I will have to ruffle some feathers this week.

Real bad, like a little chicken.

I'm going to ruffle your feathers a little bit.

Hi, friends.

This week we're talking about being misunderstood and how it's a good thing

and also how to escape the trap of constantly trying to feel like you have to prove yourself.

First analogy I'm going to hit you with.

When have you ever heard of a storm asking for permission to hit?

When have you ever heard of a fire asking or waiting for permission to burn?

They don't.

A storm is a storm.

It's going to do what a storm does.

It's not going to sit here and try to be understood

so that it feels validated, that it can be what it is. Same thing with a fire. It's not going to

sit here and ask, oh, can I light yet? It's not going to do that. For me, the way that this

relates to being misunderstood is you're desperately looking to be understood so that you can finally feel like you have permission to be who you are.

You got to be like the storm.

If you're a storm, you just got to be a fucking storm.

You got to hit when you're going to hit.

People are never going to see, oh, a storm is being what it is, but it's damaging all this stuff.

You need to care about people.

And a storm is not going to be able to sit here and convince people.

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