Kyle Carpenter

But I saw that there were some that had, and all struggle is relative, but there were some that had much more minor injuries, but they just never left the hospital.

And I saw that their mindset and not their injuries were holding them back.

And so although, of course, I had terrible days and painful days and days where, you know, I wondered if I was going to be able to keep pushing forward, although I kind of in a way I didn't feel like I had a choice because there were so many people.

pouring their love and their hearts and everything they had into getting me better.

But, you know, in life, you can learn from people, good and bad.

You can take good and bad examples and lessons from people.

And seeing that just, I guess, kind of planted a seed that.

Hey, one thing I have, you know, I might not have functioning limbs.

I might've lost my eye.

Most of my teeth are blown out.

But one thing I have is my mindset is my attitude and is my care for myself and wanting to get better for myself and for those around me.

And I'm thankful through all the medication and injuries that I kind of had that insight because it never left me.

Do you know who Epictetus was, the Stoke philosopher?

Absolutely.

Yeah, there needs to be accepting of reality in there as well.

But I think there's tremendous power.

And I would say that's even an understatement to embracing the struggle.