WHAT TO DO WHEN LIFE IS GETTING HARD?

Let me tell you something you already know, the world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. At some point, everything is gonna go south on you. Everything's gonna go south and you're gonna say this is it. This is how I end. Now you can either accept that, or you can get to work. That's all it is. 

You just begin. You do the math, you solve one problem, then you solve the next one. Whatever drama you may be dealing with, this is not the end of you. No matter what it is, it is not the end. You can't quit now. And the only way out is through. I hope you know that our world wants to put some labels on you. Our world wants to try and tell you who you are. But you can't listen to the world. You can't have a faith that's dictated by the world, you gotta have a faith that dictates this world. The enemy's gonna try to label you, you're a loser, you're a failure, your past is too big, but you better know who you are. You, me or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Now if you know what you're worth, now go out and get what you're worth, but you've gotta be willing to take the hits. And not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him or her or anybody. Cowards do that, and that ain't you. You're better than that. You need to hear this loud and clear, you need to get this in your spirit, because I don't know what you're walking through, but some of you right now, you are in a tough season, an event has happened, and something's happened, and maybe you have failed, but I wanna remind you that failure is not final, it's formative. It is part of the process. It's part of the journey.

 Your failure matters as much as your success. How do you think you're gonna grow if you don't ever fail? Yet, some of you have failed and you have decided, well guess what? I'm a failure. No, failure is an event, it is never a person. Just because you failed doesn't mean that you're a failure, in fact, failure is actually fuel for your future. You have to fail in order to succeed. The darker the night, the brighter the morning. This too shall pass, you're gonna get through this thing. So don't stress out about it, and don't you dare turn around and go back home. Don't back down from the pressure. Get back up, don't quit. Keep the faith, move forward. Never never never give up. You are not a victim. So stop talking like it, stop acting like it. It's your trial, it's your tribulation that's gonna get you out your comfort zone. It's your trial, it's your tribulation that's gonna take you to the next level. So listen to me, it ain't no shame in thinking about quitting, it ain't no shame. It ain't no shame in getting tired, there's no shame in feeling burnt out, there's no shame. But the trick is say to yourself, I gotta rethink it and get this thought out of my mind. Why? Because the shame is in quitting. So if you thought about it, there ain't nothing wrong with that, but whatever you do, don't let that thought become a reality. You see, the fight's not over if you've been knocked down, it's only over if you quit. If you make the decision to get up one more time, I'm telling you, you will win the fight.