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How intense, the remembering. It causes so many ripples through time, joining these other segments of her life, each portion a wave coming to meet another.
— Carrie R. Moore, “Surfacing” from Make Your Way Home (Tin House Books, July 15, 2025)
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Guy Martin talks about past Drug use
Guy Martin is probably best known to the public as a television personality who presents programmes about machines and engines. However, Martin is also one of the most charismatic riders to have competed at the Isle of Man TT despite never winning the famous race.
Guy Martin has long since retired from road racing, but his path into the sport was not always easy. He admitted that he used stimulants in the past. Not to enhance his performance on the bike, but simply to be able to work longer hours and earn enough money to fund his racing career.
As Martin explained.
“I wasn’t very good at school. I didn’t do very well, but for some reason I convinced myself that I was going to go to college. I think I lasted one term. Then I got an interview at the local Volvo truck garage and worked there. And I learned so much. They’d let me do anything – taking engines to bits, building engines, and I loved it. I could not get to work quick enough and we were earning great money – because I was doing 78 hours a week at 16. And that helps you save money to go motorbike racing.
I used to take drugs just to be able to work more. Because the more I raced, the more expensive it was, so the more I had to work. So I was working three nights a week down the docks after my day job. And I used to take ephedrine, caffeine and aspirin just to be able to work enough to earn more money to go racing motorbikes. That’s
how it was.”
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Let The Past Be The Past
Nothing lasts forever. Sometimes cherishing what was while embracing the future is a good thing.
Understanding Why Some Friendships Are Best Left in The Past
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I found old love letters today
With time I forgot how much he actually loved me
Forgot why it was that I spiraled out of control, my heartbreak fueling my depression
And I now I remember why,
And it’s good
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Does it matter how you started?
Many people believe their life is defined by how it started. They focus on the mistake, the setback, the moment things went wrong, and they allow that single point in the past to control the rest of their future. Instead of moving forward they stay stuck replaying old events and convincing themselves that because the beginning was flawed the ending must be as well.
This is where many people lose their power.
Your past cannot be rewritten, but your direction can always be changed. The moment you understand this you regain influence over your life. The problem is that many people choose to live in catabolic energy. They relive the past, blame circumstances, and wait for others to notice their struggle. That mindset keeps them trapped in victim thinking and prevents progress.
Growth begins the moment you choose a different energy.
When you move into anabolic energy you stop asking why something happened and start asking what you can do next. Responsibility replaces blame. Awareness replaces judgment. Passion and purpose begin to take the place of regret.
Every experience, including mistakes, becomes part of the process of building the life you want. Nothing in your past has the authority to stop your future unless you keep giving it power.
The truth is simple.
Your starting point does not determine your destination. Your choices do.
When you take ownership of your thoughts, emotions, and actions you begin shaping the results of your life. This is the moment you stop living as a victim of your past and start becoming the creator of your future.
Your life is not waiting for a better beginning.
It is waiting for you to continue the journey with intention, responsibility, and the energy that aligns with who you are capable of becoming.
If this message spoke to you or something within it resonated, I invite you to check out my other ideas in my books sold on Amazon. They have already helped thousands worldwide.
– Coach Mike
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