Good morning and welcome
to your morning cereal.
Okay good morning and
welcome to Thursday.
Good news.
As of the end of today, you will be 80%
through this work week.
And that is good enough for a B-.
Well forget that because today is
National Tug of War Day.
And for those of us that are not on the
playground today, perhaps
maybe that's symbolic because
half of us are pulling towards Friday
while the other half of
us are being held back by
the responsibilities of this Thursday.
Well let's go ahead and jump into
yesterday's trivia answer.
A neuron.
The longest cell in the
human body is a nerve cell.
A neuron.
And now the essential vitamins in your
morning cereal today's quote.
It's from birthday girl turning 28.
Sheppell Rohn who said quote, "You can't
dim yourself for
people who refuse to shine."
End quote.
Now the morning decode, this is an
empowering reminder to
stay true to yourself and your
dreams even when those around you are
unwilling to do the same.
Well let's go ahead and
hear from the experts now.
It's time to pour in some
Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins.
And this sub-chapter might be one of the
most quietly life altering in the book.
Here it is.
Quote, "Love the
person, not their potential."
Right?
Mel starts here with a truth
that stinks just a little bit.
Here she says, quote, "You are not in a
relationship with who
someone could become.
You are in a relationship
with who they are today."
End quote.
And that sentence alone, it kind of
dismantles about half of the romantic
comedies ever written
here, right?
She explains how easy it is to fall in
love with possibility.
We see someone's intelligence, their
charm, their
creativity, and their ambition.
And we mentally fast forward to the fully
evolved version of that person.
But potential, it's a theoretical.
Patterns are actually factual, right?
Mel writes this, quote, "When you ignore
someone's consistent
behavior, you're not being hopeful,
you're being dishonest with yourself."
End quote.
Now again, that's a mic drop quote from
Mel because loving
someone's potential, it often
means minimizing their present reality.
We tell ourselves they'll grow out of it,
step up, they'll change
once they feel secure,
but change is a self-driven thing.
It's not partner installed.
And she introduces a powerful lens here.
Observe patterns, not promises.
If someone repeatedly shows
inconsistency, emotional
unavailability, or lack of effort,
that is the relationship, not the grand
speeches, not the future plans, the
behavior, the actual
behavior.
And this is where let
them becomes liberating.
If they're not ready,
let them not be ready.
If they don't prioritize you,
let them not prioritize you.
You're not required to
campaign for basic standards.
Mel says it plainly, quote, "Love is
acceptance of what is, not
attachment to what might be."
End quote.
Now again, that line forces clarity
because when you love
someone for who they are and
not who you're hoping they'll morph into,
your decisions become cleaner.
So this chapter, it's not being cynical,
it's just being grounding for you.
It's inviting you to choose based on
evidence, not imagination.
All right.
Your Friday Eve takeaway is date reality,
not fantasy, and make
decisions based on consistent
behavior, not hoped for potential.
All right.
So on this tug of war day,
stop pulling against reality.
Drop the rope.
All right.
Now the prize from the bottom of the
cereal box, the morning
cereal trivia question of
the day.
What is the first letter
on a standard keyboard?
I know you're going to get that one.
All right.
Hey, thanks for listening
today to Morning Cereal.
We will see you back here tomorrow for
the answer to the
trivia question and for more
sugar for your soul.
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