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00:00when we were much younger many of us learned subtraction when we're like in primary two three
00:04four five and you remember that when the teacher would write two minus eight or three minus five
00:09the whole class would shout impossible how can two minus eight there is not enough and the teacher
00:15would smile and say what do we do and then we all shout we borrow one and we'll put one
00:20and
00:21the problem gets solved then we got older in secondary school mathematics then became more
00:28honest when the teacher writes two minus eight nobody will shout impossible nobody will even
00:37try to borrow nobody will panic the answer will just become what minus six because now we understand
00:43what we did not understand before on the number line we now understand that a number can go below
00:49zero there is a negative side of the number line you see i think many adults are still living life
00:57like primary school mathematics they believe that their problems cannot be bigger than their capacity
01:03they believe that there is a limit to how bad things can get they believe that perhaps there is a
01:08point
01:08where life must stop subtracting then adulthood arrives and reality introduces them to negative
01:16numbers that's when you realize that you can lose a job in one day in that same day you can
01:21lose a loved
01:22one in that same day you can lose your relationship in that same day you can have a panic attack
01:27and
01:27land in the hospital in that same day your landlord can call you that the rent has increased in that
01:31same day the car can break down and it will be told in that same day the money that you
01:35expected you
01:36will not get it in that same day somebody can even disappoint you and suddenly you realize that life
01:41can push you below zero oh yes you see some people think or some people assume that this is the
01:47worst thing
01:47that could happen this is the worst oh my dear unfortunately sometimes life will reply you with
01:54you haven't seen anything yet if you think you cannot get poorer my dear you can if you think you
01:59cannot carry more responsibility my dear you can if you think you cannot add more weight you can if you
02:06think your heart cannot break even more it can if you think people cannot disappoint you for that
02:11that will shock you more my dear they can if you think abuse cannot get worse it can the negative
02:17side
02:18of life is very real and this is where resilience matters and this is why preparation matters this is
02:24why emotional strength matters this is why wisdom matters because my dear life subtracts life is
02:34constantly subtracting time subtracts disappointment subtracts grief subtracts failure subtracts pain
02:42subtracts betrayal subtracts aging subtracts life is always subtracting something you are no longer in
02:51primary two where you are still shouting impossible we must borrow one you see whatever you do ensure
02:57that you don't get into the negative it's better for you to stay on the lowest positive
03:02than for you to enter into the negative why let me explain imagine that there are two people
03:07person a is at plus two person b is at minus 10 if both decide that they want to improve
03:14their life
03:14by 12 points person a will move from 2 to what to 14 and person b will move from what
03:20minus 10 to 2
03:22notice something they both gain the same amount yet they did not arrive at the same place because the
03:28person in the negative has to put more to get to zero first before pushing to the positive
03:34so even before you can even start building a positive life you have to get to the base of zero
03:38that is why when you get to the negative it is harder to do a comeback this is also why
03:42it looks like
03:43people may be appearing to be working hard but the results are not very visible the progress is not
03:49very prominent sometimes it looks like they are not moving forward even though they are trying their best
03:54it's because you are coming from the negative you are recovering it's like somebody that is
03:58climbing out of a hole you have to first climb out of the hole before you start walking so you
04:03are
04:03walking walking walking sometimes you are in the negative so now you have to try and get back to
04:09zero and then you can then move forward to one two and that is why as an adult as a
04:15young woman
04:16as a young man you should never be casual about what keeps you in the positive number line people
04:22think strength is optional it isn't people think community joy healthy relationships are optional
04:29these things aren't these are the things that can help you be on the positive number line so that you
04:36can have capacity when life starts subtracting and you are not heading towards the negative every
04:41healthy thing in your life is helping you keep you in the positive this is why as an adult you
04:46should
04:46try to add to yourself add knowledge add skills add discipline add friendships good healthy friendship
04:53add savings add emotional regulation add faith add resilience add hope add gratitude not because life
05:03is easy but because life subtracts and when life starts subtracting my dear it is better to start from
05:09100 than from two one of the greatest greatest biggest mistakes people make is assuming they can
05:16permanently live on the edge you can't you will run yourself into exhaustion so you stay in unhealthy
05:23relationships you ignore your health you ignore the things that are supposed to keep you on the
05:28positive side of things you ignore your finances you neglect your emotional well-being when life starts to
05:34subtract suddenly you find yourself in the negative and your comeback will be difficult why am i teaching
05:40you this you see adulthood is realizing that life is not primary school law we are not doing primary school
05:46math you can go below zero i'm telling you the truth and sometimes you will but wisdom is spending
05:53your life building enough strength enough character enough support enough faith enough resources enough
06:00resilience so that when life does is lead to annoying subtractions you remain standing the goal is not
06:06pretending that negatives do not exist the goal is building a life strong enough to survive them so
06:12that when life subtracts hundreds you will have 100 more so add to yourself more love more care more
06:19discipline more courage more wisdom add to yourself more patience more resilience nothing should take you to the
06:26negative because the subtractions are coming life will always subtract and when it does you will be
06:32grateful that you spent your years building instead of merely surviving that is why proverbs 10 14
06:38the wise the wise store up knowledge i hope you have learned something today thanks for watching bye
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