Hi my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

Today's episode is here to inspire you to live your best life today.

Stories are one of the most powerful tools we have to inspire

us. Help us see the world differently and take action towards our dreams and here is one that I love.

In 1994 I had to go get on government's assistance just to feed my newborn baby.

That was my rock bottom.

That was because as a parent all you want to do is provide.

That's it.

It's simple.

I just want to provide safety and food for my baby.

Somebody else was provided my food and I didn't even have pampers.

And I remember on the second day of wrapping my son in the towel, Louis, I put my hand over his stomach and I said,

Don't worry, Jilani.

With tears streaming down my face.

I said, don't worry son mommy will never ever be this

broke again. You know it's one thing to be fiscally broke it's another thing to be emotionally broken and I was broke and broken.

And so I didn't know abundance.

I didn't know abundance existed.

I didn't know abundance could happen to people who look like me. A woman,

geographically from my neighborhood, I didn't know abundance can be that. I didn't see it around me.

I didn't know abundance can be for someone that was in my culture.

Everything was about survival and hustle.

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