:29HIT THAT LIKE BUTTON DROP A COMMENT BELOW
4:33AND SHARE THIS VIDEO WITH SOMEONE WHO NEEDS TO HEAR IT
4:36SUBSCRIBE TO THIS CHANNEL
4:37BECAUSE WE ARE BUILDING SOMETHING HERE
4:40A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE
4:41WHO REFUSE TO SETTLE FOR A MEDIOCRE INNER LIFE
4:44AND DO NOT SKIP ANY PART OF THIS VIDEO
4:47EVERY WORD MATTERS STAY WITH ME UNTIL THE END
4:51LET'S BEGIN THE REWIRING DROP THIS IN THE COMMENTS
4:55IF IT RESONATES MY WORDS CREATE MY REALITY
5:01NO. 1 I CHOOSE MY RESPONSE
5:06LIFE WILL HIT YOU THAT IS NOT A POSSIBILITY
5:10IT IS A GUARANTEE
5:12THE QUESTION IS NEVER WHETHER HARDSHIP WILL
5:14UM THE QUESTION IS
5:16WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHAT IT MEANS
5:19EVERY MORNING WHEN YOU SAY
5:21I CHOOSE MY RESPONSE
5:23YOU ARE CLAIMING SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE ONE THING
5:26NO ONE CAN TAKE FROM YOU NOT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES
5:30NOT YOUR EMOTIONS IN THE IMMEDIATE SENSE
5:33BUT YOUR RESPONSE THE SPACE BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU
5:37AND WHAT YOU DO ABOUT IT VICTOR FRANKEL
5:40WHO SURVIVED THE NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS
5:43DISCOVERED THIS TRUTH IN HUMANITY'S DARKEST HOUR
5:47HE WROTE BETWEEN STIMULUS AND RESPONSE
5:50THERE IS A SPACE
5:52IN THAT SPACE IS OUR POWER TO CHOOSE OUR RESPONSE
5:56IN OUR RESPONSE LIES OUR GROWTH AND OUR FREEDOM
5:59THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS
6:01YOUR PHONE BUZZES WITH A MESSAGE
6:03THAT CHANGES YOUR PLANS FOR THE WEEK
6:06YOUR BODY ACHES FROM AN OLD INJURY FLARING UP AGAIN
6:09YOU SEE SOMEONE YOU CARE ABOUT
6:11MAKING CHOICES THAT HURT THEM
6:13A DREAM YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARD
6:15HITS AN UNEXPECTED WALL IN EACH OF THESE MOMENTS
6:19THERE IS A SPLIT SECOND WHERE YOU STAND AT A CROSSROADS
6:23ONE PATH LEADS TO AUTOMATIC REACTION
6:26THE PATH MOST PEOPLE TAKE
6:28THEY COLLAPSE INTO HELPLESSNESS
6:31THEY LET FRUSTRATION CONSUME THEIR ENTIRE DAY
6:34THEY BUILD STORIES ABOUT WHY LIFE IS UNFAIR
6:37BUT WHEN YOU WAKE UP AND SAY
6:39I CHOOSE MY RESPONSE
6:41YOU ARE TRAINING YOURSELF TO TAKE THE OTHER PATH
6:44THE PATH OF CONSCIOUS DECISION
6:46YOU ARE REMINDING YOURSELF THAT YOU ARE NOT A LEAF
6:49BLOWN BY EVERY WIND
6:51YOU ARE NOT A PUPPET DANCING ON STRINGS
6:53CONTROLLED BY EXTERNAL EVENTS
6:56YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING WITH AGENCY
6:58WITH CHOICE WITH POWER
7:01THIS IS PURE STOICISM EPICTETUS TAUGHT THAT
7:05WE DO NOT CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS TO US
7:08BUT WE ABSOLUTELY CONTROL HOW WE RESPOND
7:11HE SAID THERE ARE THINGS WITHIN OUR POWER
7:13AND THINGS OUTSIDE OUR POWER
7:16WHAT IS WITHIN YOUR POWER YOUR
7:18JUDGMENTS YOUR INTENTIONS
7:20YOUR RESPONSES WHAT IS OUTSIDE YOUR POWER
7:24ALMOST EVERYTHING ELSE THE WEATHER
7:26OTHER PEOPLE'S DECISIONS THE PAST
7:29THE FUTURE WHEN YOU WASTE ENERGY
7:32TRYING TO CONTROL WHAT YOU CANNOT CONTROL
7:35YOU BECOME WEAK
7:37WHEN YOU FOCUS ALL YOUR ENERGY ON WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL
7:40YOUR RESPONSE YOU BECOME UNSTOPPABLE
7:44LET ME BE PRACTICAL YOU WAKE UP TOMORROW MORNING
7:48BEFORE YOU CHECK YOUR PHONE
7:50BEFORE YOU START RUNNING
7:51THROUGH YOUR MENTAL LIST OF PROBLEMS
7:53YOU SPEAK TO YOURSELF
7:55I CHOOSE MY RESPONSE YOU SAY IT SLOWLY
7:59YOU SAY IT WITH CONVICTION
8:01YOU ARE PROGRAMMING YOUR MIND FOR THE DAY AHEAD
8:04YOU ARE ESTABLISHING YOUR IDENTITY
8:06AS SOMEONE WHO IS NOT
8:07REACTIVE BUT RESPONSIVE
8:10SOMEONE WHO IS NOT CONTROLLED BUT IN CONTROL
8:13THEN LIFE TESTS YOU YOU RECEIVE NEWS
8:16THAT A FINANCIAL SITUATION IS MORE COMPLICATED
8:19THAN YOU THOUGHT YOUR INITIAL IMPULSE IS PANIC
8:22MAYBE EVEN DESPAIR
8:24BUT BECAUSE YOU STARTED YOUR DAY WITH THOSE FOUR WORDS
8:28THERE IS A PAUSE A BRIEF MOMENT WHERE YOU REMEMBER
8:32I CHOOSE MY RESPONSE YOU CAN STILL FEEL CONCERNED
8:36THAT IS HUMAN BUT YOU DO NOT SPIRAL
8:39YOU DO NOT CATASTROPHIZE
8:41YOU ASSESS THE SITUATION CALMLY
8:44YOU MAKE A PLAN YOU RESPOND INSTEAD OF REACT
8:48SOMEONE YOU TRUSTED DEEPLY
8:50LETS YOU DOWN IN A WAY YOU NEVER EXPECTED
8:53THE OLD YOU WOULD HAVE CARRIED THAT BETRAYAL
8:55LIKE A STONE IN YOUR CHEST FOR MONTHS
8:57BUT YOU HAVE REWIRED YOUR MIND
9:00I CHOOSE MY RESPONSE YOU DECIDE TO FEEL THE HURT
9:04WITHOUT LETTING IT DEFINE YOUR WORTH
9:07YOU DECIDE WHETHER TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
9:09OR TO CREATE DISTANCE EITHER WAY YOU ARE TO
9:13USING YOU ARE NOT BEING CHOSEN FOR
9:16YOU ARE THE AUTHOR NOT THE CHARACTER BEING WRITTEN
9:20THIS IS
9:21ABOUT SUPPRESSING EMOTIONS
9:23THIS IS NOT ABOUT PRETENDING EVERYTHING IS FINE
9:25WHEN IT IS NOT THIS IS ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT
9:29BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENS AND WHAT YOU DO NEXT
9:31THERE IS POWER YOUR POWER
9:35THE POWER TO PAUSE THE POWER TO BREATHE
9:38THE POWER TO ASK YOURSELF
9:40WHO DO I WANT TO BE IN THIS MOMENT
9:43WHAT RESPONSE SERVES MY GROWTH
9:45MY PEACE MY VALUES
9:47THE REWIRING HAPPENS THROUGH REPETITION
9:50YOUR BRAIN HAS SPENT YEARS
9:52MAYBE DECADES BUILDING AUTOMATIC PATHWAYS
9:56THAT LEAD STRAIGHT FROM TRIGGER TO REACTION
9:58YOU CANNOT ERASE THOSE PATHWAYS OVERNIGHT
10:01BUT YOU CAN BUILD NEW ONES
10:04STRONGER ONES
10:05EVERY TIME YOU SAY I CHOOSE MY RESPONSE IN THE MORNING
10:08YOU ARE LAYING DOWN NEW NEURAL
10:11TRACKS
10:11EVERY TIME YOU ACTUALLY PAUSE AND CHOOSE DURING THE DAY
10:15YOU ARE REINFORCING THOSE TRACKS OVER TIME
10:19CHOOSING BECOMES YOUR DEFAULT RESPONSE
10:22BECOMES YOUR NATURE MARCUS AURELIUS RULED AN EMPIRE
10:26BUT FACED CONSPIRACIES BETRAYALS
10:28PLAGUES AND WARS HE COULD HAVE RESPONDED WITH TYRANNY
10:33WITH CRUELTY WITH DESPAIR
10:35INSTEAD HE CHOSE WISDOM
10:37HE CHOSE PATIENCE
10:39HE CHOSE TO SEE OBSTACLES AS OPPORTUNITIES
10:42TO PRACTICE VIRTUE HE WROTE
10:44YOU HAVE POWER OVER YOUR MIND
10:46NOT OUTSIDE EVENTS
10:48REALISE THIS AND YOU WILL FIND STRENGTH
10:52SAY IT EVERY MORNING I CHOOSE MY RESPONSE
10:56FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THOSE WORDS
10:58FEEL THE FREEDOM IN THEM YOU ARE NOT HELPLESS
11:02YOU ARE NOT
11:02VICTIM YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO CHOOSES
11:05IF THIS SPEAKS TO YOU COMMENT
11:08I AM THE AUTHOR OF MY REACTIONS
11:13NO. 2 GROWTH
11:15LIVES HERE
11:17PAIN IS NOT YOUR ENEMY
11:19DISCOMFORT IS NOT A SIGN THAT SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG
11:23THE MOMENT YOU FEEL STRETCHED BEYOND WHAT FEELS SAFE
11:26BEYOND WHAT FEELS FAMILIAR
11:28THAT IS NOT THE UNIVERSE PUNISHING YOU
11:31THAT IS GROWTH KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR
11:34WHEN YOU WAKE UP AND SAY GROWTH LIVES HERE
11:37YOU ARE MAKING A DECLARATION
11:39YOU ARE TELLING YOUR MIND THAT THIS DAY
11:41THIS MOMENT THIS CHALLENGE IN FRONT OF YOU
11:44IS NOT A PROBLEM TO AVOID
11:46IT IS SOIL WHERE SOMETHING NEW CAN TAKE ROOT
11:50THE STOICS CALLED THIS AMOR FATI
11:53THE LOVE OF FATE NOT JUST ACCEPTING
11:56WHAT HAPPENS
11:57BUT EMBRACING IT AS NECESSARY FOR WHO YOU ARE BECOMING
12:01SENECA WROTE
12:02DIFFICULTIES STRENGTHEN THE MIND AS LABOR DOES THE BODY
12:08HE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE DO NOT GROW IN COMFORT
12:11WE GROW IN THE FRICTION BETWEEN WHO WE ARE
12:13AND WHO WE ARE TRYING TO BECOME
12:16MOST PEOPLE SPEND THEIR LIVES RUNNING FROM DISCOMFORT
12:19THEY STAY IN SITUATIONS THAT DRAIN THEM
12:22BECAUSE LEAVING FEELS TOO HARD THEY AVOID DIFFICULT
12:26OLD CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE CONFRONTATION FEELS TOO SCARY
12:30THEY KEEP THEIR DREAMS SMALL
12:32BECAUSE REACHING FOR SOMETHING BIGGER
12:34MEANS RISKING FAILURE
12:36THEY HAVE CONVINCED THEMSELVES THAT COMFORT EQUALS
12:39HAPPINESS BUT COMFORT IS WHERE DREAMS GO TO DIE
12:43COMFORT IS WHERE POTENTIAL GETS BURIED
12:46UNDER THE WEIGHT OF MAYBE SOMEDAY
12:49WHEN YOU SAY GROWTH LIVES HERE
12:51EVERY MORNING
12:52YOU ARE REWIRING YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH DISCOMFORT
12:56YOU ARE TRAINING YOUR BRAIN TO SEE CHALLENGE
12:58DIFFERENTLY
12:59THAT ANXIETY YOU FEEL BEFORE TRYING SOMETHING NEW
13:03THAT IS NOT WEAKNESS
13:04THAT IS YOUR OLD SELF MAKING ROOM FOR YOUR NEW SELF
13:08THAT FRUSTRATION YOU FEEL WHEN PROGRESS IS SLOW
13:11THAT IS NOT FAILURE
13:13THAT IS DEPTH BEING ADDED TO YOUR CHARACTER
13:16THAT EXHAUSTION YOU FEEL AFTER PUSHING YOURSELF
13:19THAT IS NOT BREAKING DOWN
13:21THAT IS BREAKING THROUGH
13:23HERE IS WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN REAL LIFE
13:25YOU SIT DOWN TO LEARN A SKILL
13:27YOU HAVE BEEN PUTTING OFF FOR YEARS
13:29MAYBE IT IS A LANGUAGE MAYBE IT IS AN INSTRUMENT
13:33MAYBE IT IS A CRAFT YOU HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED
13:36FROM A DISTANCE THE FIRST ATTEMPTS ARE CLUMSY
13:40YOUR FINGERS DO NOT MOVE THE WAY YOU WANT THEM TO
13:43YOUR MIND CANNOT HOLD ALL THE INFORMATION AT ONCE
13:47EVERY INSTINCT TELLS YOU TO QUIT
13:49TO GO BACK TO THINGS YOU ARE ALREADY GOOD AT
13:52TO PROTECT YOUR EGO FROM THIS HUMBLING EXPERIENCE
13:55BUT YOU STARTED YOUR MORNING WITH GROWTH LIVES HERE
13:59SO YOU PAUSE YOU BREATHE
14:02YOU RECOGNIZE THIS FEELING
14:04THIS IS NOT FAILURE
14:05THIS IS THE FEELING OF NEURAL PATHWAYS FORMING
14:09THIS IS YOUR BRAIN
14:10LITERALLY CHANGING SHAPE TO ACCOMMODATE NEW KNOWLEDGE
14:14YOU STAY WITH IT NOT BECAUSE IT FEELS GOOD
14:17BUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TRAINED YOURSELF TO SEE DISCOMFORT
14:20AS A SIGN YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH
14:23OR MAYBE THE DISCOMFORT IS EMOTIONAL
14:26A RELATIONSHIP IN YOUR LIFE NEEDS A BOUNDARY
14:28YOU HAVE NEVER SET BEFORE
14:30YOUR HEART RACES AT THE THOUGHT OF THE CONVERSATION
14:33YOUR MIND OFFERS YOU 1,000 REASONS TO STAY SILENT
14:37TO KEEP PEACE TO AVOID ROCKING THE BOAT
14:41THE FEAR FEELS OVERWHELMING
14:43BECAUSE YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING
14:44YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED TO AVOID
14:48PRIORITIZE YOUR NEEDS
14:49WHEN IT MIGHT DISAPPOINT SOMEONE ELSE
14:52GROWTH LIVES HERE RIGHT HERE IN THIS FEAR
14:56RIGHT HERE
14:56IN THIS MOMENT WHERE YOU ARE CHOOSING YOURSELF
14:59EVEN THOUGH IT IS TERRIFYING
15:02THE OLD NEURAL PATHWAYS ARE SCREAMING AT YOU TO RETREAT
15:06BUT YOU ARE BUILDING NEW ONES
15:08STRONGER ONES ONES THAT UNDERSTAND THAT LOVING YOURSELF
15:12SOMETIMES MEANS MAKING OTHERS UNCOMFORTABLE
15:16THAT RESPECTING YOURSELF
15:17SOMETIMES MEANS OTHER PEOPLE WILL NOT UNDERSTAND
15:21THAT GROWING SOMETIMES MEANS OUTGROWING
15:26PICKED TITUS WAS BORN INTO SLAVERY
15:28HE COULD HAVE SPENT HIS LIFE IN BITTERNESS
15:31CURSING HIS FATE WISHING FOR DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES
15:35INSTEAD
15:36HE FOUND FREEDOM IN THE ONE PLACE NO CHAINS COULD REACH
15:40HIS MIND HE GREW IN THOSE CONDITIONS
15:43NOT DESPITE THEM BUT THROUGH THEM
15:46HE LATER TAUGHT IT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU
15:49BUT HOW YOU REACT TO IT THAT MATTERS
15:51HIS ENTIRE PHILOSOPHY WAS BORN FROM FINDING GROWTH
15:55IN THE HARSHEST SOIL
15:57THIS IS NOT ABOUT TOXIC POSITIVITY
15:59THIS IS NOT ABOUT PRETENDING HARDSHIP IS A GIFT
16:03SOME THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO US ARE GENUINELY TERRIBLE
16:06GRIEF IS REAL LOSS IS REAL
16:09INJUSTICE IS REAL BUT EVEN IN THOSE DARK VALLEYS
16:13EVEN WHEN GROWTH FEELS LIKE THE LAST THING ON YOUR MIND
16:17THE TRUTH REMAINS
16:18YOU CAN EITHER LET SUFFERING DIMINISH YOU OR
16:22AND LET IT DEEPEN YOU YOU CAN EMERGE BITTER
16:25OR YOU CAN EMERGE BETTER NOT BECAUSE SUFFERING IS GOOD
16:30BUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE POWER TO
16:32DECIDE WHAT YOU DO WITH IT
16:34SAY IT EVERY MORNING GROWTH LIVES HERE
16:38SAY IT WHEN THINGS FEEL EASY
16:40AND WHEN THINGS FEEL IMPOSSIBLE
16:42SAY IT WHEN YOU ARE EXCITED AND WHEN YOU ARE EXHAUSTED
16:46YOU
16:46ARE TEACHING YOUR MIND TO SEE EVERY MOMENT
16:48AS AN OPPORTUNITY
16:50YOU ARE BUILDING A VERSION OF YOURSELF
16:52THAT DOES NOT SHRINK FROM CHALLENGE
16:54YOU ARE BECOMING SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT
16:57THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE
16:59ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WHAT SCARES YOU MOST
17:02COMMENT BELOW IF YOU'RE READY
17:04I WELCOME THE DISCOMFORT OF BECOMING
17:09NO.3 TODAY MATTERS MOST
17:14YESTERDAY IS A GHOST
17:17TOMORROW IS A PROMISE NO ONE CAN GUARANTEE
17:20BUT TODAY TODAY IS BREATHING
17:23TODAY IS HERE
17:24TODAY IS THE ONLY CANVAS WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY PAINT
17:28WHEN YOU WAKE UP AND SAY TODAY MATTERS MOST
17:31YOU ARE PULLING YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS OUT OF TWO PRISONS
17:33THAT TRAP MOST PEOPLE
17:35REGRET ABOUT THE PAST AND ANXIETY ABOUT THE FUTURE
17:39YOU ARE ANCHORING YOURSELF
17:40IN THE ONLY MOMENT THAT TRULY EXISTS
17:43THE STOICS WERE OBSESSED WITH THIS TRUE
17:45TRUTH MARCUS AURELIUS WROTE
17:48CONFINE YOURSELF TO THE PRESENT
17:50NOT BECAUSE THE PAST DOES NOT MATTER
17:53OR THE FUTURE IS NOT IMPORTANT
17:55BUT BECAUSE THIS PRESENT MOMENT
17:57IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE YOUR POWER LIVES
18:00THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH MENTAL ENERGY YOU WASTE YOU
18:04REPLAY CONVERSATIONS FROM LAST MONTH
18:06WISHING YOU HAD SAID SOMETHING DIFFERENT
18:08YOU RELIVE MISTAKES FROM YEARS AGO
18:11PUNISHING YOURSELF FOR CHOICES YOU CANNOT CHANGE
18:14OR YOU PROJECT YOURSELF INTO NEXT WEEK
18:17NEXT YEAR
18:18CREATING ELABORATE DISASTER SCENARIOS IN YOUR MIND
18:22YOU REHEARSE ARGUMENTS THAT MAY NEVER HAPPEN
18:25YOU WORRY ABOUT OUTCOMES YOU CANNOT PREDICT
18:28MEANWHILE TODAY SLIPS THROUGH YOUR FINGERS LIKE WATER
18:33THE ONE DAY YOU ACTUALLY HAVE CONTROL OVER
18:36BECOMES A BLUR
18:37BECAUSE YOU WERE TOO BUSY LIVING EVERYWHERE EXCEPT NOW
18:41THIS IS NOT JUST PHILOSOPHY
18:43THIS IS SURVIVAL
18:45WHEN YOU SPLIT YOUR ATTENTION BETWEEN PAST REGRETS
18:48AND FUTURE FEARS
18:49YOU ARE OPERATING AT HALF CAPACITY IN THE PRESENT
18:53YOU MISS OPPORTUNITIES
18:54BECAUSE YOUR MIND IS SOMEWHERE ELSE
18:57YOU DAMAGE RELATIONSHIPS
18:59BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT FULLY PRESENT
19:00WITH THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF YOU
19:03YOU MAKE POOR DECISIONS
19:04BECAUSE YOU ARE REACTING TO GHOSTS
19:06INSTEAD OF RESPONDING TO REALITY
19:09WHEN YOU SAY TODAY MATTERS MOST
19:11EVERY MORNING YOU ARE TRAINING YOUR MIND TO COME HOME
19:15HOME TO THIS BREATH HOME TO THIS MOMENT
19:19HOME TO THE ONLY TIME AND PLACE
19:21WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUILD THE LIFE YOU WANT
19:24YOU ARE NOT IGNORING THE PAST YOU ARE CHOOSING NOT TO
19:27LIVE THERE YOU ARE NOT DENYING THE FUTURE
19:31YOU ARE CHOOSING NOT TO BE PARALYZED BY IT
19:34HERE IS WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN PRACTICE
19:36YOU WAKE UP WITH YOUR MIND ALREADY RACING AHEAD
19:40TO EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN
19:41THIS WEEK APPOINTMENTS DEADLINES
19:45OBLIGATIONS
19:45STACKING UP LIKE A MOUNTAIN YOU NEED TO CLIMB
19:48THE WEIGHT OF IT ALL PRESSES DOWN ON YOUR CHEST
19:51BEFORE YOUR FEET EVEN TOUCH THE FLOOR
19:54ANXIETY FLOODS IN
19:55BECAUSE YOUR BRAIN IS TRYING TO SOLVE FIVE DAYS
19:58WORTH OF PROBLEMS AT ONCE
20:00BUT YOU HAVE TRAINED YOURSELF
20:02TODAY MATTERS MOST
20:04YOU SPEAK THOSE WORDS AND FEEL YOUR AWARENESS SHIFT
20:08YES THOSE THINGS EXIST
20:10BUT RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT
20:12WHAT ACTUALLY NEEDS YOUR ATTENTION
20:15MAKING YOUR BED DRINKING WATER
20:17MOVING YOUR BODY
20:19MAYBE REACHING OUT TO SOMEONE YOU CARE ABOUT
20:22THE FUTURE WILL ARRIVE ONE PRESENT MOMENT AT A TIME
20:26YOU DO NOT NEED TO CARRY ALL OF IT RIGHT NOW
20:29YOU ONLY NEED TO SHOW UP FULLY FOR TODAY
20:32OR MAYBE YOUR PRISON IS THE PAST
20:35YOU ARE HAUNTED BY A VERSION OF YOURSELF
20:37THAT MADE DIFFERENT CHOICES YOU
20:39CARRY SHAME ABOUT WHO YOU USED TO BE
20:42YOU CANNOT FORGIVE YOURSELF
20:44FOR OPPORTUNITIES YOU MISSED
20:45OR PEOPLE YOU HURT THAT WEIGHT FOLLOWS YOU EVERYWHERE
20:50COLOURING EVERY NEW EXPERIENCE
20:52WITH THE STAIN OF OLD REGRETS
20:54YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD BUT YOU KEEP LOOKING BACKWARD
20:58TODAY MATTERS MOST
21:00THOSE THREE WORDS BECOME YOUR PERMISSION
21:02TO RELEASE WHAT YOU CANNOT CHANGE
21:05NOT BECAUSE THE PAST DOES NOT MATTER
21:08BUT BECAUSE DROWNING IN IT DOES NOT HONOR ANYONE
21:11ESPECIALLY NOT YOURSELF
21:14THE PERSON YOU WERE DID THE BEST THEY COULD
21:16WITH THE AWARENESS THEY HAD
21:18THE PERSON YOU ARE NOW
21:20HAS LEARNED FROM THOSE EXPERIENCES
21:23TODAY IS WHERE YOU GET TO APPLY THOSE LESSONS
21:26TODAY IS WHERE REDEMPTION LIVES
21:29NOT IN REWRITING YESTERDAY
21:31BUT IN WRITING TODAY DIFFERENTLY
21:34SENECA SPENT YEARS IN EXILE
21:36STRIPPED OF HIS POSITION
21:38SEPARATED FROM EVERYTHING FAMILIAR
21:40HE COULD HAVE SPENT EVERY MOMENT
21:42BITTER ABOUT WHAT WAS TAKEN FROM HIM
21:44OR TERRIFIED ABOUT WHAT MIGHT COME NEXT
21:48INSTEAD HE WROTE SOME OF HIS MOST PROFOUND WORK
21:51DURING THAT TIME HE
21:53UNDERSTOOD THAT EACH DAY WAS A COMPLETE LIFE
21:55IN MINIATURE HE WROTE
21:57BEGIN AT ONCE
21:58TO LIVE AND COUNT EACH SEPARATE DAY AS A SEPARATE LIFE
22:04EACH MORNING WAS A REBIRTH
22:06EACH NIGHT WAS A COMPLETION
22:08HE SQUEEZED MEANING FROM THE PRESENT MOMENT
22:11BECAUSE IT WAS ALL HE TRULY HAD
22:14THIS REWIRING CHANGES EVERYTHING
22:17WHEN YOU STOP MORTGAGING
22:18YOUR PRESENT HAPPINESS FOR FUTURE ACHIEVEMENTS
22:21YOU ACTUALLY BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE
22:24WHEN YOU STOP BLEEDING ENERGY INTO UNCHANGEABLE PAST
22:27YOU HAVE MORE STRENGTH FOR TODAY'S CHALLENGES
22:31YOU BECOME SOMEONE WHO IS HERE
22:33FULLY HERE PRESENT IN CONVERSATIONS
22:37ALIVE IN EXPERIENCES
22:39ENGAGED WITH WHAT IS RATHER THAN HAUNTED BY
22:42WHAT WAS OR PARALYZED BY WHAT MIGHT BE
22:46SAY IT EVERY MORNING TODAY MATTERS MOST
22:50LET THOSE WORDS PULL YOU INTO NOW
22:53LET THEM REMIND YOU THAT THIS DAY
22:55THIS UNREPEATABLE COLLECTION OF HOURS IS YOUR REAL LIFE
22:59NOT SOMEDAY NOT BACK THEN
23:02TODAY RIGHT HERE
23:04RIGHT NOW
23:05THIS IS WHERE YOU BUILD EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS
23:09LET ME SEE THIS IN THE COMMENTS
23:11I AM FULLY ALIVE IN THIS MOMENT
23:16NO. 4 I AM ENOUGH
23:20YOU HAVE BEEN CARRYING A LIE FOR SO LONG
23:22THAT IT FEELS LIKE TRUTH THE LIE THAT SAYS
23:25YOU NEED TO BE MORE BEFORE YOU DESERVE PEACE
23:29THAT YOU NEED TO ACHIEVE MORE BEFORE YOU CAN REST
23:32THAT YOU NEED TO FIX YOURSELF BEFORE YOU
23:34WORTHY OF LOVE THAT LIE HAS STOLEN YEARS FROM YOU
23:39IT ENDS NOW WHEN YOU WAKE UP AND SAY
23:42I AM ENOUGH YOU ARE NOT CLAIMING PERFECTION
23:45YOU ARE CLAIMING WHOLENESS
23:47YOU ARE DECLARING THAT YOUR VALUE IS NOT
23:49CONTINGENT ON YOUR PRODUCTIVITY
23:52YOUR WORTH IS NOT MEASURED
23:53BY HOW MANY PEOPLE APPROVE OF YOU
23:56YOUR HUMANITY IS NOT SOMETHING YOU NEED TO EARN
23:59THE STOICS UNDERSTOOD THIS AT THE DEEPEST LEVEL
24:02EPICTETUS TAUGHT THAT OUR TRUE NATURE
24:05OUR CAPACITY FOR REASON AND VIRTUE
24:07IS ALREADY COMPLETE WITHIN US
24:10HE SAID HE IS A WISE MAN
24:13WHO DOES NOT GRIEVE FOR THE THINGS WHICH HE HAS NOT
24:16BUT REJOICES FOR THOSE WHICH HE HAS
24:19YOU ALREADY POSSESS WHAT MATTERS MOST
24:22YOU JUST FORGOT TO LOOK
24:24THE WORLD HAS TRAINED YOU TO FEEL INSUFFICIENT
24:27EVERY ADVERTISEMENT WHISPERS THAT YOU ARE INCOMPLETE
24:30WITHOUT THEIR PRODUCT
24:32EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA SCROLL SUGGESTS
24:34THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE FIGURED OUT SOMETHING
24:36YOU ARE MISSING
24:38EVERY COMPARISON TELLS YOU THAT YOU ARE FALLING BEHIND
24:42THE TREADMILL NEVER STOPS
24:44ACHIEVE THIS GOAL THEN THE NEXT ONE
24:47THEN THE NEXT ONE MAKE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY
24:50THEN DOUBLE IT REACH THIS LEVEL OF SUCCESS
24:54THEN CLIMB HIGHER
24:55THE FINISH LINE KEEPS MOVING BECAUSE THE GAME IS RIGGED
24:59YOU WERE NEVER MEANT TO ARRIVE
25:01YOU WERE MEANT TO KEEP CHASING
25:03BUT WHAT IF YOU STEPPED OFF THE TREADMILL
25:06WHAT IF YOU STOOD STILL FOR A MOMENT AND ASKED YOURSELF
25:09WHO DECIDED THAT I WAS NOT ENOUGH
25:12WHERE DID THIS MEASURING STICK COME FROM
25:15WHEN
25:15DID I AGREE TO LET EXTERNAL ACHIEVEMENTS DETERMINE MY
25:19INTERNAL WORTH THE ANSWER WILL PROBABLY SHAKE YOU
25:23YOU NEVER CONSCIOUSLY AGREED TO IT
25:25IT WAS PROGRAMMED INTO YOU SO GRADUALLY
25:28SO CONSISTENTLY THAT YOU ACCEPT
25:30DID IT AS REALITY WHEN YOU SAY I AM ENOUGH
25:33EVERY MORNING YOU ARE DEPROGRAMMING
25:36YOU ARE REMINDING YOURSELF OF A TRUTH THAT EXISTED
25:39BEFORE THE WORLD TAUGHT YOU TO DOUBT IT
25:41YOU CAME INTO THIS WORLD ENOUGH
25:44NO BABY QUESTIONS THEIR WORTHINESS
25:46NO CHILD THINKS THEY NEED TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING
25:49BEFORE THEY DESERVE TO TAKE UP SPACE
25:52THAT KNOWING THAT FUNDAMENTAL SENSE OF BELONGING
25:56IT IS STILL INSIDE YOU
25:58BURIED UNDER YEARS OF CONDITIONING
26:00BUT STILL THERE STILL TRUE
26:03STILL WAITING FOR YOU TO REMEMBER
26:06HERE IS WHAT CHANGES WHEN YOU EMBRACE THIS
26:09YOU STOP PERFORMING FOR APPROVAL
26:11YOU STOP TWISTING YOURSELF
26:13INTO SHAPES THAT PLEASE OTHERS
26:14WHILE BETRAYING YOURSELF
26:16YOU MAKE DECISIONS
26:18BASED ON WHAT ALIGNS WITH YOUR VALUES
26:20INSTEAD OF WHAT WILL IMPRESS PEOPLE
26:22WHO DO NOT REALLY KNOW YOU
26:24YOU SAY NO WITHOUT GUILT
26:26YOU SAY YES WITHOUT NEEDING PERMISSION
26:29YOU EXIST WITHOUT APOLOGY
26:31SOMEONE QUESTIONS YOUR CHOICES
26:34IN THE PAST THEIR DOUBT
26:36WOULD HAVE SENT YOU INTO A SPIRAL OF SELF QUESTIONING
26:39YOU WOULD HAVE SPENT HOURS
26:41MAYBE DAYS DEFENDING YOURSELF INTERNALLY
26:45TRYING TO PROVE TO A PHANTOM JURY
26:47THAT YOU MADE THE RIGHT CALL
26:49SEEKING VALIDATION FROM PEOPLE
26:51WHO ARE FIGHTING THEIR OWN BATTLES
26:53WITH ENOUGHNESS BUT YOU HAVE REWIRED YOUR MIND
26:57I AM ENOUGH THEIR OPINION IS JUST THAT
27:01AN OPINION IT DOES NOT DEFINE YOUR REALITY
27:05IT DOES NOT DETERMINE YOUR WORTH
27:07YOU CAN CONSIDER THEIR PERSPECTIVE
27:09WITHOUT BEING DESTROYED BY THEIR DISAGREEMENT
27:12OR MAYBE THE VOICE OF NOT ENOUGH COMES FROM INSIDE
27:16YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SEE EVERY FLAW MAGNIFIED
27:20YOU REVIEW YOUR LIFE AND SEE ONLY WHAT IS MISSING
27:24NEVER WHAT IS PRESENT
27:26YOU COMPARE YOUR CHAPTER 3 TO SOMEONE ELSE'S CHAPTER 20
27:30AND FEEL LIKE A FAILURE THE INNER CRITIC IS RELENTLESS
27:35PICKING APART EVERYTHING YOU DO
27:37EVERYTHING YOU ARE IT SOUNDS LIKE PROTECTION
27:40BUT IT IS ACTUALLY POISON
27:42I AM ENOUGH WHEN YOU SAY THOSE WORDS
27:45YOU ARE NOT SILENCING THE INNER CRITIC PERMANENTLY
27:49YOU ARE CHOOSING NOT TO LET IT HAVE THE FINAL WORD
27:53YOU ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THE VOICE WITH
27:54WITHOUT OBEYING IT YOU ARE SAYING
27:57I HEAR YOU BUT I DO NOT SERVE YOU ANYMORE
28:00YOUR WORTHINESS IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE
28:03YOUR ENOUGHNESS
28:04IS NOT DETERMINED BY YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT YOURSELF
28:07ON YOUR WORST DAYS MARCUS AURELIUS
28:11THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE KNOWN WORLD
28:13STILL STRUGGLED WITH THIS
28:15HE WROTE REMINDERS TO HIMSELF
28:17ABOUT HIS OWN INSIGNIFICANCE
28:19IN THE GRAND SCOPE OF THE UNIVERSE
28:22NOT TO DIMINISH HIMSELF BUT TO FREE HIMSELF
28:25FROM THE PRESSURE OF NEEDING TO BE MORE THAN HUMAN
28:28HE KNEW THAT ACCEPTING HIS LIMITATIONS WAS NOT WEAKNESS
28:32IT WAS WISDOM HE WROTE
28:35VERY LITTLE IS NEEDED TO MAKE A HAPPY LIFE
28:38IT IS ALL WITHIN YOURSELF
28:40IN YOUR WAY OF THINKING
28:42EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BE WHOLE IS ALREADY INSIDE YOU
28:47SAY IT EVERY MORNING I AM ENOUGH
28:50SAY IT EVEN WHEN
28:52ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT BELIEVE IT YET
28:55YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO CONVINCE YOURSELF OF A FANTASY
28:58YOU ARE REMINDING YOURSELF OF A FACT
29:01THAT THE WORLD MADE YOU FORGET
29:03YOU ARE COMPLETE YOU ARE WHOLE
29:06YOU ARE ENOUGH
29:08SHARE THIS AFFIRMATION BELOW
29:10MY WORTH IS NOT NEGOTIABLE
29:14NO.5 I RELEASE CONTROL
29:19YOUR HANDS ARE TIRED FROM GRIPPING SO TIGHTLY
29:22YOUR MIND IS EXHAUSTED
29:24FROM TRYING TO ORCHESTRATE OUTCOMES
29:26YOU WERE NEVER MEANT TO CONTROL
29:28YOU HAVE BEEN FIGHTING A BATTLE YOU CANNOT WIN
29:31TRYING TO FORCE LIFE TO FOLLOW A SCRIPT
29:34ONLY YOU CAN SEE AND THE COST
29:37PEACE
29:39PRESENCE
29:40THE ABILITY TO BREATHE
29:42WITHOUT ANXIETY TIGHTENING AROUND YOUR CHEST
29:45WHEN YOU WAKE UP AND SAY I RELEASE CONTROL
29:48YOU ARE NOT SURRENDERING TO CHAOS
29:51YOU ARE SURRENDERING TO REALITY
29:53YOU ARE ACKNOWLEDGING A TRUTH
29:55THAT THE STOICS BUILT THEIR ENTIRE PHILOSOPHY AROUND
29:58THERE IS WHAT YOU CONTROL AND THERE IS EVERYTHING ELSE
30:02AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS ALMOST EVERYTHING
30:05EPICTETUS DREW A CLEAR LINE
30:08HE TAUGHT MAKE THE BEST USE OF WHAT IS IN YOUR POWER
30:12AND TAKE THE REST AS IT HAPPENS
30:16THIS IS NOT PASSIVITY THIS IS POWER
30:19REAL POWER
30:20THE POWER THAT COMES FROM KNOWING WHERE YOU'RE IN
30:22INFLUENCE ENDS AND ACCEPTANCE MUST BEGIN
30:26THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONTROL
30:29OTHER PEOPLE'S OPINIONS OF YOU
30:31HOW QUICKLY YOUR DREAMS MANIFEST
30:34WHETHER PEOPLE YOU LOVE
30:35MAKE THE CHOICES YOU THINK THEY SHOULD MAKE
30:38THE TIMELINE OF YOUR HEALING
30:40THE BEHAVIOR OF STRANGERS
30:42THE OUTCOME OF SITUATIONS
30:43WHERE YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING YOU CAN
30:46YOU CANNOT CONTROL ANY OF IT
30:48BUT YOU HAVE SPENT SO MUCH ENERGY TRYING
30:51ENERGY THAT COULD HAVE GONE TOWARD
30:53WHAT YOU ACTUALLY CAN INFLUENCE
30:55YOUR EFFORT YOUR ATTITUDE
30:56YOUR GROWTH YOUR RESPONSES
30:59THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL IS SEDUCTIVE
31:01IT MAKES YOU FEEL SAFE IF YOU CAN JUST PLAN PERFECTLY
31:05ANTICIPATE EVERY VARIABLE
31:07MANAGE EVERY DETAIL THEN NOTHING BAD WILL HAPPEN
31:11BUT LIFE DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY THE TIGHTER YOU
31:14RIP THE MORE LIFE SLIPS THROUGH YOUR FINGERS
31:18THE MORE YOU TRY TO MICROMANAGE OUTCOME
31:20THE MORE SUFFERING YOU CREATE FOR YOURSELF
31:23BECAUSE CONTROL IS A MYTH
31:26AND CHASING MYTHS IS EXHAUSTING
31:30WHEN YOU SAY I RELEASE CONTROL EVERY MORNING
31:34YOU ARE PRACTICING ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
31:36AND MOST LIBERATING SKILLS A HUMAN CAN LEARN
31:40YOU ARE TRAINING YOURSELF
31:41TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN INFLUENCE AND CONTROL
31:45YOU CAN INFLUENCE MANY THINGS
31:47YOU CAN SHOW UP WITH INTENTION
31:49YOU CAN DO YOUR BEST YOU CAN COMMUNICATE CLEARLY
31:53YOU CAN SET BOUNDARIES YOU CAN MAKE PLANS
31:57BUT AFTER THAT AFTER YOU HAVE DONE WHAT IS YOURS TO DO
32:01YOU HAVE TO LET GO YOU HAVE TO TRUST
32:04NOT TRUST
32:05THAT EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT THE WAY YOU WANT
32:08TRUST THAT YOU WILL BE OKAY
32:10REGARDLESS OF HOW IT WORKS OUT
32:13HERE IS WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT IS REAL
32:16YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT SOMEONE
32:18WHO IS MAKING CHOICES THAT HURT THEM
32:20YOU HAVE SAID WHAT YOU NEEDED TO SAY
32:23YOU HAVE OFFERED SUPPORT
32:25YOU HAVE SHOWN UP IN EVERY WAY YOU KNOW HOW
32:28BUT THEY ARE STILL ON A PATH YOU CANNOT WALK FOR THEM
32:31EVERY INSTINCT IN YOU WANTS TO SAVE THEM
32:34TO CONTROL THEIR DECISIONS
32:36TO FORCE THEM INTO THE LIFE YOU CAN SEE THEY DESERVE
32:39BUT YOU CANNOT AND THE GRIEF OF THAT POWERLESSNESS
32:43SITS HEAVY IN YOUR CHEST I RELEASE CONTROL
32:47YOU SAY THOSE WORDS AND SOMETHING SHIFTS
32:50NOT IN THEIR LIFE BUT IN YOURS
32:54YOU CAN STILL LOVE THEM YOU CAN STILL BE AVAILABLE
32:57BUT YOU STOP CARRYING RESPONSIBILITY
33:00FOR CHOICES THAT ARE NOT YOURS
33:02TO MAKE YOU STOP LETTING THEIR JOURNEY STEAL YOUR PEACE
33:06YOU RECOGNIZE THAT EVERYONE INCLUDE
33:09PEOPLE YOU LOVE HAS THEIR OWN PATH
33:12THEIR OWN LESSONS THEIR OWN TIMING
33:15YOUR JOB IS NOT TO CONTROL THEIR STORY
33:18YOUR JOB IS TO LIVE YOURS WITH INTEGRITY
33:21OR MAYBE WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO CONTROL IS TIME ITSELF
33:25YOU HAVE A VISION FOR WHERE YOU SHOULD BE BY NOW
33:28A CHECKLIST OF MILESTONES
33:29YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE REACHED
33:31BUT LIFE HAD DIFFERENT PLANS
33:34DETOURS YOU DID NOT CHOOSE DELAY
33:37THAT MADE NO SENSE
33:38DOORS THAT CLOSED WHEN YOU WERE CERTAIN THEY WOULD OPEN
33:41AND NOW YOU ARE ANGRY AT TIME
33:43AT THE UNIVERSE AT YOURSELF
33:45FOR NOT BEING WHERE YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE
33:48I RELEASE CONTROL THE TIMELINE IS NOT YOURS TO DICTATE
33:53YOU CAN WORK HARD YOU CAN STAY COMMITTED
33:56BUT YOU CANNOT FORCE READINESS BEFORE ITS SEASON
33:59YOU CANNOT RUSH WHAT IS STILL FORMING
34:02SENECA WROTE DURING HIS OWN PERIOD OF FORCED WAITING
34:06LUCK IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PREPARATION MEETS OPPORTUNITY
34:10YOUR JOB IS THE PREPARATION
34:13THE OPPORTUNITY'S TIMING THAT IS NOT IN YOUR HANDS
34:17AND EXCEPT
34:18THAT DOES NOT MEAN GIVING UP
34:20IT MEANS SHOWING UP FULLY FOR TODAY
34:22WHILE RELEASING YOUR GRIP ON TOMORROW
34:25MARCUS AURELIUS LED ARMIES
34:28BUT COULD NOT CONTROL THE OUTCOME OF EVERY BATTLE
34:31HE GOVERNED AN EMPIRE BUT COULD NOT PREVENT PLAGUE
34:34BETRAYAL OR DEATH HE LEARNED TO FOCUS ON WHAT WAS HIS
34:39HIS CHARACTER HIS DECISIONS HIS
34:42PRINCES HE WROTE
34:45YOU ALWAYS OWN THE OPTION OF HAVING NO OPINION
34:48THERE IS NEVER ANY NEED TO GET WORKED UP
34:50OR TO TROUBLE YOUR SOUL
34:52ABOUT THINGS YOU CANNOT CONTROL
34:54HE FOUND FREEDOM NOT BY CONTROLLING EVERYTHING
34:58BUT BY RELEASING WHAT WAS NEVER HIS TO CONTROL
35:02SAY IT EVERY MORNING I RELEASE CONTROL
35:05FEEL YOUR SHOULDERS DROP FEEL YOUR JAW UNCLENCH
35:09YOU ARE NOT GIVING UP YOU ARE GIVING OVER
35:12YOU ARE TRUSTING LIFE ENOUGH TO STOP FIGHTING IT
35:15YOU ARE BECOMING SOMEONE WHO INFLUENCES WHAT THEY CAN
35:19AND ACCEPTS WHAT THEY CANNOT
35:21AND IN THAT ACCEPTANCE
35:23YOU WILL FIND A PEACE YOU HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR
35:25IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES TYPE THIS IF YOU FEEL IT
35:29I TRUST THE PROCESS BEYOND MY CONTROL
35:33FIVE WORDS FIVE MORNINGS
35:36FIVE KEYS
35:37TO UNLOCK A MIND THAT HAS BEEN HOLDING ITSELF PRISONER
35:40I CHOOSE MY RESPONSE
35:42GROWTH LIVES HERE TODAY MATTERS MOST
35:45I AM ENOUGH I RELEASE CONTROL
35:48THESE ARE NOT JUST WORDS
35:50THEY ARE THE FOUNDATION OF A NEW INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE
35:54THEY ARE THE LANGUAGE OF SOMEONE
35:56WHO HAS DECIDED THAT THEIR INNER WORLD MATTERS
35:58MORE THAN THEIR OUTER CIRCUMSTANCES THEY ARE
36:01VOICE OF A PERSON
36:02WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT REWIRING THE MIND
36:05IS NOT A LUXURY IT IS SURVIVAL
36:08THE STOICS DID NOT DEVELOP THESE PRINCIPLES
36:11IN TIMES OF EASE THEY FORGED THEM IN EXILE
36:15IN SLAVERY IN WAR
36:17IN GRIEF IN THE MESSY REALITY OF BEING HUMAN
36:20WHEN BEING HUMAN IS HARD
36:22THEY LEFT US A ROADMAP
36:24NOT BECAUSE THEY HAD ALL THE ANSWERS
36:26BUT BECAUSE THEY ASKED THE SAME QUESTIONS
36:29YOU ARE ASKING NOW
36:31HOW DO I FIND PEACE IN CHAOS
36:34HOW DO I GROW THROUGH PAIN
36:36HOW DO I LIVE FULLY IN A WORLD I CANNOT CONTROL
36:40YOU REWIRE YOUR MIND ONE MORNING AT A TIME
36:43ONE WORD AT A TIME ONE CHOICE AT A TIME
36:47THERE WILL BE DAYS WHEN YOU FORGET
36:50DAYS WHEN OLD PATTERNS PULL YOU BACK
36:52THAT IS NOT FAILURE THAT IS BEING HUMAN
36:55YOU DO NOT NEED PERFECTION
36:57YOU NEED COMMITMENT
36:59YOU NEED TO WAKE UP AND SPEAK TO YOURSELF
37:02LIKE SOMEONE WHO DESERVES A BEAUTIFUL INTERNAL LIFE
37:06BECAUSE YOU DO
37:08THESE FIVE WORDS ARE WAITING FOR YOU EVERY MORNING
37:11THEY WILL NOT FORCE THEMSELVES ON YOU
37:13THEY WILL NOT WORK UNLESS YOU DO
37:16BUT IF YOU SHOW UP IF YOU SPEAK THEM WITH INTENTION
37:20IF YOU LET THEM GUIDE HOW YOU MOVE THROUGH YOUR DAY
37:23THEY WILL CHANGE YOU NOT OVERNIGHT
37:26BUT UNDENIABLY YOUR MIND IS LISTENING
37:29WHAT WILL YOU TELL IT TOMORROW
37:31IF THIS RESONATED WITH YOU
37:33HIT THAT LIKE BUTTON
37:35DROP YOUR FAVORITE AFFIRMATION IN THE COMMENTS
37:38SHARE THIS WITH SOMEONE WHO NEEDS TO HEAR IT
37:41AND SUBSCRIBE BECAUSE WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED
37:44YOUR TRANSFORMATION MATTERS
37:46YOUR GROWTH MATTERS YOU MATTER
37:49LEAVE YOUR COMMITMENT BELOW
37:51I AM THE ARCHITECT OF MY MIND