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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, there comes a time when the soul must rise up and meet the moment,
00:05not with noise, not with fanfare, but with quiet, unshakable resolve.
00:11There is a rhythm in the heart of every champion, a song that plays only when the world is loud,
00:18when the weight is heavy, when the light seems far.
00:21That rhythm says, still I rise.
00:25The mindset of a champion is not born in the cheers of a crowd, but in the silence of a hard morning.
00:32When the bed is warm, but the dream is warmer.
00:35It is not forged in gold, but in grit.
00:38It is built when nobody is watching.
00:40It is polished with pain.
00:41It stands tall, not because it never fell, but because it got up again and again and again.
00:50Champions are not born.
00:54They are built in silence, shaped by struggle and refined by resilience.
00:59That is the truth few are willing to whisper and even fewer are willing to live.
01:05See, the world loves to marvel at the finish line.
01:08It claps for medals.
01:09It cheers for crowns.
01:11But it rarely stays long enough to see the start, the lonely, quiet, aching start where everything begins,
01:18where champions are made not in front of cameras, but in the dark, in the early hours,
01:25when the only sound is breath and will wrestling for control.
01:29A champion is not a person who had everything handed to them.
01:33They are the one who picked up what was broken, what was overlooked,
01:37what was told, you can't, and answered, watch me.
01:40Their strength didn't bloom under sunlight.
01:43It was pressed out of them in storm after storm.
01:47It was in the days when they were exhausted, but still showed up.
01:51When they were afraid, but didn't shrink.
01:54When they were tired of trying, but tried anyway.
01:57Because the mindset of a champion begins when you stop needing the world to understand your fire.
02:04When you decide that your dream is enough to carry you, even if the road is long and lonely.
02:10When the only witness to your effort is your own reflection, and still you give it everything.
02:16That's not talent.
02:18That's not luck.
02:20That's character.
02:22That's commitment stitched into the fabric of every step you take.
02:26People talk about natural gifts.
02:29And yes, some may be faster, stronger, more agile, but natural gifts are only seeds.
02:34What grows from them depends on what you feed them.
02:38Champions don't wait for the perfect soil.
02:40They grow where they are planted.
02:42They make do with what they have and turn it into something greater.
02:47They fall.
02:48They get bruised.
02:49They lose.
02:50And then they rise.
02:51Not because it's easy, but because they've already decided they are not staying down.
02:58Struggle for a champion is not a curse.
03:01It is a classroom.
03:03It is where strength is taught and perseverance is tested.
03:06It's where the noise fades and you hear your own voice clearly saying, keep going, because
03:13that voice, your own inner grit, becomes louder than doubt, louder than fear, louder than the
03:20people who left or laughed or told you to quit, and silence.
03:24That sacred silence becomes the forge.
03:27It's where a champion learns that applause is not the goal.
03:31Growth is, integrity is, doing the work even when nobody's clapping, even when no one sees,
03:40is the real measure.
03:42That's what separates those who wish from those who will.
03:46Then there is resilience, the polish on every champion's soul.
03:50It is not shiny.
03:52It is not soft.
03:53It is rough and raw and earned the hard way.
03:56It's the decision to show up to the next round, even after defeat.
04:02It's the moment you tie your laces again when your body says no, but your purpose says yes.
04:08It's holding your head high, not because you haven't struggled, but because you have survived
04:14every struggle that tried to break you.
04:17A champion doesn't just fight opponents.
04:20They fight thoughts.
04:21They fight doubt.
04:22They fight comfort.
04:23And every time they choose discipline over distraction, every time they stay consistent
04:28when quitting would be easier, they build something unshakable in their spirit.
04:34That's what people don't see when the victory finally comes, the hundred losses that didn't
04:40stop them, the quiet days where the wind felt far, the nights they cried but trained anyway.
04:49That is the real glory.
04:50And it doesn't end with a title or a trophy, because the mindset of a champion isn't just
04:57for the ring, the field, or the court.
05:00It's a way of being.
05:02It's how you face your mornings, how you treat others, how you carry yourself when nobody's
05:07looking.
05:08It's choosing to grow through what you go through.
05:11It's answering pressure with purpose and setbacks with soul.
05:16So if you want the mindset of a champion, don't wait for perfect conditions.
05:21Don't wait to feel ready.
05:23Step into your silence.
05:25Embrace your struggle.
05:27Stand in your resilience.
05:29And remind yourself every single day champions are built and you are building.
05:34A true champion sees failure not as a wall but as a doorway to greatness.
05:40That shift right there is what separates the ones who fall and stay down from the ones who
05:48fall, rise, and come back sharper, stronger, unshaken in spirit.
05:55The champion does not fear failure because they've walked with it, sat with it, learned from it.
05:59They know that failure, when faced with honesty and courage, becomes a wise and silent teacher.
06:05Failure will knock the wind out of you.
06:07It will bruise your ego, steal your pride, and whisper lies in your ear.
06:13But the champion listens not to the lies.
06:15It listens to the lesson.
06:18Every loss, every miss shot, every moment that didn't go as planned is not the end of the
06:23story.
06:23It's the start of a new chapter.
06:26A champion understands that doors don't always open on the first push.
06:31Sometimes they creak.
06:33Sometimes they resist.
06:34But eventually, they open if you refuse to walk away.
06:39What many people call failure, a champion calls foundation.
06:44Because those painful moments, they build the floor you stand on later.
06:48You don't get to the peak without climbing.
06:51And you don't climb without slipping.
06:53Falling isn't proof you're weak.
06:56It's proof you're trying.
06:59And trying is the muscle of champions.
07:03When you trip, stumble, or fall hard, it hurts.
07:08Yes.
07:09But what matters most is not that it happened.
07:12What matters is how you respond.
07:14Do you get bitter or do you get better?
07:17Do you let it close your heart or open your eyes?
07:20A champion chooses to turn every wound into wisdom, every misstep into a map.
07:26They don't run from failure.
07:28They face it with open hands saying, teach me.
07:31Show me where I must grow.
07:33This mindset doesn't come overnight.
07:35It comes from losing again and again and still lacing up your shoes the next morning.
07:40It comes from being counted out by others, but never by yourself.
07:43It comes from knowing that success is not a straight line.
07:47It is a winding road paved with rejection, setbacks, and silence.
07:52But the champion keeps walking.
07:54You see, failure humbles you.
07:57It reminds you that you are human, that you are in process, that you are becoming.
08:02And what a powerful thing it is to be becoming.
08:05Not already arrived, but growing.
08:08Not perfect, but persistent.
08:10Champions are not afraid to fall.
08:13Because they never confuse a fall with a finish.
08:17They know the difference between being knocked down and being counted out.
08:21And they never stay down for long.
08:23A champion's mind transforms pain into purpose.
08:27When others give up, they dig in.
08:29When others say, this is too much, they say, this is my moment.
08:33Not because they don't feel fear, but because they choose to move anyway.
08:37That choice, moment by moment, inch by inch, is what builds greatness.
08:44Champions look back at failure, not with regret, but with respect.
08:49Because they know it helped shape them.
08:52It trimmed their pride.
08:54It sharpened their focus.
08:55It gave them depth.
08:56And it gave them grit.
08:58No one reaches the top without stumbling on the way up.
09:01And the ones who make it, they carry their scars, not with shame, but with strength.
09:06Every failure reminds them, you're still here, still standing, still rising.
09:13Failure is not a stop sign.
09:15It is a signal.
09:16A chance to reroute, to reflect, to refocus, but never to retreat.
09:21Champions understand that greatness demands more than talent.
09:24It demands endurance.
09:26It demands patience.
09:27It demands that when the world says, no, you say, not yet.
09:32So don't fear failure.
09:33Don't let it freeze you.
09:34Let it form you.
09:36Let it stretch you, strengthen you.
09:38Wake up the fire inside you that says, I will not quit here.
09:43Because the ones who win are not the ones who never fall.
09:47They are the ones who fall, feel it, and still find the courage to rise again and again and again.
09:56The truth is, failure is not your enemy.
10:00It is your entrance.
10:01And champions walk through it with their heads high and their hearts open.
10:05Because they know every door worth walking through requires the strength to turn the handle.
10:12Discipline is the language champions speak when motivation has gone quiet.
10:17That's the secret most people don't want to hear.
10:21Motivation is loud.
10:23It comes in fast and burns bright.
10:25It feels good.
10:27It feels easy.
10:28But it doesn't last.
10:29It's a spark, not a flame.
10:31And when it flickers out, when the high fades, when your body aches and your mind doubts,
10:37that's when the voice of discipline steps in.
10:40Quiet, steady, unmoving.
10:43That voice says, do it anyway.
10:46Champions do not rise because they always feel like it.
10:51They rise because they decide to.
10:55They train when it's cold.
10:57They show up when it's hard.
10:58They practice when no one's clapping.
11:01Discipline is not glamorous.
11:03It's not loud.
11:04It's the small unseen choices, the early mornings, the late nights, the thousand tiny commitments
11:12that nobody celebrates, but that build something unbreakable over time.
11:17Discipline is how a champion keeps walking after failure has knocked them down.
11:23It's how they respond on the days when their dreams feel far and their body feels heavy.
11:28Because it's easy to act when you're inspired.
11:32It's easy to push when the fire is fresh.
11:35But the champion mindset is built on what you do when the fire dims.
11:40When it's just you, your goal, and a long road ahead.
11:45Discipline is not a punishment.
11:46It is a promise.
11:48A promise you make to your future self.
11:50A quiet agreement between who you are now and who you are becoming.
11:54It is the difference between wishing and working.
11:58It does not wait for ideal conditions.
12:01It creates progress and imperfect ones.
12:04While others are waiting to feel ready, a champion is already moving.
12:08This kind of mindset demands focus.
12:11It demands repetition.
12:13It demands that you show up for yourself over and over again, even when progress is slow.
12:20Even when doubt creeps in.
12:22A champion doesn't need perfect days to do the work.
12:26They just need the will to begin.
12:27And they begin again and again.
12:30That's the strength of discipline.
12:32It makes you reliable when emotions are not.
12:37The world often sees discipline as restriction.
12:40But for the champion, it is the opposite.
12:42It is freedom.
12:44Because with discipline, you are no longer a slave to mood.
12:48You're not ruled by the chaos of circumstances.
12:51You're grounded, rooted.
12:53You become your own structure, your own rhythm.
12:57You don't rely on the winds of outside energy.
13:00You build your own current and ride it.
13:03And that current is powerful.
13:05Because over time, those daily acts, those early hours, those repeated drills, those quiet decisions,
13:11They build momentum, and that momentum turns into mastery.
13:17That mastery turns into confidence.
13:20And that confidence turns into calm.
13:24When the storm comes, the disciplined mind is not shaken.
13:29It's already been here.
13:31It's already done the work.
13:32It doesn't panic.
13:33It prepares.
13:34A champion doesn't need someone watching to give their best.
13:39They don't need a crowd to perform.
13:41Because their discipline is internal.
13:44It's a code they carry.
13:46A standard they keep.
13:48Whether it's day one or day 1,000, they give everything.
13:52Not because it's expected, but because it's who they are.
13:57Even when they're tired, they stretch.
13:59Even when they're sore, they push.
14:00Even when progress is invisible, they trust the path.
14:04And that trust, that quiet faith in the process, that's what discipline looks like.
14:09Not perfection.
14:10Not endless energy.
14:13Just consistency.
14:14Just showing up again and again, even when the heart is heavy and the reward seems far.
14:20Discipline turns intentions into action, action into habits, and habits into legacy.
14:26Champions know this.
14:28They don't chase motivation like a balloon in the wind.
14:31They anchor themselves in purpose.
14:34And every time they honor that purpose with effort, they move closer to the version of themselves that the world will one day applaud.
14:42But long before the applause, long before the medal, long before the final round, they've already won.
14:50Because they chose the hard thing when the easy thing called.
14:54They chose the climb when comfort whispered rest.
14:58They spoke the language of discipline when motivation had nothing left to say.
15:03And in the quiet, with no eyes watching, they became unstoppable.
15:08Champions don't chase applause.
15:10They chase purpose.
15:12That truth sits at the center of everything they do.
15:15Applause is temporary.
15:16It's loud for a moment, then gone.
15:19It rises like smoke, then fades into silence.
15:23But purpose, purpose endures.
15:28Purpose is the fire that never goes out.
15:31It doesn't need an audience.
15:32It doesn't wait for validation.
15:34It simply is.
15:36And champions, real champions, build their lives around it.
15:39The world teaches us to seek praise.
15:42To measure our worth by how many eyes are watching, how many hands are clapping.
15:47But the mindset of a champion walks a different path.
15:51It does not need permission to be powerful.
15:54It does not perform for approval.
15:56It performs because it has something deeper, something greater calling it forward.
16:01And that call is not about being seen.
16:04It's about becoming.
16:05The champion understands something the crowd never will.
16:08That real greatness happens in the dark.
16:11When there's no cheering, no spotlight.
16:13Just raw effort and quiet commitment.
16:16Purpose, not praise, is what gets them up in the morning.
16:20It's what keeps them steady when the noise dies down.
16:23Because they know the applause is just an echo, it can never be the reason.
16:28The applause will not carry you through your hardest days.
16:31It will not whisper to you in the early morning silence when your body aches and your spirit feels thin.
16:37It will not stand beside you when you fail or fall short.
16:41But purpose will.
16:43Purpose is loyal.
16:44It stays.
16:45It grows deeper the more you give to it.
16:48And the more you give, the more you become.
16:51When you chase applause, you run in circles.
16:53You exhaust yourself trying to please everyone, trying to be seen.
16:58But champions don't waste time chasing opinions.
17:01They don't shape themselves for approval.
17:03They own who they are and what they've come to do.
17:06They walk with a knowing, a quiet power, a grounded presence that says, I know why I'm here.
17:14That knowing becomes armor.
17:17Because there will be critics.
17:19There will be moments when the cheers turn to silence or worse, to doubt.
17:25But the champion is not swayed by outside noise.
17:28They don't need applause to feel progress.
17:30They don't need recognition to know their worth.
17:34Their purpose is rooted in something internal, something bigger than applause can ever reach.
17:40Purpose gives weight to the grind.
17:43It makes the hard work meaningful.
17:46It turns repetition into devotion.
17:49It transforms pain into proof that you're on the right path.
17:53Because when you're driven by purpose, you don't just want to win.
17:58You want to become someone worthy of the victory.
18:01That shift changes everything.
18:03It means you train when no one's watching.
18:06You give your best when it won't be seen.
18:08You hold yourself to a standard higher than what others expect.
18:12Not because you want applause, but because you respect the mission.
18:17That mission is your why.
18:19And when your why is strong, nothing can move you.
18:23Not failure, not rejection, not even success.
18:28Because you're not climbing just to be clapped for.
18:31You're climbing because the top is calling your name.
18:34So choose carefully.
18:35Choose with love.
18:36And then choose again.
18:37Keep becoming.
18:39Speak to yourself like you matter.
18:41Because you do.
18:42That's not a suggestion.
18:43That's a necessity.
18:45You cannot build a life of wholeness with the language of shame.
18:49You cannot grow strong while tearing yourself down in the quiet.
18:53Change doesn't just happen in your behavior.
18:56It begins in your voice.
18:58The one no one hears but you.
19:00And the way you talk to yourself in the stillness, in the mirror, in the middle of the mess.
19:05That's where the true shift starts.
19:07You've been told to be humble.
19:09You've been taught not to brag.
19:10But somewhere along the way, too many of us turn humility into self-neglect.
19:15We started mistaking silence for strength and self-criticism for motivation.
19:19Let me tell you something.
19:20There is nothing noble about calling yourself named.
19:24There is nothing strong about carrying your shame like a badge.
19:28If you want to change your behavior, you must first change the way you speak over your own life.
19:34Because your words are seeds.
19:36And your mind, that's the soil.
19:39What you plant grows.
19:40You keep telling yourself you're lazy, you'll start believing it.
19:44You keep calling yourself broken, you'll stop reaching for healing.
19:47But if you start saying, I'm learning, you'll start growing.
19:51If you whisper, I'm worthy, something sacred begins to rise in you.
19:56Don't just change what you do.
19:58Change what you say.
20:00You are not your mistakes.
20:01You are not your bad habits.
20:03You are not the moments when you didn't show up as your best self.
20:06You are a human being, complex, growing, worthy of grace.
20:11Speak to yourself like you know that.
20:13Like you know you're someone who deserves kindness, even from your own voice, especially from your own voice.
20:21And I know it's not easy.
20:23Maybe you grew up hearing harsh words.
20:25Maybe the world has fed you lies about your value and you swallowed them just to survive.
20:30But survival is not the same as living.
20:34And now if you want to live fully, if you want to rise and stay risen, you must unlearn those lies.
20:40You must rewrite the script.
20:41And that starts with your language.
20:44You don't need to be loud.
20:46You don't need to stand in front of a crowd and declare your greatness.
20:49But in the moments when you feel small, you need to know how to speak life to your own soul.
20:55In the mornings when it's hard to move, you need to know how to say, I'm proud of you for trying.
21:01In the moments when you fall short, you need to say, this doesn't define me.
21:05That's how change takes root.
21:07Not in punishment, but in complaint.
21:09When a child is learning to walk, we don't yell at them when they fall.
21:13We cheer for the effort.
21:15We hold out our hands and say, try again.
21:18Why can't you offer yourself that same tenderness?
21:22Why do you think you deserve less love just because you're grown?
21:25Growth is still fragile.
21:27It still needs soft soil and warm words.
21:29The truth is, you can't bully yourself into a better life.
21:34You can't shame yourself into wholeness.
21:37But you can speak to yourself in a way that encourages movement.
21:41You can remind yourself daily that change is possible.
21:45You can create a new internal rhythm where the default voice is not doubt, but hope.
21:50Because that voice, it follows you everywhere.
21:53It's there when you start the new habit.
21:56It's there when you stumble.
21:57It's there when no one's watching, and you're deciding whether to give up or keep going.
22:02And if that voice is cruel, you will struggle to rise.
22:06But if that voice is kind, if it's patient and firm and rooted in love, then you will move with power.
22:12So listen to yourself.
22:14And when the voice is harsh, challenge it.
22:16When it's doubtful, answer it.
22:18When it says you can't, respond with, watch me.
22:22You don't need to be perfect to deserve kindness.
22:24You just need to be real, be real, and be kind over and over until your inner voice becomes a place of safety, not war.
22:33That's where change lives in how you talk to yourself when things get hard.
22:37Let your words become your wings.
22:40You don't need to feel ready to begin.
22:42Again, that's the lie we've all been sold.
22:45The one that says motivation must strike like lightning, that you must wait for the right time, the perfect mood, the stars to align before you take that first step.
22:55But the truth?
22:56The truth is readiness is a feeling that shows up after the action, not before it.
23:01Waiting to feel ready is how dreams get delayed and lives get smaller.
23:04If you keep waiting for the day you feel like changing, you'll be waiting forever.
23:09Because feelings are fickle, they rise and fall like tides, they shift with your sleep, your mood, your hormones, the weather.
23:16But change?
23:18Real change isn't built on how you feel in a moment.
23:21It's built on a decision.
23:23A quiet decision that says, even if I don't feel ready, I'll begin anyway.
23:28You may not feel brave when you take that first step.
23:31You may not feel clear.
23:32You may not even feel confident.
23:34But your feet can move while your heart is trembling.
23:37And you will be surprised how strong you are once you stop waiting for certainty and start walking in faith.
23:44Action births confidence.
23:46Movement creates momentum.
23:48The readiness you seek isn't hiding in the distance.
23:51It's waiting for you on the other side of motion.
23:54You have to learn to move without permission from your emotions.
23:57That doesn't mean ignoring how you feel.
24:00It means not letting your feelings be the gatekeepers of your progress.
24:04You can honor your fear and still do the thing.
24:07You can acknowledge your doubt and still take the step.
24:10It's not about pretending to be fearless.
24:12It's about doing the work while fear rides in the back seat, but not the driver's seat.
24:17You've done hard things before.
24:19You've stepped into the unknown before.
24:21Maybe you didn't feel ready then either, but you made it.
24:25You adjusted.
24:26You found strength you didn't know you had.
24:28That's proof.
24:29That's your reminder that readiness is not a prerequisite.
24:32It's a reward.
24:33Change is a decision, not a feeling.
24:36It starts with a choice to move forward while your hands still shake, to show up on the
24:42days you'd rather disappear, to take the first small step, knowing it might not be perfect,
24:49but it will be something.
24:51And that something, that's the beginning of everything.
24:55We've been taught that motivation is the spark that lights the fire, but sometimes the fire
25:01starts with discipline.
25:02Sometimes you strike the match with trembling fingers and trust that the flame will come.
25:06You lace up your shoes and take the walk.
25:08You open the book and read the first page.
25:10You put the phone down and breathe.
25:12These aren't grand moves, but they matter.
25:14They're signals.
25:15They're signs to your own spirit that say, I'm ready to become.
25:19Not because you feel like it, but because you're worth it.
25:22Because the version of you that you want to become is waiting.
25:26Not for perfect timing, not for loud confidence, but for this moment right now.
25:31This moment is enough.
25:33You are enough.
25:34And even if the change feels distant, the decision is near.
25:37It's right here in your hands.
25:39And yes, it will feel awkward at first.
25:41Uncertain.
25:42Unnatural.
25:43That's okay.
25:44All beginnings do.
25:45Every masterpiece once looked like a mess in the middle.
25:49Every confident person was once uncertain.
25:51Every habit started as an inconvenience.
25:53You will not always feel like changing, but you can still act like someone who is changing.
25:59That's how transformation begins, by moving before you're ready and trusting that readiness
26:04will meet you along the way.
26:06You don't need more motivation.
26:07You need more motion.
26:08Let the action lead the feeling.
26:10Let the doing shape the becoming.
26:13And when the doubts whisper, you're not ready.
26:16Whisper back.
26:17But I'm starting anyway.
26:18Because the truth is, readiness is not the requirement.
26:22Willingness is.
26:23And you, even with your nerves and your questions and your trembling hands, you are more than
26:28willing.
26:28You are already becoming.
26:30Keep going.
26:31Be patient with the becoming.
26:32That's what most folks forget when they talk about change.
26:36They want it to be quick, clean, convenient.
26:39They want to wake up one morning with new habits stitched in like second skin and old behaviors
26:43gone like they never existed.
26:45But baby transformation doesn't work that way.
26:48Becoming is a process, not a moment.
26:50It's not a switch you flip.
26:52It's a slow burning light that learns to glow steadier every day you decide to keep walking.
26:59You have to give yourself time to become someone new.
27:03Time to unlearn.
27:04Time to unravel the old stories you've lived by for years.
27:08And none of that happens overnight.
27:10This is the deep work.
27:12The kind that doesn't always show up on the outside but rewrites everything on the inside.
27:17So let go of the need to rush.
27:19Let go of the lie that says you're falling behind just because your growth isn't loud
27:24or fast.
27:25Real change is quiet.
27:27It's layered.
27:28It takes root in silence before it ever blooms in public.
27:32This isn't a race.
27:33It's a return.
27:35A return to your truest self.
27:37And that journey is sacred.
27:39It needs space.
27:41It needs softness.
27:42You don't pull a flower from the earth and shout at it to grow faster.
27:46You water it.
27:47You protect it.
27:48You let the sun do its work.
27:50Do the same for yourself.
27:52Because no matter how long it takes, every small effort is working, even when it feels
27:57invisible.
27:59You might have days when you slide back into old ways.
28:02That doesn't mean you've failed.
28:04That doesn't erase the progress you've made.
28:07Change isn't linear.
28:09It's full of detours and dips.
28:11And every step back is a chance to practice grace.
28:14Growth doesn't mean you never fall.
28:16It means you know how to rise kind of this time, more aware, more equipped.
28:23Some people will not understand the pace of your becoming.
28:26That's all right.
28:27They don't have to.
28:29You're not here to meet their timeline.
28:31You're here to meet yourself over and over to show up for your healing, to choose your
28:37peace, to build a life rooted in truth, not urgency.
28:41You're not behind.
28:42You're becoming.
28:44And that's a powerful thing.
28:45There will be moments when you wonder if anything's changing, when the results feel
28:49slow and the work feels endless.
28:51But keep going.
28:52The shift is happening.
28:54Every time you choose to pause instead of react, every time you notice the trigger before
28:59it takes hold, every time you speak to yourself with compassion instead of criticism, these
29:05are the quiet victories that shape who you're becoming.
29:09These are the moments to that matter, and you don't need to have it all figured out to be
29:12on the right path.
29:14You just need to stay faithful to the small, deliberate choices that align with who you
29:20want to be.
29:21Trust that the process is working, even when it moves at the pace of a whisper.
29:26Trust that the foundation you're laying now will hold you up when the storms come.
29:31Because they will come, because they will come, but you will not be the same.
29:35You will be rooted, not because you rushed, but because you stayed.
29:39Because you waited.
29:40Because you waited.
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