You're the star of your own story, not a victim of your past. It's not too late to reinvent yourself, start over, or break free from addiction. The only question is what ending you want to write.
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Today, what I want to talk to you about is being the hero of your own story. I want to talk about your life, where it is, where it's going. And I don't care if you're listening to this and you're 14, if you're 18, if you're 40, if you're 25, if you're 60, it doesn't matter. Age really does not matter. And the reason why is because you still are alive and you still have X amount of time to be alive and to make something of your life. And I hate when I hear people say the words, oh, man, I really wish that I could. I wish I would have done that, but I'm too old. Or something along those lines. Something that I like to do would be a paint, be a painter, start my own business, but I'm 45 years old and I have a family and it's too late for me. Or I wish I could start my own business, but my degree is in finance, and it would take. It'd make those four years worthless. Those four years, you're 45 years old and those four years worthless. You're 45. You've been doing the same thing for 20 years that you freaking hate. And those four years, 20 years ago are the reason why you're not switching. Are you kidding me? It doesn't matter what you've done in your past life. Your past literally means nothing. Absolutely nothing. Not one thing. And you've heard it before, but I don't know if you actually understand it. Your past means nothing. Whether it was good, whether it was great, whether it was terrible, whether it was the worst past somebody's ever had, it literally means nothing. So you need to stop using that as an excuse and stop using it as a crutch for why you're not taking control of your life. Here's what you should do. Because not one cell of your body is the same as when anything in your past happened. Not one cell of your body. You wake up today and you decide that you're gonna be the hero of your own story. If you're 45 years old and you're unhappy, you still have average person lives to 85 years old. You still have 40 years left in your life on average. You're halfway through the game and you're trying to give up. I don't care how bad your past was or how bad your present is right now. Even if you're addicted to drugs or alcohol, you've lost your whole family and everyone that you love. You can make A change right now. Pretend that your life is a movie and you're the star of that movie. Your past is just a buildup of all of the crap. We all love the movies of the person who's at rock bottom and then they change their life around and they make something great. Why don't you become the hero of your own story? Why don't you work as if you still have time? Because you still have time. Make your life the movie where everyone in the crowd is watching it and they're rooting that person on. Because if you're 45 years old, you're not stuck. Do you want your kids to look at you and see the guy or the girl that was stuck in the job that they hated and that's what they saw their entire lives growing up? Or do you want them to see the person who loved their life, who went through some struggles but made something great? That's going to inspire your children, that's going to get your children, the children that you want to be, the ones that wake up and they enjoy their lives versus doing exactly what they saw their mom or dad do. Make your life the type of movie where the whole crowd is rooting you on, like the pursuit of happiness. Make right now the moment that you decide to change your life and you decide to be the hero of your own story. Because you still have time. I don't care how old you are, you still have time to make a great ending to the story that you're living, no matter how bad it's been. And if you think about that, if you wake up today and you decide to do it today and tomorrow, you can have an amazing story to this life that you're living.
