I #Believe Too

So I recently got an email from a subscriber, a YouTube fan named Gary Gordon, who sent me this really moving email talking about how I've helped him, and he included this picture of him with the word "believe" on his arm, and his backstory is he has cancer and he's going through radiation treatment, and what he would do is before each session, write the word "believe" on his arm, and that kind of helped him get through the treatment, and he knows that it's gonna work out. And so he sent this moving email and I thought, I want to share this with you guys. And I asked Gary if he, one, would be okay with it, and two, if he would mind reading it himself. And so what follows is Gary reading his email into his phone, and he was nervous about doing it, so I hope you guys will show him some love while you watch this video too.

Thank you, Evan, for all that you do for us. I believe our Creator gives us challenges to help us grow and become stronger. Sometimes these challenges are difficult and hard to understand, but I think we should look at these not as something that's gone wrong, but rather as an important lesson to be learned. Each morning before radiation, I would write the word "believe" on my forearm. This helped me to remain strong and positive throughout the 8 weeks of treatment. During treatment, I searched for and was soon able to find a lesson that was associated with my challenge, and that is: we are not alone, We are not immortal, and life is very short. Each new day of life we are given is a precious, precious gift that will someday be gone, and true happiness is realized by being thankful for all we've been given. I can now honestly say without reservation that my cancer experience was a great gift. I've grown wiser and stronger because of it. This afternoon, I will receive my final blood test results and know if the radiation worked or not. I believe the radiation did work, but if not, I'm fully prepared to begin searching for the new lesson set out for me. Be strong. You are not alone.

It was a really moving message. One, Gary, obviously I wish you the best of luck and success in your cancer treatment. I'm honored to be playing a small role in that, and I'm glad that we can all be a part of it. I encourage everybody watching to send some love to Gary down in the comments for him to get better. And maybe you can refer back to this video too and get some extra love when he needs to go in for his next treatment or as he continues on his journey to be cancer-free. The second comment is more for everybody, and it's when you are doing something important with your business, it can have a tremendous impact on people's lives. I know all of you guys who are watching these videos regularly, you've seen an impact as you've changed and as you've grown and developed and learned new things. But then, you know, what Gary does, it takes it to an even higher level. And that's a responsibility for me to know that, you know, the content that I'm creating is having that big an impact on people's lives. But also for you guys, that the business that you are doing, yes, is providing value, and yes, is helping people, but for some people, it can— your content, your product, your service could be the difference between them, you know, still being here or not. It could give them the strength to keep going and continue on. And so it's just, you know, a lot of times when I see the YouTube videos, it's the numbers and it's en masse, and your comments and your emails is what helps humanize it for me. And then maybe the third quick point for you guys— I wasn't planning on going into 3 things, but if somebody's had an impact on you, let them know about it. You know, if there's another YouTuber that you watch or a friend or your mom, or whoever has had an impact in your life, just share it with them because it'll make you feel good and it'll make them feel really good as well. So thank you guys so much for watching. I hope you'll leave some of that in the comments below. Send some love. Continue to believe, or whatever your one word is, and I'll see you soon.