Sol 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 will
talk about one day I’m going to some of
y’all know some of those one day I’m
going to people out raise your hand some
of you get up in the morning look in the
mirror that person I just tease and I
just things are like so how is it that
many times we block ourselves and we use
these words almost like we are 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 what 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 me 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
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 hand on your riding
life a guy named Bob may say then 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 give my feet on the ground I
say what have you been walking on 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 god the other
day who was saying he said how old are
you is 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
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 ship 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 haven’t even challenged 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 for life he
thinks trying to play a whole 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 that really will tell you some true
stories about people because you have to
judge a 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
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 oh yeah one
day I want to have a restaurant see
they’re pretending they want to go into
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 but
you’re gonna get started right now the
George Washington Carver which they do
what you can where you are and what you
have and never be satisfied that’s be
fully used to say are you heard Joe
doubly talked about always trying to be
more than that which you are yeah I
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 in 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 the what are we saved 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 to who wait but
all of the things that have been left
so who want to go through life picking
up leftovers you did so much more than
that the leftovers that somebody has
left you so take it head on begin to
explore it 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 that 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 is as hard to
find they help people weren’t
responsible they headaches the guess
what gives giving him problems day in
and day out that were never satisfied he
said no I just think I’ll stick to
cooking so you gotta find out what fits
for you because you might decide after
you go up in there and examine it
experience it and get some experience of
the about wonder well you say 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 the
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 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’s
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
day care 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 guy 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’d it
look in the face 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 is it she said he’s not
you gotta have energy ladies and
gentlemen you 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 are like the Vera out
there people no let the dead bury the
dead no no keep them away from before
they grab you what a hold on do you love
some of the fact that that whatever you
do you want to be excited about 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 I’m alright
alright detox 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 and say you got what it takes
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 alright you’re running about
average you know I heard something a
giant 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 lunch 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 off 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
so don’t say hey man it’s alright that
one lady told me she said less 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
throb I just couldn’t take it didn’t
wanna go sometimes just just for the
heck of I get drive on by I used to hate
to go to work many of us 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 go in a
restaurant the one sitting side-by-side
giggling and talking to each other feed
each other with their farkas food they
you see them in the car they sitting all
of each other a hug or they’ve been
together about three days all right
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 married 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 in that 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 experienced 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 got next to me said skew
don’t don’t debate that guy why do you
know who that is I said no it’s will
Koski from Toledo it’s bad dude he’s a
lawyer unless that man can debate I
so I’ll raise the hand least mr. speaker
he said the gentleman from the 29th
House District say yes sir 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 woo I asked him some
questions he responded I say I wonder
why yesterday that question well cos he
won’t be out I mean I was up there and I
just lived 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 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 when
I would ask her said Mr Speaker I like
to speak on that bill
some guys blip start wriggling and stuff
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 a one of the
eight what I’m going to be but thank God
I show it what it was
say 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
the edge you see if you don’t learn to
dance with life life will pass you by
and get another partner I’m saying you
could 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 try to do the twist some knots on
your head here huh I mean you can you
come up in the bleachers and slap you
before everybody if that’s it why it’s
called life no one is immune just think
just over a year ago everybody thought
my 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 American
figure look what has happened now
everybody no one no one is exempt from
that 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 nothing
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 the memory and
concentration for 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 know 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
goody two-shoe people would dislike you
because you look better than they do
because you have more than if they do
they’ll be envious and make up lies
about you and attack you the envious of
you are 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 yes
I want to live
she said they told me I was gonna go
blind I said we can 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 are to yourself some 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 going to be in your
face telling you to go back you’re gonna
start listening to the button and buts
we’ll have all kind of help and support
from your family members and friends
saying I told you phone
you’re going under this positive faking
stuff look at you now
bet you wish you had that job now
remember I lost my job is very
controversial in and 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 no folks you say it I don’t
mind is the devil’s workshop
that’s real I mean when I didn’t have
anything to do my mind you said you
better go back and get your job why did
you just shut up always running your
mouth 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 here
what cab this is less loud all right get
up face these raise your right hand
throw your head back put your teeth in
but here’s what you discover when you’re
real good at what you do a lot of people
are finding to be a threat they will
hire you they want people in there they
can control or dominate so if you’re a
high-powered person sometimes that can
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 as
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 women you
know this comes much much more easily
than I realize 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 disc
jockey
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
car what’s the one thing that I do
better not do anything else I said what
I like 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 enjoyed 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 man
tacit ignorance they derided but at the
end there it is Carlisle truth crushed
to earth shall rise again I would follow
Tom dr. Otis Moss I’ve read with dr.
Martin Luther King said he’s the
greatest preaching of where I used to
follow him of Charles Addams out of
Columbus out of Detroit Michigan any
great speakers I would follow them and
watch him I’d 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 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 their body
language huh yeah though their voice
conversation their 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 got to
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 a new thing you’ll be
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
yes mouth yes this mouth the time you
know you get even if you’re hopefully
you look good with your smile that’s
something smile at a home the first one
you’re right a live right quick
now you look over Danny already smiling
and you are the holy way I just made I
just made I’m glad to be alive
and so I feel like that you know Robert
Elliott who’s ahead of they call a ology
department at the University of Nebraska
he suffered a massive heart attack he
was in the 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 fear both of them
lived to be over 80 and he wrote
something in order to live a long life
me happy he said number one rule number
one don’t sweat the small stuff and rule
see if you’re working on your dream sure
they’re going to be times you’re gonna
want to give up sure there’d 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 save the universe is on
your side a way will come out of knowing
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 has
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 gonna
give less round speech this is my speech
the motivator from Detroit is my speech
you can’t hit man this boy can’t take my
speech no you gotta go get your 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 got to 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 put a
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 and 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 idiom 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
get ready
got a friend named Kellerman going to
school 10 years 10 years all kind 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 the 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 Carly 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 [Music]
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 will
talk about one day I’m going to some of
y’all know some of those one day I’m
going to people out raise your hand some
of you get up in the morning look in the
mirror that person I just tease and I
just things are like so how is it that
many times we block ourselves and we use
these words almost like we are 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 what 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 me 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
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 hand on your riding
life a guy named Bob may say then 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 give my feet on the ground I
say what have you been walking on 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 god the other
day who was saying he said how old are
you is 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
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 ship 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 haven’t even challenged 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 for life he
thinks trying to play a whole 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 that really will tell you some true
stories about people because you have to
judge a 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
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 oh yeah one
day I want to have a restaurant see
they’re pretending they want to go into
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 but
you’re gonna get started right now the
George Washington Carver which they do
what you can where you are and what you
have and never be satisfied that’s be
fully used to say are you heard Joe
doubly talked about always trying to be
more than that which you are yeah I
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 in 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 the what are we saved 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 to who wait but
all of the things that have been left
so who want to go through life picking
up leftovers you did so much more than
that the leftovers that somebody has
left you so take it head on begin to
explore it 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 that 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 is as hard to
find they help people weren’t
responsible they headaches the guess
what gives giving him problems day in
and day out that were never satisfied he
said no I just think I’ll stick to
cooking so you gotta find out what fits
for you because you might decide after
you go up in there and examine it
experience it and get some experience of
the about wonder well you say 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 the
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 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’s
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
day care 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 guy 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’d it
look in the face 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 is it she said he’s not
you gotta have energy ladies and
gentlemen you 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 are like the Vera out
there people no let the dead bury the
dead no no keep them away from before
they grab you what a hold on do you love
some of the fact that that whatever you
do you want to be excited about 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 I’m alright
alright detox 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 and say you got what it takes
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 alright you’re running about
average you know I heard something a
giant 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 lunch 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 off 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
so don’t say hey man it’s alright that
one lady told me she said less 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
throb I just couldn’t take it didn’t
wanna go sometimes just just for the
heck of I get drive on by I used to hate
to go to work many of us 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 go in a
restaurant the one sitting side-by-side
giggling and talking to each other feed
each other with their farkas food they
you see them in the car they sitting all
of each other a hug or they’ve been
together about three days all right
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 married 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 in that 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 experienced 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 got next to me said skew
don’t don’t debate that guy why do you
know who that is I said no it’s will
Koski from Toledo it’s bad dude he’s a
lawyer unless that man can debate I
so I’ll raise the hand least mr. speaker
he said the gentleman from the 29th
House District say yes sir 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 woo I asked him some
questions he responded I say I wonder
why yesterday that question well cos he
won’t be out I mean I was up there and I
just lived 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 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 when
I would ask her said Mr Speaker I like
to speak on that bill
some guys blip start wriggling and stuff
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 a one of the
eight what I’m going to be but thank God
I show it what it was
say 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
the edge you see if you don’t learn to
dance with life life will pass you by
and get another partner I’m saying you
could 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 try to do the twist some knots on
your head here huh I mean you can you
come up in the bleachers and slap you
before everybody if that’s it why it’s
called life no one is immune just think
just over a year ago everybody thought
my 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 American
figure look what has happened now
everybody no one no one is exempt from
that 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 nothing
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 the memory and
concentration for 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 know 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
goody two-shoe people would dislike you
because you look better than they do
because you have more than if they do
they’ll be envious and make up lies
about you and attack you the envious of
you are 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 yes
I want to live
she said they told me I was gonna go
blind I said we can 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 are to yourself some 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 going to be in your
face telling you to go back you’re gonna
start listening to the button and buts
we’ll have all kind of help and support
from your family members and friends
saying I told you phone
you’re going under this positive faking
stuff look at you now
bet you wish you had that job now
remember I lost my job is very
controversial in and 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 no folks you say it I don’t
mind is the devil’s workshop
that’s real I mean when I didn’t have
anything to do my mind you said you
better go back and get your job why did
you just shut up always running your
mouth 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 here
what cab this is less loud all right get
up face these raise your right hand
throw your head back put your teeth in
but here’s what you discover when you’re
real good at what you do a lot of people
are finding to be a threat they will
hire you they want people in there they
can control or dominate so if you’re a
high-powered person sometimes that can
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 as
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 women you
know this comes much much more easily
than I realize 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 disc
jockey
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
car what’s the one thing that I do
better not do anything else I said what
I like 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 enjoyed 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 man
tacit ignorance they derided but at the
end there it is Carlisle truth crushed
to earth shall rise again I would follow
Tom dr. Otis Moss I’ve read with dr.
Martin Luther King said he’s the
greatest preaching of where I used to
follow him of Charles Addams out of
Columbus out of Detroit Michigan any
great speakers I would follow them and
watch him I’d 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 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 their body
language huh yeah though their voice
conversation their 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 got to
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 a new thing you’ll be
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
yes mouth yes this mouth the time you
know you get even if you’re hopefully
you look good with your smile that’s
something smile at a home the first one
you’re right a live right quick
now you look over Danny already smiling
and you are the holy way I just made I
just made I’m glad to be alive
and so I feel like that you know Robert
Elliott who’s ahead of they call a ology
department at the University of Nebraska
he suffered a massive heart attack he
was in the 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 fear both of them
lived to be over 80 and he wrote
something in order to live a long life
me happy he said number one rule number
one don’t sweat the small stuff and rule
see if you’re working on your dream sure
they’re going to be times you’re gonna
want to give up sure there’d 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 save the universe is on
your side a way will come out of knowing
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 has
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 gonna
give less round speech this is my speech
the motivator from Detroit is my speech
you can’t hit man this boy can’t take my
speech no you gotta go get your 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 got to 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 put a
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 and 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 idiom 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
get ready
got a friend named Kellerman going to
school 10 years 10 years all kind 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 the 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 Carly 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 [Music]
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