What Kind of Friend Are You? (Monday Moment ep. 613)

Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary

John O'Leary

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🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

On the afternoon of May 20, several thousand St. Louis University graduates would receive their diplomas. Thousands of parents, siblings and loved ones would fill an arena cheering for them. Everyone in the arena excitedly looking forward to this day they’ve worked a lifetime to achieve. Everyone except one: The commencement speaker.

Although I’ve delivered thousands of keynotes, each time I deal with a bit of anxiety and self-doubt. Leading up to the day of the commencement address, those fears were almost debilitating.

And yet at 6:14am that day while pacing in my living room, the anxiety and self-doubt faded. A single text message showed up and transformed my anxiety into peace and my fear into gratitude. Let me explain.

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0:00.0	Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary Monday Morning
0:16.1	Moments. As you know, we record each of these so that you and I can begin our weeks and these days in awe and on fire for life.
0:24.7	So let's get after today.
0:26.6	I'm just going to jump right in on the afternoon of May 20th.
0:29.8	Several thousand St. Louis University graduates would receive their diploma.
0:33.8	Some of you might have been there.
0:35.6	Thousands of parents, thousands of siblings,
0:38.2	thousands more of loved ones would fill an arena cheering for the graduates. Everyone in the arena
0:44.8	excitedly looked forward to this day that they've worked a lifetime to achieve. Every one of them,
0:51.6	except for one, the commencement speaker. He wasn't looking forward to it.
0:57.1	Although I've delivered thousands of keynotes each time I deal with a bit of anxiety and self-doubt,
1:02.9	leading up to this day, that commencement address, those fears were debilitating. And yet,
1:09.5	at 6.14 in the morning, the day of the commencement address while pacing
1:15.0	my living room, the anxiety and the self-doubt faded. How? How did that happen? What was none other than a
1:23.5	single simple text message that showed up and transformed my anxiety into peace and my fear into
1:31.5	gratitude. Let me explain. Earlier in 2023, I had met a dear friend of mine for lunch. His
1:38.5	name is Matt Evans. Shout out to my buddy Matt. At the end of our time together, Matt asked
1:43.2	genuinely, what can I do for you, man?
1:46.8	I shared that although I was rooted in my faith, I wanted to be more intentional in reading
1:51.8	scripture each morning. I asked if he had any ideas on what I could do to actually remain
1:57.6	committed to this thing that I knew mattered, but wasn't living into.
2:02.4	The following day, Matt sent me an early morning text message that included a section of scripture,
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