How to Start Somewhere (Because You Have to Start Somewhere)

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.9 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

If you've tried and tried but you keep falling down and you're tired of starting over... this video is for you.

Fr. Mike lays out a plan to start again and keep going, no matter the struggle, and shares the secret that makes it possible.

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0:00.0	You might have given up on the New Year's resolution kind of thing.
0:02.6	You might have given up on that sense of, okay, I'm going to keep starting.
0:06.3	I'm going to try something new.
0:07.8	I'm going to try, period.
0:10.1	And yet, here it is, you're alive, which means you're a living thing.
0:15.0	And living things grow, which means living things.
0:17.5	How my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is Ascenta Presents.
0:20.0	Maybe you're like over the New Year's resolutions, maybe you're over starting something new.
0:23.7	Maybe you're over trying, which is understandable.
0:26.0	I know sometimes like that just can weigh us down and we realize, okay, I'm not going to
0:30.9	start something new on New Year's Day.
0:33.2	I'm giving up the whole New Year's resolution kind of situation.
0:35.9	I get that.
0:36.9	But you're alive.
0:38.0	And that's good news.
0:40.8	If you're alive, that means living things grow, which means if you're alive, you're
0:46.8	still called to grow.
0:48.5	And living things grow, growing things change.
0:51.5	See that logic there?
0:53.3	Living things grow, growing things change. So if logic there? Living things grow.
0:55.7	Growing things change.
0:58.4	So if you're alive, that means you're a living thing.
	...

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