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The speaker addresses someone who has faced repeated disappointments and feels like a failure. They acknowledge the toll it has taken and the temptation to give up. However, they remind the person that they are powerful and have made sacrifices to grow. They assure them that things will get better and that their current struggles are necessary for their character development and long-term success. The speaker encourages the person to persevere, accept their circumstances, and change their mindset to think like a winner. You have been let down again and again and again. It's like you take one step forward and two steps back, one step forward, two steps back, one step forward, two steps back, and the cycle's stuck on repeat over and over and over. This loop has taken a toll on you, man. It crushed your hope, stole your joy, and eliminated your peace of mind. It's challenging for you to think back to a time when days were normal to you because failing is now the new normal to you. As a matter of fact, it's gotten to a point where you're saying to yourself, you know what? Maybe I'm just not good enough to succeed. Maybe I am a failure. Maybe no one in my family was meant to succeed. Failure will always be normal to me. I don't know why I keep disputing it, why I just don't accept the fact that this is who I am. It's a whole lot easier than constantly feeling discouraged, frustrated, and rejected. Why do I keep trying to change my reality when in reality, it's only going to lead me to getting more hurt, when in reality, it's going to lead me to getting hurt and discouraged again? And now the people who I love the most think I'm crazy, looking at me like I'm some type of quitter or something, questioning my character. They don't even know the half of it. I fell down and got up, fell down and got up. I studied. I put the hours in. I sacrificed. I didn't complain. I trusted the process. And now as I sit back and analyze my circumstances, my hope, my drive, my ability to get out of this... My ability and my... My belief in my ability to get out of this toxic loop has slowly deteriorated. I don't feel like I have anything left in the tank to keep going. Hey, I want to take a moment to see you, to hear you, to affirm you, that you are not powerless. You, my friend, are powerful. I'm proud of you. I'm proud of your decisions, your sacrifices, and your willingness to stretch out of your comfort zone to ascend to another level of growth and more impact with the people around you. I want you to know that things will get better. Your days will get brighter, and the load you feel you're carrying around will eventually get lighter. But as for today, the current ups and downs you're experiencing, the feelings of failure and disappointment, the days that feel... The days that are filled with dark clouds, the goal that often feels like a burden you're carrying around, I know you might not want to hear this, but this path that you're on today is necessary. Your pain that you're experiencing is vital, and the temptation to quit tiptoeing around in your mind, yeah, they're all there for a purpose. Helen Keller once said, character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. My friend, life is testing you, deliberately putting you through a process to figure out how bad you really want this thing, and by giving in or throwing in the towel, you sacrifice all the time, effort, and energy you put in up to this point, giving up any chance of experiencing any long-term success. The path you're on will feel painful, lonely, exhausting. You might even feel like failure is normal to you, but you know what? Those points of failure are where you... Those points of failure are where your most valuable lessons will be learned and your character strengthened, two vital ingredients in the recipe of growth. Today I want you to say to yourself, I will keep growing, I will persevere, I accept my current circumstances not as the end, but as the means to an end. But as a means to an end, I allow my reality to fuel me, I understand my circumstances are only a reflection of my thoughts, I understand my circumstances are only a reflection of what my thoughts and beliefs have been up to this point in my life. I am the victor in this situation, I am in control. From here on out, my expectations increase, my prosperity increases, my faith increases, I am no longer captive to the prison of my thoughts, I am free, I am worthy, I am capable, I am valuable, I have the power to change my situation, I choose to think like a winner, not to please the masses, not to make me feel good and bring temporary pleasure, nah, because that is who I am.