Good morning and welcome
to your morning cereal.
Okay, good morning and
welcome to Wednesday.
Hard to believe that we
are already at that middle
of the week stretch where
you definitely are going
to need a second cup of
coffee to get you through the day.
And fittingly, as you get
to the end of this hump day,
right, reward yourself because today
is National Drink Wine Day.
All right, well,
yesterday's trivia answer,
Wayne Gretzky, the great one,
the NHL's all-time leading point scorer.
And now it's time for
the essential vitamins
in your morning cereal.
Today's quote is from birthday boy
turning only 61 today,
Dr. Dre, who said, quote,
"It's not about the salary,
it's all about the reality."
All right, translation
this morning, genuine success,
passion and tangible results matter more
than just the money, right?
Chase your passion, not a paycheck.
All right, well, let's go
ahead and hear from the experts.
Now it is time to pour
in some let them theory
from Mel Robbins.
And today we're stepping into a new
chapter, chapter 20,
which is entitled, "How Every Ending
Is a Beautiful Beginning," all right?
Here, Mel is opening this
section by reframing endings,
not as failures, but as transitions.
She writes, quote, "An
ending is simply the moment
you're pushed towards
what's next," end quote.
And that's uncomfortable because humans
love predictability.
Even if the situation is mediocre, at
least it's familiar.
And she explains that
when something ends,
a relationship, a job,
a chapter in your life,
well, we instinctively want to fix it.
We want to rewind it or control it.
And that's where let them comes in.
If something is ending, well, let it.
If someone is pulling away, let them.
If a door closes, let it close
because what we often call rejection
is actually just redirection.
Now, Mel shares how painful endings
forced her into growth
that she never would
have chosen voluntarily.
She said, quote, "The end of something
is the beginning of clarity," end quote.
And when the noise
stops, when the chaos settles,
you finally see what wasn't working.
And here's the hard
truth that she highlights.
Sometimes we cling,
not because it's right,
but because we're
afraid of that empty space.
The space between what
was and what will be,
it feels terrifying.
But that gap, that's
where reinvention happens.
And she reminds us, quote,
"You cannot step into what's next
while gripping what's over," end quote.
And that line hits, right?
We don't grow in
comfort, we grow in transition.
Ending strip away
illusion, they refine you,
they sharpen your standards,
they strengthen your resilience, okay?
All right, here is
your hump day takeaway.
When something ends,
resist the urge to chase it.
Trust that it is clearing space
for something better
aligned for your life.
All right, so whether
you're raising a glass
of well-aged Vino tonight, or just
raising your standards,
remember, midweek pivots,
they can be powerful too.
All right, now the prize from
the bottom of the cereal box,
the morning cereal
trivia question of the day.
Here it is, what is
the longest type of cell
in the human body?
Well, thanks for
listening to Morning Cereal today.
We will see you back here tomorrow
for the answer to the trivia question
and more sugar for your soul.
And until then, have a fantastic day.
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