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Arel Moodie Highlight
You control your life, your life doesn't control you. And you control your thoughts, your thoughts do not control you.
About Arel
- Grew up on welfare in the projects of Brooklyn, New York.
- He noticed that every family and community had that one person that had "made it out" and done something great.
- Made it his personal goal to be that person who would do something great so that his family and community would look up to him.
- When he was 16, the violence and darkness around him became too much; he went up on to a rooftop and considered suicide.
- He was suddenly struck by one thought: "Not yet."
- Says that your negative thoughts are much like lions behind glass at the zoo; they're there, but they won't hurt you unless you let them.
- His "secret to life" is: "Negative thoughts never go away, and it's not your job to make them go away-your job is to believe them less."
- Says that when life starts getting you down, finding positivity is as simple as watching a motivational YouTube video or reading a good book.
