Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero - Strong Enough

Episode Date: November 23, 2020

"All that is required of you is the strength to begin" - Eddie Pinero The greatest power we have is the ability to take one step forward amidst life's chaos and uncertainty. When we are strong enough to do that, everything else works itself out.

Strong enough is all life asks of us. Strong enough to carry on. Strong enough to take an uncertain step forward. Strong enough to be better than we were yesterday. Everything starts with strong enough. The decision to make a single move towards an existence that is not yet yours, not yet. but it's arguable that understanding it could be yours is a greater accomplishment than making it so.

As the old Latin proverb states, once you've started, you're halfway there. Halfway, not because you found a shortcut or some previously undisclosed path, but because convincing yourself that you have everything you need is the greatest barrier to entry. the wall around the castle and once you scale that, well everything else works itself out

with time. But life asks that we be strong enough to start the clocks. It asks that we have the strength to begin. See, because just as things start with strong enough, well, they could just as easily find their end there as well. How many journeys weren't started? because we forgot that our responsibility wasn't to suddenly arrive at the destination, but rather find the courage to take a small step in that direction.

How much of ourselves do we leave on the shelf? Because we forgot that transformation overnight wasn't the goal, but rather a trust in the process. The heart to paint a first stroke, make a first call, walk out the door strong enough. can be an ending or a beginning. It's a fire that can enhance, it can nourish, or it can burn out. And that is perhaps the greatest question of our lives.

When the time approaches, when life demands more of us, will we only see the finish line, the mountaintops, the vastness of the terrain? Will we feel small and inadequate? Or will we remember? remember that we are strong enough to advance, to push back against the chaos of life. And that's not only all that's required of us, but it's the key to everything worth doing. The start of transformation, the seeds of beauty, the foundation of impact. That is our challenge. Where some

bow down to the impossible. You have to see it for what it is. The many possibilities that comprise it, the hope. The understanding that an improved existence is about having the strength, not to change reality in one foul swoop, but to carry on to take another step and see that as time unfolds, those steps become the blueprint to a better tomorrow. Those steps, that courage, that strength is everything you'll ever need. Thank you.