Listen to me—you will never outwork the image you have of yourself. I don't care how much potential you got, how many books you read, or how many people believe in you—if YOU don’t believe in you, none of it matters. It starts right here (points to heart), and right here (points to head). You gotta change the way you see yourself before you can change your life! Too many of you have bought into this lie that because you've been through some things, because you've made mistakes, because life hit you hard, that you're broken. That you’re damaged goods. That you’ve been through so much that there’s no way you could ever rise, no way you could ever become anything great. But I need you to hear me on this—you are not broken. You are in process. You are becoming. See, we live in a world that worships the finished product. Everybody’s clapping when the medals are handed out. Everyone’s cheering when the spotlight is on. But nobody celebrates the climb. Nobody claps for the struggle. Nobody tells you that the version of you right now—yes, the one fighting to keep going, the one carrying quiet pain, the one who doesn’t have it all together—is the most powerful version of you. Because that version is becoming. The caterpillar doesn’t look like the butterfly. But does that mean it’s not meant to fly? Of course not. It’s just in a different stage of the journey. And that’s where you are. You don’t have to have all the answers yet. You don’t need to look perfect, feel perfect, or perform perfectly to be worthy. You just need to keep going. You need to keep becoming. You have to stop calling yourself names that don’t belong to you. Stop saying you're a failure. Stop saying you’re lost. Stop saying you’re not enough. Those labels were never yours to begin with. What you are—is growing. What you are—is evolving. What you are—is learning who you are meant to be. And listen—growth doesn’t always look pretty. Becoming doesn’t always feel good. It’s messy. It’s uncomfortable. Sometimes it’s dark. But that darkness is not your end, it’s the soil. That’s where your roots dig deep. That’s where your foundation gets strong. That’s where the real transformation begins. So when life gets hard, don’t say “Why me?” Say “Try me.” Because you’re not falling apart—you’re being rebuilt. You’re not breaking down—you’re leveling up. You’re not stuck—you’re being shaped into something greater. From this moment on, I want you to change the conversation in your head. Stop speaking defeat. Start speaking destiny. When that voice creeps in and says “You’ll never be enough,” you shut it down with “I’m not there yet, but I’m on my way.” When you look in the mirror and start picking out your flaws, remind yourself: I am not broken. I am becoming. You are the author of your story—and it’s not over. In fact, the most powerful chapters are still being written. Keep showing up. Keep growing. Keep becoming. Because the best version of you is not the one that looks perfect. It’s the one that refuses to quit. And I get it—when life keeps hitting you, when every step forward seems to come with two steps back, it’s easy to believe that maybe you just weren’t built for greatness. Maybe you start thinking you don’t have what it takes. But the truth is, the problem isn’t your power. The problem is your perspective. You’ve been looking at the wrong scoreboard. You’ve been counting the scars instead of the strength they gave you. See, too many people wake up every day and define themselves by what they’ve lost, what hurt them, what they went through. You look in the mirror and you don’t see potential—you see pain. You replay every moment where someone left, where you failed, where life didn’t go your way. And you start to believe that’s all there is to you. That your identity is in your brokenness. That your value is measured by what went wrong. But hear me loud and clear—you are not what happened to you. You are what you do with what happened to you. Pain is real, no doubt. But it’s not the ruler. It’s not the judge of who you are or what you’re worth. Pain is just the pressure that produces purpose. But if you never shift your focus, if you keep looking backwards, you’ll miss what’s ahead of you. Your pain is supposed to be a passage—not a prison. Do you realize how much power is in you? Do you realize how many times you got knocked down and still got back up? How many nights you cried and still showed up in the morning? You call that weak? That’s not weakness—that’s resilience. That’s strength. That’s power. But you’ll never see it if you keep comparing your life to someone else’s highlight reel, or to some perfect plan that doesn’t exist. You’ll never recognize your greatness if you're only measuring it by what you survived, instead of what you're called to become. Purpose doesn't show up with comfort. It shows up in the trenches. In the confusion. In the moments when you want to give up, but something in you says keep going. That something in you? That’s power. That’s calling. That’s destiny whispering, “I’m not done with you yet.” So stop measuring your worth by your wounds. Stop letting your past define your identity. Start asking, “What did this teach me? Who did I become because of this? What strength did I unlock inside of me?” Because once you realize that every ounce of pain was shaping you, not stopping you—everything changes. You’ve been powerful this whole time. You just haven’t been looking at it the right way. Shift your focus from what hurt you to what’s inside you. Stop telling your story like a victim and start telling it like a victor. Because pain may have started your journey, but purpose is what’s going to finish it. You are powerful. Not in spite of the pain—but because of it. See, too many people want the promise, but they don’t want the process. They want the reward, but not the refinement. You say you want success, you say you want purpose, you say you want to walk into everything you were born to do—but you’re still showing up as the old you. The one who doubts. The one who settles. The one who second-guesses every decision and waits for permission to be great. You can’t live a legendary life with a limited mindset. You can’t walk into a higher calling dragging the weight of insecurity, fear, and self-sabotage behind you. That version of you that your destiny is calling for? That version has courage. That version moves even when it’s scared. That version doesn’t wait to be chosen—they choose themselves. Destiny doesn’t speak to who you are right now. Destiny speaks to who you’re becoming. But to get there, you have to evolve. You have to shed the excuses. You have to stop playing small because it’s comfortable. You have to let go of the story that says “I’m not enough” and start writing a new one that says “I was born for this.” Because you were. But destiny is not handed to anyone. It’s claimed. It’s stepped into. It’s fought for. So ask yourself—are you behaving like the person your vision needs? Are you thinking like the version of you who already made it? Are you moving with intention, with discipline, with belief? Or are you still reacting to life, waiting for the perfect time, the perfect setup, the perfect conditions? Let me tell you—there is no perfect time. The time is now. Not when you feel ready. Not when you’ve healed everything. Not when everyone believes in you. Now. You don’t need to become someone else. You need to become you, fully. Boldly. Unapologetically. The real you—the one who’s buried under doubt and delay. That version of you already exists inside. But you gotta commit to it. You gotta demand more of yourself. You gotta get up every day and show up as the version of you that your future depends on. Because it does. This journey you're on? It's not about proving people wrong—it's about proving yourself right. It’s about stepping into alignment with your purpose and saying, “I will not shrink. I will not settle. I will not let fear write my story.” Every time you choose growth over comfort, every time you choose purpose over pain, every time you choose discipline over distraction—you are becoming that version. And when you become that version—doors open. Opportunities appear. Alignment happens. Not because the world changed, but because you did. So don’t just dream about the life you want. Become the person who can live it. Destiny is waiting. But it’s waiting on you. So from this day forward—stop looking in the mirror for your flaws and start looking for your fire. You got something in you that’s been waiting for YOU to believe in it. Say it with me: I am not what happened to me. I am what I decide to become. I am not broken—I’m building. I am not weak—I’m rising. Change the way you see yourself, and I promise you—everything else will follow