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K Pop Demon Hunters, Saja Boy's Breakfast Meal and Hunt Tricks Meal have just dropped at McDonald's. They're calling this a battle for the fans. What do you say to that, Rumi?

B (0:09)

It's not a battle.

A (0:10)

So glad the Saja Boys could take

B (0:12)

breakfast and give our meal the rest of the day.

C (0:14)

It is an honor to share. No, it's our honor. It is our larger honor. No, really, stop.

A (0:21)

You can really feel the respect in this battle. Pick a meal to pick a side.

C (0:26)

Ba da ba ba ba and participate in McDonald's while supplies last.

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C (1:00)

I read something earlier. Someone said the amount of good things in your life depend on you simply noticing them. And I was like, yo, that's so beautiful, right? A lot of times there's so many beautiful things happening in our lives and we don't even realize because our mind is steeping in the worries, steeping in the anxieties, steeping in our lack of what we don't have or, you know, we're not really seeing the possibilities in our life anymore. We're focusing on what went wrong instead of what could go right or what we're grateful for. In the present moment, I really do believe everything is perspective. And as the world is getting quite crazy, you know, I don't believe in, like, disregarding what's happening and not, you know, you know, understanding reality. But just because our reality is mirroring something to us, it doesn't mean that we don't have that possibility to throw, drive, to pivot, to evolve. Even if the economy is struggling, even if energy prices are going up again, we are understanding that we have the ability to grow through whatever we are going through, and that we have all the tools that we need to truly succeed. And sometimes it just takes a moment to notice that, understand that, integrate that right into our mind, into our spirit, into our body, and then fully embody that in this world. We had the reminder deck today. Just a deck of cards, but different lessons that I have learned throughout my life. These are things that I've spoken about on this channel, on my podcast, and I put them into a deck of cards. But every single card having its own illustration, its own color palette took a year to develop these. And I was actually doing a count the other day and we have sold a couple thousand of these now. There's like over 2,000 of you, I believe, that have purchased these decks, which is amazing. Thank you. I wanted to remind us today of many things because a lot of us, we're going to be making some changes in this season. And we must know that it takes sacrifice to have a deeper relationship with ourselves. You know, at times we may have to let go of habits, you know, ways of thinking, ways of being, or even people that no longer align with us. You know, we are outgrowing our current environment. We are being called to a new position. Often when we think about wanting more in life, often we don't think about how we had to raise our capacity as well. Like, if you're gonna buy a house, right, and let's say you've lived in an apartment your whole life, well, also realize when you buy a, you don't have to think about the yard, the garden. There's going to be more floors, so there's more to clean. Maybe you have a garage and a driveway. And the driveway has to get re cemented every other couple years so it looks fresh for the neighborhood because you don't want to be looking all scraggly with your neighbors, right? Like, as we think about the life that we want to live, we also have to realize we have to raise our capacity as well for responsibility, alignment, and really question, what do we want? So to get what we want, often to do that is we have to make sacrifices, right? Why? To go deeper into ourselves, to harness our discipline, to learn more about ourselves so we know what we truly want. And we're not just trying to fill voids to make us happy. Because we're trying to be happy while we are living our life. Not happy. When I'm a firm believer in just like every single day, trying to bring meaning into every step, meaning into our life. Why? Because there is no destination. It is right here in every single step. But a sacrifice is not a loss. Just because you are taking something out of your life, you are changing something up, it's not a loss, it's an opportunity. An opportunity to take a seat and have an inner view with ourself, a seat at the table with our own soul. Because there is so much more to you, more than you even know. But it takes sacrifice to often have a deeper relationship with ourselves. Right? What will you do in this season to go deeper with yourself? Maybe you will sign up for a new activity to really get into your body. Maybe you can do rock climbing, kickboxing. Maybe you're going to do high heel pole dancing to really feel like you're in your body body to have that better connection with yourself. Maybe you're going to change slightly how you eat. I understand. So you could be more focused, so you can feel better, so you can have more energy. So when you wake up, you're not groggy and you're full of life and you go apply that energy to your dreams, to whatever you are building. In this season, your patterns and your habits may have to change and they may be opposite of your friend group. Maybe your friend group likes to smoke. Maybe that's what you guys do. But you know, in this season, it has no service for you. It's actually delaying your destiny. So some of these changes might disrupt your social environment. That still may be an opportunity. Not still. That will be an opportunity for you. Right. Because you're going into a season that is preparing you for a new position, one that you have been waiting for. But we have often, you know, I've experienced trying to do something, trying to go somewhere and realize that we haven't been able to do it. We've struggled. But just because we can't doesn't mean that we won't. I say this to myself all the time. There's so many things in life that I want to do. I've tried and I couldn't. Maybe I didn't have the capacity. Maybe I didn't have the financial resources. Maybe I just didn't generally have the people around me. You know, as a creator, I've. I've had many roadblocks. Just because I haven't had the right team at certain times to take things to the next level. But I can't does not mean I won't. We learn why we can't and we understand that. Limitations, yes, they are real. But I don't see limitations as anything that's trying to stop me. If I meet a limitation in life, I'm not like, oh, this is life telling me I'm not worthy or I'm not the type of person that gets to do this. I'm like, no, it's here to guide me. It's here to mold me. And maybe here to slow me down a little bit because I'm in a rush. Some of us need to be slowed down, right? Some of us trying to get to places before our time. But you don't want nothing to blossom before it's time. Look at nature. Everything has a season, Everything has a reason. What happens when we, you know, put hormones into animals and we do things to the soil? Yes, we produce the foods faster, but on the back end, we poison the soil, we deplete it, we poison the foods which then go into our bodies and create harmful effects over time, right? So sometimes life does put up little walls, little hurdles, not to stop you, but to mold you, Give you the opportunity to learn something, give you the opportunity to develop strength so you can see how high you can really jump. You may not have the ability to accomplish your dream today, but I can't. Does not mean I won't say that to yourself. This is a reminder. I can't. Doesn't mean I won't. Just because you weren't able to launch that YouTube channel while you were also working full time and going to school, doesn't mean you won't be able to. Doesn't mean you will have time freed up in another season. You know, I actually didn't take YouTube seriously as like in a consistent way until life kind of made it possible for me. Before, I was very busy doing a lot of different projects for other people, you know, marketing, videography, all these things. And the pandemic hit. It was impossible for me to be a full time creator and doing the marketing and videography and I'm a father and doing all these other things. But I knew I wanted to, but I knew I couldn't in that season. So what did I do when I could? I would make a video. And I did that for years. I had a hundred videos and like 2,000 subscribers because I came to YouTube when I had a little bit of time, made a video, and then went back to my life. And then the opportunity came for me to go all in and I did it. And I had the foundation, 100 videos, the tools, the skills I practiced in a hundred videos, storytelling. So then I was ready. So again, sometimes those limitations, like my job and me being busy with other things weren't there to stop me from being a full time creator, but it was there to mold me. It gave me the opportunity to get used to my voice, you understand, to learn storytelling, to get comfortable on camera, because I was so uncomfortable at first. And then when I was finally ready, life gave me the opportunity and we fulfilled it. So I want you to think of your own life. Like that. Don't look at your limitations like, oh my God. This is here to stop me. This is here to push me back. I'm not worthy. No, no, no, no, no. I can't. Doesn't mean I won't. And whatever is for me, we're gonna allow it. We're gonna receive good things in life. If there's love for us, we're going to receive it. The opportunities, we're going to receive it. What is meant to be in our life, we're going to open, we're going to have our arms open and receive it because we understand we are deserving. But whatever isn't for us, we're going to set free. We're not going to hold on to things that no longer serve us. We're not going to hold on and try to stay in our bubble because it feels comfortable. If life is pushing us in another direction, we're going to go and we're going to have that trust because we understand. The back of the card says there is a window of opportunity when you allow what is for you to be. There is a window of opportunity when you allow what isn't. To be free. Sometimes in life there will be a window of opportunity. You may meet somebody, you like them, but you're scared to commit. And then unfortunately, they go their own way because they have enough love and respect for themselves to put themselves in a situation where they're not going to be loved back. And then you realize it a year later. That was a, you know, that was a window of opportunity. There could be windows of opportunity at times with certain careers and things like that. So we have to make sure that we are actually noticing the good things in our life. Like how I opened up this conversation. The good things in our life are dependent on what we notice, right? What we notice. But if we are always simmering and steeping and worries and regrets and doubts, what do we do? We mold our mind and our perspective. You understand, it's set at a certain frequency that actually only notices the negative things. We don't notice the beauty anymore. It can be a beautiful sunny day, birds are chirping. But in the mind we are somewhere else. So we need to understand what is for us. Let's open our arms up and let's receive it. And whatever isn't, let's release it. Don't allow yourself to be in environments that don't serve you. No, no, no. Some of us have done that and we know how that erodes our self trust, our self belief in ourself and I'm a firm believer always that there is so much, so much in us, you know, and we have to identify what we love in life. Firm believer that we should live the life we love and just love it while we are living it, you understand? And just let the love in your life actually be felt. Let it be seen, let it be open, let it be free. Understanding that you hold the key, you understand? Mindset is everything. We talked about this in one of the last videos, and if you go watch that, we talk about how we can't control the outcomes in life, but we can control our relationship with the process. You can do everything right and something still not work out. So we have to place our value in the present moment and on the fact that we don't quit on ourselves. You understand? As this world is going to be moving into very uncertain times and things can be changing and economy's changing and jobs are changing and there's uncertainties and there's wars, you have to know that you cannot control any of this. But you must believe that no matter what happens, I will be able to adjust and adapt and pivot. You place that respect and trust on yourself, and you'll see how your mind works. But you'll also see how life matches that energy for you and brings the right people to you, brings the right opportunities to you. We had to believe in the magic of life a little bit, you understand? I know it's hard as we become adults and we get older because we have so much responsibilities, we are met with so much tragedies. You know, loved ones are lost. You know, economies change, businesses go under. Like, we experience so many bad things that sometimes we forget about the magic in life. We truly forget about the magic in life. But we must understand at the end of the day that also the uncertainties we are experiencing are also a gift. I talk about this a lot, but it has a spirit of a child. And what are children like? Everything is magical to children, you understand, because they are curious. They're. They are full of questions, which means they are full of opportunity and possibility. So if there is uncertainty in your life, it's an opportunity to ask more questions, new questions and better questions. Maybe the life you've been living, yeah, it's been good, but maybe for the next 10, 20 years, it's actually not in alignment. Maybe things need to change. Maybe things need to fall apart for you to truly see what needs to be built in your next era. So we're actually embracing the uncertainty by asking questions and knowing the path will reveal itself. We're understanding that we are abundant and that, like, we can develop. You know, things in life bring value, you know, receive our monetary gain from it and move forward. And I'm really excited for this next era because I think we're all going to get the opportunity to be our unique selves. To be our unique selves. Like, truly be the individuals we were meant to be, not the individual we think we're supposed to be for this group of people or for society. But we're embracing our quirks. We're embracing the natural gifts that were instilled into our spirit. We're actually noticing the beautiful things about us, right? Learning to notice the beautiful things and the good things in life, but noticing the beautiful things about us on a daily basis and really being like, yo, I love that about myself. And we're not wasting our energy trying to please people who don't love the real you. Like I always say, be yourself undeniably. And this takes time. It takes time. It's a process, you understand? Like, I'm still learning how to be myself undeniably. Sometimes, you know, we struggle, but sometimes we're fully in it. Be yourself undeniably. So the ones that love you can come closer, and the ones that don't can simply go somewhere else. You know, sometimes if I'm in conversation with somebody and I reveal something really personal about myself, and then I have that automatic reaction like, oh, no, I should have said that. Maybe they'll see me in a lesser light, or maybe they won't like me as that much. And then what I always do right after that is affirm to myself, if this person doesn't like me or can't see me for the real me. This is not a person I need in my orbit. This is not a person I need in my environment. I need people in my environment. In my environment. Sometimes we stumble in my orbit. I love the real me. I see the progress of me, understand the loves, the energy that loves hearing the good things, but also the things I'm struggling with. Understanding that we're all humans and we have a whole self. Imagine creating a false version of yourself and having to perform that all the time, like trying to keep up. You get exhausted. Exhausted entertaining everybody else and exhausted with yourself. So if we can learn to be our unique self, our unique self, whatever that means to you, undeniably, right? Embodying this is me right now, then the ones who love us will come closer and we'll have beautiful community, beautiful relationships. And the ones that don't they can find another tribe because there's like 9, 10 billion people on the planet. We cannot entertain everybody. So this year we're learning to be ourselves more and giving ourselves the experiences and opportunities to discover what that even means. You may need to put yourself in a new environment to discover that. You know, one of the questions I've always asked myself, I've always asked myself this one question. Who would I become if I lived in a different country? And in one week I am leaving to go to a different country to answer that question. Because I am very interested in who will I become in a completely new environment that's molding me. Because we're not just creating a life, but life is creating us. We're not just creating art, but art is actually molding us as well. You know, like we are the clay and the sculptor. It's a symbiotic relationship that we have with life. So understanding and embracing our unique self also means gifting yourself new experiences to learn. Who are you? There's more to you than you even know. And now again, not everybody can just get up and leave. I have been thinking about this my whole life. I was talking to my friend, he's like, yo, you have premeditated making this move for like the last 16, 17 years, 18, 19 years. I'm like, yes, I've actually been talking about this for a very long time. Something I've been working towards for 15, 16, 17 years. Right. So sometimes you, you need to think in like long term vision. Just because you can't do something doesn't mean you won't. Just because we can't do something doesn't mean that we won't. So this year we are being our unique selves, undeniably so. The ones that love us will come closer and the ones that don't can simply go somewhere else. You know, I want to remind you as well that, you know, whatever we are going through, we can grow through that. You know, everything we go through is an opportunity for growth. I know that is a very cliche thing to say sometimes, but I truly believe in it. I really do believe half the battle, or 80% of the battle in life is mindset. Yes, there are real tragedies and struggles in our reality, in our physical. But you know, I know people who have faced very similar struggles and they've chosen to deal with them in very different ways. And some people have risen up and some people have fallen down. Right. So I think at the end of the day, no matter what happens, we cannot Control what happens, but we can control how we respond. I'm big on response, not reactions, right? Sometimes reactions are just what we feel. Immediately we get angry, whatever it may be. Yes, it's great to express ourselves, but how are we going to respond? Respond to life, you understand? Because we are more than just what we feel. Our emotions, our emotions. It's energy, emotion. But you're not anger, you're not anxiety, you're not. You just experience those things. Like when someone says, I'm a very anxious person, I'm like, you're just experiencing a lot of anxiety in this season. But it doesn't mean that your personality, your soul is anxious. It's just what your experience is. Up until now. It's how your nervous system has been operating for like the last five, 10 years, maybe one year, six months. But you can grow, you can move past that. We can't always control what happens, right? We cannot control this world, but we are in control of how we respond. And again, we spoke about this in last video. We put our value in our response, not in what happens, not just in the outcomes. Because again, you can do everything right and something doesn't pan out in your favor. But we put our value in how we respond. Someone does something wrong with you, treats you wrong, says false things about you, how do you respond? Do you match their energy? Do you go to hell with them? Or do you, you know, you say, I know myself, and you know what? I'm gonna take the high road and move forward. I was watching J. Cole interview with Cameron, super funny. And he was mentioning about how when he went through that battle with Kendrick and Drake and he pulled out and the whole world was like, you know, talking smack about him, you know, saying he pulled out, he soft all this stuff. He asked himself a simple question. He said, can I control how people perceive me? He's like, no, I can't control what they say about me. But he's like, I can control my relationship with myself, with myself, and with my process. So what he focused on was making sure that his relationship with his music, with his art remained pure. And he just stuck to that. And he muted the noise and he focused on the relationship with himself. He could react to everything that everybody was saying, but he knew he was not in control of that, but he was in control with how he took the next step and how he took his next breath and how he showed up for his children that day and how he showed up to the piece of paper with that pen that day and what he was going to write and the dedication he's going to place. And that is all we can do. You understand? We can't control life, but we can control how we respond in our relationship with the present moment. We can mute distractions, we can mute noise. If the mind gets a little bit too negative, we can bring ourselves back, you know, with the reminder deck. Also, I have self talk meditations, guided experiences in the link, in the description, if you want to check those out. The mind is a muscle. Same with our spirit, you understand, having a more calm, chill spirit, being able to respond, being able to have an optimistic mindset in life that can pivot, that can notice opportunities, that can see the beauty, that can cultivate happiness, that can bring meaning into life. This is all a skill. This is a skill. This is like what I focus on daily because I see the benefits it's had in my life. I see how I'm able to take very difficult situations and alchemize them and turn them into a beautiful story and then learn from them and then also share my lessons with you. And then you receive value and you do the same thing with other people. I believe that this life, although it is very difficult, is a gift. And I do believe that we are like some type of spiritual, eternal beings having a human experience. And we need to ground ourselves in that gratitude today with a full spectrum of emotions and experiences that we go through that this thing that we're experiencing, human experience has to offer. Because leave you with one more card. Your presence. You and yourself has purpose. Your purpose isn't in the future. It's not in a thing, or it's not in a place necessarily, although you can feel it in those different environments. It's actually in your presence, you understand? It's right now. It's in this very moment, no matter where you are in life. Come back to that simple truth. Align your spirit, your body and mind, and you will feel that your presence always has purpose. If you look into nature, everything has a reason. The trees give oxygen, the cows eat the grass. Their saliva goes back into the soil. Their saliva is actually good for the soil. All this stuff, like the fact that you are here, a part of this system, means you have purpose within yourself. It's not just in a thing. Right? Although you may find creating art about, you know, political tensions is very purposeful for you from the age of 20 to 30. But that may change. Doesn't mean you have no more purpose. It means that you are the purpose and you are bringing meaning and purpose to whatever you do in Some seasons, we're just in a liminal space. We're in a transition, and that's the most purposeful, purposeful thing that we can do. One of the. One of the most seasons where I felt like I was just like I fully felt my presence has so much purpose, was like a season where the world had no idea what I was doing. I had nothing to celebrate, I had nothing to show for it, but I was fully just embodying that. The destination was in every single step and bringing meaning to every single day and learning and growing through whatever I was going through. And then that's when I realized that, like my credentials RMI spirit, it's in our spirit. It's not just in the titles that we put in our Instagram bio, but it's in our character. It's the things that we are building, the inner resources. It's in our relationships, it's in how we see ourselves, the respect for ourself. It's in our compassion, it's in our gentleness, it's in our strength, it's in our resilience. Those are the things that are limitless and abundant. And you don't know, in hindsight, everything is going to be all right. If you want a deck link in the Description, purchase a deck. We have, I think we have a few hundred more copies and then we'll be done. And I will not be restocking these because I think that some things are just better to leave as is. And these cards were made in a moment, and once they're gone, they're gone forever. So thank you.