Forrest Gump & The Power of Being Last

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Have you ever felt like you're constantly putting others first while watching them succeed ahead of you? This powerful conversation explores the counter-cultural wisdom that "nice guys and gals finish last, but they finish with the biggest blessings."

Some people are specifically called to be the supporters in their circles—those with enough endurance to watch others accelerate while remaining patient in their own journey. It can feel isolating and lonely to consistently be the helper, the one who ensures no one gets left behind. Yet this position isn't random—it's connected to your unique attributes and purpose.

Using the beautiful analogy of Forrest Gump repeatedly running into danger to rescue soldiers before finding his friend Bubba, we explore how being last requires exceptional character. Like Forrest, those called to this role show up with kindness and compassion, never chosen to be first for anything, yet consistently finding themselves in the right place at the right time. They possess a special combination of will, faith, and grace that allows them to help others break through barriers.

This conversation offers validation and encouragement for anyone feeling the weight of being last. While warning against self-depletion and premature pursuit of external achievements, the message remains clear: if you stay the course and focus on blessing those around you rather than chasing fame or fortune, extraordinary blessings await. Your position isn't a punishment but a preparation for something remarkable—if you have the courage not to give up or pivot away from those who need you right now.

Ready to embrace your role as the supporter? Listen now and discover the power and purpose of finishing last.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
So I'm pretty sure you've heard the statement nice
guys finish last, right, that's.
That's nothing new.
We've all heard that before.
I chose a few years ago to addon to that you can adopt this if
you want.
I now say nice guys and galsfinish last, but they finish

(00:23):
with the biggest blessings.
Gals finish last, but theyfinish with the biggest
blessings.
Nice guys and gals finish last,but they finish with the
biggest blessings.
So I'm going to say more aboutthat, but first let's listen to
this clip from last episodeabout being last.

(00:44):
In my life, I feel like I'm thenumber four person like last.
So like Laura's winning, otherpeople in my life are winning
and God is still saying Mondo,it's not your time yet.
And so I just really want totalk to that person who notices
a bunch of people starting toaccelerate, but you're still on

(01:07):
pause.
I'm talking to you and I'mtalking to myself at the same
time Continue to have patience,continue to trust in God's plan,
because there's just no otherway around it.
And so, like it's just, it'sresonating with me right now a
lot because, like I'm just inthat season of enduring being

(01:27):
last this long but also knowingthat there's purpose to it,
right.
So Laura said, now, when Istart my purpose, workshops,
like I pray, like I had, there'sa different type of spirit that
I bring.
And so I believe that, becauseI've chosen to be last, and some
other people who may have to belast in their circle, because
you choose to be last, there'sgoing to be a unique gift, a

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unique thing that, like you have, and you have alone, simply
because you were the one who wascalled to be last in your
circle, so there is thisendurance that one must have to

(02:09):
be last.
Right, like so many people arein front of you, moving quicker,
having experienced the glory inadvance, smiling, living the
gleeful life Right.
And it's your responsibility tostill put in the work.
And that can be hard, it can belonely, it can be isolating,

(02:32):
but it is for a reason Right the, the fabric of your attributes,
like what you were built to do.
It's it's, it's just part ofwho you are right, that servant,
that helper, that person who'sjust not going to allow somebody
else to, to suffer if they wantto get out right, if they want

(02:56):
to be quote unquote saved.
Not that it's yourresponsibility or that you can
save anybody, I'm not sayingthat.
I am saying it's yourresponsibility to offer support
or offer guidance or offer helpto help somebody get unstuck, so
then they can go do the rest ofthe work.
To help somebody get unstuck,so then they can go do the rest

(03:21):
of the work.
Here's a visual that, wheneverI talk about being lies like,
hits my spirit.
So who loves the movie ForrestGump, so you know.
Forrest experienced so manyblessings in that cinematic
masterpiece.
But the one story or season ofForrest Gump that I never forget

(03:46):
is when he built a relationshipwith Bubba.
Right Like everybody lovedBubba with that big old lip
Right, because Bubba knew how tomake shrimp any other, every
kind of way.
But there was a moment whenthey went to war and he had to

(04:08):
go save Bubba, right Like theplanes or whatever were dropping
bombs in the forest or thevillage or whatever, and he was
like oh, bubba's not with me,right, and he had to go back and
get them.
And yet every time he ran backinto the forest he found

(04:30):
somebody that wasn't Bubba andhe carried them out, dropped
them on the edge and ran back in, found somebody else that
wasn't Bubba, picked him up, puthim on his shoulders, carried
him out, ran back in over andover and over.
He was unwilling to allowsomeone else to suffer and he
chose to be last Right andeventually he found Bubba.

(04:55):
No need to talk more about that.

(05:19):
But Forrest, to me, is anexample, is a representative of
what it looks like to be lastRight.
Always looked at as being theunderdog, nobody believed him in
him, but somehow, some way,always found himself in the
right place at the right time.
He just showed up with kindness, with compassion.
He did what mama said.
Right, like Forrest, was a pureexample of being a nice guy,
and nowhere in the story wassomebody picking Forrest to be

(05:44):
first up, to be first on theteam, to be first for anything.
He was around him.
He's a nice guy that finishedlast, but finished with the

(06:06):
biggest blessings.
So For you, in real life, youmay be the person in your inner
circle who is supposed to belast, simply because you have
enough will, you have enoughmuscle, you have enough faith,

(06:29):
you have enough grace in yourbeing, in your essence, to not
give up, to support the peoplewho are around you, to help them
break through whatever thatbarrier is in front of them.
For some reason you just havethat gift and for some of us, we
know it's just ourresponsibility to not leave

(06:52):
anybody behind.
Yes, and let's be sure to pausewhen we need to to make sure we
don't deplete ourselves.
Right.
We still have to be the withmom or dad or brother or sister

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or cousin or best friend, or gochase something else that's
outside of those people that wecare about.
Go chase a business prematurely.
Go chase a job prematurely.
Go chase a job prematurely.

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Go chase a drug.
Go chase fame.
Go chase fortune.
Right, those things will alwaysbe there and there are many
people already in front of youchasing them.
I am here to say that, if youchoose to be last and focus on

(08:05):
blessing the people that areright around you, if you are
that person right, I'm talkingto a very specific person and if
this isn't resonating with you,I'm not talking to you, but
there is somebody that needs tohear this.
What I am telling you is thebiggest blessing that you can

(08:27):
possibly imagine will bedelivered.
Just keep going, Do not give up, do not pivot away from those
loved ones around you that needyou right now.
Peace.