This is a YouTube video titled "200: You Are Not Your Current Circumstances" created on July 3, 2020. It features a motivational talk where the speaker shares insights about overcoming setbacks, focusing on future goals, and shifting one's mindset to create positive change. The content is a monologue without multiple speakers or a conversational format.
Welcome to Fit for your Mind Friday, where I share an insight from me to you. I'm not sure who needs to hear this today, but here is what I know as truth. And it's something I now know as truth. I didn't always know it as truth, but I think this is going to apply to many of you today. Here's what I want you to know. You are not your current circumstance. Not at all. You're not your injury, you're not your setback. You're not your current bank account. You're not your past stories, you're not the past things that happened to you. You're not others opinions of you. And you're definitely not people's judgment of you. And my gosh, judgment is so high right now, especially with the influx of media and social media happening right now. So much judgment. You are not those opinions of you. Now, all of that that I listed, circumstances, your bank account, your stories, your past, people's opinions, those all might be things that have happened to you, but who you are is wherever you are actually putting your focus and attention towards. Let me say that again, who, who you are is where you put your focus and attention. Meaning if you put your focus and attention on circumstances, setbacks, your bank account, current situation, other people's opinions and judgments, you'll remain that type of person. But you have the power to shift your focus and focus on what it is you actually want to create. And when you direct your attention there, in a way I call forcing the vision, you start putting your attention and all of your energy towards what you want to create. You can become an entirely different person. Now, there was a time in my life where all of those things, those past events, all of my current situations were totally defining me. And I didn't understand what forcing the vision meant. And the reality of living in the past and living in current situations is it can create anxiety, it can create stress, it can put you in a bad mood, it can keep you stuck. But once I was able to recognize that focusing my energy on a future vision and what I wanted to create could get me out of all of that, my world opened up, Everything changed. And this is something that I practice with clients daily now. So this does not come easy. It's still hard for me, but I've learned the importance of this and so have my clients. And it's the key to shifting out of a funk, a downtime sadness and anxiety. Focus your attention on what exactly it is that you want to create and direct your attention and energy to who you want to become, because that is who you are.
