1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 So tell me, what are you hiding from yourself? 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,440 Who are you trying to fool with your fake smiles 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:07,640 and your empty laughter? 4 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:10,880 You know, maybe you can't reach that goal you're striving for 5 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,280 because you're just too afraid to take the steps 6 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:14,560 necessary to get there. 7 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:17,680 Or maybe you're afraid that you'll fall back 8 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:21,120 in your old ways, even if you do succeed. 9 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:24,200 And if any of those resonate with you, 10 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:26,200 then hey, you're not alone. 11 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,480 But don't be afraid of success. 12 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:30,240 Learn to embrace your past, 13 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,720 just like today's character from ReZero did. 14 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,680 And that's of course, the witch of frost, Emilia. 15 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:49,080 Hey, what's going on guys? 16 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:49,920 My name is Nate, 17 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:51,960 and you're listening to the Otaku Liberation, 18 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:54,000 a show where we help you break free from the chains 19 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,320 that are holding you back in your life 20 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,120 by connecting some biblical principles 21 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,160 with themes from your favorite anime. 22 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,360 And without further ado, let's get into it. 23 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:06,880 So for this whole concept of, you know, 24 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:10,680 facing your past, me and just dealing with, you know, 25 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,840 fate, your past, your future, all of these things, right, 26 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,360 that we look for answers to, right? 27 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,800 One of the main verses that came to mind 28 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:23,960 is Psalm chapter 103, verse 12. 29 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:27,480 And it goes, as far as the East is from the West, 30 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:31,480 so far has He removed our transgressions from us. 31 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,920 And essentially what that saying is, you know, 32 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:37,840 as God forgives and forgets our transgressions, 33 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:41,600 the sins, the bad things that we've done in our life, right? 34 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,640 And He does that by grace, 35 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,600 so there's nothing that we can try or earn 36 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,880 or do anything for ourselves like that. 37 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:53,880 But if our Heavenly Father, our Creator, 38 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:58,880 if He can forgive, if He forgives our transgressions, 39 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,000 then why can't you forgive yourself? 40 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,360 You know, because I mean, in the ultimate power, 41 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:09,240 He said it's okay, so why can't you do that for yourself? 42 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:14,240 And really that's what today's episode is gonna be about, 43 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,480 is learning how to face your past 44 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,560 instead of running away from it, 45 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:24,560 or just face it and not just face it and view it, 46 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,200 but to also accept it, right? 47 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:28,680 And we're gonna break that down 48 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,560 by looking at how Amelia literally had to face her past. 49 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,800 We're not talking about some self-reflection 50 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:35,640 or anything like that. 51 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:38,200 Like, no, no, no, she had to go back, 52 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,200 she had to go back and see her past unfold 53 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:41,840 right before her eyes again. 54 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,640 And so before we get into that part of me, 55 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:46,680 backtrack a little bit. 56 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:51,680 So to understand Amelia as a character, right? 57 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,160 So Amelia has a very striking resemblance 58 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,960 to the Witch of Envy, who is, 59 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,400 for as far as we know at the current point in time, 60 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,960 is the main antagonist of the series, right? 61 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:04,400 The series of Re Zero. 62 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:09,400 And the Witch of Envy is one of the sinful witches, right? 63 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,040 Who are all villains and villainesses in their own right, 64 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:14,640 but she's the worst of the worst 65 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:16,880 because she ended up killing the rest of them 66 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:18,680 for some reason. 67 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:23,040 And Amelia has a very, very striking resemblance to her. 68 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:24,960 I almost like she could be her daughter, 69 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:26,880 which she's implied to be. 70 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:31,000 But that, just her looking like the witch 71 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:36,000 led to a lot of hatred from the people around her, 72 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,120 mainly the humans and the people who, 73 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,480 honestly, it's justified. 74 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,040 Witch of Envy is a terrible, terrible existence, right? 75 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,880 She did so many unspeakable things to the people around. 76 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:49,200 So when they see Amelia, 77 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,400 they can't help but be reminded of that. 78 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,200 And of course, they can do what anybody who hates them, 79 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,400 they speak ill of her, they just, 80 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,200 it's just bad mouth, bad mouth all the time, right? 81 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,840 And that has caused her to essentially close herself off 82 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:07,160 from the world. 83 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:11,920 And because before Amelia lived in a village with her aunt, 84 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:13,040 who she called her mom, 85 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:14,320 because she was the one taking care of her, 86 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,240 and then all the other village elves and things like that. 87 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,240 But due to events in the story, 88 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,160 and she wound up being alone, 89 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:26,280 save for her familiar Puck, who eventually found her. 90 00:04:26,280 --> 00:04:29,880 But from a long time, it was just those two. 91 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:31,040 It was just the two of them. 92 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:35,240 And due to how the people in the village and town 93 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,480 treated her, she figured just to avoid as much conflict 94 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,240 as she could. 95 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,360 So she kept to herself. 96 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,640 And my question is, 97 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:49,760 why are you closing yourself off? 98 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,520 Why are you pushing away the other people? 99 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,640 Not necessarily the ones who are calling you, 100 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,960 calling out your name, saying hateful things about you. 101 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,720 Because, hey, I don't want to deal with those people either. 102 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:05,560 I'm just gonna be honest with you, 103 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:10,560 I don't have the time or the patience or the effort 104 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,280 to deal with those type of people. 105 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:18,200 But I know how easy it is to do that to everybody you meet, 106 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,800 to everybody who's around, to just push everyone away 107 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,680 and close yourself off completely. 108 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,440 And it may seem good at first. 109 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,680 I mean, it may seem like the right thing to do 110 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,600 for your own sake, for your own sanity. 111 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:32,880 But there are people out there 112 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:34,800 who genuinely want to help you, 113 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,200 who genuinely just want to get to know you, 114 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,560 genuinely love you, just want to love on you. 115 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,320 And when you're hurt, 116 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,920 it's easy to become blinded to that, 117 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,800 to become blinded to the genuineness 118 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,080 of somebody else's love and care for you. 119 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,600 So that's why I asked the question, 120 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:55,800 because someone had asked myself too, 121 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:57,920 it was like, why do you close yourself off? 122 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,920 Do you feel like you're not good enough? 123 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,680 In some cases, you feel like they are not good enough. 124 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:07,560 Do you feel like you can't be forgiven? 125 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:11,720 Do you feel like you're not living up to their expectations, 126 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:13,000 your own expectations? 127 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,600 I mean, really, what is it? 128 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,200 I mean, these are just, I don't know, 129 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:18,760 not even real suggestions, right? 130 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:22,920 But again, no one knows your heart better than you do, 131 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:24,680 except for God, right? 132 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,040 And he's not no one, he's the one, right? 133 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:31,640 But seriously, why do you feel the need 134 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,040 to cut yourself off? 135 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:39,040 And again, as you know, we're all flawed creatures, right? 136 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:40,760 Nobody's perfect. 137 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:44,240 And the fact that people are calling Amelia, 138 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,320 somebody that she's not, maybe somebody in your life 139 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:51,480 are calling or saying what you are or who you are 140 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,560 and whether they know you or not. 141 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,200 And if you're not careful, 142 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:59,760 you will allow what they say to influence who you are. 143 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,800 And again, I know it's easier said than done, 144 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,280 trust me, I know. 145 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:11,280 And it's especially true for people in our younger generation 146 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:12,800 what's coming up now, 147 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:17,520 because in this time of social media 148 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:21,720 and just everyone's so ironically so interconnected, 149 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,680 if we haven't been further apart than we are now. 150 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:28,160 And with so many different things to look at, 151 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:31,000 so many people's lives are on full display, 152 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,440 it's easy for the younger generation 153 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:36,200 who don't have as much life experience, 154 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,800 who haven't had time to develop their sense of self 155 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,440 to be influenced by what other people say. 156 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,720 When they're trying to become who these people 157 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:46,160 through these screens are, 158 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,400 and that's not who they've been called to be, 159 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,200 it's just not, right? 160 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,280 Now I'm not saying you can't be inspired by somebody else, 161 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,080 you can't seize what someone else has done with their life 162 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:58,600 and say, you know what, that's what I want. 163 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,960 That's what I want my goal to be. 164 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:02,880 I'm not saying that, 165 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,360 because there's a difference between striving for a goal 166 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,120 and striving to be somebody else, 167 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,160 but all the two completely different things. 168 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:12,880 And when you're young and impressionable, 169 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,080 you don't know anything about the world, 170 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,080 you don't even know who you are, right? 171 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:22,120 And it's just, when you don't have the guidance, 172 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:26,000 when you don't know who to go to, 173 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,720 you either A, in the following anything and everyone, 174 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:31,480 or B, you can do like Amelia 175 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:33,080 and completely cut yourself off and say, 176 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:35,280 no, I'll try to figure this out by myself. 177 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:40,160 Both cases aren't really to the betterment of you. 178 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:44,200 And yeah, like I said, man, 179 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,840 like I said a couple episodes ago, 180 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:51,840 this podcast is something that I worked on, 181 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,840 I'm still working on for myself in a lot of ways 182 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,480 and this is just me sharing it with you guys 183 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,680 and spraying that resonates with somebody. 184 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,040 And just know that, hey, you're not alone, 185 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:07,280 you're not going through this alone, right? 186 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,200 There's people ahead of you 187 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,400 who've gone through the same thing to give you tips 188 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,280 or people who are going through it right now, 189 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:17,960 that they may need you just like you need them. 190 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,520 Because like they say, misery loves company, right? 191 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:23,280 But it's not in the sense that everyone wants to be 192 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:28,280 just down together, it's just having that network, 193 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:33,320 that support group to really get you out of this hole, 194 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,440 and really get you out and go on to the next level. 195 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,440 That's what this whole thing is about. 196 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:42,400 And unfortunately for Amelia, her closing herself off 197 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,640 led to a lack of emotional maturity 198 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:50,640 and in a kind of twisted sense, it's funny. 199 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:55,640 It's funny, when I was researching for this episode, 200 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:58,200 and of course when I was watching the anime, 201 00:09:58,200 --> 00:09:59,880 it was a weird duality. 202 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:02,880 So since Amelia shut herself off 203 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:04,800 from the outside world for so long, 204 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,600 and the only person she really interacted with was Puck, 205 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,800 again, her spirit that she's in contract with, 206 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:15,160 and eventually Roswald and the twins and everybody 207 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,600 who came after, it caused her to, 208 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,160 again, be emotionally stunted, so she doesn't really know 209 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:22,960 how to deal with people and how to convey 210 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,520 her own feelings and emotions. 211 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:29,240 But at the same time, it caused her to heavily rely 212 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:32,560 on those other people, namely Puck and Subaru, 213 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:36,120 to be her source of strength, to be her counsel 214 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,880 or guidance or whatever it is. 215 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:40,920 You never knew how to do that for herself 216 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:42,440 for the longest time. 217 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:46,360 And as you go to show, if you don't allow yourself 218 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:50,600 to essentially live life and to really go out there 219 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,200 and make your mistakes, again, this isn't about 220 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,760 you not making mistakes, this isn't about you 221 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,640 not living up to what you're called to be, right? 222 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:05,000 Because again, we're all human, we've all done something 223 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,280 that we're not proud of, that we don't ever want 224 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:10,720 to come to the light of day. 225 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:16,720 And it is what it is, but again, you can't stay there, right? 226 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,400 You can't stay there because ultimately you're gonna end up 227 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,360 being stunted in one way or another. 228 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:28,360 Now, all of this isn't just Amelia's fault in this, right? 229 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:32,960 So again, she cut herself off from the world 230 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,560 after her village was essentially frozen solid. 231 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:39,280 And due to her resemblance of the Witch of Envy, 232 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:40,960 people, you know, bad mouth her, 233 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,680 they treated her terribly, right? 234 00:11:43,680 --> 00:11:48,680 But so in order to help alleviate some of her suffering, 235 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,920 Puck decided he was gonna seal Amelia's memories away 236 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,360 to keep her safe from that pain, to keep her protected, 237 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:57,880 to keep her from having to suffer 238 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,920 the way she had been suffering before. 239 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:05,920 And on one hand, he's doing what he, 240 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:07,880 he did what he did because he loves her 241 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:10,520 and he wants her to be safe and protected. 242 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,320 But sometimes doing what we think is helpful 243 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,040 might end up causing more harm than good. 244 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:20,840 And I say I know, I don't know, 245 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:25,440 because I'm not a parent, but I sympathize with parents 246 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:30,240 because a lot of the, almost everything that they do 247 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:33,400 is for the betterment of their child in some form of fashion, 248 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:34,800 you know, whatever it is, 249 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,200 parents go above and beyond for their children. 250 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:41,080 And as a children, 251 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,680 we never really truly understand that, 252 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:45,200 I guess, until we have our own kids. 253 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:47,480 Like I said, I don't have any children. 254 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,400 So I can't fully grasp that concept yet. 255 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,880 But as I've gotten older and, you know, 256 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,480 experienced more of life and what the world is about, 257 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,360 I do understand more and appreciate more 258 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,400 for what my parents did when I was younger 259 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,040 and what they're doing now for my younger sister 260 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,280 and things like that. 261 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,680 But so that's what Puck was doing for Amelia, 262 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:12,960 because at this point he was her pseudo father figure. 263 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,120 And like I said, he's trying to shelter her from the pain, 264 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:20,520 but in doing so, she was never able to process 265 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,000 and to grow from that pain, right? 266 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,760 So just because you hide something, 267 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:26,960 just because you try to ignore it, 268 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:28,480 doesn't mean it's not there. 269 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:31,080 Let me say that again, 270 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:33,360 just because you try to run for something, 271 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:34,920 just because you're trying to hide for something, 272 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:36,800 just because you try to ignore it, 273 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:38,160 doesn't mean it's not there. 274 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:39,880 Doesn't mean it's gonna go away. 275 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:42,760 It's still there in the same spot that you left it. 276 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:47,600 And if you never learn how to properly face it, 277 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,280 then the trials that are gonna come later down in your life 278 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:53,440 are gonna be that much harder. 279 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,400 In Amelia's case, that was literally, 280 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:57,000 like I'm not even being figured 281 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,200 if that was exactly what happened. 282 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,120 Because when they went to the sanctuary, 283 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:06,920 which just happens to be the Witch of Greed's burial chambers 284 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:08,080 in order to get out, 285 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:13,720 those who have been accepted to be able to take on the trials, 286 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:15,640 they have to pass through three trials 287 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:19,560 in order to essentially lift the seal from the sanctuary 288 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:21,000 so they can all leave. 289 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,360 And Amelia was the one who had to go through the trials 290 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,240 because, again, it's part of her thing 291 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,400 to try to get elected as the next king 292 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,600 and a bunch of political stuff, basically. 293 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,760 But in the first trial, 294 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:38,920 the first trial deals with your past 295 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,840 and you having to face it. 296 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:45,160 But because Amelia, she never faced her past 297 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,160 in the first place, she never went through it. 298 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,760 She, because her memories were sealed, 299 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:53,280 she had a whole bunch of difficulties 300 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:56,200 going through just the first trial. 301 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:00,960 And she suffered way more during it 302 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:02,800 than someone like Subaru did 303 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,920 because Subaru went through the first trial himself as well. 304 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:06,800 He passed it. 305 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,240 It wasn't easy because he had to face his own past 306 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:11,680 through the things that he regretted, 307 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:15,240 things that he never got to say and nor do. 308 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,160 But in Amelia's case, 309 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,120 since most of her past, some of her past, 310 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:20,640 she couldn't even remember. 311 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:24,800 In her case, it wasn't a choice, 312 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,360 but nevertheless, because of her past, 313 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,240 she, something was ignored, it was never dealt with. 314 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:32,640 It just carried on into the next season. 315 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,200 So now when she had to face this current trial, 316 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:39,880 she must first reconcile with the past trauma first 317 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:41,840 before she can even move on. 318 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:46,840 And that leads me to my next question is, 319 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,080 what are you turning a blind eye to? 320 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,680 What is something that you are willingly 321 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,200 not dealing with, not looking at? 322 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,920 Because again, in Amelia's case, for this example, 323 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:03,560 she didn't choose for Puck to get rid of her memories. 324 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:05,920 He did that of his own accord 325 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,200 because he loved her and wanted to protect her. 326 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:09,720 But I'm talking to you 327 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:11,520 because I know throughout this whole episode, 328 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:13,800 there's something or maybe many things 329 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:17,200 that have come to mind that you are running away from, 330 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,280 that you are hiding from. 331 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,240 So I'm gonna ask you, 332 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:23,400 what are you turning a blind eye to? 333 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,400 What are the things that you see in your life 334 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:29,080 that needs to be changed, that can be changed? 335 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,600 And I'm not saying that you're not expecting 336 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,240 you to do the impossible, 337 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:36,520 but I know good and well there's something in your life 338 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,400 that maybe you wanna change 339 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,920 that you don't even know where to begin, right? 340 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:46,120 But it's something that's in your heart. 341 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:55,120 And the best analogy I can give is your past, 342 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,120 it's kind of like our shadows, right? 343 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:57,960 Think about it. 344 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,640 In the darkest time, it seems like it's always around, 345 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:05,040 it's always on your mind, everywhere you look, 346 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:08,440 it's just that thing, the thing that you did, 347 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,480 the thing that is so unspeakable, 348 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:14,040 the thing that you can't seem to break free from 349 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:15,640 is all encompassing. 350 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,240 And even when you get that little bit of joy, 351 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,720 little bit of light in your life, right? 352 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,320 Every time you turn around, boom, it's there, right? 353 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:25,960 This is just there, looking back at you. 354 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,280 But that's not the end of it, 355 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,160 because yes, like our shadows, 356 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,480 we can't escape from our past, it's a part of us, right? 357 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,880 Everywhere you go, it's right there with you, 358 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,080 right there next to you, right there beside you. 359 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:45,760 So instead of letting it be a ball and chain 360 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:49,240 that entraps you, because you don't wanna look at it, 361 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:53,320 you don't wanna face it, you don't even wanna acknowledge it, 362 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:57,160 why not turn around and face it, right? 363 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,600 Because I don't know about you, but for me, 364 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:00,680 if I'm gonna be stuck with something 365 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:02,320 for the entirety of my life, 366 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,040 I want to have it on my own terms, right? 367 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:06,720 I don't want to have this mind control, 368 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:09,640 this vicious vice grip over my life. 369 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:14,480 And now I'm just living in fear, anxiety, anger, 370 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:15,800 every single day. 371 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,200 I'd rather, it's like, no, I'm not gonna let you 372 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,000 take over my life and just ruin my life 373 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,160 for a mistake I made when I was five years old, 374 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:27,760 whatever the case may be. 375 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:31,760 And so again, that's just me. 376 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:33,640 Maybe I'm built different, I don't know. 377 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:37,160 But I do know that it is in everyone 378 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,200 to be able to face your past, 379 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,520 because I think you owe it to yourself, right? 380 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:43,640 You shouldn't be held accountable 381 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:45,800 for a mistake you made when you were younger. 382 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:46,640 You're right. 383 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:48,520 At least not by yourself. 384 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,880 I mean, if you did the crime, you've done the time, 385 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,840 you've moved past it, everyone else has moved past it, 386 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:55,960 but you. 387 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,360 And again, like with everything, it all starts from you. 388 00:18:59,360 --> 00:19:02,200 It all starts internally, right? 389 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,920 Now, we all don't have this magical sanctuary place 390 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:07,160 that we can go through and force you 391 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,720 to go through your past to take on this trial. 392 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:14,440 But I do know, most people have a mirror. 393 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,160 So why don't you go in and look yourself in the mirror 394 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:22,160 and truly, truly face and deal with whatever it is. 395 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:26,680 Because again, I don't know you. 396 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,160 You don't know me like that. 397 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,880 And I don't know what you did. 398 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:35,280 And you don't know what I did, 399 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:36,680 you don't know what I've done. 400 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:38,080 But at the end of the day, 401 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,680 you have to learn to let go. 402 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:46,800 Don't stop holding your fist so tight, 403 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:50,720 for the good and for the bad things. 404 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:55,720 Because we, this world again, life is hard. 405 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,040 Life's hard enough. 406 00:19:58,040 --> 00:19:59,160 It really is. 407 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,480 You got so many other oppositions out there 408 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:03,080 who are trying to beat you down. 409 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:03,920 Don't help them. 410 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,560 Don't give them the ammunition. 411 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:11,560 Don't give them the handicap by you handicapping yourself 412 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:13,880 because you don't know how to let go 413 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:15,440 of something that's happened. 414 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:16,680 And if you got people around you 415 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,280 who are constantly bringing up the past, 416 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,520 who are constantly bringing up what you've done 417 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,680 and never take the time to look at what they've done 418 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,680 and things like that, then hey, trouble. 419 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:28,720 So is yours. 420 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:30,520 I know I spent like the last, 421 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:32,520 I don't know how many episodes talking about 422 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:34,800 getting around people who support you, 423 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,000 who love you and who are real. 424 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,280 Absolutely. 425 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,640 But part of that is also about cutting, 426 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:43,120 yeah, trim the fat and getting rid of the people 427 00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:46,520 who don't bring that into your life, 428 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:49,360 who aren't true and real to you, right? 429 00:20:49,360 --> 00:20:50,920 Who are always bringing up, 430 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:52,320 oh, remember when you did this 431 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:53,480 or remember when you did that 432 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,240 or remember I helped you just one time 433 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,440 and now you're gonna ask, you know what? 434 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:59,920 People who keep bringing up the past 435 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:01,280 and wind up living there. 436 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:03,120 And I don't want that for you. 437 00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:06,760 So and of course that requires you to 438 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:10,040 not only face your past, but to accept your past. 439 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,040 And in Amelia's case, when she was able to 440 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:18,280 first recall it, after Puck undid the seal on her memories, 441 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:21,040 she was able to remember her past in its entirety, 442 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,920 which allowed her to at least attempt the trial again. 443 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,440 Now, again, getting her memories back 444 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:28,440 was just the first step. 445 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,000 The second step was to actually go through them again 446 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,840 and face it. 447 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,000 And hey, she was able to do just that. 448 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,800 And I'm not trying to give too many spoilers, 449 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,760 but yeah, so watch the anime, 450 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:43,560 it'd be like really good. 451 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,720 But just know that she did in fact pass her trials 452 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:48,800 after she was able to remember. 453 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:53,800 And this is really the key part 454 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:55,640 I kinda wanna drive home is that 455 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,360 after she passed the trials, right? 456 00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:01,720 After she went through and faced her past, 457 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:03,680 she saw her possible presence 458 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,160 and then she saw what could be the future. 459 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:08,760 And then she passed all three trials, 460 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:13,160 she came out with a renewed outlook on life. 461 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,440 And she had an air of authority and certainty 462 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:16,920 that she didn't have before. 463 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:18,680 Because before Amelia was very, 464 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:21,280 just reserved. 465 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:22,120 I don't wanna say timid, 466 00:22:22,120 --> 00:22:24,720 because she's not really shy, 467 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,000 but more reserved about her opinions 468 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,080 and how she was feeling about me, 469 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:30,080 how she was dealing with it. 470 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,760 Like I said earlier, she relied primarily on Puck 471 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:37,160 and Subaru to the heavy lifting quote unquote, 472 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,560 when it comes to dealing with worldly issues 473 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:41,520 and things like that. 474 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,200 But after she went through her trials, 475 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,040 after she faced and accepted her past 476 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,480 and then beyond that into the possible futures 477 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:51,520 as horrible as some of them may seem, 478 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,880 she came out with like, you know what? 479 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:55,960 It doesn't matter what's gonna come, 480 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,640 I'm gonna do what I'm gonna do, right? 481 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:00,120 I'm gonna do what I feel like is right, 482 00:23:00,120 --> 00:23:01,280 what I think is right. 483 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,040 And whatever happens happens, 484 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,080 I know I gave it my all. 485 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:07,840 I know that I put forth the best effort 486 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:10,800 I could possibly put going forward. 487 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,480 And I'm not worried about what happened before, 488 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:16,080 the past is in the past. 489 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,040 It happened, I acknowledge that it happened, 490 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,800 and now I'm moving on with my life. 491 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,640 That's essentially what her attitude is. 492 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,600 Now she's focused on future battles 493 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,920 that she's gonna have to prepare for, right? 494 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,240 But she's not living in the past anymore, 495 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:32,960 she's not even living in the future. 496 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,200 She's taking the steps right now here in the present 497 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,840 in order to prepare for the future battles, right? 498 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:44,840 And hey, what I wanna take from that is that, 499 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,040 the change that you want to achieve 500 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:49,240 is honestly closer than you think. 501 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:53,920 All it may take is for you to face and accept your past, 502 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:57,800 because you can't change it, but you can learn from it. 503 00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:59,080 And honestly, you can let it change you. 504 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:02,560 You can let it change you into somebody who's better, 505 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,040 who's better off, right? 506 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:05,760 Who's stronger than you were before, 507 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:09,840 who, and not just stronger physically, but mentally too. 508 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,560 Because again, these are all internal battles 509 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,480 that no amount of lifting is gonna help you overpower, 510 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:16,720 right? 511 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,760 Unless you're like Goku who can fight as a spirit, 512 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,360 but you know, I'm not Goku, so. 513 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:25,200 But no, seriously, in all seriousness, 514 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:31,240 facing your past is just one step, right? 515 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:33,440 Actually, even before you face it, 516 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:35,320 the first step is acknowledging it, right? 517 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:39,600 You have to acknowledge that, hey, I messed up, 518 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,080 or hey, this happened to me. 519 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,560 Is it tragic and unspeakable? 520 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:46,760 It may be. 521 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,800 It honestly may be, I don't know. 522 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,720 But if it is that for you, you know, 523 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,000 again, my heart goes out to you. 524 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,040 Seriously, guys, I can't say I understand. 525 00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,440 I know it because I don't. 526 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,640 I'm not gonna insult what you've gone through 527 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:03,240 by saying that I do. 528 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:07,800 But what I do know is that you're not alone in all of this. 529 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:09,840 You're not alone in your suffering, 530 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:13,400 in that dark place that you're in. 531 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:18,480 And again, I just encourage you all to, 532 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:21,640 for all of us to find the people that we can share this with, 533 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,560 you know, share the good times and the pain, right? 534 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,600 Because again, you don't want anybody 535 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,440 who's only around when you're up, right? 536 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:32,960 You want someone who will get down in trenches with you. 537 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,560 And you want to be like that for somebody else, right? 538 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:40,320 Those are how true bonds and friendships 539 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,280 and brother and sisterhoods are formed, right? 540 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:48,280 And so, but again, all of this starts with you. 541 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:49,840 You have to be willing to take, 542 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:51,680 at least take the first step, right? 543 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:53,160 You don't have to go through the whole road alone, 544 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,520 but you have to make the decision to go first, 545 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,800 take that first step and acknowledge, 546 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:06,320 acknowledge that skeleton in the closet, right? 547 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:07,160 You have to acknowledge it. 548 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,000 You have to say that this happened. 549 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:15,600 And then the next step is to face it, right? 550 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:16,960 I'm not saying to make light of it. 551 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,080 I'm not saying to just say to laugh it off 552 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:20,920 or anything like that. 553 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,080 I'm saying to really look at it, to really face it 554 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:25,040 and then say, you know what? 555 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,840 This happened and it made me feel like this. 556 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,800 And I wouldn't wish this on anybody else. 557 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:36,200 Or I wish that I was smarter, I was better back then. 558 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:40,080 But I know now, I know that I'm better off now. 559 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:44,800 I know that I'm, you know, 10 billion percent smarter 560 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,480 and better now and I won't make those same mistakes again. 561 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,040 Or I won't let this situation happen again. 562 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,800 And so once you acknowledge it, you face it, 563 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,680 then you have to accept it, right? 564 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:57,440 And I honestly think out of the three, 565 00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,000 that might be the hardest part, 566 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:03,480 is accepting the fact that, okay, this is a part of me now. 567 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,760 You know, we can't change it. 568 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:07,800 It's part of our life, it's part of our story. 569 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:11,080 And it may not be something you want to go back 570 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,920 and revisit, but you can't erase it. 571 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:18,920 So, but once you learn to accept it in any capacity, right? 572 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:21,240 That had to be all at once. 573 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:22,560 Because again, all of this is a journey, 574 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:23,400 all of this is a journey. 575 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,040 I'm not telling you to completely change your mindset, 576 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:27,680 completely change how you're thinking about things, 577 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,280 but just to be open, right? 578 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,840 To accepting it, even just a little bit a day, right? 579 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:37,200 You'll find that a giant weight 580 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:38,560 has been lifted off your shoulders 581 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:39,800 and you can breathe freely. 582 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,320 You can breathe, you know, fully again. 583 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:47,320 And now, honestly, now the fun part starts, right? 584 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,520 Now they're rebuilding and building yourself up 585 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:54,800 and being able to move, learn how to move throughout life 586 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,520 without that chain, without that weight, 587 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:01,120 and really live, right? 588 00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:03,600 You get to live life instead of surviving it. 589 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:08,600 And once you make that mindset shift, then everything, 590 00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:11,520 everything in the sun is yours. 591 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,200 So again, I just want you guys to really take that to heart 592 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:18,000 and really, and just really work on it, you know? 593 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,120 You just realize that, hey, this may be your journey, 594 00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:23,040 but you're not alone. 595 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:23,880 What? 596 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,480 Anyway, that's all I got for you guys today. 597 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,000 So I want to thank you for tuning in to today's episode. 598 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,040 And I pray that you got what you needed out of it 599 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,960 and that hopefully you learned something new about yourself. 600 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,320 And hey, feel free to subscribe to the podcast 601 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:36,160 and leave a review. 602 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,440 I would love reading you guys' reviews and comments. 603 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,880 It helps me improve each and every episode. 604 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,120 And always remember, you are the main character 605 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:47,040 of your story, and that story doesn't end until he says so. 606 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:48,160 All right, be blessed. 607 00:28:48,160 --> 00:29:11,160 And I'll see you guys next time.