Weekly Motivation by Ben Lionel Scott - WHEN LIFE SHATTERS YOU

Episode Date: May 23, 2024

Become a Member for ad-free listening, video versions and exclusive content: https://benlionelscott.com/subscribe  —  When life knocks you down, try and land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Spoken by Dana White, Les Brown, Eric Thomas. You can see more of Dana White at twitter.com/danawhite, Les Brown at instagram.com/thelesbrown, Eric Thomas at instagram.com/etthehiphoppreacher. The music is Tangled Earth by Audiomachine. You can see more of Audiomachine at twitter.com/audiomachine.

Every day when you get out of bed, life's standing right there to kick you in the face, man. Life is going to throw all kinds of crazy stuff at you. And you have to be ready for it and you got to deal with it. Are there going to be some moments when you want to give up? Yes. Will there be some moments when it's going to seem like it's impossible, the pain that you're experiencing, the disappointment that you're experiencing, that you're going to say, it's not worth it?

Yes, that's going to be right there for you. It's going to be in your face telling you to go back. You're going to start listening to the butts, and bucks will have all kind of help and support from your family members and friends saying, I told you, fool! You're going on to this positive faking stuff. Look at you now. Bet you wish you had that job now.

When you have a dream, that dream will always be tested. The pressure in your life right now has a purpose. It's not crushing you It's pushing what's on the inside of you It shows you who You really are Don't never let know anybody Anybody take your belief in yourself away from you

Because they're hurting inside Don't you never let nobody do that Always believe in who you are In the darkest moments man In the darkest moments when you had that pain You at the bottom Know that you won't get back up But you gotta believe that you're gonna get back up

I don't care how hard you fall, follow your back. Because if you can fall on your back, you can look up. And if you can look up, you can get up. You can get through this because you're bigger this. And when you get you the other side, you're going to be better, you're going to be bigger, you're going to be bonger. But we've got to get from this. And I'm saying that the fact that you're still here, that you're still breathing, you've got some more work. and you owe it to yourself.

So when you get up in the morning that you can look yourself in the face and say, hey, I'm living my life on my terms. That's important. Not to give up on your dream, not to give up on yourself. Don't get a twisted. E.T. gets tempted just like everybody else.

But where I come from, everybody don't get this shot. I invested too much to quit. I made too many sacrifices to give up. Have you lost your mind? You know how hard I worked to get here? I put in too many hours. I sweat too much blood, too much tears. I worked hard to get here.

Didn't nobody give me this. No, listen to me. That's why it's so easy for you to quit, because you ain't paid nothing for it. I paid too much. I didn't grow up with wealth. Didn't nobody pay me. I worked for this. Sweat, blood, tears.

I earn every dime I get. I work for this. And you think I'm about to get this up? You work for this. You put it in time. This is not the time to lose your mind. This is the time to go all in. You want me to tell you it's okay to quit?

You want me to tell you it's okay to surrender, they may not give it to you. Nobody might take you by the head and take you there. But what I'm telling you is, I did it with my mind and my heart, and I envisioned it. I saw myself when I was still homeless, when I was still a high school dropout. I saw myself one day being where I am right now. I don't care where you are. Use what you got to get what you want. Use your mind.

Use your vision. Use your dream. I dream my way out the hood. I dream my way out. And then I would get up every day and I would buy hard. So when light happens, I would just sit there and cry. I buck back. The darkest hour is just before done.

So you better not give up. You better not quit. You might be three inches from your goal. You might be three yards from your goal. You might be 30 yards from your goal. And if you quit now, you give up now. You may never reach your reality. You're not a victim.

Stop talking about I can't. I quit. I don't think I can make it happen. It's impossible. but stop talking like that. Stop cursing and start believing. Champions keep going when they don't have anything left in their tank. When they don't have no more, when it's over, when they're tired, when they're frustrated,

when they're ready to give up, when they spent their last dime, it's when you have nothing left. It's when you depleted all your money, when all your energy go, when you have nothing left, that's when it's showtime. Things are going to get harder and things are going to get tougher. So what you've got to do is you have to get harder and you have to get tougher. You become stronger than the things you're up against. That's how you win.

I wish I could tell you that and you just keep going, it's going to get easier. I wish I could tell you that, but that's not the truth. The truth is you got to find something within. You got to find something within. And that's got to push you and that's got to elevate you and that's got to drive you. E.T. aren't you tired? Yes. But I can't quit.

I can't stop. I can't get tired. I can't give up. I can't give in. My mama counting on me. My wife is counting on me. When you ain't got nothing left in your take. You got to think about the people in your life that you're doing this for.

And then if you could think about them, you could go one more mile. You will go one more day at work. You go after and you give it all you had. If you lose, at least you try, man. I fail. It's ten times more of a man than someone said, what if? Because what if never went to the arena. The person who didn't try should feel rejected.

The person that didn't try should feel defeated. I tried. I put my best foot forward. I don't feel bad. I gave it 120%. You can't never feel bad when you put forth for 120%. You can't let the outcome make you feel whack. I'm not whack.

I'm a warrior. I'm not wet. You know how much I went through to make that thing happen? You know how many obstacles I had to get through to make that work? I got through all of them. I don't feel bad that it didn't work out. I'm a problem solver. I'm not soft.

I'm not weak. I don't quit. I don't give up. I don't surrender. I don't always win, but I always try.