Good morning and
welcome to Morning Cereal.
All right, everyone.
Good morning and welcome to Tuesday.
Today is National First Responders Day
and it's also National
Chocolate Day, which feels
pretty good putting
both of those together.
And it's a little poetic, right?
One of them honors those who rush in when
life gets really
rough for us and the other
one it helps the rest
of us recover afterwards.
So whether you're saving lives or saving
your mood with a bar of
dark chocolate, you're
doing noble work.
And thank you.
Well, our quote this morning comes from
the noble Julia
Roberts who once said, "True
love doesn't come to you.
It has to be inside of you."
Now that applies to more than just
romance, kindness, patience, and calm.
They all start from within.
Now the world, it just
mirrors what you bring to it.
All right.
Well, today's birthdays and news facts
are for October 28th.
Starting back in 1886,
a big day for America.
That's when the Statue of Liberty was
dedicated by President Grover Cleveland
and it was celebrated
with the very first
confetti parade in New York City.
And then finally for today in 1965 on
this date, the Gateway Arch
in St. Louis was finished.
Well, happy birthday to you.
Today was your birthday.
You share a birthday
with actor Joaquin Phoenix.
He's 51 today.
Country singer Brad
Paisley, he's just 53.
Pretty woman and actress
Julia Roberts, she's 58 today.
The visionary and philanthropist and he's
only worth 106 billion, which is good for
top maybe 12 in the world.
Bill Gates, he's 70 today.
And Olympian and public figure, believe
it or not, she's 75
today, Caitlin Jenner.
Well, the number one song on this date
back in 1985 was "Take On Me" by Aha.
Now, I know you remember this video if
you ever turned on MTV in the 80s.
Now Aha's innovative pencil sketch
animation video, it became
an MTV legend and it made
the band Norwegian Superstars.
The songs soaring falsetto and those
hopeful lyrics, they
still capture that 80s magic
of running towards your
dreams in slow motion.
Okay, well, we've reached the book review
segment and we are
reading Mel Robbins, the
Let Them Theory.
And today's sub chapter is, "You have
zero control over
someone else's opinion of you,"
which I've confirmed is accurate.
And Robbins opens this section with the
truth we all need to hear.
"You can't control what they think.
You can only control what
you believe about yourself."
And Robbins explains that most of our
daily stress comes not
from people's opinions, but
from our own efforts to manage those
other people's opinions.
Now, when we let others have their
thoughts without trying to
edit them, we start taking
back a little bit of our piece.
Robbins calls this "emotional ownership."
Now, when you react defensively, you give
someone else the keys
to your self-esteem.
But when you accept their view as simply
their view, you keep
those keys securely in your
pocket.
And she reminds us, "Confidence doesn't
mean everyone likes you.
It means you're okay if they don't."
Now, this chapter also dives into how
social media
intensifies that approval trap.
Every comment, every like can feel like a
verdict on your life,
until you decide your
value is not negotiable.
Her advice here?
Observe, but don't absorb that.
People are just projecting their own
fears and their own filters.
Let them.
You focus on showing up
authentically to yourself.
Okay, here's your Tuesday takeaway.
You can't change opinions, but you can
choose self-respect over their approval.
And that choice is freedom.
Alright, so today,
thank a first responder.
Unwrap some of that Halloween chocolate
you or your parents
have ready to go, and just
let go of what anyone else thinks.
You've got way better things to do.
And like always, have a fantastic day.
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Have a fantastic day,
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