Eliminating the Outside Noise

In this episode, R.L. Malpica explores the challenges of personal growth in a world filled with opinions, expectations, and outside noise. Drawing from his own experiences, he shares insights on overcoming resistance from friends, family, and society while staying true to your path. Through conversations on health, authenticity, spirituality, and self-transformation, R.L. offers a refreshing perspective on creating a life aligned with who you truly are.

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Oh, it feels good to be back. Yes, back podcasting, back behind this microphone. It's been a been a few weeks, but um much needed time time away as uh me and the family have just gotten back from our time in Las Terenas Dominican Republic. But I'm back now and uh I'm here to talk and I'm here to get deep on something that I'm very passionate about. Um, but first and foremost, I want to thank everyone who supported this podcast. Um, this podcast was created kind of on a win on a whim as uh I started, you know, really transitioning into my living in alignment brand, uh, along with my Eat Coach brand. And, you know, just thought having a podcast that I could talk about some of these things in a more intimate way with you, um, you know, to help you understand some of the basic elements and philosophies that I that I talk about, I thought was important, and you guys have supported it. And I highly appreciate that for all of you that listen on Substack. Uh, truly appreciate it. And those who listen on Spotify and and streaming services. Just know that if you really want to show your support and help this grow, um reviews, likes, and shares are kind of the big thing, specifically, you know, for the Substack people, you know, sharing it to others is really, really big. Um, and you can share it anywhere publicly, of course. And then um, you know, on the the streaming services, reviews are are what help this get out in front of as many people as possible. But I just wanted to start this off by saying thank you for sure. Um, but in today I I I really want to get into something that uh I think is important because when I talk about alignment and I and I talk about a lot of these things, I'm I I kind of show the the glorified side of it, right? The the positive side of it, the easy side of it in in ways. Granted, the work is always difficult, it's always challenging, but I wanted to spend some time today to talk about one of what I consider the biggest challenges to making these major changes in your life. And that is what I would consider like the outside noise, um, the external factors. Because when you make that decision to become a better version of you, in whatever capacity that is, there's change involved. And obviously there's change within yourself, which is always difficult in itself because we get comfortable, right? That's kind of like the human, human nature, the human element to get comfortable, right? But there's also your circle, there's also the people around you that you may have grown up with, or you know, close friends, close acquaintances, peers, family that aren't necessarily ready for you to make that change. Now you might be saying, like, I don't care if they're ready for me to make that change. Um, why does that matter? Because it's me and my life, but you'll see that your life and the current version of who you are is what they know, right? And you have an impact on their life. But when you start to change and they're not ready for that change, you're going to see a certain type of reaction. And to me, that reaction, what I like to call the outside noise, is one of the biggest challenges when it comes to actually making change. It's something that I went through, it's something I currently go through. And I know for a majority of you, like a majority of what you deal with, this is, in my opinion, going to be one of the biggest challenges. And like I said, it's in all facets. It's it's your diet if you make changes there, uh, even relationships that you're in, if you make changes there, that has an impact. You know, lifestyle, all those things have an impact because while you may be ready for a change, the people around you may not be. They're comfortable with who you are, they're comfortable with that version of you. They may not be comfortable with the new version of you. And once again, this is all encompassing. All right, we're talking, you know, I said peers and friends and relationships. This could be your spouse, this could be your boyfriend or girlfriend. This could be your sister, this could be your mother, your father. And when you're and when you talk about parents, that's when it really gets tricky because, like, obviously, most likely they raised you, right? They had a major influence in your life. And from their perspective, and I know this because I'm a parent, like, you have this vision and idea of what you want your kids to become or how you want them to become. And when they change from that ideology, from that narrative, that's tough for a lot of parents to deal with. I know I look, I dealt with it with my oldest. My oldest daughter, I had a um vision for her. Um, I was one of those dads, I was a young, young father. I'm only 18 years older than her. So I was one of those fathers who wanted to protect his kid and make sure that she got the best of the best education and she stayed in line, she stayed structured, um, and all those different things, right? So I had this idea of of what she like she could become and the life I could create for her so she could become that. And as she got older, specifically graduated from high school and started to get more comfortable with herself and confident in herself. She made some other decisions that were that really weren't in my vision and and I didn't necessarily align with at the time because I was thinking from my mind, and I wasn't giving her energy the ability to expand. Instead, I was trying to hone in her energy and try to manipulate it in a specific way. And that was tough for me. Lo and behold, she did her own thing, she had that confidence, she had that wherewithal. And that's where the values thing, and I'm and now I'm really speaking to the parent in you, um, because this is important too. It's like you have to let that ball of energy and your children are balls of energy. I mean, they are energy. Let them become what they're supposed to become. Because when you try to manipulate the path, you're just getting in the way. And you're just stopping them from becoming who they want to become. Right? And, you know, lo and behold, you know, my daughter, she had her own ideas I wasn't in alignment with, but the values that I taught her, that's what comes to light. It's not you creating the path for them, it's you instilling the values and letting them, letting them expand their energy and their light to the world, right? So that's what happened with me and my daughter. And I know for you, like this is something that can happen with family, with close family, with close friends, is they may not see it that way. They may be like I was very closed-minded, trying to dictate the path that you're on, you know, and that could be a spouse, that could be a family member, or whatever the case is. Like at the end of the day, obviously they want what's best for you, but they might not know what you see, what you feel, and that may not understand that. And that's something that you have to deal with. Like, from look, I mean, in every piece of my path to enlightenment, there has been some type of resistance from the outside noise. Every piece of it. You know, when I started my original podcast, Minds Like Mines, right, people thought I was against the grain, and you know, some people thought I was a Republican, and people thought I was, you know, uh, somebody called me an ambulance chaser, and all these different things because I was speaking about issues that were happening from the mindset of a free thinker instead of just following the narrative that everybody, that ever that most people do. You know what I'm saying? And this is right around the time of the pandemic and all that stuff. And I was obviously speaking about stuff from a from a free thinking standpoint, a truth-seeking standpoint, and that rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. But that was a part of my evolution. Me coming into myself and and really looking at things from my own viewpoint instead of following what everybody else had to say. You know, I people would say I had a hippie podcast, and you know, I lost friends. I lost friends over a lot of that stuff. You know, I remember when I created Akasha Flix, which was my streaming network. First of all, I created it because YouTube banned my videos because I was not speaking in alignment with their narrative. So I said, you know what? I'm gonna create my own streaming service and I'll put whatever I want on there. And I did that. And I brought together a lot of people and um to build that. And I remember one of the people, one of the guides that I had with me, did not agree with some of the content I put on there. And we had to break that relationship. So, like, no matter what you do, there's always going to be outside noise, there's always gonna be pushback. You just have to be able to understand that if you're doing something for the greater good of you and your immediate family, then that's all that matters. That's all that matters. But it is a challenge. When I started going down the natural health path right around the time of the pandemic, I was bringing up ideas and and when it came to health that people had never heard before. I mean, most people don't even have never even heard of the terrain theory. Most people don't even think twice when it comes to medication and the healthcare system and insurance and things like that. Most people don't even question the idea of contagion. But I was doing that. I was doing those things because I was learning more about the body and at the same time applying those aspects to my life and seeing it work in real time. And obviously, like when you're passionate about something, you want to share that. And me just being a content creator in general, of course, I was gonna share that. Like my entire premise, my entire branding and foundation is based on me sharing my life. So, of course, I'm gonna do that. But in, you know, throughout that process, I rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. When you're talking about the whole vaccination epidemic that was going on in this country, the division that was going on in this country, and I have a strong stance on that. And it's not a political stance, it's not a religious stance, it's a natural health stance. It's the most basic concept of our existence. But you have to you have to understand that outside noise is gonna come with that. You know, like when I became vegetarian, right, so this is nine years ago. I never even thought about the ramifications of my circle. I didn't even think it was, you know, I didn't, I didn't even think there was any type of, like I wasn't expecting any type of response. I didn't think there was gonna be any type of fallout or anything. I just, hey, I'm not eating meat anymore, you know. But it goes back to what I said before about change, and that is people around you are attracted and attached and energetically compliant with the current version of you, and when you make changes, your energy changes, your frequency changes, and sometimes people in that circle are no longer like connected to you, they're they they no longer align with you. Because when it comes to change, change is difficult, and just because you're making a change and they have to deal with that change, and they're used to that version of you, and then they have to be defensive and they start to you know defend their own situation, defend their own lifestyle, defend their own choices, and have to go face to face with their lack of change. All those things add up and you start to get resentment. When I decided to become vegetarian, I remember telling people, and just the look on their face, I mean, you would have thought that I robbed a bank. And a lot of that is cultural, right? Being of Hispanic descent and, you know, the events, and you know, anytime there's a family gathering, there's a certain type of food, there's a certain type of culture involved, and this, that, and the other. And, you know, vegetarianism just ain't really a big part of it. All right. So slowly but surely I started to experience moments of solitude, you know, where I didn't feel like I was a part of many things. And and and people, I felt like, I shouldn't say I felt like this is something that actually happened as I started to go further, you know, into you know, being plant-based and then ultimately fruit-based, is that, and and ultimately becoming a natural health coach and a certified detoxification specialist, all those different things, releasing my book, all of that, all of a sudden, now some people around me like almost had to justify them like what they ate and how they they treated their body, you know, and I never asked for that. I didn't I don't care. You know, I mean I care as far as like from a from a genuine love standpoint. Yeah, obviously I want you to to be healthy and all these different things, but like the choices that you make, you know, don't don't affect me like that, you know. I mean, all I can do is be an example, and that's all I try to be, is be an example, share my light, and if it resonates, great. And if it doesn't, hey, I get it. I'm not for everybody. But when your friends and your family start doing it, and they almost make you feel like you're judging them when you're not, you would never do that because I've been in that position. I know it's hard. That's when this gets challenging, you know, and when there's events and people go out and they do things and they go out to restaurants and you don't get the invite. Or, you know, or you know, sometimes plans get changed to try to acclimate and and and try to accommodate for you and your family, um, and you feel a little bit of resentment for that, you know, even though we never ask for that, you know, that's a challenge, right? It's a challenge. So like it just becomes tough to make those changes because all you're trying to do is become better. You're trying to, like, from a health standpoint, and and what what I was trying to do is I wanted to become healthier. I wanted to, I want to live long. You know what I'm saying? I want to be able to be there for my child and my family for as long as I possibly can. And I want them to see me as an example so they can do the same things in their life, so we can all live a long, healthy life. Like that's the motivation. But the outside noise makes it very difficult. Very difficult. And then once you start to notice your circle getting smaller, and you're not getting those invites that you used to get, you're not getting those reach outs that you used to get. It becomes difficult. It becomes, you know, it becomes a lonely path. And then, you know, what happens is, and this is the the other side of the fence, right? This is the other side of the hill, right? You know, it's up, it's an uphill battle, and then you finally get to the top and you start to see, you know, it turn around for you. But a lot of people don't even don't get there. Like I see, I work with so many people, I talk to so many people, I've guided so many people that I see them often start this thing because they have the right intentions and they get into it, but the outside noise just envelops them because they'll get in social situations with so-called friends and family and either get talked out of it or feel guilty for what they're doing, or feel that type of resentment, or just don't want to deal with the solitude. And I just implore you to push through that piece because in my own experience, going through what I've gone through, losing friends, losing acquaintances, losing what I could, you know, family members. Ultimately it turns around because, you know, I'm I'm so far deep in this, you know, nine years vegetarian, but as far as like becoming quote unquote the health guy, or as my daughter likes to call me, the fruit guy, um, we're looking at, you know, four or five years, four or five years, right? You know, now some of the people that were judgmental or you know, resented what I did or um just thought I was crazy, have come around and now asked me for guidance. And that was like the ultimate, I don't, I don't want to say like flowers, but it kind of is like flowers. Like, hey, look, you you got through this, you got through the hard part of it. Now it's starting to come around because look, you're still doing it. You didn't quit. They said you were crazy, they said it wasn't healthy, they said all these different things, and now they're coming to you. Because they see what's happening. When the light shines, eventually they're gonna see it. Right now they got blinders on. Right now they're looking the other way, but eventually they're going to see it. And that's when you know that you've pushed through and then you're out, you're on, you're it's downhill from there. And downhill in a good way, right? Not downhill in a bad way. And and then that's just happened to for me so many times, right? Um, so many times with people that were in my circle that fell out of my circle, or ultimately um, you know, just had some type of negative connotation or response, or um, you know, just felt uneasy about me and my family's lifestyle choices. You gotta do what's best for you, regardless. Bottom line. Bottom line. You look at yourself in the mirror every day. You're the only one who knows how you feel every day. You know what your goals are, what your wish is, what you want to manifest. The outside noise don't know that. They have to deal with their own issues and let it be their issue to adjust to that new version of you. Because it's all frequency. When you change your frequency, when you change who you are, you are going, you are going to attract frequencies. Like you. So you may lose some, and you may lose some that you've had for a long time. And when I say lose, I don't mean like automatically people are going to hate you or anything like that. It's not that. It's it's more like out of sight, out of mind. What happens is, for instance, I'll give you an example. Like, you can have a relationship with somebody. Maybe it's a cousin, right? Or a friend or something, where you know, you guys talk multiple times a week. You know, you guys are just kind of in each other's lives. You might not see each other all the time, but you're in each other's life. You're you're in each other's, you know, I'm saying, ecosystem per se. And then all, you know, you make some type of change, whether that's dietary change, whether that's, you know, religious change or spiritual change or whatever the case may be, you change, you start to move forward, you start to become a better version of you. And all of a sudden, that person, they don't check in as much anymore. Or they're not thinking about you as much anymore. Or maybe you're reaching out way more than they are. And then all of a sudden it just becomes like, oh man, I haven't talked to that person in like three weeks. And then it becomes a few months. That's how the fall-off happens. And it's not like it's some climactic um confrontation. No, it's just an eventual slippage and fall-off because your energy doesn't align with them anymore. And the hardest part about this is that it's okay. But once you realize that, and realize that what's happening is it's opening you up for more like-minded frequency. So you're gonna start opening yourself up, and your new tribe, your true spiritual family is what I like to call it, is going to ultimately be attracted by you and get attracted to you. And what was the old circle? You know, the old circle is the past, and then you will have a new circle. It might not be as big, might not be as many family members or whatever the case may be, but it's going to be more you. You know, there's nothing worse than having to change who you are to be around other people. Right? You, and this happens to me way too much, you know, because you get in social situations, right? Whether it be family or friends or whatever the case may be, and you can't really, I mean, you can be you, but the conversation is not really in alignment with who you are. So you got two choices. You can stay quiet or you can kind of acquiesce and and and and jump in, right? And a lot of times, you know, if if the conversation is about something that you're not in alignment with or that you're against, like you make that decision. Do I want to open up that can of worms in this setting, or do I just want to play it cool? But it's an uneasy feeling because you know you're not supposed to be there. Like you're not a part of that, you're not on that frequency. You just happen to be in that physical area. And it's okay for you to alleviate yourself from those types of situations. It's okay for you to say, you know, you know what, I'm gonna sit this one out. And it just, it's just, it happens far too much. I mean, my thing is like, especially with family, is there's always some type of health something going on and in my family. And I have to go there and and and not that I don't want to hear about it, it's more like I have to hear about it from the conventional medical perspective, knowing that I don't believe nor know, I mean, I don't believe, and I know that that is the wrong approach to whatever's going on, but at the same time, I have already fought those battles with those people, and you know, will not subject myself and continue to do so because look, you can preach all day, people are gonna hear what they want to hear, and I fought those battles, and that's something that you'll you have to understand is that look, you see the light, you know what's right, you know what's in alignment with you, and that might be in contrast with everybody else. And the first thing that'll happen is, because I went through this too, is you'll fight those battles because you want to share what you've learned, what you've absorbed with the people you love. Especially when you're talking about health and diet and enlightenment and spirituality, you want to share this amazing feeling of becoming a better version of you with everybody else because you want them to experience it too. Because you see the struggles they they deal with or the health ailments or the relationships they're in or the job they hate, and you just want to share that wisdom, that knowledge with them, that intelligence that you have been exposed to. So you're willing to fight those battles. But majority of the time they're not ready yet. So those battles, those that, that, that um confrontation, you know, it doesn't make you feel good. Because you know how it makes you feel, you know how how this has changed your life, but they're not ready for it yet. They're not in that position yet. So then now all of a sudden, it goes back to that resentment or where they're judgmental of you, or where they're, you know, they either think you're crazy or they think you know everything, and blah, blah, blah, blah. I mean, I can't tell you how many times I've been told, oh, well, do you think you're a doctor now? No, I never thought I was. I don't want to be a doctor. It's not what I want to be. So you'll fight those battles. Just understand that that's what the result ends up being. So you find yourself later on as you go through this in these social situations, just really checking out, you know. And, you know, if somebody asks, you know, for me, like if somebody asks me for my opinion or, you know, because a lot of I'm it's not everybody in my family, it's and not just my not just my family, but friend groups and stuff like that, uh, social groups, but like when they know what I do, so that if they ask me a question about it, obviously I'm gonna indulge and share my thoughts on everything, but I I don't really push unless I feel invited to push, right? You know what I'm saying? Like if somebody's truly coming to me for guidance and and help and and those types of things, obviously I'm gonna give everything I can. Um, but if it's a casual conversation and and I've already fought those battles, then no, I'm not gonna go down that road because I know where that road ends. And when those individuals are truly ready, then you know, we'll have different conversations. But I get it. Like I get the the concept of wanting to share this with the world. But I'm just letting you know that majority of the world is not ready yet. I had to learn it the hard way, um, dealing with critiques and criticism and judgments from from everything I did because I've pretty much put my entire life um on display, you know, uh all my thoughts all my thoughts, you know, uh, you know, just my free-thinking mind on display. And it has received a lot of ridicule and whatnot. And now it just bounces off me. But at first, you know, you're not used to that. It can be tough, can be a challenge. But at the end of the day, you should never have to apologize for trying to become a better you. I mean, and that's the kicker that kills me is the food. Like, I we walked into this, um, it was like an Italian and Greek market, and the owner was from Greece. And, you know, we're looking at it, you know, because we still eat a little bit of cooked, and uh, we're looking at, oh man, they got all these homemade pastas and breads and sauces, and you know, we're like, man, you know, if we do a we do a pasta night, it'd be great to get some of this homemade stuff instead of the bullshit they sell in the supermarkets, right? And you know, we're just not in a position to be making our own pasta. So, you know, it's cool. And these markets, you know, this market is like unique, right? You don't get this everywhere, right? This guy's getting, you know, this stuff straight from you know the the native land. So we're picking up everything, and then you know, he's you know, he he he's telling us about it, and then he's like, Yeah, you put this with some meatballs or some Balinese and this, that, and the other. And we're like, oh no, we're we're we don't eat meat. And he looked, I mean, the shock on his face would have been like fantastic for some type of reality show. Like, he looked at me, he looked at my wife, and he's just like, is that even a thing? It's like you don't you don't eat meat? And then he goes and then he follows it up with, well, you're not vegan, are you? And we're like, Well, yeah, I mean, we don't like to call labels, but we're plant-based, you know what I'm saying? Like, for the most part, you know, I like I said, I don't really use labels and stuff like that, but yeah, for the most part. And he's just like, oh my gosh, why? Why? You know, it's just a huge thing for him, right? And look, you know, different strokes, different folks, you know, people have different traditions, cultural backgrounds, they've grown up in different environments, whatever, whatever. But, you know, it's just like, look, we're not doing it because of, you know, it's a fad or something. Like, we want to be healthy. So, like, we want to be healthier, you know, we are we have compassion for living creatures, you know, like that stuff means something to us, but it's it should not be that outlandish, you know. But it is, and that's just the world we live in. It's a society we live in. You have to understand that some people aren't ready for that yet. You know, ten years ago, not or nine and a half years ago, I was eating burgers and chicken and fish and all that stuff. You know, my mind wasn't, you know, even though I had thought about vegetarianism and I had thought about stuff like that, I wasn't ready for it. You know, so I can't expect the world to be in the same place that I am, right? They're just not. So you can't expect that of your circle either, even though, like I said, it's extremely challenging. You know what I'm saying? But it's all a part of the growth process, right? You know, this is it's a part of it because I remember another thing for me was real religion. That's a big part of my path to enlightenment was shedding and and releasing that stronghold that religion had on me, Christianity had on me. And I remember once I did that, once I figured out for myself that, you know, this isn't for me. And what I felt, everything that was told to me, you know, wasn't true because there's so much that's involved with religion and Christianity. And it's not just Christianity, it's damn near every organized religion. But for me, Christianity, like I had so much resentment towards it because of what I had been taught and conditioned that I wanted to expose it and I wanted to just take all of this frustration that I had put in, you know, put into it for so many years and just demolish it. Like I wanted to challenge anybody about, you know, if they believed in that and all that, you know, that was my first response, my first reaction on my path. But then I matured and I realized that, you know, not everybody's in the same place. And, you know, it's just because it did that to me, and just because it made me feel that way, doesn't mean it does that to the next person. And, you know, at the end of the day, somebody told me this, somebody very close to me, shout out to Rosalind Santos, just an amazing energy healer. She's, you know, and I'm probably gonna jack this quote up, but in in in a in other words, she basically said that you can't attack uh you can't attack a negative energy situation with negative energy. And that's ultimately what I was doing. And I think that happens far too much. Like even in the health world, natural health world, like, and and I'm guilty of this too, you know, you know, I took there was a time where I was attacking meat eaters, right? And that's not helping anybody at all. Shine your light and have people follow versus trying to attack the darkness, hoping that you can salvage people and bring them to the light. You feel what I'm saying? Like that's the way you truly have to look at it. And while you're on your path and you're growing and you're learning and you're becoming better, just be you. Focus on that. Don't focus on attacking everything you left behind. Because it's not worth it. You being you, you being the light, you being the example is going to bring a lot more people towards you than trying to attack what you left behind. And I that goes back to what I was saying about how so many people in my circle who thought I was crazy ultimately have come full circle and now look for guidance. Be the example, be the light. And I ain't even got into the fact that we're leaving the country. Because, and and for you out there, like I know that you know the thought process of picking up in whatever facet of life you're in, whether that is leaving your job or leaving your spouse or leaving some type of situation that maybe the masses think is best for you or is the American way or whatever the case may be, and going the opposite direction because it feels right, you're gonna deal with ridicule. I know people in my circle think I'm crazy. Think we are absolutely crazy for moving to Las Terrenas. I had somebody who is, I wouldn't necessarily say it's in my inner circle, but it's connected to my inner circle. Tell somebody in my inner circle that we're gonna get robbed and killed when we go there. And that was before our last uh our second uh two two two trips ago. Yeah, we're gonna get robbed and killed while we're out there. This is the mindset of people we're dealing with in this world. And the entitlement and the brainwashing that we've received to think that, man, America is the greatest place in the world. There's nowhere else you can truly live. People who live outside of America, especially in third world countries, they're savages. They'll kill you for nothing. When people in these other places are the most genuine, loving people you will ever meet. Not everybody, not everybody anywhere. Obviously, you're gonna have, you know, just just the law of averages, right? But the majority of people that we've met in the Dominican Republic just fascinating and generous and loving and would just give you the shirt off their back. But that's not what they teach you here. So when you make a decision like that, when you decide to leave a six-figure job because you believe in yourself and what you're about, even though there is nothing on paper that says you're gonna be financially stable, people don't understand that. They can't get with that. Because they live this calculated life that's been created and brainwashed and conditioned by living in a country that truly wants to mold you into a resource. I don't want to be a resource, not under those conditions. I want to be a resource to people to help them become a better version of themselves. Hell yeah. It don't matter how outlandish the idea you have is. It doesn't matter. It don't matter if you want to move to the Caribbean, it don't matter if you want to move to Thailand, it don't matter if you want to move to Australia, if you don't, don't matter if you want to move to Tibet, to fucking Moscow. If it's in your heart and it feels right and you're intuitively guided to do it, just do it. I remember I was podcasting, I had a podcast with um, and and I the her name escapes me, but um I remember uh she was moving. She was moving from Australia to Canada, and that was fascinating to me because this is years ago. This before I even thought about moving out of America, um, or at least to the Caribbean. Um and you know, she was telling me about this move, and I was like, oh wow, how many times have you have you just visited Canada and you loved it, or what's the reason? She's like, No, I never visited there before. I'm just gonna go. And I was like, What? She's like, Yeah, I'm just gonna go. You know, if you're done work out, I'll move back or move somewhere else. And like that freedom that emits from those comments, like almost gives me goosebumps right now. Think about that mindset. To be so confident, so like um in alignment with who you are, to be able to say, you know what, I'm just gonna pick up and leave my country and go to a country I've never even stepped foot in before. That's freedom. That's alignment. And it's something you should never have to apologize for. People might not understand it, they might not get it, they might not see it. But if you do, you follow that. And when they see you do that, and they see the results from doing that, that is what is gonna make something click off, click in their head. And if it doesn't, it might not just be their time. One of the toughest things for me is, and the biggest challenges for me is my mother, right? And I love my mom, and I'm I'm a mama's boy. Love my mom. I mean, me and my mom have been through everything you could possibly think of in a lifetime. And she's one of the first people that I I really truly enjoyed sharing all of this with. You know, I would learn more about the body, and you know, specifically around the pandemic time, you know, because my mom was older and, you know, obviously they were more susceptible at the time. And I'm just sharing all this information with her and, you know, telling her, no, you don't need to listen to that because, you know, they're not looking at it from the correct perspective and the internal perspective, and you know, just trying to break it down for her. And, you know, we would get into arguments, and you know, I could tell over time that war on her, and to the point where she just didn't want to talk to me about those things anymore. So I just stopped bringing them up, you know, eventually. And then, you know, my mom started having some health issues, and you know, it's very hard for me not to step in and share my opinions. And I have, I mean, I fought the battles many a times. We've gone to war many a times, and many a times I'm just trying to tell her that, like, look, mom, once you go down this medical route, there's, you know, there's just gonna be something else. Every time you do something, there's gonna be something else. That's just how it works. It's helping you manage something, and it's not helping you cure anything or fix anything. But it just I've had to realize that that it's not her time. It's it's not going to happen. And I shouldn't say never, you know, who knows? I hope, but she is on her path. This is her journey. And while I want to share my light, the things that I've learned with her more than almost anybody in the world, to see her make some changes, and that could really, in my opinion, change her life. It's just not her. It's just not her path. I tell her all the time, like, why are you still living here? Why not go to Spain or Mexico or somewhere else where you don't have to struggle? You're, you know, for you're still working, you know, you're you're struggling, you know, you're stressed out, all these different things. Like, why? But she doesn't see it. She doesn't she doesn't see what I I see for her or what she could possibly have. And that's tough for me. That's a challenge for me. Um, every time I talk to her, and I love talking to my mom, but it's a challenge because I have to pull back and realize that while it may not be her time, I need to at least appreciate these moments I have with her because I don't know how many moments I'll have left. And it's just, it's tough. So when we talk about the challenges of becoming a better you, it's important to understand them, understand that it's part of the growth process, and understand that it's just not everybody's time around you to truly understand what you're doing. But that should never stop you from being you, becoming you, becoming the better you. And you should never, ever, ever have to apologize for it. So I don't care where you are in your journey, in whatever facet that is, whether that is, you know, your dietary journey, your alignment journey, your religious journey, your spiritual journey, your career journey, your relationship journey. Fulfill those plans because those plans, those ideas, those thoughts are there for a reason. And they all lead to a better you. And if any of those things, any choices that you make do not lead to a better you, you need to leave those behind. It's a conscious choice. I talk about it all the time. Is the choice you're making for the betterment of you or the detriment? There's no gray area. You gotta make choices for the betterment of you. You will always end up on the right side. Always. Every single time. I appreciate you. I have nothing but love for you, and I enjoy sharing light with you. Peace, love, and light, everybody. I'm out of here.