April 18, 2025 • 21 mins
Episode 72: Reframing Life's Challenges as Votes of Confidence
In this episode of Conversations with Kimen, the host explores the idea that the hardships we face in life could be signs of confidence from ourselves, God, or the universe. The speaker delves into beliefs about pre-determined life paths and learning through adversity, suggesting that the struggles we encounter are meant to build strength, resilience, and empathy. By sharing personal anecdotes and reframing difficult experiences, the speaker encourages listeners to view their challenges as opportunities for growth and as indicators that they are destined for significant achievements. The episode emphasizes the importance of patience, trust, and understanding that support will always arrive when needed.
00:00 Introduction: A Vote of Confidence
00:23 Reframing Life's Challenges
01:10 The Purpose of Life's Struggles
02:06 The Role of God and the Universe
02:31 The Concept of Pre-Planned Life Lessons
02:55 Support from Other Souls
04:00 The Universal Promise of Help
05:11 Personal Reflections and Experiences
07:15 Reframing a Friend's Struggles
10:52 The Power of Belief and Perseverance
12:10 Building Strength Through Adversity
13:03 The Zen Buddhist Parable
13:59 The Bigger Purpose Behind Challenges
18:20 Final Thoughts and Encouragement
21:11 Conclusion and Call to Action
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
(00:04):
Maybe it's a vote of confidence.
This is a reframe that I created forsomeone I know who was going through an
incredible, incredibly challenging time.
But first off, let's, let's think about.
(00:28):
How we can reframe stuff and likethis understanding, 'cause I have
some interesting beliefs about life.
Um, I'm not sure what exactlyis a hundred percent true,
but, and I do lean towards theidea that maybe before, before I
(00:48):
came here, I made a decision aboutwhat this life would be about.
Understand with the understanding thatlife is about, we're here to learn.
And so before we come here, we decide likewhat kind of things do we wanna learn?
(01:08):
And it's interesting.
So if you really want to learncompassionate empathy, guess what?
You're gonna have to go throughsome really painful things.
If you wanna learn how to be incredibly,incredibly strong, you're, you're gonna
have to have your strength challenge.
(01:29):
You're gonna have to feel weak, andyou're gonna have to struggle to overcome.
So you can create strength.
If you want to be really strongand independent, you're gonna
be abandoned by people andyou're gonna be crushed by that.
(01:49):
And you're gonna make up all this stuffabout you're not good enough and stuff,
and then you're gonna have to workyour whole life to overcome it until
the point you is you're incrediblyindependent and capable of amazing things.
If you, if you believe inGod and you said, God, you,
(02:09):
you go, God gimme strength.
Do you think he goes, zaphere, you got strength?
Or do you think he would giveyou all kinds of circumstances?
To help you, make you strong,to help make you better?
How to make you, you know,
I believe in the latter.
(02:31):
So like I said, I believe thatbefore we came here, we decided
what we were here to learn.
And it's probably based in thedifference we wanna make in the world.
And not only that, that we would.
Have to create some situations like that.
(02:51):
We'd have to go through some, andsome of them would be pretty rough.
And then not only that, we gotta goand talk to other souls that are coming
down around the same time and said,Hey, listen, I need to learn empathy and
compassion, and I need you to do somethingreally cruel to me when I'm a little kid.
And that other soul will, you know, it'slike, that's really against my nature,
(03:14):
but I kind of see what you're gettingat and I can kind of see the beauty in
the lesson, so I will be that for you.
And then along the way, I, afterthat, like on the unwinding of
that, there would be times thatlike things were so tough that
(03:37):
you don't really know thatyou're gonna make it through.
So you go around and you like findsome other souls and say, Hey listen,
at this point in my life, I need youto walk in 'cause I'm gonna need you.
I'm gonna really need you in that moment.
'cause I don't know ifI'm gonna make it through.
That's gonna be really hard.
And that souls, I'll be there.
I'll be there.
I.
(04:00):
So think about it, like there's thiskind of, there's this interesting
promise, um, kind of a universalpromise, and it doesn't matter.
Like I said, it doesn't matterif you believe in reincarnation,
that you set up your path.
It doesn't matter if you believein God, and God has set up this
path where there's gonna beangels who show up in the moments.
(04:21):
Maybe humans use an angel, orit's a universe who just like, oh.
Okay.
Okay.
You're, you're doing a good job.
Like I believe in you, but I'm gonnajust send a little help right now
because this is gonna be rough.
So there's this promise that nomatter how tough it gets, that
they'll always be an angel simplesent by God or to the universe, or you
(04:49):
pre-planned it, to have people show up.
I like to think that sometimes I'mbeing used as that for a lot of people.
I really hope I am.
If, if, if I've everbeen an angel for you.
Awesome.
Uh, I'll keep on doing that.
(05:11):
It's like in my, uh, in my episode,um, uh, living an extraordinary Life.
It's all mountains and valleys.
I talk about valley dwellers and Ilike, I believe I'm a valley dweller.
I'm hanging around deep in thevalley, in the darkness with
a light looking for travelers
(05:33):
and arriving at the right moment andhelping walk with them, guide them,
knowing that I can't take away theirpain, but I can make sure they're
not alone When they're in pain, I cantell them how much I believe in them.
So, like I was saying,
(05:57):
so it's quite possible in thislife that the really, really tough
things you're going through are voteof confidence from God, from the
universe, or actually from yourself,
and the understanding thatno matter how tough it gets.
(06:18):
It will never be more than you can handle.
And if it gets close, there'llbe somebody show up, sent, sent
by the universe, God or yourself.
And what you can take a look at inthis life is if you're going through
really, really hard things thatmight be pointing at the fact that
(06:40):
you're here for really big things.
Because otherwise, why would, whywould God the universe, yourself waste
that energy just putting you through?
Like these things are not a punishment,
they're not a curse.
(07:01):
These things are a gift and a lesson, evenwhen it doesn't feel that way, you know?
Life is full of incredible things.
So, like I was saying, um, this personin my life, they were, um, we have
really incredible conversations.
(07:22):
They're a very deep person.
They're very encouraging of my workwith conversations with Kim and,
and we're talking about like how a lot ofpeople break down in tears in my space.
And this person was telling me that,well, the only time he comes close
(07:47):
is when he talks about his son.
Now his son's been a little bitchallenging, like his, some motor delay,
um, and some other stuff going on,
and at times he wasn't incredibly patient.
(08:08):
And felt it really hard not to get angry,
and he really felt guilty about that.
And then as we're talking, I'mlike, can I reframe that for you?
(08:29):
And he says, yeah, please do.
And I know he's a devout man.
He believes in God.
Strong belief.
So I asked him some questions, eh,and think about it like even if, even
if he, he believed in the universe,
(08:50):
if he believed in himself, if hecreated the path, it was like,
so I said maybe, maybe it's avote of competence, confidence.
Maybe it is a vote of confidence.
I was like, you believe in God, right?
And he said, yeah, do you thinkGod could make a mistake or would
(09:13):
make a mistake or accidentally setup a situation that wasn't right?
And he's like, well, no,
maybe it is a vote of confidence.
And he's like, what do you mean?
Imagine this.
God has this little lamb, little baby boy.
(09:36):
Who's coming to the Earth for sure.
Yet this little, little guy is gonnahave a bit more of different challenges,
physical, and, you know, social and such.
And God's thinking, Hmm,
(09:58):
this, this little lamb'sgonna need somebody really
special, a really special man.
Somebody who can.
Really help guide this child, helphim through all these challenges,
help him thrive, to love him, tolearn to love him unconditionally,
just as he has, just as he is.
(10:20):
And he looks down and hesees this person that I know.
He goes,
you're the man
I trust.
You're the right father.
For my little lamb.
That was a really cool moment.
(10:41):
'cause all he said was, thank you.
I appreciate you,
man.
What if, what if it's true?
Right?
You know, so many peoplethink they go through so many
tough things and like cycles.
(11:01):
And they struggle and they fight and theybelieved, like I believed I was, there
was something freaking wrong with me.
How come so many years I couldn'tfind a relationship for so many years.
I was so nasty to myself.
I, I was so socially awkward.
(11:24):
I couldn't talk to people.
I was so ashamed of myself and like.
People would see me on the outsideas being quiet, but there's this loud
conversation going on in my head.
I went through some stuff thatwas really bad, like, and not
just a little bit, but a lot.
(11:47):
And I thought like, oh man, Ithought this was pointing at the
fact that, yeah, I wasn't here for.
To be successful or to 'cause I thought,you know, I thought, well, oh, successful
people, they got it all together.
It's no wonder they're successful.
All the things fall in place.
Look at them.
Everything comes easy.
(12:07):
Boy was I wrong.
Nothing comes easy we think.
We think it does, right?
People see the outcome, butthey don't see all the work.
What if everything I went through wasmyself or God or the universe going,
(12:33):
I believe in you.
I believe in your goals of lessonsof learning in this lifetime.
I believe in your your ultimate goal.
And so we're gonna go through a lotof really, really tough stuff, okay?
(12:55):
And sometimes it's gonna crush you, andthen you're gonna pick yourself back
up and we're gonna knock you back down.
And every time it's like the Zen Buddhistparable about how, it's funny how the
Zen Buddhists have these, these, uh,it's these stories about making weapons.
I thought Buddhists weren'tsupposed to be violent, but zen
(13:16):
Buddhists are another thing.
Anyway, so there's a Zen Budd Buddhistparable about how do you make a fine
weapon and so you take this steal.
And you heat it up till it'sabsolutely white hot, and you
fold it and you bash the crap outof it, just like my life, right?
(13:36):
And then you put it back in the fire andyou heat it up again, and then you fold
it over and you bash the crap out of it.
And literally every time you heat itand beat it and heat it and beat it,
it becomes a stronger and stronger andstronger material that can be fashioned
into the most incredible tool or weapon.
(13:58):
And what if?
What if the more you're going throughis pointing at the fact that you
are here for massively huge things?
Like all that stuff you're goingthrough that's breaking your heart and
making you cry right now is actuallybuilding you, not breaking you.
(14:18):
What if the whole purpose of thisis not, don't wish for an easy life.
There's no such thing.
What if all this is on purpose?
Like it's intentional and it's leadingyou to the purpose of your life.
What if the hardest things, the toughestthings you've gone through are building?
(14:43):
You know, I know a lot of registereddieticians who've gone through
trouble with eating disorder.
And you, you would think thatsomebody went through this
difficult situation in their life.
Um,
the last thing they want to do isunderstand how to eat properly, or maybe
(15:06):
it's the first thing they want to do,but would you want to, after you've had
so much trouble, would, would you reallyconsider that the idea of the rest of
your life is to like, is to educateyourself on this and then like, like
have it in your face your whole life?
Yeah.
Yeah, these people, they've got aburning desire to help people with this.
(15:28):
Like I, I know one that works withyouth, with these eating disorder.
I know a few that workwith, uh, athletes and like
they have unconscious consciously orunconsciously learn this idea that
the stuff you go through is not.
Tearing you down, it's building you up.
(15:48):
It's leading you to what you are here.
For athletes that have years afteryears, like I worked with a marathon
murderer, she had two years of hell,and then at the end of two years,
she won a national championshipwith Olympic standard time
(16:08):
and with auto qualified time.
That was, that race had an auto qualify.
And she made it to the Olympics.
So no matter what you're going through,no matter how long it's been going on, one
more time, it's like this quote I heardrecently that I put on another episode.
(16:29):
It was like, what if you knew forcertain What if you knew for absolute
certain that you were only 30setbacks from the ultimate dream life?
The highest life that you couldever imagine at this point, and
I'm sure hope when you hit thatone, that you have a bigger dream.
(16:51):
But what if you knew for certainthere was only 30 setbacks?
How fast would you move through eachof those setbacks and how much time
would you stop and look at them inthe rear view mirror when they passed?
I'm gonna assume not a lot.
(17:14):
Maybe this is a vote of confidence, thething you're going through right now, and
it doesn't mean you don't have to feelwhat you feel like if you take it from me.
If there was a lot of years whereI wouldn't feel my way through
things and they just stuck.
(17:36):
It's like when somebody comes into myspace and they're like, I'm not a crier.
I'm like, no man.
I am.
It's an honor and privilegeto be with you in this moment.
Thank you for being vulnerable withme and that if you needed to cry
every time you came to see me thewhole time, for the rest of the time
I knew you, I would be okay with that.
(18:01):
It's okay.
Whatever you, whatever is, whatever'sgoing on with you today is okay.
It's completely on purpose.
All I'm saying is don't get caught in sometrap that everything you're going through.
(18:28):
Is a curse or tellingyou to stop or move away.
Sometimes it is.
Sometimes it's tellingyou to take a break,
but most of the time it'strying to build strength.
It's trying to build resilience.
It's trying to prepare youfor moments that haven't come.
(18:52):
It's trying to prepare you for a seat.
At a table that you don'teven know exists yet,
feel what you feel.
Feel your way all the way through it.
(19:14):
All the way through it,from beginning to end.
Reframe it.
Have patience.
Trust.
Know that there's something far greaterthan you, than you could ever imagine.
(19:37):
Understand if you're going through bigthings, it's a vote of confidence from
you before you came here, from God
or from the universe.
They're all screaming.
You got this?
'cause you do.
(19:58):
And remember,
if it gets really tough,
keep your head up.
Look around.
There's somebody coming.
Something is coming to helpyou through that moment.
You're not alone.
You never were.
You never will be.
(20:18):
God's got an angel on the way.
The universe has got an angel onthe way where you pre-planned it.
And if you're in my life a hundredpercent, I will be the substitute
angel as much as I can for you.
(20:40):
And I also belief, so you alsohave my vote of confidence
that no matter what itis, you got this man.
You or a woman or person, or they or them,
(21:04):
you got this, I believe.
Thank you for listening to thisepisode of conversation with Kimen.
Please follow me on Instagramat conversations with Kimen
(21:25):
and feel free to direct message me.
Also, please share my podcast withanyone you may feel would benefit
from its content and let them know.
And you can find me atconversations with Kimen on Apple
podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean.
(21:48):
Have an amazing day.
Maybe it's a vote of confidence.
This is a reframe that I created forsomeone I know who was going through an
incredible, incredibly challenging time.
But first off, let's, let's think about.
(00:28):
How we can reframe stuff and likethis understanding, 'cause I have
some interesting beliefs about life.
Um, I'm not sure what exactlyis a hundred percent true,
but, and I do lean towards theidea that maybe before, before I
(00:48):
came here, I made a decision aboutwhat this life would be about.
Understand with the understanding thatlife is about, we're here to learn.
And so before we come here, we decide likewhat kind of things do we wanna learn?
(01:08):
And it's interesting.
So if you really want to learncompassionate empathy, guess what?
You're gonna have to go throughsome really painful things.
If you wanna learn how to be incredibly,incredibly strong, you're, you're gonna
have to have your strength challenge.
(01:29):
You're gonna have to feel weak, andyou're gonna have to struggle to overcome.
So you can create strength.
If you want to be really strongand independent, you're gonna
be abandoned by people andyou're gonna be crushed by that.
(01:49):
And you're gonna make up all this stuffabout you're not good enough and stuff,
and then you're gonna have to workyour whole life to overcome it until
the point you is you're incrediblyindependent and capable of amazing things.
If you, if you believe inGod and you said, God, you,
(02:09):
you go, God gimme strength.
Do you think he goes, zaphere, you got strength?
Or do you think he would giveyou all kinds of circumstances?
To help you, make you strong,to help make you better?
How to make you, you know,
I believe in the latter.
(02:31):
So like I said, I believe thatbefore we came here, we decided
what we were here to learn.
And it's probably based in thedifference we wanna make in the world.
And not only that, that we would.
Have to create some situations like that.
(02:51):
We'd have to go through some, andsome of them would be pretty rough.
And then not only that, we gotta goand talk to other souls that are coming
down around the same time and said,Hey, listen, I need to learn empathy and
compassion, and I need you to do somethingreally cruel to me when I'm a little kid.
And that other soul will, you know, it'slike, that's really against my nature,
(03:14):
but I kind of see what you're gettingat and I can kind of see the beauty in
the lesson, so I will be that for you.
And then along the way, I, afterthat, like on the unwinding of
that, there would be times thatlike things were so tough that
(03:37):
you don't really know thatyou're gonna make it through.
So you go around and you like findsome other souls and say, Hey listen,
at this point in my life, I need youto walk in 'cause I'm gonna need you.
I'm gonna really need you in that moment.
'cause I don't know ifI'm gonna make it through.
That's gonna be really hard.
And that souls, I'll be there.
I'll be there.
I.
(04:00):
So think about it, like there's thiskind of, there's this interesting
promise, um, kind of a universalpromise, and it doesn't matter.
Like I said, it doesn't matterif you believe in reincarnation,
that you set up your path.
It doesn't matter if you believein God, and God has set up this
path where there's gonna beangels who show up in the moments.
(04:21):
Maybe humans use an angel, orit's a universe who just like, oh.
Okay.
Okay.
You're, you're doing a good job.
Like I believe in you, but I'm gonnajust send a little help right now
because this is gonna be rough.
So there's this promise that nomatter how tough it gets, that
they'll always be an angel simplesent by God or to the universe, or you
(04:49):
pre-planned it, to have people show up.
I like to think that sometimes I'mbeing used as that for a lot of people.
I really hope I am.
If, if, if I've everbeen an angel for you.
Awesome.
Uh, I'll keep on doing that.
(05:11):
It's like in my, uh, in my episode,um, uh, living an extraordinary Life.
It's all mountains and valleys.
I talk about valley dwellers and Ilike, I believe I'm a valley dweller.
I'm hanging around deep in thevalley, in the darkness with
a light looking for travelers
(05:33):
and arriving at the right moment andhelping walk with them, guide them,
knowing that I can't take away theirpain, but I can make sure they're
not alone When they're in pain, I cantell them how much I believe in them.
So, like I was saying,
(05:57):
so it's quite possible in thislife that the really, really tough
things you're going through are voteof confidence from God, from the
universe, or actually from yourself,
and the understanding thatno matter how tough it gets.
(06:18):
It will never be more than you can handle.
And if it gets close, there'llbe somebody show up, sent, sent
by the universe, God or yourself.
And what you can take a look at inthis life is if you're going through
really, really hard things thatmight be pointing at the fact that
(06:40):
you're here for really big things.
Because otherwise, why would, whywould God the universe, yourself waste
that energy just putting you through?
Like these things are not a punishment,
they're not a curse.
(07:01):
These things are a gift and a lesson, evenwhen it doesn't feel that way, you know?
Life is full of incredible things.
So, like I was saying, um, this personin my life, they were, um, we have
really incredible conversations.
(07:22):
They're a very deep person.
They're very encouraging of my workwith conversations with Kim and,
and we're talking about like how a lot ofpeople break down in tears in my space.
And this person was telling me that,well, the only time he comes close
(07:47):
is when he talks about his son.
Now his son's been a little bitchallenging, like his, some motor delay,
um, and some other stuff going on,
and at times he wasn't incredibly patient.
(08:08):
And felt it really hard not to get angry,
and he really felt guilty about that.
And then as we're talking, I'mlike, can I reframe that for you?
(08:29):
And he says, yeah, please do.
And I know he's a devout man.
He believes in God.
Strong belief.
So I asked him some questions, eh,and think about it like even if, even
if he, he believed in the universe,
(08:50):
if he believed in himself, if hecreated the path, it was like,
so I said maybe, maybe it's avote of competence, confidence.
Maybe it is a vote of confidence.
I was like, you believe in God, right?
And he said, yeah, do you thinkGod could make a mistake or would
(09:13):
make a mistake or accidentally setup a situation that wasn't right?
And he's like, well, no,
maybe it is a vote of confidence.
And he's like, what do you mean?
Imagine this.
God has this little lamb, little baby boy.
(09:36):
Who's coming to the Earth for sure.
Yet this little, little guy is gonnahave a bit more of different challenges,
physical, and, you know, social and such.
And God's thinking, Hmm,
(09:58):
this, this little lamb'sgonna need somebody really
special, a really special man.
Somebody who can.
Really help guide this child, helphim through all these challenges,
help him thrive, to love him, tolearn to love him unconditionally,
just as he has, just as he is.
(10:20):
And he looks down and hesees this person that I know.
He goes,
you're the man
I trust.
You're the right father.
For my little lamb.
That was a really cool moment.
(10:41):
'cause all he said was, thank you.
I appreciate you,
man.
What if, what if it's true?
Right?
You know, so many peoplethink they go through so many
tough things and like cycles.
(11:01):
And they struggle and they fight and theybelieved, like I believed I was, there
was something freaking wrong with me.
How come so many years I couldn'tfind a relationship for so many years.
I was so nasty to myself.
I, I was so socially awkward.
(11:24):
I couldn't talk to people.
I was so ashamed of myself and like.
People would see me on the outsideas being quiet, but there's this loud
conversation going on in my head.
I went through some stuff thatwas really bad, like, and not
just a little bit, but a lot.
(11:47):
And I thought like, oh man, Ithought this was pointing at the
fact that, yeah, I wasn't here for.
To be successful or to 'cause I thought,you know, I thought, well, oh, successful
people, they got it all together.
It's no wonder they're successful.
All the things fall in place.
Look at them.
Everything comes easy.
(12:07):
Boy was I wrong.
Nothing comes easy we think.
We think it does, right?
People see the outcome, butthey don't see all the work.
What if everything I went through wasmyself or God or the universe going,
(12:33):
I believe in you.
I believe in your goals of lessonsof learning in this lifetime.
I believe in your your ultimate goal.
And so we're gonna go through a lotof really, really tough stuff, okay?
(12:55):
And sometimes it's gonna crush you, andthen you're gonna pick yourself back
up and we're gonna knock you back down.
And every time it's like the Zen Buddhistparable about how, it's funny how the
Zen Buddhists have these, these, uh,it's these stories about making weapons.
I thought Buddhists weren'tsupposed to be violent, but zen
(13:16):
Buddhists are another thing.
Anyway, so there's a Zen Budd Buddhistparable about how do you make a fine
weapon and so you take this steal.
And you heat it up till it'sabsolutely white hot, and you
fold it and you bash the crap outof it, just like my life, right?
(13:36):
And then you put it back in the fire andyou heat it up again, and then you fold
it over and you bash the crap out of it.
And literally every time you heat itand beat it and heat it and beat it,
it becomes a stronger and stronger andstronger material that can be fashioned
into the most incredible tool or weapon.
(13:58):
And what if?
What if the more you're going throughis pointing at the fact that you
are here for massively huge things?
Like all that stuff you're goingthrough that's breaking your heart and
making you cry right now is actuallybuilding you, not breaking you.
(14:18):
What if the whole purpose of thisis not, don't wish for an easy life.
There's no such thing.
What if all this is on purpose?
Like it's intentional and it's leadingyou to the purpose of your life.
What if the hardest things, the toughestthings you've gone through are building?
(14:43):
You know, I know a lot of registereddieticians who've gone through
trouble with eating disorder.
And you, you would think thatsomebody went through this
difficult situation in their life.
Um,
the last thing they want to do isunderstand how to eat properly, or maybe
(15:06):
it's the first thing they want to do,but would you want to, after you've had
so much trouble, would, would you reallyconsider that the idea of the rest of
your life is to like, is to educateyourself on this and then like, like
have it in your face your whole life?
Yeah.
Yeah, these people, they've got aburning desire to help people with this.
(15:28):
Like I, I know one that works withyouth, with these eating disorder.
I know a few that workwith, uh, athletes and like
they have unconscious consciously orunconsciously learn this idea that
the stuff you go through is not.
Tearing you down, it's building you up.
(15:48):
It's leading you to what you are here.
For athletes that have years afteryears, like I worked with a marathon
murderer, she had two years of hell,and then at the end of two years,
she won a national championshipwith Olympic standard time
(16:08):
and with auto qualified time.
That was, that race had an auto qualify.
And she made it to the Olympics.
So no matter what you're going through,no matter how long it's been going on, one
more time, it's like this quote I heardrecently that I put on another episode.
(16:29):
It was like, what if you knew forcertain What if you knew for absolute
certain that you were only 30setbacks from the ultimate dream life?
The highest life that you couldever imagine at this point, and
I'm sure hope when you hit thatone, that you have a bigger dream.
(16:51):
But what if you knew for certainthere was only 30 setbacks?
How fast would you move through eachof those setbacks and how much time
would you stop and look at them inthe rear view mirror when they passed?
I'm gonna assume not a lot.
(17:14):
Maybe this is a vote of confidence, thething you're going through right now, and
it doesn't mean you don't have to feelwhat you feel like if you take it from me.
If there was a lot of years whereI wouldn't feel my way through
things and they just stuck.
(17:36):
It's like when somebody comes into myspace and they're like, I'm not a crier.
I'm like, no man.
I am.
It's an honor and privilegeto be with you in this moment.
Thank you for being vulnerable withme and that if you needed to cry
every time you came to see me thewhole time, for the rest of the time
I knew you, I would be okay with that.
(18:01):
It's okay.
Whatever you, whatever is, whatever'sgoing on with you today is okay.
It's completely on purpose.
All I'm saying is don't get caught in sometrap that everything you're going through.
(18:28):
Is a curse or tellingyou to stop or move away.
Sometimes it is.
Sometimes it's tellingyou to take a break,
but most of the time it'strying to build strength.
It's trying to build resilience.
It's trying to prepare youfor moments that haven't come.
(18:52):
It's trying to prepare you for a seat.
At a table that you don'teven know exists yet,
feel what you feel.
Feel your way all the way through it.
(19:14):
All the way through it,from beginning to end.
Reframe it.
Have patience.
Trust.
Know that there's something far greaterthan you, than you could ever imagine.
(19:37):
Understand if you're going through bigthings, it's a vote of confidence from
you before you came here, from God
or from the universe.
They're all screaming.
You got this?
'cause you do.
(19:58):
And remember,
if it gets really tough,
keep your head up.
Look around.
There's somebody coming.
Something is coming to helpyou through that moment.
You're not alone.
You never were.
You never will be.
(20:18):
God's got an angel on the way.
The universe has got an angel onthe way where you pre-planned it.
And if you're in my life a hundredpercent, I will be the substitute
angel as much as I can for you.
(20:40):
And I also belief, so you alsohave my vote of confidence
that no matter what itis, you got this man.
You or a woman or person, or they or them,
(21:04):
you got this, I believe.
Thank you for listening to thisepisode of conversation with Kimen.
Please follow me on Instagramat conversations with Kimen
(21:25):
and feel free to direct message me.
Also, please share my podcast withanyone you may feel would benefit
from its content and let them know.
And you can find me atconversations with Kimen on Apple
podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean.
(21:48):
Have an amazing day.
Popular Podcasts
24/7 News: The Latest
The latest news in 4 minutes updated every hour, every day.
Therapy Gecko
An unlicensed lizard psychologist travels the universe talking to strangers about absolutely nothing. TO CALL THE GECKO: follow me on https://www.twitch.tv/lyleforever to get a notification for when I am taking calls. I am usually live Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays but lately a lot of other times too. I am a gecko.
The Joe Rogan Experience
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.