A motivational speech about refusing to abandon yourself even when others do. The speaker argues that society, family, friends, or partners may give up on you, but your self-worth shouldn't depend on their rejection. He insists you get one life, making self-commitment the highest priority.
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Give up on me. Come on, say that with me again. I will never give up on me. Come on, I need you to say it like you mean it. I will never, I will never give up, give up on me. One more time. I will never, I will never give up, give up on me. Now, people will give up on you. Society will give up on you. Society will look at you. And write you off like a bad check and turn and walk away from you as if you don't exist and as if you don't matter. But you cannot duplicate, imitate, or emulate how society treats you. There are times that people you love will walk away from you. People you love will give up on you. People you love will call it quits and not want to support you anymore. That's right. I can do it. Sometimes people are in school and, and classes of higher learning trying to get a vocational trade so that they can go on and improve their lives. And at the same time, they got all kind of trouble going on at home. Sometimes they're going through a divorce. Sometimes they got family members that have some type of terminal sickness. They have situations where they battle mentally and emotionally in their minds. But you have to not allow for how other people treat you and for what life can throw at you to cause for you to give up on you. Then there are times that family members walk away from you in the time of need. Some of you have experienced this at an early age. Maybe you needed some financial support. Maybe you needed moral support. Maybe you needed emotional support. Maybe you needed someone just to be there to talk to because you were having some tough times in life. And then at some point, you couldn't get the help and the support you needed, even from those who are sworn to love you for who you are all the days of your life. That's right. Sometimes girlfriends, boyfriends, husbands, and wives will give up on you and walk away from you. There's such a thing called divorce. And when you go through a divorce, that's your spouse's way of saying, I'm quitting you, I'm giving up on you. When a girlfriend or boyfriend walks off, that's their way of saying, I'm giving up on you. But regardless of a girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife, family member, society, friend, or anyone giving up on you, You must never give up on you. I need you to promise you that. I need you to promise and vow to yourself that you will always be there for you, that you would never give up on you, that you would never divorce you, that you would never walk out on you, that you would never quit you. Is it going to get hard sometimes? Yes. Yes. Are you gonna feel like quitting? Yes. Are you gonna feel like giving up? Yes. Are you gonna feel like life is not fair? Yes. Are you gonna want to cry sometimes? Yes. Because life is a dogfight, ladies and gentlemen. It's pit bull against pit bull. And when you go up against the pit bull, you can't bring a Chihuahua mentality to the fight. You've got to be willing to get in the ring and fight for you. How many times do you get to live in this world? Once. Once. You get one time, you get one chance, you get one opportunity to live in this world. And if you only get one opportunity, then it is in your best interest That you take advantage of this one opportunity and make the best of it. You see, everything else in life is secondary. You, you are primary. You are your most prized possession. Right. You don't have anything better going for you than you in life. Having a person in your life that you love, that's great. We all need love. We all want love, but what I need you to do is understand that it begins with you loving you. And so I'm going to give you some practical steps, and if you have something to write with, write it down, or do your best to remember, or put it in your phone. Number 1. How do I love myself?
