Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero - MOVE ON, LET GO & LEAVE YOUR PAST BEHIND YOU | Powerful Motivational Speech (2022)

Episode Date: February 22, 2022

"Leave the past where it is...behind you"

Let's write out of the gate draw a line. The most important line one can draw a line of demarcation separating who you were and who you are. A line between the past and the present in this line marks your return. No, not to the days of old, but to step one. Your chance to begin again, to rise above, to transcend yesterday's character and transform today's potential. See, what we often fail to realize is that there are ideas

deeply ingrained in our minds that rule over us, a sort of subconscious authority. It says yesterday you fell short, so today you are someone who falls short. It says your objective was not reached in the past. So how about a new, maybe easier one? It draws a nice little box, packs you on the head, and says, how about we make a nice, cozy home for ourselves in here? And what this subconscious authority fears most is that you wake up, that you become aware, that you return.

Not to the past, but to the power tucked away under all the stories. you somewhere along the way decided were real. The second you accept that yesterday is only as relevant as you decided to be, you unchained yourself. You become unshackled. So return to that place of curiosity, where you're not obligated to perform but gifted with the journey before you. And that could certainly be hard.

It was hard for me to look back at my life and distinguish, between what I've simply accepted and life's objective truth. I'd taken orders and been obedient for so long. I'd been listening to that subconscious authority for so many years that I had to, in a way, relearn what creativity meant for me. I had to learn not to feel guilty, going on a jog in the middle of the day when the rest of the world was working. I had to learn that my instinct wasn't to explore,

to stop short. I wasn't pushing limits or peering around corners. I wasn't testing the waters or seeking out the hidden opportunities. Life hides away. No, I was on autopilot. And life, it had called for my return. It's funny how when you reject your potential long enough, the universe seems to tap you on the shoulder. It makes it more and more apparent every day that something greater is within an arm's reach, backs you into a corner until you have to address the dissonance between who you are and who you've allowed yourself to be. Those orders you've been taking don't align with your best self.

And so one must not only create, but in a sense return to their greatness. To accept what they've been running from, you are what you choose to be, and let's face it, it's very easy to choose to be less than we can be. There's a saying that your reality is not destined to be, it is rather what you've chosen to accept. You only get in your life what you allow. And the entirety of this message is about one thing.

That light bulb moment, the epiphany, the instant of empowerment, that this world can only give you what you ask for. And to not ask, to sit back observe makes you a spectator sitting up in the nosebleeds watching the activity evolve on the court below it relinquishes control to powers beyond you and that's existing it's not living so ask ask life for the things that lift you up and elevate your existence the reason a book metaphor works so perfectly in my mind is because when one opens to a blank sheet, they can write about anything. There's no limitation to what can be placed on that paper.

And sure, our proclivity may be to continue on the legacy of last novels, cast and characters, but it's by no means required. In fact, with that pen in your hand, you can craft a new world entirely, new places, new things, new relationships and ideas, new obstacles to face and defeat. A blank page can be and mean anything, and so every sunrise, every door you walk through, presents in the same sense a blank page. Realize that there's no obligation to perpetuate the past or continue on in the same way you arrived. No, this day is yours.

Take hold of that self you've hit away. Find the courage to unshackle yourself from how you were once seen by your friends or your teammates or your coworkers level up and understand that you don't owe the world any type of explanation. Remember, you're not here to conform, to obey, to live a life of obedience. No, you're here to poke, to prod, to explore, to follow the nagging curiosity to embark upon the adventure that is life. When you understand that you are not your past, when you see that the person you were has no control over the person you are in this moment, you are free. So with eyes wide, a beating heart, a head held high, step into that world. Because if you live

with conviction, with absolute certainty that life may not always be easy or intuitive, but it's there for you, When you see not yesterday's constraints but tomorrow's hope, all roads lead to an evolved existence. It's not about perfect and it never was. It's about understanding that the past has given you everything you need to break away from its grasp. It has provided the lessons it has knocked you back, pushed you down and tested your resolve all for this moment. This second, the chance to return to the greatness that has been tucked away for too long. Again, no miracles, no rabbits out of hats, just you allowing your greatness to emerge from this step forward because you can, because you have that ability, because it's who you are.

So go show the world, but most importantly, show yourself. You will be amazed. at what's possible for you. If you simply allow it to materialize, if you amidst the darkness of days past, let yourself light up the night.