A letter from Jun 15th, 2021

Dear Future Lloyd, Your thoughts create your reality. Yesterday you were listening to the podcast of Mr. Rob Dial together with the Kast Media entitled "The Mindset Mentor", it was the second day of listening to his words of wisdom, and the one thing that caught your mind is that he said, "Your life is your responsibility." This thought leads me to ruminate and absorb what is the real meaning behind this but then he flawlessly explained it with the use of analogy, he said that "You can't plant a strawberry seed and expect a tomato to grow," so you cannot think negative then expect a positive outcome, you should always think everything in a positive way but not too much to the point that you neglect others emotion. Personally, I disagree with his statement that turns everything into a positive since toxic positivity is not right every time you comfort someone and then tell her or him to think the bright side of the situation, you just ignore their emotions. I would use this positive thinking when it comes to achieving something, I will think positively that I can reach and get what I want. Another lesson you've gathered yesterday is about the vlog of MoneygrowersPH. He is the one who keeps spreading knowledge about the stock market, he quoted "Practice in Private, Be Rewarded in Public." Well, honestly, it is really what you are doing, you do not want anyone to see your process of making something like designs, essays, and other projects, you want to create it with yourself only since you do not want anyone to copy your works, you do not want anyone to disappoint when the final outcome was finished but then another thought flashed in your mind that you really need to practice in private so that no one will pull you down, no one will discourage you to do it and you can surprise everyone towards on what you've become. Lastly, you read some pages of Rich Dad Poor Dad last night, and then one thing stuck in your mind, if you want to buy something, you should not say that "I can't afford it" but instead say this, "How can I afford it?" The first one is a statement while the latter is a question, the first one will stop you from getting that thing while the other one will shape and help you to create a solution with certain circumstances. Do not limit yourself, you should think and think and think until you achieve something. You still have a lot of things to do, a lot of paths to take, a lot of decision to make, and a lot of problems to overcome, you just control yourself on how you will respond towards it, practice yourself in private, and do not ever limit your mind by just creating one statement, you should go beyond your ability, you should think outside the box because that movement will keep you moving forward. Your old self, 18 yrs old Ruwen