In this short motivational monologue recorded on Monday, October 12th, the speaker celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Day instead of Columbus Day, reflecting on how the traditional narrative overlooks the existence of native peoples. He then shares a concept from Iyanla Vanzant— that pain stands for “pay attention inward now”— encouraging listeners to look inside themselves to identify the source of physical or emotional discomfort. Building on this, the speaker argues that most distress stems not from external circumstances (a car, relationship, job) but from the beliefs and perspectives we hold about those circumstances. Because we cannot control other people or situations, the quickest and most effective remedy is to shift our internal perspective, challenge limiting beliefs, and take responsibility for our own emotional state. He concludes with a call to action: when feeling stress or anxiety, pause, pay attention inward, and consider changing your viewpoint rather than trying to change the external situation.
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Good morning, everyone. Here's your moment of yes for this morning, Monday, October 12th, also known as Indigenous Peoples' Day, i.e., not Columbus Day. So depending on what part of the country you're in, it may be celebrated one or the other. I choose to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day. I remember being in school as a kid and hearing about Columbus and You know, the whole exploration side of things sounded really cool, but then he discovered America, which we know he never even got to the continental United States. And again, Columbus Day is all about, you know, the colonists. And realized, but wait a second, like, if people were already here, how do you, how do you discover something that people are already here? And then just, you know, I'm a little slow, so it took me a while to— to realize like what that really meant. And so today's Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day. And so similarly off that is the idea of, I love it. Iyanla Vanzant was interviewing or being interviewed by Oprah a few years ago. And she talked about the idea. She goes, whenever you feel pain, like physical pain or emotional pain, she says for her pain stands for pay attention Inward now, right? To feel pain is not look out to see what's causing that pain, but to look inward, to, to feel it, to notice inwardly what's causing that pain. Is it a physical— is it an actual physical pain, or is it something emotional or mental? Which, which makes me think of the idea of, of, of perspective and beliefs. And, you know, we've been pretty programmed especially society-wise, to whenever we're unhappy with what's going on, we're tricked into thinking, if I can only change what is happening, that would be the cure to my happiness. So if it's my car, I need a nicer car. If it's, you know, a relationship, I need a better relationship. If it's a job, it's a better job. If I could just change the thing that I have, then I would be happy. But what we realize is it's, it's not the thing that's causing the distress or the anxiety. It's our belief or our perspective about the thing. So the quick and easy fix always is, can I change my perspective about the thing that's causing pain? Can I change my view or shift how I'm thinking about the person or the thing that's causing— I'm back. This pain. And so, um, A, that's the only thing we can control because we can never control a person or a situation. And B, it's a lot quicker. It's a lot quicker and it's always an inside job. And so again, which brings me back to, you know, when we shift our perspective about something like Columbus Day and we look at it from a different angle, a different perspective, it completely changes sort of the reality. And so that's your moment of yes for today. It took me 3 minutes to get there. But when you notice yourself under any type of stress, anxiety, or pain, pay attention inward now. Let's see if we can shift our perspective or our beliefs or challenge a belief instead of trying to change the thing that is happening. Make sense? That's your moment of yes for today. Can't wait to see the comments. Take care, y'all. Bye.
