Destiny

Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero

Eddie Pinero

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

"Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences" - J.k. Rowling

This episode is about separating your past from your future. It distinguishes between appreciating the experiences that have made you who you are and understanding that those experiences are not "you." To change is to leave yesterday's labels behind and embrace the opportunity of today.

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0:00.0	There's a saying that will always be true.
0:05.0	It will be true on your best days and your worst.
0:10.0	It will be true after victory and it will be true after defeat.
0:14.0	It will be true when you have momentum and it'll be true when you're down on your luck doing everything in your power to create
0:22.6	momentum that saying is your future begins now hey on the surface might not seem like much sure my
0:35.4	future starts now i know that that. Everyone knows that.
0:39.7	Well, if that's true, if everyone does, in fact, know that,
0:43.7	why do we spend so much time stuck,
0:46.3	reliving our past, unable to break free?
0:50.2	Why do we remain terrified to change?
0:53.6	Why do we feel such a connection to who we were, how others saw us?
0:58.0	Why must we remain loyal to the character we've been playing in our mental autobiographies?
1:04.0	See, here's the thing about the past and the future. One is fixed, can't be changed, and the other, well, it's waiting for you to tell it what it is.
1:17.1	One is expired time.
1:19.7	One is plans to be determined.
1:23.8	And it's interesting how we continue to conflate the two.
1:28.3	Epicetus has said that the more things we value outside of our control, the less control we have.
1:36.3	Well, I'm going to be the messenger here relaying the precious truth that yesterday is in fact out of our control.
1:43.3	What can be controlled is where we go from here, the next step.
1:50.4	Meaning today is not your failures.
1:53.0	It's where you take those lessons.
1:55.6	It's not your mistakes.
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