In this episode, we discuss how if we shouldn’t get used to the things in our life because they can be taken away at any moment and how you should cherish those moments to the best of your ability.
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Hi Everyone, welcome to the You’re Daily Cup of Joe Podcast, with your host Joe Bautista. In this podcast, my goal is to give you quick lessons that you can reflect on in your journal so you can grow yourself physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually and have a better career, better relationships, and better personal finances while you enjoy your morning cup of coffee.
I’m also the author of the book “More You Know, More You Grow: How to Get Better Every Day”. In this book, I wrote down over 30 tips to help you grow in those four cornerstones. I’m also the founder of Grow With Joe, where I combine self-development coaching and financial planning for Latino Professionals.
In today’s episode, we are going to talk about it can all be taken away from you. In a moment, a thing that you love or cherish can be taken away. I’m 34 years old and I’ve had many things taken away from me. I’ve had relationships lost, I’ve lost material things, and I’ve lost people in my life.
My roommate in the Marines died in a car crash earlier this year, and I’m glad I was able to send him a text a couple of years to let him know that he helped me grow as a person. I can’t send that text now. So cherish the moments that you have and don’t expect them to last forever.
I like to tell people when they lost someone, that they should find solace in the memories of that person. That’s all we have for the most part in our memories. There are times when I go on my walk and remember the time I and my friend went out to the clubs in Honolulu during 2010. I also remember the times we worked out together and we pushed each other. I also remember some of the not so good times but we moved on.
I hope he is resting in peace and what I have to do is just move on with my life but also remember the lessons from our friendship and the good times when I have bad times in my life. The same way of thinking of stuff applies to everything else in my life.
In the Marines, there really isn’t anything better than your first unit for most Marines and then followed up by your second unit. This is where you make the most friendships and have the most memories. I hear a lot of Marines who get out wish they can have that same feeling of their first unit. It was great but I know I will never get that experience, but I just have to cherish those moments because I can never get it back again. I’m glad I got to enjoy it
Same thing with family relationships. Just enjoy the time together to the best of your ability and realize that one day you’re not going to have those experiences again. I will never have the same experiences with my family as I did as a kid because we have all grown up and have different things in our lives. So I don’t expect things to stay the same forever because the one constant in this world is changing.
I also know the world can be taken away from me with a global pandemic. I was supposed to be traveling through Latin America but I’ve been stuck in Colombia waiting on covid to end. It’s not a bad place to be but covid has definitely changed my plans. It took me a while to get adjusted to this quarantine lifestyle but I’ve adapted. And this is the key, adapt to the change, and not be dragged down or broken by it. Do this any and you can have a pretty fulfilling life with more purpose and clarity.
And that’s it for today’s episode, to summarize it, remember that it can all be taken away from you. The best thing to do is just to move on with your life and cherish the memories that you have from that event. If they are good or bad, just learn how to be a better person from them with your next move. Change is a good thing, but it can be painful as well. With this pain, we can be instructed on how to become a better person. If we hold on these memories without learning from them and wanting things to stay the same, then we’re just going to suffer and suffering is needless. So do the right thing and accept that things can be taken away from you and go on with your life.
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