“Believing that the dots will connect down the road will
give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the
well worn path. And that will make all
the difference.
Your time is limited so don’t waste it living someone elses
life. Don’t be trapped by dogma. Don’t
let the noise of others opinions drown out your own inner voice.. You’ve got to
find what you love.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking and
don’t settle. Have the courage to follow
your heart and intuition. They somehow
already know what you truly want to become.
But you’re gonna have some ups and youre gonna have some
downs. Most people give up on themselves
easily, you know the human spirit is powerful?
There’s nothing as powerful, it’s hard to kill the human spirit. Anybody can feel good when they have their
health, their bills are paid they have happy relationships. Anybody can be positive then, anybody can
have a larger vision then, anybody can have faith under those kinds of
circumstances.
The real challenge of growth – mentally, emotionally, and
spiritually comes when you get knocked down.
It takes courage to act. Part of being hungry when you’ve been
defeated - it takes courage to start
over again.
Fear kills dreams.
Fear kills hope. Fear puts people
in the hospital. Fear can age you. It can hold you back from doing something
that you know within yourself that you are capable of doing. But it will paralyze you.
At end of your feelings is nothing. But at the end of every principle is a
promise. Behind your little feelings –
there might not be absolutely nothing behind your little feelings, but behind every principle is a promise. And some of you in your life – the reason you’re
not at your goal right now- because you’re just all about your feelings.
You don’t feel like waking up – who does? Every day you say
no to your dreams you may be pushing your dreams back a whole six months, a
whole year. That one single day. That one day you didn’t get up could have
pushed your stuff back I don’t know how long.
Don’t allow your emotions to control you. We are emotional, but you want to begin to
discipline your emotions. If you don’t
discipline and contain your emotions, they will use you. You want it.
And you’re going to go all out to have it. It’s not going to be easy. But if you’re
serious, you’ll go all out. I’m in
control here. I’m not gonna let this get me down, I’m not gonna let this
destroy me. I’m coming back and I’ll be
stronger and better because of it.
You have got to make a declaration. That this is what you stand for. You’re standing up for your dreams, you’re
standing up for peace of mind, you’re
standing up for health. Take full responsibility for your life. Accept where you are. And the responsibility that you are going to
take yourself where you want to go.
You can decide that "I’m going to live each day as if it were
my last." Live your life with
passion. With some pride. Decide that you are going to push yourself. The last chapter of your life has not been written
yet. It doesn’t matter what happened
yesterday. It doesn’t matter what
happens to you….what matters is, what are you gonna do about it?
This year I will make this goal become a reality. I won’t talk about it any more. I can. I can. I can."
If you know me well, you know that something happened when I crossed that finish line at Ironman Boulder this year. I let myself down, but a fire ignited in me the second I finished that race. This video hit home. No more talking about it, I am ready to put in the work, be patient, and make the sacrifices. I CAN.
It's a good day to go chase your dreams! Happy Friday! :)
