how many of you thought about some
things that you know that you deserve or
you want out of life where you would
like to enjoy experience and you found
yourself blocking your separation and if
that ever happened to you before all
right very good
here’s what I want you to shake
somebody’s hand on your right and your
left and here’s what I want you to say
whatever you’re seeking it’s seeking you
you can have it give yourselves a round
now the reason I brought that up is I
was riding with a friend the other day
and I I know this friend of mine who has
been working on a job where she’s been
miserable for a long time she was
telling me about how she was miserable
on the job and how how she was so
unhappy so I said if there’s if it’s
that stressful and if it’s causing you
that much pain I say why don’t you just
quit and do something else and she said
something that really put her in the
chorus line with a lot of other people
she said I would but and then I started
to thinking about that so let me take a
poll so I started talking to other
people and I would ask them what they
were doing and I said but is that your
passion and they would say no I said
then what’s your real passion and they
would tell me what their real passion
was then I said well then why aren’t you
doing what you really want to do oh I
can do it but and they would continue on
so this word you know but just kept on
coming up and then it also has some
friends like water and cooter and sugar
and one day I’m gonna have my own
business those people who talk about one
day I’m gonna some of y’all know some of
those one day I’m going to people raise
your hand some of you get up in the
morning look in the mirror that person I
just ease it I’ll just ease all right so
how is it that many times we block
ourselves and we use these words almost
like we’re in a trance
like with sleepwalking through life that
we find ways to cancel out our dreams
that I think that but is a dream killer
then a lot of things that we want to do
a lot of places we would like to go a
lot of things we would like to
experience and we just stop at but and
we build a case in fact I was reading
something the other day that talked
about but it says but is an argument for
our limitations and when we argue for
our limitations we get to keep them see
but will cost you to procrastinate but
will cause you to hide out behind fear
but will cause you to come up with all
type of excuses that you can validate
you’re in action and not acting on your
dream and right now more than ever
people need to look for ways to live
their dream people need to look for ways
to make it on their own there is no such
thing as job security there’s no such
thing as a storm proof or tragic proof
life there’s no guarantees today ladies
and gentlemen the illusion is gone there
was a time when when we graduated from
high school you’re told go to college
and get out and you go and work for a
corporation for 30 or 40 years and give
your goal watching you’ll retire special
announcement that day is gone that day
is gone never to return again so instead
of people living in fear feeling
stressed out feeling powerless feeling
like victims I think it should be a time
that we need to begin to look at ways
that we can become an active force in
our own lives look at ways when we can
decide to take charge of our own destiny
look at ways when we can decide to
design a life of substance and begin to
truly live our dreams and it’s time for
people decide I’m ready to get on with
my life
shake somebody’s head on your riding
life a guy named Bob may say they say
don’t let nobody turn your Rob do that
now you’re not a lot of people say I’m
going to live my life one day when
things get right when I get all my bills
paid when I get my feet on the ground I
see there no problem free moments guy
named dimples had a record one time call
if it ain’t one thing it’s another
and I say if it ain’t one thing is
twelve others always something there to
bilikiss and why you can’t move on why
you can’t grow to the next level why you
can’t begin to manifest your greatness
why you can’t begin to live life on your
terms always something there to block
you to keep you where you are and keep
you from beginning to develop your true
greatness always some fear how do we
handle it and I’m saying that if you’ve
been hiding out behind but if you’ve
been using the fact that you don’t have
enough money or you don’t have the
education take it head-on don’t get the
education I’m saying to a guy the other
day who was saying he said how old are
you since 47 years old I said your
sister tell me that you can’t read he
said that’s right I said why well you
know I I didn’t go to school as excuse
how old are you I’m 47 47 yes and you
can’t read or write yes have you ever
heard of adults school adult education
have you decided that you should learn
how to read to begin to expand your
world why are you using that as a racket
why don’t you decide now that you can
expand your world that if other people
can learn you could learn too well it’s
hard for me how do you have you been and
sit in a class yet have you signed up
yet no I haven’t see a lot of people say
no ladies and gentlemen two things and
they don’t even know what they’re saying
no to ever even challenge himself he
hasn’t even gone to sit into a class and
say teach me how to read instead it’s
been easier for him to go through life
he thinks trying to play a hole con game
pretending he knows how to do something
that he doesn’t know how to do and you
know what most of us go through life
like that most of us go through life
pretending pretending that we’re
satisfied where we are pretending that
everything is okay pretending that that
we don’t have any special goals or
ambitions or desires when really deep
down inside we do really want more but
if you look at our behavior if you judge
based upon what we do and really will
tell you some true stories about people
because you have to judge the tree by
the fruit it bears not the fruit that it
talks about see a lot of people pretend
that they want more out of life but all
you have to do is watch their actions
that will tell you something so I used
to pretend that I want to lose weight
but how could you tell I was pretending
watch me when I have a piece of sweet
let me get within walking distance of
some peanuts some potato chips so I was
pretending that I really wanted to lose
weight no you didn’t watch what I eat
that tell you what I’m seriously
committed to people tell you all yeah
one day I want to have a restaurant see
they’re pretending they want to go into
business for themselves watch what
they’re doing the proof is in the
pudding so if you want to do something
if you’ve thought about something you
want to do take it head-on decide that
you’re going to start looking at it
start doing research on it start
tackling it start becoming involved in
whatever and wherever it might lead you
to begin to explore the possibilities in
that particular thing that you’re
seeking so that you can begin to learn
all you can about it decide that you’re
going to face it that whatever
shortcomings you have that you’re going
to strengthen yourself there whatever
training is required that you’re going
to go get that training that you’re
gonna get started right now the George
Washington Carver which they do what you
can where you are with what you have and
never be satisfied yes be fully used to
say it are you heard Joe W talk about
always trying to be more than that which
you are yeah don’t get satisfied with
yourself always know that wherever you
are you can enjoy more that you deserve
more but most people you know what they
do most people go through life quietly
and safely tiptoe in turn early grave
find out what it is you want and go
after it as if your life depends on it
why because it does people that have
found their passion people that found
the things that they love people that
have found the things that they can pour
their lives into those people live
longer I was in New York and I had to do
a seminar at a special Church and a guy
by the name of Reverend Johnny
Youngblood and I said how is it that you
were able to build this big housing
facility and got all of the various
community and religious groups together
to to have this dwelling for 2,000
residents that were were once homeless
how were you able to take on this
responsibility wasn’t it overwhelming he
said the kind of work I do he said it’s
in me I’ve got to live what’s in me and
I think that’s everybody’s desire
you got to live what’s in you life is
just too short and unpredictable but
what are what are we say but but there
always be tomorrow oh no there’s no
guarantees you’re gonna show up tomorrow
a lot of people who are here yesterday
that they’re not here today there are a
lot of opportunities that were around
yesterday they’re not here today oh you
can wait but you know what Abraham
Lincoln said well good things might come
to those who – who wait but all of the
things that have been left over by those
so who wanna go through life picking up
leftovers you deserve much more than
that the leftovers that somebody has
left you so take it head-on begin to
explore here’s something else decide to
do it now decide whatever you want to do
that you are now going to become
actively involved right now exploring
the possibilities for you that you’re
going to look at it and do just a little
bit of it right now when I decided to
become a speaker I didn’t just quit my
job and just ran out and say I’m a
motivational speaker know what I did was
I decided to start looking at other
people there were involved in the
speaking profession I volunteered to
work with some speakers so that I could
learn whatever you want to do get your
feet wet gain some experience doing some
volunteer work in the area and find out
whether or not this thing you want to do
will fit for you friend of mine told me
he wanted to have a restaurant and say
have you ever operated restaurant before
he said no I said we’re really you don’t
even know if you want one I said what’s
your expertise what do you bring to the
table he said I can cook real good I
said well what about the management side
what about the business part of the
restaurant you’re not gonna be cooking
all the time somebody’s got to receive
the money who’s gonna manage the
personality said you got all right you
got a point there so this guy got a job
in a restaurant in the evening time on a
part-time basis after doing that for a
while he said you know what I think I
just want to be a chef he said after
working there people that show up the
working it says hard to find the help
people weren’t responsible they
headaches the guest was just giving him
problems day in and day out they weren’t
ever satisfied he said no I just think
I’ll stick to cooking so you got to find
out what fits for you because you might
decide after you go up in there and
examine it and experience it and and get
some experience on the about on it well
you said this is really not what I want
this does not fit for me
so decide that you’re going to do that
now Johnny Johnson said something that’s
very important he said there’s no
defense against an excellence that meets
a pressing public need see whatever you
decide to do look at it and find out
what is it that I have that I could
bring to the table that can begin to
enable me to ensure that I could be
successful in this
where is the opening for you there’s
room for you out here out here in the
arena called life there’s room for you
to come out and live your dream don’t
allow but to keep you in the corner I’ll
keep you up in the bleachers looking at
life being a spectator not being a
participant making a difference in life
I believe that all of us came here with
something all of us showed up to give
something and that nobody but nobody is
going to give that service that you have
to give no one’s going to produce your
product no one’s going to write your
book no one’s going to open your academy
no one’s going to begin to create your
dig here with a special curriculum to
help to cultivate the high self esteem
and our children that’s your idea and if
you don’t bring your ID out here when
you die all of us will suffer because
we’ve been deprived of your genius
because you allowed but to keep you in
the bleachers and not pursuing your
greatness you take it to your grave with
you and that’s what most people do I
think that’s why the guys said that many
people die at age 21 and don’t get
buried until they’re 65 they’re Walking
Dead you can tell them by the way they
walk how they look in the fence when
they speak to you I was giving a speech
of this high school and a lady came
after school she said mr. Brown I want
to talk to you about my son I said what
you gotta have energy ladies and
gentlemen you’ve got to have life if you
excited about what you’re doing even in
the area of selling you know people
don’t buy because of logical reasoning
people buy because of your way of
feeling people don’t like to be around
their people oh no let the dead bury the
dead no no keep them away from before
they grab you what a holdover years of
so the fact that that whatever you do
you want to be excited about it you want
to have the kind of excitement that is
so contagious that people want to be
around you
because whatever you’re doing whatever
you talk to people about this particular
idea that you have they’re looking at
you and they want to know do you believe
it and are you the kind of person they
want to be in business with and if
you’re not positive if you’re not
energetic if you’re not fired up about
it how can you expect anybody else to be
fired up about your idea am i right all
right repeat after me please I’m gonna
be fired up about my dream I’m gonna go
at it with everything I got shake
somebody’s hand on your right and left
there are a lot of people who say but I
tried once or twice and it didn’t work
out and so they use that as an excuse
not to ever come out again guys said if
at first you don’t succeed you’re
running about average so-so
so if you have come out here with an
idea and it didn’t work out two or three
times well that’s all right you’re
running about average you know I heard
something a jarring question it says why
is it that people prefer known hell’s to
unknown heavens you know why because
it’s comfortable ladies and gentlemen I
remember I was in a service once and I
heard dr. Johnny Coleman give this
example she talked about a man who had
been captured behind the enemy lines in
a war and was sentenced to to be killed
or another option the captain said to
the guy listen he said tomorrow morning
at 6 o’clock you can face the firing
squad or you can go out this door over
here and the guy said what’s out the
door he said no one knows all we can
tell you just unknown horrors he thought
and the next morning he selected the
firing squad after the shots rang out
the captain’s secretary said what’s
beyond that door and he said freedom but
very few people would select to do it
because it’s unknown see a lot of people
never live their dreams a lot of people
never do the things they want to do a
lot of people stay on jobs where they’re
miserable I read an I don’t recall is
your job making you sick a lot of people
some of y’all know about that already
here
they’re gonna say hey man it’s alright
that one lady told me she said less I
when I used to go to work she said when
I stepped in the door felt like a
refrigerator dropped on my shoulders how
many all understand that kind of feeling
they were miserable just hated to go
after 60 minutes on Sunday afternoon or
come Monday morning my head used to
thrive I just couldn’t take it didn’t
want to go sometimes just just for the
heck of I just drive on by I used to
hate to go to work many must choose an
active living death
many of us are Walking Dead The Walking
Dead that we’re not doing what we want
to do many of us stay in relationships
where we’re dying together rather than
growing and expanding and living
together we’re miserable but because we
don’t have the courage to see ourselves
beyond that relationship that has turned
toxic we go through life living dead
people and then you can always tell
couples that have been together for a
little while
born a restaurant the one sitting
side-by-side giggling and talking to
each other feed each other with their
food they just got together for
one week you see them in the car they
sitting all up each other a hug and
smoke or they’ve been together about
three days
but if you see people to the restaurant
to you know see a couple and they’re
sitting in front of each other take so
long for this food I wonder when they go
hurry up those are Mary was four years
living in two separate rooms sleeping in
two separate beds well it’s cheaper to
keep it not necessarily it’s a quarter
to the price you want to pay see the
price of peace of mind
the price of living the truth of being
honest with yourself inside wait a
minute it’s gotta be more than this so
you’ve got to decide wait wait even if I
things don’t work out even if I
experience defeat a failure that does
not make me a failure it’s a difference
between failing and being a failure if
you if things don’t work out if you
don’t produce the results you want
that’s all but don’t confuse who you are
with the results that you produce I used
to be a state legislator in Columbus
Ohio and I remember once I was going to
introduce some legislation on the floor
and after getting that legislation
passed a guy came up behind me and he
had some legislation that I opposed him
on that and I was about to stand up to
debate this guy and he got next to me
said sku don’t don’t debate that guy why
do you know who that is I said no it’s
will Kowski from Toledo it’s a bad dude
he’s a lawyer unless that man can debate
so I raise my hand nice mr. speaker he
said the gentleman from the 29th House
District
so yes urge to tell the gentleman I like
to take him on challenge him on this
legislation
he said well cause he said I would more
than like to mr. speaker
everybody say I asked him some questions
he responded I say I wonder why is that
man that question well cause he won’t be
out I mean I was up there and I just
live it back to my rule about yes I get
out of however here’s what I learned
when you win see you if I win a debate I
win because of what I know when I lose I
lose because what I don’t know so I had
to check out what is it that I did not
know I wasn’t prepared I did not do
enough research I did not do my homework
so he held with me like he wanted to so
I came back again I waited on some other
legislation did my homework but he was
more than able to take me out again but
pretty soon each time it would take him
it would become a little bit more
difficult and a little bit more
difficult and the older guy say would
you argue in behalf of this legislation
for me I said sure I started
volunteering to do work in the
legislative committees for the older
guys I said absolutely and the more I
did it the better I became and then
people began to start respecting me and
when I would ask her said Mr Speaker I
like to speak on that bill so guys lips
start wriggling and stuff like Jimmy do
but if I wasn’t willing to be humiliated
if I wasn’t willing to allow myself to
be embarrassed if I wasn’t willing to be
debated and defeated if I wasn’t willing
to look at and say well I’m just not
good as I’m going to be you want that
lady to say Lord ain’t what I want to be
ate what I’m going to be but thank God I
showing what it was
so you want to learn all you can in life
you’ve got to be willing to experiment
you’ve got to be willing to learn to
dance with life you know Larry dad you
see if you don’t learn to dance with
life life will pass you by and get
another partner I’m saying you gonna
have to dance even if you don’t want to
you’re gonna have to dance with life so
you might as well learn you some steps
because it’s gonna drag you out on the
floor anyhow so you better get out there
to try to do the twist put some knots on
your head here huh
I mean you can you know you come up in
the bleachers and slap you before
everybody if that’s why it’s called life
no one is immune just think just over a
year ago everybody talked about Donald
Trump he was a darling of America the
American dream fulfilled just over a
year ago less than two years everything
that people were bragging about this
wealthy invincible America American
figure look what has happened now
everybody no one no one is exempt from
that I was talking to a friend of mine
by the name of Maria Maria who was
diagnosed as having muscular dystrophy
at age 15 and wheelchair-bound figured
that enough had happened to her she was
somewhat immune she felt unconsciously
for many more accidents or misfortunes
in life her wheelchair malfunction she
fell out suffered a closed head injury
almost went blind lost a memory and
concentration for a long period of time
she said on that day less I decided to
live I said why she said life is about
today she said I felt because what had
happened to me I was exempt somehow no
no life will knock on everybody’s door I
don’t care who you are care how nice you
are life will come get you life people
will dislike you because you’re nice oh
she thinks she’s nice you tell me miss
goody
people would dislike you because you
look better than they do because you
have more than it they do they’ll be
envious and make up lies about you and
attack you the envious of you I don’t
know even ask any questions that’s just
the way it is that’s the way it is
handle it and that’s what Maria said
last I want to live
she said they told me I was gonna go
blind I said wait a min you imagine me
around a shopping centre in a wheelchair
and a walking dog – oh she said I’m
gonna see doc I’ve got to and she can
see today that that will power that
determinate very positive upbeat person
I say but don’t don’t sometimes you feel
sorry for yourself and don’t you wish
you had the capacity to do what other
people do she said I don’t waste my time
comparing my condition with other people
one and she said people that suffer from
a lack of motivation suffer mainly from
a lack of self appreciation she said I
know that I have value in the fact that
I’m in a wheelchair doesn’t make me any
less of a human being who can contribute
and I’m saying that there are all of us
can begin to affirm that that my life is
worthwhile doesn’t matter what I’ve
experienced doesn’t matter about what I
don’t have doesn’t matter about what
I’ve gone through what’s important is
that where I am right now that I live
life and I experience my life fully
she said less before the accident I
wasn’t living 100 percent of my life I
said what were you living
she said around 20 percent and I said
you know what I said I know what that’s
like see if you go through life holding
back and most of us do most of us if we
ask ourselves have we done all we can do
most of us will have to answer no we
haven’t we’ve been holding back we have
ideas that we don’t act on things we
want to do we afraid to take chances we
go through life trying to seek security
and not coming outside of our comfort
zone and we take most of our stuff with
us to the grave and I’m saying that the
fact that you’re still here that you’re
still breathing you’ve got some more
work and you owe it to yourself you owe
it to yourself so when you get up in the
morning that you can look yourself in
the face and say hey I’m living my life
on my terms that’s important not to give
up on your dream not to give up on
yourself now are there going to be some
moments when you want to give up yes
will there be some moments when it’s
going to seem like it’s impossible the
pain that you’re experiencing the
disappointment that you’re experiencing
that you’re going to say it’s not worth
it yes that’s that’s going to be right
there for you it’s gonna be in your face
telling you to go back you’re gonna
start listening to the boxin and buts
we’ll have all kind of help and support
from your family members and friends
saying I told you fool you’re gonna do
this positive thinking stuff look at you
now bet you wish you had that job now
remember I lost my job is very
controversial in in Columbus Ohio than
broadcasting lost my job and and here’s
what I learned that you’ve got to
immediately start using your energy
positively know folks you say it I don’t
mind as the devil’s works yeah
that’s real I mean when I didn’t have
thing to do my mind you said you better
go back and get your job why did you
just shut up always ready your mom why
did you just us
you’ll be working right now broadcasting
was all that I knew and that was my life
I love talking to people and I love
playing the records used to come on
there look how this is less proud all
right get up face these raise your right
hand throw your head back put your teeth
now here’s what you discover when you’re
real good at what you do a lot of people
are find you to be a threat they won’t
hire you know they want people in there
they can control or dominate so if
you’re a high-powered person sometimes
that’s gonna be a liability for you so
it was difficult for me to get a job in
broadcasting did not get a job in
broadcasting had to take another route
had to begin to use my talents and
abilities in another area wherever you
are right now I’m saying to you you’ve
got at least three or four or five
talents that you are not even aware of
right now and you will never be aware of
them unless you come outside your
comfort zone and challenge yourself to
develop your talents and abilities to
see what it is that you might have a
knack for that you haven’t discovered it
yet see most people never discover their
true potential or their other talents
and abilities because they figure that
they’re one-dimensional and they don’t
try and stretch themselves and learn
more guys say he who learns the most
earns the most so if you start learning
more things and finding out and
experimenting with your life and finding
out what else fits for you here’s what
you discover that as you start working
with it and the more you do it the more
you realize other ideas coming to you
the more creative you can become and
then you say wait a minute wait a minute
you know this comes much much more
easily than I realized
I’ve developed a knack and a style for
this see a guy said to me he said if you
develop your gift you like to talk you
like people I said yeah he said if you
develop your gifts he said your gifts
will take you a long ways in life and
ladies and gentlemen because I decided I
used to be a jack of all trades and
master of none
I tried to earth I used to be a dis
Chuck state representative community
activist used to do public relations
work used to promote shows used to be an
emcee in a nightclub used to own a
nightclub the pink pussycat in Columbus
Ohio I did everything sold insurance you
name it
door-to-door salesman I did it all but
finally I decided to focus my energy I
looked at all my talents and abilities I
said well I’ve got to just find what’s
by one thing what’s my truck
what’s the one thing that I do better
not do anything else I said what I like
to do a lot of things I like to promote
I like the MC I like to talk I like
being a disc jockey program director
like being a community activist I enjoy
being a state legislator but I had to
find one thing and I found that one
thing I decided I was going to develop
myself as a speaker and I started
following other speakers around I
started doing research I would read
about Marcus Garvey federic Douglass
Booker T Washington Winston Churchill
the truth is incontrovertible malice may
attacker dig nerds may derided but at
the end there it is Carlisle truth
crushed to earth shall rise again I
would follow Dom dr. Otis Moss I’ve read
to a dr. Martin Luther King said he’s
the greatest preacher into where I used
to follow him of Charles Adams out of
Columbus out of Detroit Michigan any
great speakers I would follow them and
watch him
I’ll be in the back just checking him
out used to watch Billy Graham on
television turn the volume down to watch
his hand movements because he’s so
expressive with his hands I just became
a student of the area that I wanted to
become involved in I would go to the
motivational rallies join the National
Speakers Association and watching all
these guys and then I would work in
practice in other areas in developing my
own style sometimes I would imitate
other guys and eventually what you’ll
begin to do is that you emerge and
develop your own style as you do it and
work with and work with and work with
and work with it and I say to you that
is so exciting people that are working
on their dreams and developing
themselves they have a different kind of
walk I have different kind of energy you
can tell in the tempo of their
conversation they walk differently they
have a lot of energy they have a glow
about them people that aren’t working on
their dream see that there is a this you
can tell in how they move into a body
language huh yeah no their voice
conversation there real slow Hey I’ll
just call I wasn’t doing then thought I
called you
well don’t do that over here they look
at a lot of television what’s on I don’t
know I’m just looking look no you gotta
watch this you got you got you don’t
want to be like that you you want to
actively be involved in creating life
and making it exciting for you see if
you watch the news all day and read
what’s happening in the news thing
you’ll be scared to come out your house
I’m all right you can see you’ve got to
to keep the little boy and the little
girl alive in you see one of the most
people don’t smile you know that gets
mouth yes this foul so time you know
you’re even if you’re hopefully you look
good you smile at something smile at a
homeless person on your right and left
right now you look over and they already
smiling and you are the holy way I just
made I just live I’m glad to be alive
and so I feel like that
you know Robert Elliott who’s the hitter
they called Yali junior department at
the University of Nebraska he suffered a
massive heart attack he was in a
hospital for three months and while
there he reflected on his life after
this near-death experience because his
mother and father both of them had no
history of heart failure both of them
lived to be over 80 and he wrote
something in order to live a long life
and be happy he said number one rule
number one don’t sweat the small stuff
see if you’re working on your dream sure
they’re going to be times you’re gonna
want to give up sure there be times in
life are knock you down and catch you on
the Blind Side but the challenge is is
to hold on and if you hold on
tenaciously I say the universe is on
your side a way will come out of know if
someone will step forward and help you
just a blessing who are you I don’t know
so don’t allow about difficult and
challenging times to demoralize you I
love to quote this guy Charles Udall he
said in life you will always be faced
with a series of god-ordained
opportunities brilliantly disguised as
problems and challenges and I’m saying
in your hands you have ideas you have
been given something to bring to the
universe that was not here before you
showed up
see nobody ladies and gentlemen is going
to give Les Brown speech this is my
speech
the motivator from Detroit it’s my
speech you can’t it man this boy can’t
take my speech no you gotta go get your
own speech you can’t cover it take my
speech no so I’m saying to you kid
nobody take your good see that which is
meant for you has your name on it no one
can take your good from you that’s you
that work you’ve been given that idea
that you’ve been given if you don’t come
out here with that idea no one’s gonna
bring your idea out here whatever you’re
sitting on whatever idea you working on
whatever passion you gotta be like
Johnny Youngblood he said hey I’ve got
to live what’s in me and let me tell you
I’m happier than I’ve ever been in my
life why I got peace of mind you can’t
and I say to you the universe is calling
you then lady wrote me a letter once
after hearing me speak in Detroit and I
had just finished working with some kids
and it really was a short letter a short
letter but powerful in the letter read
she said the voice of greatness has
called me and I’m afraid to answer oh I
know what it is not to answer so I could
have been doing this years ago but I was
afraid to answer
I had these bucks that I was hiding
behind like did iam I didn’t want to
come not me not me I’m not good enough
I’m not wait let me get ready let me get
ready you know you ever seen those
perpetual students all let me get ready
me get ready got a friend named
Kellerman going to school ten years ten
years of degrees ain’t doing nothing and
like you know I’m saying answer your
call the universe is calling you here’s
something about life you can’t get out
of it alive
hello you can’t get out of life alive
live now like Maria said live your dream
now so other night I had a funeral and I
don’t mind doing it again
we buried but we said but you all have
no place in our lives no more these
dreams you’ve been killing oh but you
ain’t gonna kill no more dreams up here
everybody repeat after me but get out of
my life I don’t need you no more
don’t come back here shake somebody’s
hand on your right and left and say keep
so finally I say look at your life and
decide that my life is beautiful that my
life is meaningful to me I’m not exactly
sure what I want to do but because my
life means so much to me and there are
no guarantees in life I’m gonna live as
much as I can each day I’m gonna do what
I can where I am right now and whatever
I shared with you I wrote it read a book
call it works if you work it that’s what
Johnny Coleman said see if you don’t
decide to act on your dream if you don’t
decide to make a decision to live your
life if you don’t decide to step into
your fears if you don’t decide to say
yes to your life it will never work for
you the time for just wishing is pets
time for doing that’s the time right now
time for acting on your dream holding on
courageously as Winston Churchill said
and not lose enthusiasm time to face
yourself and talk to yourself in the
mirror time to look around and become
creative and see what need a service
that you can provide with high standards
so that people will talk about you being
a master and what you do because of the
commitment of Pride and excellence and
high standards that you’ve set for
yourself it’s time for you to look
within yourself and decide that I’m in
charge of my destiny I’m in charge here
and I’m not going to allow anybody to
turn me around I am determined that I’m
going to make it and here’s something
ladies and gentlemen when you make it
important it’s not a preference it’s not
negotiable it’s a must and when you
decide I’m going to do it regardless of
the opposition with the godless of the
difficulties I’m going to make this
happen because it’s important to me I’m
saying the universe will yield to you
and life will never be the same again
live your dreams
this is mrs. Mamie Brown’s baby boy
Calvin Brown Chang has been a plumb pleasing pleasure as well as a privilege
things that you know that you deserve or
you want out of life where you would
like to enjoy experience and you found
yourself blocking your separation and if
that ever happened to you before all
right very good
here’s what I want you to shake
somebody’s hand on your right and your
left and here’s what I want you to say
whatever you’re seeking it’s seeking you
you can have it give yourselves a round
now the reason I brought that up is I
was riding with a friend the other day
and I I know this friend of mine who has
been working on a job where she’s been
miserable for a long time she was
telling me about how she was miserable
on the job and how how she was so
unhappy so I said if there’s if it’s
that stressful and if it’s causing you
that much pain I say why don’t you just
quit and do something else and she said
something that really put her in the
chorus line with a lot of other people
she said I would but and then I started
to thinking about that so let me take a
poll so I started talking to other
people and I would ask them what they
were doing and I said but is that your
passion and they would say no I said
then what’s your real passion and they
would tell me what their real passion
was then I said well then why aren’t you
doing what you really want to do oh I
can do it but and they would continue on
so this word you know but just kept on
coming up and then it also has some
friends like water and cooter and sugar
and one day I’m gonna have my own
business those people who talk about one
day I’m gonna some of y’all know some of
those one day I’m going to people raise
your hand some of you get up in the
morning look in the mirror that person I
just ease it I’ll just ease all right so
how is it that many times we block
ourselves and we use these words almost
like we’re in a trance
like with sleepwalking through life that
we find ways to cancel out our dreams
that I think that but is a dream killer
then a lot of things that we want to do
a lot of places we would like to go a
lot of things we would like to
experience and we just stop at but and
we build a case in fact I was reading
something the other day that talked
about but it says but is an argument for
our limitations and when we argue for
our limitations we get to keep them see
but will cost you to procrastinate but
will cause you to hide out behind fear
but will cause you to come up with all
type of excuses that you can validate
you’re in action and not acting on your
dream and right now more than ever
people need to look for ways to live
their dream people need to look for ways
to make it on their own there is no such
thing as job security there’s no such
thing as a storm proof or tragic proof
life there’s no guarantees today ladies
and gentlemen the illusion is gone there
was a time when when we graduated from
high school you’re told go to college
and get out and you go and work for a
corporation for 30 or 40 years and give
your goal watching you’ll retire special
announcement that day is gone that day
is gone never to return again so instead
of people living in fear feeling
stressed out feeling powerless feeling
like victims I think it should be a time
that we need to begin to look at ways
that we can become an active force in
our own lives look at ways when we can
decide to take charge of our own destiny
look at ways when we can decide to
design a life of substance and begin to
truly live our dreams and it’s time for
people decide I’m ready to get on with
my life
shake somebody’s head on your riding
life a guy named Bob may say they say
don’t let nobody turn your Rob do that
now you’re not a lot of people say I’m
going to live my life one day when
things get right when I get all my bills
paid when I get my feet on the ground I
see there no problem free moments guy
named dimples had a record one time call
if it ain’t one thing it’s another
and I say if it ain’t one thing is
twelve others always something there to
bilikiss and why you can’t move on why
you can’t grow to the next level why you
can’t begin to manifest your greatness
why you can’t begin to live life on your
terms always something there to block
you to keep you where you are and keep
you from beginning to develop your true
greatness always some fear how do we
handle it and I’m saying that if you’ve
been hiding out behind but if you’ve
been using the fact that you don’t have
enough money or you don’t have the
education take it head-on don’t get the
education I’m saying to a guy the other
day who was saying he said how old are
you since 47 years old I said your
sister tell me that you can’t read he
said that’s right I said why well you
know I I didn’t go to school as excuse
how old are you I’m 47 47 yes and you
can’t read or write yes have you ever
heard of adults school adult education
have you decided that you should learn
how to read to begin to expand your
world why are you using that as a racket
why don’t you decide now that you can
expand your world that if other people
can learn you could learn too well it’s
hard for me how do you have you been and
sit in a class yet have you signed up
yet no I haven’t see a lot of people say
no ladies and gentlemen two things and
they don’t even know what they’re saying
no to ever even challenge himself he
hasn’t even gone to sit into a class and
say teach me how to read instead it’s
been easier for him to go through life
he thinks trying to play a hole con game
pretending he knows how to do something
that he doesn’t know how to do and you
know what most of us go through life
like that most of us go through life
pretending pretending that we’re
satisfied where we are pretending that
everything is okay pretending that that
we don’t have any special goals or
ambitions or desires when really deep
down inside we do really want more but
if you look at our behavior if you judge
based upon what we do and really will
tell you some true stories about people
because you have to judge the tree by
the fruit it bears not the fruit that it
talks about see a lot of people pretend
that they want more out of life but all
you have to do is watch their actions
that will tell you something so I used
to pretend that I want to lose weight
but how could you tell I was pretending
watch me when I have a piece of sweet
let me get within walking distance of
some peanuts some potato chips so I was
pretending that I really wanted to lose
weight no you didn’t watch what I eat
that tell you what I’m seriously
committed to people tell you all yeah
one day I want to have a restaurant see
they’re pretending they want to go into
business for themselves watch what
they’re doing the proof is in the
pudding so if you want to do something
if you’ve thought about something you
want to do take it head-on decide that
you’re going to start looking at it
start doing research on it start
tackling it start becoming involved in
whatever and wherever it might lead you
to begin to explore the possibilities in
that particular thing that you’re
seeking so that you can begin to learn
all you can about it decide that you’re
going to face it that whatever
shortcomings you have that you’re going
to strengthen yourself there whatever
training is required that you’re going
to go get that training that you’re
gonna get started right now the George
Washington Carver which they do what you
can where you are with what you have and
never be satisfied yes be fully used to
say it are you heard Joe W talk about
always trying to be more than that which
you are yeah don’t get satisfied with
yourself always know that wherever you
are you can enjoy more that you deserve
more but most people you know what they
do most people go through life quietly
and safely tiptoe in turn early grave
find out what it is you want and go
after it as if your life depends on it
why because it does people that have
found their passion people that found
the things that they love people that
have found the things that they can pour
their lives into those people live
longer I was in New York and I had to do
a seminar at a special Church and a guy
by the name of Reverend Johnny
Youngblood and I said how is it that you
were able to build this big housing
facility and got all of the various
community and religious groups together
to to have this dwelling for 2,000
residents that were were once homeless
how were you able to take on this
responsibility wasn’t it overwhelming he
said the kind of work I do he said it’s
in me I’ve got to live what’s in me and
I think that’s everybody’s desire
you got to live what’s in you life is
just too short and unpredictable but
what are what are we say but but there
always be tomorrow oh no there’s no
guarantees you’re gonna show up tomorrow
a lot of people who are here yesterday
that they’re not here today there are a
lot of opportunities that were around
yesterday they’re not here today oh you
can wait but you know what Abraham
Lincoln said well good things might come
to those who – who wait but all of the
things that have been left over by those
so who wanna go through life picking up
leftovers you deserve much more than
that the leftovers that somebody has
left you so take it head-on begin to
explore here’s something else decide to
do it now decide whatever you want to do
that you are now going to become
actively involved right now exploring
the possibilities for you that you’re
going to look at it and do just a little
bit of it right now when I decided to
become a speaker I didn’t just quit my
job and just ran out and say I’m a
motivational speaker know what I did was
I decided to start looking at other
people there were involved in the
speaking profession I volunteered to
work with some speakers so that I could
learn whatever you want to do get your
feet wet gain some experience doing some
volunteer work in the area and find out
whether or not this thing you want to do
will fit for you friend of mine told me
he wanted to have a restaurant and say
have you ever operated restaurant before
he said no I said we’re really you don’t
even know if you want one I said what’s
your expertise what do you bring to the
table he said I can cook real good I
said well what about the management side
what about the business part of the
restaurant you’re not gonna be cooking
all the time somebody’s got to receive
the money who’s gonna manage the
personality said you got all right you
got a point there so this guy got a job
in a restaurant in the evening time on a
part-time basis after doing that for a
while he said you know what I think I
just want to be a chef he said after
working there people that show up the
working it says hard to find the help
people weren’t responsible they
headaches the guest was just giving him
problems day in and day out they weren’t
ever satisfied he said no I just think
I’ll stick to cooking so you got to find
out what fits for you because you might
decide after you go up in there and
examine it and experience it and and get
some experience on the about on it well
you said this is really not what I want
this does not fit for me
so decide that you’re going to do that
now Johnny Johnson said something that’s
very important he said there’s no
defense against an excellence that meets
a pressing public need see whatever you
decide to do look at it and find out
what is it that I have that I could
bring to the table that can begin to
enable me to ensure that I could be
successful in this
where is the opening for you there’s
room for you out here out here in the
arena called life there’s room for you
to come out and live your dream don’t
allow but to keep you in the corner I’ll
keep you up in the bleachers looking at
life being a spectator not being a
participant making a difference in life
I believe that all of us came here with
something all of us showed up to give
something and that nobody but nobody is
going to give that service that you have
to give no one’s going to produce your
product no one’s going to write your
book no one’s going to open your academy
no one’s going to begin to create your
dig here with a special curriculum to
help to cultivate the high self esteem
and our children that’s your idea and if
you don’t bring your ID out here when
you die all of us will suffer because
we’ve been deprived of your genius
because you allowed but to keep you in
the bleachers and not pursuing your
greatness you take it to your grave with
you and that’s what most people do I
think that’s why the guys said that many
people die at age 21 and don’t get
buried until they’re 65 they’re Walking
Dead you can tell them by the way they
walk how they look in the fence when
they speak to you I was giving a speech
of this high school and a lady came
after school she said mr. Brown I want
to talk to you about my son I said what
you gotta have energy ladies and
gentlemen you’ve got to have life if you
excited about what you’re doing even in
the area of selling you know people
don’t buy because of logical reasoning
people buy because of your way of
feeling people don’t like to be around
their people oh no let the dead bury the
dead no no keep them away from before
they grab you what a holdover years of
so the fact that that whatever you do
you want to be excited about it you want
to have the kind of excitement that is
so contagious that people want to be
around you
because whatever you’re doing whatever
you talk to people about this particular
idea that you have they’re looking at
you and they want to know do you believe
it and are you the kind of person they
want to be in business with and if
you’re not positive if you’re not
energetic if you’re not fired up about
it how can you expect anybody else to be
fired up about your idea am i right all
right repeat after me please I’m gonna
be fired up about my dream I’m gonna go
at it with everything I got shake
somebody’s hand on your right and left
there are a lot of people who say but I
tried once or twice and it didn’t work
out and so they use that as an excuse
not to ever come out again guys said if
at first you don’t succeed you’re
running about average so-so
so if you have come out here with an
idea and it didn’t work out two or three
times well that’s all right you’re
running about average you know I heard
something a jarring question it says why
is it that people prefer known hell’s to
unknown heavens you know why because
it’s comfortable ladies and gentlemen I
remember I was in a service once and I
heard dr. Johnny Coleman give this
example she talked about a man who had
been captured behind the enemy lines in
a war and was sentenced to to be killed
or another option the captain said to
the guy listen he said tomorrow morning
at 6 o’clock you can face the firing
squad or you can go out this door over
here and the guy said what’s out the
door he said no one knows all we can
tell you just unknown horrors he thought
and the next morning he selected the
firing squad after the shots rang out
the captain’s secretary said what’s
beyond that door and he said freedom but
very few people would select to do it
because it’s unknown see a lot of people
never live their dreams a lot of people
never do the things they want to do a
lot of people stay on jobs where they’re
miserable I read an I don’t recall is
your job making you sick a lot of people
some of y’all know about that already
here
they’re gonna say hey man it’s alright
that one lady told me she said less I
when I used to go to work she said when
I stepped in the door felt like a
refrigerator dropped on my shoulders how
many all understand that kind of feeling
they were miserable just hated to go
after 60 minutes on Sunday afternoon or
come Monday morning my head used to
thrive I just couldn’t take it didn’t
want to go sometimes just just for the
heck of I just drive on by I used to
hate to go to work many must choose an
active living death
many of us are Walking Dead The Walking
Dead that we’re not doing what we want
to do many of us stay in relationships
where we’re dying together rather than
growing and expanding and living
together we’re miserable but because we
don’t have the courage to see ourselves
beyond that relationship that has turned
toxic we go through life living dead
people and then you can always tell
couples that have been together for a
little while
born a restaurant the one sitting
side-by-side giggling and talking to
each other feed each other with their
food they just got together for
one week you see them in the car they
sitting all up each other a hug and
smoke or they’ve been together about
three days
but if you see people to the restaurant
to you know see a couple and they’re
sitting in front of each other take so
long for this food I wonder when they go
hurry up those are Mary was four years
living in two separate rooms sleeping in
two separate beds well it’s cheaper to
keep it not necessarily it’s a quarter
to the price you want to pay see the
price of peace of mind
the price of living the truth of being
honest with yourself inside wait a
minute it’s gotta be more than this so
you’ve got to decide wait wait even if I
things don’t work out even if I
experience defeat a failure that does
not make me a failure it’s a difference
between failing and being a failure if
you if things don’t work out if you
don’t produce the results you want
that’s all but don’t confuse who you are
with the results that you produce I used
to be a state legislator in Columbus
Ohio and I remember once I was going to
introduce some legislation on the floor
and after getting that legislation
passed a guy came up behind me and he
had some legislation that I opposed him
on that and I was about to stand up to
debate this guy and he got next to me
said sku don’t don’t debate that guy why
do you know who that is I said no it’s
will Kowski from Toledo it’s a bad dude
he’s a lawyer unless that man can debate
so I raise my hand nice mr. speaker he
said the gentleman from the 29th House
District
so yes urge to tell the gentleman I like
to take him on challenge him on this
legislation
he said well cause he said I would more
than like to mr. speaker
everybody say I asked him some questions
he responded I say I wonder why is that
man that question well cause he won’t be
out I mean I was up there and I just
live it back to my rule about yes I get
out of however here’s what I learned
when you win see you if I win a debate I
win because of what I know when I lose I
lose because what I don’t know so I had
to check out what is it that I did not
know I wasn’t prepared I did not do
enough research I did not do my homework
so he held with me like he wanted to so
I came back again I waited on some other
legislation did my homework but he was
more than able to take me out again but
pretty soon each time it would take him
it would become a little bit more
difficult and a little bit more
difficult and the older guy say would
you argue in behalf of this legislation
for me I said sure I started
volunteering to do work in the
legislative committees for the older
guys I said absolutely and the more I
did it the better I became and then
people began to start respecting me and
when I would ask her said Mr Speaker I
like to speak on that bill so guys lips
start wriggling and stuff like Jimmy do
but if I wasn’t willing to be humiliated
if I wasn’t willing to allow myself to
be embarrassed if I wasn’t willing to be
debated and defeated if I wasn’t willing
to look at and say well I’m just not
good as I’m going to be you want that
lady to say Lord ain’t what I want to be
ate what I’m going to be but thank God I
showing what it was
so you want to learn all you can in life
you’ve got to be willing to experiment
you’ve got to be willing to learn to
dance with life you know Larry dad you
see if you don’t learn to dance with
life life will pass you by and get
another partner I’m saying you gonna
have to dance even if you don’t want to
you’re gonna have to dance with life so
you might as well learn you some steps
because it’s gonna drag you out on the
floor anyhow so you better get out there
to try to do the twist put some knots on
your head here huh
I mean you can you know you come up in
the bleachers and slap you before
everybody if that’s why it’s called life
no one is immune just think just over a
year ago everybody talked about Donald
Trump he was a darling of America the
American dream fulfilled just over a
year ago less than two years everything
that people were bragging about this
wealthy invincible America American
figure look what has happened now
everybody no one no one is exempt from
that I was talking to a friend of mine
by the name of Maria Maria who was
diagnosed as having muscular dystrophy
at age 15 and wheelchair-bound figured
that enough had happened to her she was
somewhat immune she felt unconsciously
for many more accidents or misfortunes
in life her wheelchair malfunction she
fell out suffered a closed head injury
almost went blind lost a memory and
concentration for a long period of time
she said on that day less I decided to
live I said why she said life is about
today she said I felt because what had
happened to me I was exempt somehow no
no life will knock on everybody’s door I
don’t care who you are care how nice you
are life will come get you life people
will dislike you because you’re nice oh
she thinks she’s nice you tell me miss
goody
people would dislike you because you
look better than they do because you
have more than it they do they’ll be
envious and make up lies about you and
attack you the envious of you I don’t
know even ask any questions that’s just
the way it is that’s the way it is
handle it and that’s what Maria said
last I want to live
she said they told me I was gonna go
blind I said wait a min you imagine me
around a shopping centre in a wheelchair
and a walking dog – oh she said I’m
gonna see doc I’ve got to and she can
see today that that will power that
determinate very positive upbeat person
I say but don’t don’t sometimes you feel
sorry for yourself and don’t you wish
you had the capacity to do what other
people do she said I don’t waste my time
comparing my condition with other people
one and she said people that suffer from
a lack of motivation suffer mainly from
a lack of self appreciation she said I
know that I have value in the fact that
I’m in a wheelchair doesn’t make me any
less of a human being who can contribute
and I’m saying that there are all of us
can begin to affirm that that my life is
worthwhile doesn’t matter what I’ve
experienced doesn’t matter about what I
don’t have doesn’t matter about what
I’ve gone through what’s important is
that where I am right now that I live
life and I experience my life fully
she said less before the accident I
wasn’t living 100 percent of my life I
said what were you living
she said around 20 percent and I said
you know what I said I know what that’s
like see if you go through life holding
back and most of us do most of us if we
ask ourselves have we done all we can do
most of us will have to answer no we
haven’t we’ve been holding back we have
ideas that we don’t act on things we
want to do we afraid to take chances we
go through life trying to seek security
and not coming outside of our comfort
zone and we take most of our stuff with
us to the grave and I’m saying that the
fact that you’re still here that you’re
still breathing you’ve got some more
work and you owe it to yourself you owe
it to yourself so when you get up in the
morning that you can look yourself in
the face and say hey I’m living my life
on my terms that’s important not to give
up on your dream not to give up on
yourself now are there going to be some
moments when you want to give up yes
will there be some moments when it’s
going to seem like it’s impossible the
pain that you’re experiencing the
disappointment that you’re experiencing
that you’re going to say it’s not worth
it yes that’s that’s going to be right
there for you it’s gonna be in your face
telling you to go back you’re gonna
start listening to the boxin and buts
we’ll have all kind of help and support
from your family members and friends
saying I told you fool you’re gonna do
this positive thinking stuff look at you
now bet you wish you had that job now
remember I lost my job is very
controversial in in Columbus Ohio than
broadcasting lost my job and and here’s
what I learned that you’ve got to
immediately start using your energy
positively know folks you say it I don’t
mind as the devil’s works yeah
that’s real I mean when I didn’t have
thing to do my mind you said you better
go back and get your job why did you
just shut up always ready your mom why
did you just us
you’ll be working right now broadcasting
was all that I knew and that was my life
I love talking to people and I love
playing the records used to come on
there look how this is less proud all
right get up face these raise your right
hand throw your head back put your teeth
now here’s what you discover when you’re
real good at what you do a lot of people
are find you to be a threat they won’t
hire you know they want people in there
they can control or dominate so if
you’re a high-powered person sometimes
that’s gonna be a liability for you so
it was difficult for me to get a job in
broadcasting did not get a job in
broadcasting had to take another route
had to begin to use my talents and
abilities in another area wherever you
are right now I’m saying to you you’ve
got at least three or four or five
talents that you are not even aware of
right now and you will never be aware of
them unless you come outside your
comfort zone and challenge yourself to
develop your talents and abilities to
see what it is that you might have a
knack for that you haven’t discovered it
yet see most people never discover their
true potential or their other talents
and abilities because they figure that
they’re one-dimensional and they don’t
try and stretch themselves and learn
more guys say he who learns the most
earns the most so if you start learning
more things and finding out and
experimenting with your life and finding
out what else fits for you here’s what
you discover that as you start working
with it and the more you do it the more
you realize other ideas coming to you
the more creative you can become and
then you say wait a minute wait a minute
you know this comes much much more
easily than I realized
I’ve developed a knack and a style for
this see a guy said to me he said if you
develop your gift you like to talk you
like people I said yeah he said if you
develop your gifts he said your gifts
will take you a long ways in life and
ladies and gentlemen because I decided I
used to be a jack of all trades and
master of none
I tried to earth I used to be a dis
Chuck state representative community
activist used to do public relations
work used to promote shows used to be an
emcee in a nightclub used to own a
nightclub the pink pussycat in Columbus
Ohio I did everything sold insurance you
name it
door-to-door salesman I did it all but
finally I decided to focus my energy I
looked at all my talents and abilities I
said well I’ve got to just find what’s
by one thing what’s my truck
what’s the one thing that I do better
not do anything else I said what I like
to do a lot of things I like to promote
I like the MC I like to talk I like
being a disc jockey program director
like being a community activist I enjoy
being a state legislator but I had to
find one thing and I found that one
thing I decided I was going to develop
myself as a speaker and I started
following other speakers around I
started doing research I would read
about Marcus Garvey federic Douglass
Booker T Washington Winston Churchill
the truth is incontrovertible malice may
attacker dig nerds may derided but at
the end there it is Carlisle truth
crushed to earth shall rise again I
would follow Dom dr. Otis Moss I’ve read
to a dr. Martin Luther King said he’s
the greatest preacher into where I used
to follow him of Charles Adams out of
Columbus out of Detroit Michigan any
great speakers I would follow them and
watch him
I’ll be in the back just checking him
out used to watch Billy Graham on
television turn the volume down to watch
his hand movements because he’s so
expressive with his hands I just became
a student of the area that I wanted to
become involved in I would go to the
motivational rallies join the National
Speakers Association and watching all
these guys and then I would work in
practice in other areas in developing my
own style sometimes I would imitate
other guys and eventually what you’ll
begin to do is that you emerge and
develop your own style as you do it and
work with and work with and work with
and work with it and I say to you that
is so exciting people that are working
on their dreams and developing
themselves they have a different kind of
walk I have different kind of energy you
can tell in the tempo of their
conversation they walk differently they
have a lot of energy they have a glow
about them people that aren’t working on
their dream see that there is a this you
can tell in how they move into a body
language huh yeah no their voice
conversation there real slow Hey I’ll
just call I wasn’t doing then thought I
called you
well don’t do that over here they look
at a lot of television what’s on I don’t
know I’m just looking look no you gotta
watch this you got you got you don’t
want to be like that you you want to
actively be involved in creating life
and making it exciting for you see if
you watch the news all day and read
what’s happening in the news thing
you’ll be scared to come out your house
I’m all right you can see you’ve got to
to keep the little boy and the little
girl alive in you see one of the most
people don’t smile you know that gets
mouth yes this foul so time you know
you’re even if you’re hopefully you look
good you smile at something smile at a
homeless person on your right and left
right now you look over and they already
smiling and you are the holy way I just
made I just live I’m glad to be alive
and so I feel like that
you know Robert Elliott who’s the hitter
they called Yali junior department at
the University of Nebraska he suffered a
massive heart attack he was in a
hospital for three months and while
there he reflected on his life after
this near-death experience because his
mother and father both of them had no
history of heart failure both of them
lived to be over 80 and he wrote
something in order to live a long life
and be happy he said number one rule
number one don’t sweat the small stuff
see if you’re working on your dream sure
they’re going to be times you’re gonna
want to give up sure there be times in
life are knock you down and catch you on
the Blind Side but the challenge is is
to hold on and if you hold on
tenaciously I say the universe is on
your side a way will come out of know if
someone will step forward and help you
just a blessing who are you I don’t know
so don’t allow about difficult and
challenging times to demoralize you I
love to quote this guy Charles Udall he
said in life you will always be faced
with a series of god-ordained
opportunities brilliantly disguised as
problems and challenges and I’m saying
in your hands you have ideas you have
been given something to bring to the
universe that was not here before you
showed up
see nobody ladies and gentlemen is going
to give Les Brown speech this is my
speech
the motivator from Detroit it’s my
speech you can’t it man this boy can’t
take my speech no you gotta go get your
own speech you can’t cover it take my
speech no so I’m saying to you kid
nobody take your good see that which is
meant for you has your name on it no one
can take your good from you that’s you
that work you’ve been given that idea
that you’ve been given if you don’t come
out here with that idea no one’s gonna
bring your idea out here whatever you’re
sitting on whatever idea you working on
whatever passion you gotta be like
Johnny Youngblood he said hey I’ve got
to live what’s in me and let me tell you
I’m happier than I’ve ever been in my
life why I got peace of mind you can’t
and I say to you the universe is calling
you then lady wrote me a letter once
after hearing me speak in Detroit and I
had just finished working with some kids
and it really was a short letter a short
letter but powerful in the letter read
she said the voice of greatness has
called me and I’m afraid to answer oh I
know what it is not to answer so I could
have been doing this years ago but I was
afraid to answer
I had these bucks that I was hiding
behind like did iam I didn’t want to
come not me not me I’m not good enough
I’m not wait let me get ready let me get
ready you know you ever seen those
perpetual students all let me get ready
me get ready got a friend named
Kellerman going to school ten years ten
years of degrees ain’t doing nothing and
like you know I’m saying answer your
call the universe is calling you here’s
something about life you can’t get out
of it alive
hello you can’t get out of life alive
live now like Maria said live your dream
now so other night I had a funeral and I
don’t mind doing it again
we buried but we said but you all have
no place in our lives no more these
dreams you’ve been killing oh but you
ain’t gonna kill no more dreams up here
everybody repeat after me but get out of
my life I don’t need you no more
don’t come back here shake somebody’s
hand on your right and left and say keep
so finally I say look at your life and
decide that my life is beautiful that my
life is meaningful to me I’m not exactly
sure what I want to do but because my
life means so much to me and there are
no guarantees in life I’m gonna live as
much as I can each day I’m gonna do what
I can where I am right now and whatever
I shared with you I wrote it read a book
call it works if you work it that’s what
Johnny Coleman said see if you don’t
decide to act on your dream if you don’t
decide to make a decision to live your
life if you don’t decide to step into
your fears if you don’t decide to say
yes to your life it will never work for
you the time for just wishing is pets
time for doing that’s the time right now
time for acting on your dream holding on
courageously as Winston Churchill said
and not lose enthusiasm time to face
yourself and talk to yourself in the
mirror time to look around and become
creative and see what need a service
that you can provide with high standards
so that people will talk about you being
a master and what you do because of the
commitment of Pride and excellence and
high standards that you’ve set for
yourself it’s time for you to look
within yourself and decide that I’m in
charge of my destiny I’m in charge here
and I’m not going to allow anybody to
turn me around I am determined that I’m
going to make it and here’s something
ladies and gentlemen when you make it
important it’s not a preference it’s not
negotiable it’s a must and when you
decide I’m going to do it regardless of
the opposition with the godless of the
difficulties I’m going to make this
happen because it’s important to me I’m
saying the universe will yield to you
and life will never be the same again
live your dreams
this is mrs. Mamie Brown’s baby boy
Calvin Brown Chang has been a plumb pleasing pleasure as well as a privilege
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