Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero - I'M GOING TO MAKE IT | Powerful Motivational Speech

Episode Date: October 18, 2021

One day you'll look back and realize it was all worth it...

Sometimes what we need most is not what we think we need most. It's not that break we've been waiting for the universe to provide. Or the answer we've been desperately seeking. No, sometimes we need only three words. Don't give. Don't turn back now. And see, I know you want to. and that the meaningful thing, the right thing, requires we give all of ourselves.

It metaphorically speaking is the most expensive, exhausting, sometimes disheartening. But this is your reminder that there will come a point when you look back on this moment, and the best thing you'll have ever done will have been continuing to put one foot in front of the other, continuing forward despite the circumstances, towards that which means something to you. I remember in South Florida a handful of years ago, I'd just moved down here and I was exploring the area a little bit, looking for a place to live,

and I found this kind of odd little park in between a parking lot in the beach. And I pulled over, just started walking around, and ended up sitting down on this bench that faced the ocean and just looked out for a while. I remember looking at the people who all seemed so happy. They all seemed fulfilled, looked like they had it all together. I looked at the ocean that was so much bigger than me, so vast, so powerful, at the non-stop stream of planes flying overhead

that all seemed to have a direction, a purpose. They had their courses mapped. And I think I remember it so vividly because I'd never felt more alone than at that moment. Like deeply, painfully, alone, and it's not that I enjoy bringing up these types of experiences. I bring them up because time has revealed, repeatedly that from these moments of doubt

and sometimes even despair come what, we need most so long as we don't run from what the world is trying to provide us. It's as though we must experience emptiness before we can become fulfilled. We need to be overcome with this sensation that there's no way out before realizing that there is always a way so long as we're willing to find it. And the pain associated with that willingness, well, it far outweighs the alternative. I often break things down into this dichotomy of the easy, meaningless way versus the hard, meaningful way. But that may be oversimplified, right?

Easy compared to what? Hard compared to what? It's easy to shut down when we're at our lowest. It's easy to stop when it hurts. But easy now evolves into what's actually. incredibly difficult tomorrow. A difficult, heart-wrenching, regretful forever. Admittedly, a controversial figure,

but regardless, one of the most important quotes I've ever read. It was by Lance Armstrong in his book, It's not about the bike. He says, pain is temporary. It may last a minute or an hour or a day or a year, but eventually it will subside. And something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

See, the easy thing versus the hard thing is too simplified. Void of imperative context. The question is, in our darkest moments, will we stand up when it hurts so that we can walk, run, and ultimately sprint towards what matters? There's a realization that helped me. because when we're in these situations, the thought goes like this. Things are wrong, things are broken. My life isn't what it should be. I need to fix this and make it whole, make it right,

so I can live a good life like everyone else. There's a deep loneliness associated with that misconception as though the world is put together, but I am not. Well, let me dispel that notion and end that narrative. The world is a series of objects that mean nothing. other than the value we place upon them. Seven billion people. All fighting their own battles, all trying to make sense of things.

All pretending like the little fairy tale they've manufactured in their heads is the real thing or the right thing. When in actuality we are all just passengers along on a ride we do not understand. Fighting battles that we don't often comprehend and cannot grasp. But you are not broken. You are human, perfectly imperfect. Equipped with the tools to take another step forward despite the chaos and the uncertainty. Steps that become, in the end, everything.

I remember reading about Jefferson, how he had migraines so severe while president that he would do most of his important work in the morning because of the high probability He could literally be incapacitated from noon on. And I just thought, man, we are all fighting battles. We're all doing what we can to make the most of our circumstance, to redirect discomfort into opportunity and pain into progress.

And what's most incredible is that we can. There's a saying that it's not supposed to be easy. That getting where you need to go requires the treacherous path associated with a hero's journey, the vast unknowns, the questions that remain unanswered for extended periods of time, the villains that seemingly inject themselves into our lives, please understand that this is not a reflection of you,

who you are and your capabilities, this is the game of life. This is today's difficult. in exchange for tomorrow's meaning, the pressure that creates the diamonds, and you don't have to be sure of anything, other than that you know you will continue stepping forward,

because you can. Things won't always go right, but in the failures are the new tools to grow and redirect. You won't always feel on top of the world, but it's in the valleys of despair, that we're forced to truly analyze, to think deeply, re-approach. And perhaps most importantly, you may have days where you let yourself down, fall short, perhaps lose sight of the courage to which you have attached your dreams, but that's okay.

You are defined not by your mistakes, but by the present moment. Not some impossible expectation of perfection, but by your ability to rise and rise again, when it requires all of you to lift your head up and carry on. So go into that unknown, where fear is transformed into courage and doubt to strength, go. Because if not, here, where, and if not now, when, go.

All you need, you have. And when life finds you sitting down on a park bench, staring out at a world that feels too big and too complex, that seems impossible to navigate, find it within yourself to smile. Smile because of what you've already overcome. what you've been through, who you are. Remember that you are exactly where you need to be staring up

at the meaning in life as opposed to down at your feet. Now go. No miracles here. No mountains need be jumped or oceans crossed. But if you, one, step forward and two, believe in yourself to put the pieces together as they arrive, There is nothing you can't do or be. There is no obstacle before you that is insurmountable.

Just keep going. And sure, sometimes that's all we can do. But it also happens to be true that it is your greatest superpower. To simply find a way to run if you can, crawl if you must, but find a way. because deep down in your soul the pieces are there and it will be at some point as you look back the greatest decision you've ever made