Welcome to Real Talk With Reginald D. I'm your host, Reginald D. In today's episode, I'm going to talk about being broken inside while pursuing what you desire. Life gives us challenges and all kinds of obstacles. Life gets so tough at times until you feel like you're not going to make it. And it seems like you're in a storm and all alone. But I need you to realize that you learn the most when you are alone during those dark times. Every challenge you face has a reward. Your true strength is not in your comfort, but in your challenge. Every setback is just another chapter, but not the end. You have to face your challenges and hardships head on. You have to trust in your ability to overcome it. You're the most powerful thing you got. Embrace your power and realize that can't nobody help you conquer the things in your life, but you and God. You have to understand that loneliness is part of the process. It's part of the journey. And the reason it's like that is because it's your journey and nobody else's. Everything you're going through is meant to build you. So accept the battle and keep fighting. The battle in your life will never be over until you win. Your relentless and mental toughness is crucial. I dare you to look back on this year 2023. Then ask yourself this question. Did I accomplish my goals or made things happen in my life? If you haven't made major progress in 2023, then you just blowed a whole year of your life. You let yourself down again. You cannot keep doing this to yourself. You are too important for that. You got to keep pushing forward, but you have to be disciplined. In life, you're going to suffer the pain of discipline, or you're going to suffer the pain of disappointment. Being disciplined is a hard choice that leads to a better life. Making the easy choice will lead to a hard life. There is no comfort when you're trying to achieve what you want for your life. Your success depends a lot on how much you believe in yourself. You are the key to your success. I know success is a challenging journey. Many people quit, but winners persevere because they have an unwavering self-belief. You got to trust your abilities and know through your determination that you will win. You may not think you are capable or worthy, You are special and there is a greatness bigger than you know that's inside of you. I need you to understand that the only way you're going to see how great you are, you're going to have to believe that in your mind. The more you think about yourself, the more you dream, the greater you can become. It's all about your mental capacity. A lot of people can't dream big and achieve things in their lives because they worry too much. The more you worry, the less you're going to dream. You need to realize if you want to be great in life, You got to go back and read the book of your life so far. It will show you the truth about you so far. But the beauty of it is you can finish writing each chapter going forward and end the book of your life the way you want it to end. Going into this next year, you have to realize that this is your moment to take your life to the next level. You cannot sit on this moment or you will blow it. Go for what you desire. You got to keep going in spite of what everybody else says about you. Tell them to get out of your way because it's your time now. Let them see you flourish in the person you were meant to be. You got to understand that you were meant to be great. You were meant to be successful and you were meant to be an overcomer. You just got to work the moment that you're in the best you can and you will become what you were meant to be. When life breaks you down, When it breaks you down to the point where your hope is gone, that's when you tap into the strongest part of you and take control of your situation. Once you take control of your situation, then you will take control of your life. You just got to have the heart, man. Don't you know that the heart is one of the strongest things you have? Have you ever been heartbroken? Even though your heart was broken, it kept on beating. You got to have heart in this thing called life. That's your superpower. That's how you rise up. I need you to remember when you are truly broken, you are in the process of becoming stronger. You do not know what you're made of until you're broken. It gives you the ability to build a stronger you all over again. Just because you've been knocked down lower than you expected doesn't mean it's over. The lower you go, the taller you're going to be when you stand up. You just got to get back up to see it. Don't try to fix the world that broke you. If you try to do that, then it will make you pretend like there is nothing wrong. Never pretend with anyone, no matter what you do. You always accept you. If don't nobody else accept you, you accept you. You have to move forward in life. You got to realize that your past cannot be changed, but your future is in your power. It just depends on what you do with your present. What are you going to do with your moment? You have to be obsessed with what you want for your life. You just got to work harder and don't quit. Your life is not an alarm clock. You can't hit snooze and lay back down. You have to get up and get your grind on. That's how success is built. I set my alarm clock every night, but it never goes off because I'm up before the clock has a chance to go off. That's because my mind is disciplined and programmed and ready to conquer the day. If you have true passion, you can do so much more. Trust in your passion and keep doing it and it will take you where you want to go. You just can't allow fear to stop what you're passionate about or allow it to stop your dreams. Don't let fear overtake your mind. Don't believe everything you think. Your dreams are not going to work until you do. The biggest burdens that you carry are the thoughts in your head. It's all about what you think about yourself. That's why you can't listen to everybody. Because their opinion about you doesn't change the reality about you. The reality about you is that you can achieve what you desire for your life. It's on you. You just can't give up because it's hard. Nothing else in your life will haunt you like failure will. Failure will haunt you to your grave. I guarantee you that. That's why you must strive for greatness in everything you do. You have to get out of your comfort zone. That's where your life begins. You need to build on every challenge that comes your way. Jump on your challenges and don't let your challenges jump on you. I need you to understand that the scariest place to be is in the same place you were last year. You must grow. But in order to do that, you have to be loyal to yourself. That comes from your heart. How bad do you want it? Life is really meaningful when you are striving for what you desire. Life has to be lived and not discussed all the time. You can't just talk about your life. You got to work your life. Don't take your life for granted. Do something with it, man. Listen today. Let me say it again. Listen to that inner voice that empowers you. Listen to that voice that says you can, and then go for it. You don't need nobody else. Your dreams and desires are on you. Anybody can join a crowd, but it takes a special person to be able to stand alone. All you got to do is prepare yourself. Then God would open up doors for you. You just have to put yourself in a place to receive it. People don't receive what they desire for their life because they're out of order. If you're allowing anybody and everything in your life, knowing it's not healthy or positive, then you are just cutting your blessings off. You are either going to cherish your life or you're going to poison it by putting things in it that doesn't belong there. You have to protect the gift that's in you. You do that by having integrity and discipline. If you don't display that in your life, you will end up abusing your gift. I need you to realize that everything you have been through this year is just preparing you for what's next in your life. You just can't give up. The decisions you make matters. No growth occurs when you surrender. You got to keep going. You got to execute. Then you got to ask yourself every day, did I do enough? I'm going to leave you with this. I need you to work like you never did before. I need you to go harder than you ever did before. I need you to be more disciplined than you've ever been before. If you keep doing what you're doing, you will keep getting what you're getting. That's the way you're going to get to the next level. There is a price to pay to be great. And it's up to you if you pay it or not. Thanks for tuning in to Real Talk with Reginald D. If you enjoyed the show, please share with anyone you feel that needs to take this journey with us on being a better you. Happy holidays.