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September 15, 2024 6 mins

Ever woken up feeling like the journey to your dreams is just too long and overwhelming? You're not alone. Matt Fagioli shares his personal battles with anxiety and stress, emphasizing the transformative power of trusting in a higher purpose. In this episode of the Certain Success Podcast, Matt reassures us that pursuing what sets your heart on fire means you're already living a full life. It's not about the destination; it's about trusting that each small step is a victory in itself.

Join us as Matt dives deep into the importance of faith and persistence. He highlights how a trust relationship with God can provide solace and strength during the toughest times. The world often tells us we have to make things happen on our own, but true success comes from walking with faith. Whether you're sending another email or taking one more step towards your dream, remember that every moment spent chasing what you love is a win. Tune in for a heartfelt reminder that the road may be long, but you're on the right path.

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Speaker 1 (00:02):
If you woke up this morning and you thought, man,
it's just too hard, it's justtoo long, the journey is too far
, I cannot do it and I amthinking about quitting, then
this podcast is for you.
Welcome to the Certain SuccessPodcast.
Guys.
A certain success podcast, guys, it's matt fagioli and this

(00:26):
podcast is called the road islong, with an exclamation point,
and the word long, I think, iscapitalized and underlined.
And, um, guys, if you arechasing your dream, so you're
already on that journey.

(00:46):
And today you woke up and youthought, man, I just can't do it
, it's too far, it's too hard, Ijust I'm never going to make it
.
That voice is not coming fromabove God doesn't talk like that
but, more importantly, backhere on earth, if you're doing

(01:14):
what just burns in your heart todo, then you're living life to
the full already.
You're already doing it.
You're out chasing what Godcreated you to be already, and
that's everything.
No one tells us that, and theworld and the flesh and the

(01:36):
devil keep telling us thatthat's not true, but it
absolutely is true.
I'm here to tell you thisSunday morning that you're
already chasing it and the roadis not wrong.
The road is just really longand that's okay.

(01:59):
In fact, we all know that we'renot supposed to be focused on
the outcome at all.
We keep telling it's niceplatitudes, to say, oh, it's
about the process and it's aboutliving for today, but it's hard
to actually make that real forourselves.

(02:20):
And so I think this is just yetanother spin on that
conversation to go that, if youknow that you are already
chasing your dream like man,this is what's on my heart to do
, this is what I love to do andI'm going to go do it.
So you've already made thatleap away from whatever was

(02:42):
distracting you from it andyou're chasing your dream, but
you just can't see very far atall.
Sometimes, most of the time, youcan't see past today.
You're like this is never goingto happen.
I should chuck it and go get ajob, or, you know, go work for
the man, or you know whatever.
But it comes back to this trust, relationship with God For me.

(03:08):
I have never been able toovercome anxiety and stress and
fear in my life until I finally,at a soul level, understood
what it meant to trust thatthere's a huge God out there and
that he's for me and he's in mycorner and he's in your corner

(03:33):
and he's for you.
And when, when?
If you're listening to this,when you hear that you know
there's also this tendency to golike, well, I, I'm too dirty,
I'm too bad, I'm not good enough, he, he's not really for me,
he's not really going to show upfor me, and so I have to do it

(03:55):
on my own.
I have to make it happen.
He's not really for me, he'snot really going to show up for
me, and so I have to do it on myown.
I have to make it happen.
And the world tells you youhave to make it happen.
None of that's true.
All you have to do is walk withGod, abide in him, and what
that means is get up again today, take another step, make
another email.

(04:16):
Whatever's on your plate fortoday, take another step chasing
your dream.
Don't give up on your dream, nomatter how difficult it looks or
how bleak it can be, or itseems like the road could go on
forever.

(04:36):
But if you spent your whole lifechasing your dream and and
never quote unquote got there orachieved whatever you thought
that was going to be, but youspent every day for the rest of
your life chasing the greatestthing ever and that just made
your heart sing while you weredoing it.

(04:58):
Isn't that winning?
Isn't that certain success?
So I just wanted to give youguys this quick little reminder
for a Sunday morning or wheneverday you're listening to this,
that the road is not wrong.
You're on the right road.
It's just that road is long,long, long.

(05:21):
And the bigger the dream, or Ishould say maybe more accurately
, the more aligned you are toyour dream, to exactly what God
designed you for, the closerthat alignment is, the longer
the road's going to seem.
But another truth that we allknow at some level is that it's

(05:47):
darkest before the dawn and youoftentimes can't see victory
even.
And it seems furthest away andit's right around the corner.
So keep on plugging.
Happy Sunday, welcome to theCertain Success Podcast for this

(06:09):
day.
Anyway, see you back heretomorrow.
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