Equipment
Welcome to the one day at a time podcast where we forget about yesterday. We don't worry about tomorrow. It's what are we going to do today? This all matters because you've only ever had or will ever have the fantastic twenty four hours a day you're about to embark on. Hopefully this episode is going to give you some daily dose of wisdom that you can take action on today to improve your life.
Speaker 1:And remember, all it takes is one day at a time. Good morning, everyone. Straight to the point today. I think there needs to be a bit of some tough loving going on today. It's paused.
Speaker 1:Right? So first things first. If somebody has, like, as a human being, has, managed to live a good life, go out, enjoy social life, still get on track with their results, still have that moderate lifestyle, then it's possible for you to do it as well. I've seen people who have got newborn kids doing that. I've seen people who are, you know, 40, 50 year old doing it.
Speaker 1:I've seen people who are younger, like full time students doing it. There's the capabilities within all of you to live a healthy lifestyle and still enjoy your life to the maximum, right? That's possible. So let's make sure we understand that because a lot of people will revert back to, well, they're not me. They haven't got the life I've had.
Speaker 1:I'm different. But that's just a way of that's in essence, that's just a deeply, it's not an excuse, but it's like a way out for not taking personal responsibility. So when you take personal responsibility for your life, that means you have to let go of what's happened to you before. And that's the uncomfortable truth of taking personal responsibility, Whether you've come from the working class council estate, whether you've come from middle class, whether you've come from upper class, you were born into wealth, you were born into a a family that had great genes of athletics and stuff like that. None of them matters at this point right now, because you can decide today to be whoever you wanna be, end of.
Speaker 1:That is the reality. Right? It's uncomfortable, I know, because it means that now the ball's in your court when always you're always automatically batting the back. Boom. No.
Speaker 1:The one over here, no. Knocking the ball bat, the ball back over the other side. In many ways, being born and I this is what I believe and I've come to believe that being born into a counselor state, into working class, into, I wouldn't say poverty, I would just say low income is an advantage when it comes to maybe the work ethic and grit and stuff in in in later years versus people who are born into wealth. I think that being born in those conditions forges a work ethic and a willpower and a determination in some people who look at it in that way, that just can't be understood by people who have born into half because there's no there's always a safety net. There's always, well, you know, I don't have to do this.
Speaker 1:I don't have to do that. I can fall back. No one has a comfort. There's that comfort blanket there. They know there's no need to push.
Speaker 1:People who have to risk it all, who have nothing behind like underneath them you know got a you know there's a different mindset involved with that not saying for everybody because I'm not saying that people who are born into middle class stuff don't have it saying that you can look at these what seems to be disadvantages when you're younger. Now when I was younger, would hate the fact that, you know, you'd see people who are born into much wealthier backgrounds who are parents had nice cars, always gone on holidays. You used to always think, like, why why is that fair? And you can't really see it back end but it does fold you if you look back at it in that way, it depends how you look back at it, the framing you put on it. The point of it is, is that we're all born with very similar equipment.
Speaker 1:Most of us like look there's extreme cases where this is not true but we've all got hands and feet, we've all got a brain, we can all speak, most of us. Right? And always assumes that this doesn't happen. In general, we've all got the same equipment. And most of you listening to this are probably born into or in, you know, The UK, US, Australia, wherever it is, you know, first class, first world countries.
Speaker 1:So, yes, the wealth factor might not be the same for us, but the equipment we all have is near the same. And I'm gonna read a poem out. It's very short. That is brilliantly said about this, and then you're gonna get on with your day. So here it is, let me get my poet voice on.
Speaker 1:You know Wales is called the land of song, land of poets, the land of the poets and stuff like that. Unfortunately I can't sing but hopefully this little poem drives on the point I'm making. Don't know when it was said when was it? 08/1942, nice. George Washington Carver famous black inventor read Mr Guest's poem equipment during his commencement address at Selma University Alabama on the 05/27/1942.
Speaker 1:Mr Carver is most famous for his inventions using peanuts. He admired Mr Guest's skill and talents. Just a little background for you. Okay. Equipment.
Speaker 1:Figure it out for yourself, my lad. You've all the greatest of men have had two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes, and a brain to use if you would be wise. With this equipment they all began, so start from the top and say I can. Look them over the wise and great. They take the food from a common plate and similar knives and forks they use with the similar laces they tie their shoes.
Speaker 1:The world concerns them brave and smart, but you've all they had when they made their start. You can try and from come to skill. You can be great if only you will. You're well equipped for what fight you choose. You have legs and arms and brains to use.
Speaker 1:And the man who was risen great deeds to do began his life with no more than you. You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You must say where you want to go. How much you will study the truth to know God has equipped you for life, but he lets you decide what you want to be.
Speaker 1:Courage must come from the soul within, the man must furnish the will to win. So figure it out yourself, my lad. You were born with all the greats have had. With your equipment, they all began. Get hold of yourself and say, I can.
Speaker 1:And I'll leave you with that poem for today, guys. So you can do it today. Just focus on one day at a time. And if you could do it for one day, you could do for two days, if you could do for two days, you could do for three days. That's how it works, you build up every single day incremental and it all adds up.
Speaker 1:You just got to trust that it does all add up and this all anyone's ever been able to do and it just works out. So get to it today, and have a good day. And that's it. Thank you for listening to the one day at a time podcast with your host, Galf Lear. Hopefully, you understood something I said.
Speaker 1:I hope that some wisdom wisdom kind of distilled through into your mind. And I want you to now action it today. I don't want you to think about tomorrow. I don't want you to think about yesterday. I don't want you to think about leaving a review on this podcast.
Speaker 1:I don't want you to think about going to another website. What I want you to do is as soon as this podcast ends, you will take action and make the most of today. Ground yourself today, follow the one day at a time philosophy, and your life will change.
