run to the war run to the roar be brave
because no one remembers a coward
run to the roar run to the roar stand up
and fight take control of your power
become this power
because now is the time to fight
failures are our greatest teachers um
i don't think anybody that's endeavored
to ever do anything
didn't fail at some point in some aspect
of what they were
trying to do um we learn from it and we
move forward
there's always going to be hard times
and you just have to have
belief in that
where you are is where you're supposed
to be and
by moving forward the strength of your
faith
will unleash the power of the creator in
your life
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just whatever you do don't stop
because more than 99
assuredness nobody's gonna know it was a
screw-up unless you stop
if you keep moving everybody's gonna
think that's just
you know own it if if you were supposed
to go right and you go
left then the minute that you realize oh
my god i just went left
what am i going to do go to the crowd
and start going you know dancing to the
crowd or do
they're never going to know that it was
a mess up so yes you have to improvise
you have to adapt you have to overcome
you have to be like water
you know you have to be able to conform
yourself to those situations
so that you ever don't do yourself a
disservice by not
growing and not becoming better you have
to be
able to be malleable and i think that's
the greatest thing about being
shaped and having been to that place you
know it may cause you to go through some
growing pains
but there's there's that's that's
awesome so if it's really hurting i know
it's really going to be good on the
other side of it
and you just see yourself grow and you
grow and you grow and you grow
it can be a very lonely journey um
so you absolutely have to know where you
get your strength
not everybody's work ethic is the same
so if you don't feel like you're up
to that place right now to run a
marathon how do you start training for a
marathon by running
by running more and running more baby
steps take it as you can take it to grow
and to
work those muscles develop those muscles
and if you're willing to go through the
pains and the ebbs and the flows
and and the new shoes and the blisters
and whatever you've got to go through
to get to that goal you will run that
marathon
you have to be willing to do more you
have to be willing to take a stand and
make a difference
baby steps become intentional about what
it is that you're going to do
nobody in your family may have done that
nobody in your community your city your
country may have done that
but if that's what's been put here for
you take it in baby steps
begin to see how that you're going to
move forward don't try to do the whole
thing at once
sit it down uh look at it break it down
rebuild it put it back together and then
assign time frames to everything that
you want to accomplish
and break it down in phases and then
focus everything you have on that phase
if you don't love you you can't love
anybody else
if you don't appreciate you it's
impossible to appreciate anybody if you
don't respect yourself it's impossible
to respect somebody else
and if you are absorbed with that
really what it is is hatred of self and
and however you got there through
trauma or oppression or
you know sort of genetic uh historical
trauma
um it becomes a situation that can be so
devastating
um not just in the lives of individuals
but in communities
and we have that trauma absolutely
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one of the biggest challenges right now
for us to really stand up and come
together as a community i believe
is the the need for our people to
realize their purpose and their value
and and to come to terms with
who we are and the beauty of our culture
and and
the beauty of the life that we have and
that
self-worth manifests and grows and i
think it's very contagious
and that's one of the things that
sometimes people say well these are just
words or these
are just things that you're saying and
don't put a very high price on
motivation or inspiration
but if you don't have hope if you don't
believe that there's possibility for you
um well then you do start to understand
why we have the highest rates of suicide
why we have the the highest college uh
the highest high school dropout rates
the lowest college attendance
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we have to be out there telling our
story we can't let other people tell our
story for us
and continue to not have the ownership
of
who we are and i think we just have to
do that and again
hopefully that's leading by example
everything that has been done before us
is a part of us
and so it's equally as important that we
do everything that we possibly can with
our life
for everything that they did for us
before we were even born
and i think that makes it even more
powerful when you think of
we can't depend on other people that's
sort of been my through line
is i've never understood how you can be
independently codependent
you you either can be independent and
stand on your own two feet
and know who you are and what you're
here for and in the tough times
when when everything is pulling you to
do something you know that maybe
just go with the flow that's the moment
you have to be the flow
and it may run in the opposite direction
of the current that's asking you to jump
in
i think confidence comes from
doing trying failing
correcting and then doing trying failing
correcting
doing trying failing or if it's not your
own journey hopefully it's not
doing your work enough to look at what
you're going to
to get involved in or people around you
and identifying where other people
are having a hard time and correcting
off of their mistakes
um i mean you don't wish anybody bad you
don't want to see anybody fail
but if you can look at that situation
and say wow i know that when i do x
i need to kind of be prepared to move
right and take two steps forward
let me file that one so being aware
being aware of whatever it is that
you're going to get into or whatever is
passionate about you
but i think that you really have to
understand that if it's your dream
and that you're moving forward to
accomplish your dream don't let anyone
ever take that from you don't let anyone
kill your passion about what it is that
you feel innately is what you're
supposed to do
what your journey is that's yours that
that that
that's almost been ordained to you
specifically uniquely that you may be
the one person that's able to move that
forward
don't let anybody rob you of that and
it's gonna happen people are going to
doubt you people are going to
and as you mentioned you know there's
going to be people that
just don't see it they just don't get it
and and it sucks
i mean it's it's hard to to maintain
that
excitement i think the the other thing
right there in that
window is you know absolutely
uh be about it if you expect other
people
to be about it if you if you want people
to be
100 excited understand you got to be 150
excited about it nobody is ever going to
be more excited about what you're doing
than you so you better be on fire about
it if you walk in with your head down or
you don't feel
that this is something that you really
at the core of your being believe in
then you're not ready to walk in there
yet don't go until you know it better
than
one no then no one else that you know it
better than anybody else on this earth
that's vital you have to know what
you're doing you have to know every bit
of it to the best of your ability
so that you can talk about it because
the minute they see you flinch the
minute that they see you
not know or you start to make it up as
you go i think that's where people
start to lose confidence in who you are
what you're about what you're talking
about
i think every successful person always
looks at other successful people as
especially in their field or a field
they're endeavoring to get into
why uh why fix it if it's not broke you
just have to find your
piece of it that you bring to make it
you but if they're doing it and they're
doing it incredibly well
sit back and look at it and find all the
ways that
that you can take that great model
fix it where you feel like it needs to
be fixed make it you
and then can you add to it can you put
something on top of it
and then you take that and and really
that's when you start to really
do the work and sit down and study each
piece of it
and then you assign the time frames i
think the time frames the timelines are
the critical piece to it because
that's where so many people go from just
having
a hobby or a a dream
and i'm sure many people understand that
dreams are tough because without a time
frame a timeline
they may just stay dreams when you
assign a time frame and a plan of action
to it it can become a goal and then it
can become attainable
and i think that's what you have to do
is and then brings it makes it very
present then
you have your work cut out for you you
know what you need to do and now it's
just about doing it
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here you can see the finish line you can
make it past
this this is where the future begins
your future begins
limits are here for you made especially
for you this is what changes you
this is what constructs your future let
them hold you back
this is how you can show everyone you
can push
push past your fears boundaries are here
to bring you down
and you are here to rise above them and
break
them down you are on top so act like it
you've always been in control show that
you can rise
up rise up to your potential you can
become something
with purpose take
authority it's time to rise
time to stand up to your life
stand up to your beliefs stand
up to your future this is where it
begins
know that today is the day to become
your limits let them define you let them
bring you
up taller and taller today
is where your story begins today is the
start of your new life
the start of a new future where you are
the only person in control
you hold this power use it change into
it
use what you have and change change into
a better
and better person the fire within you
is still there do you remember it the
fire you felt
desire inspiration fuel to carry on
motivate the spark of motivation to
change yourself
change to be the person you were before
before the worry
before the doubt today you will place
your hand
on your chest feel the soft pulse of
life echoing through your body
touch your skin warm life fulfilling you
run through you
appreciate that first appreciate
yourself before you can appreciate
anyone else
then appreciate your body for keeping
you this way
thank yourself for sustaining it keeping
it healthy
today is the day you clean your room
clean yourself
physically wash the doubt off your body
take note of the hot water on your face
take
time to appreciate it it will be worth
it
time will tell every day
try something new walk through the park
the street value each step your feet
take the soft beat it creates power
through
learn to take challenges power through
the pain
power through it's time to confront your
issues
meditate treasure each breath as your
body rises up and down
follow the rhythm don't count the
seconds count the moments
don't wait for tomorrow take
today to improve yourself set
your routine set your boundaries
finally take control of life and
soon you will love and appreciate
yourself
just as others appreciate you
grasp this moment don't wait
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