Trent Shelton
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard 28 Jul
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And I love to say, I will control what I can and pray about what I can't. And I had to leave it in God's hands. And to be real, Jamie, that's hard sometimes. Because as human beings, we want to have so much control over things. And if we feel like we don't have control, there's stress and anxiety. But I've learned to let it go. I've learned to trust even when I don't understand.
And that's been the driving force in my life and keeping my peace. So I would just simply tell that person, ask yourself, can I control this? And if you can't, let it go and trust that everything's going to work out.
Yeah, I just realized in my life through experience, like the things that I've tried to control that I can't control. And a lot of that has been people. And I don't always want to talk about that, but a lot of that has been people, how people feel about me, what people say, the internet, the algorithm, Lord, all these things outside of me.
And what I've realized is that I'm just driving myself crazy. For a lot of people, just what I believe in my faith is that a lot of us, we want to be behind the steering wheel of our life. We want to be able to control everything. The truth is in life, you can't. You can't control the experiences. You can't control your tomorrows. You can influence it.
You can do your best to put yourself in the best position to have the greatest things happen for your life. But the truth is, and I know you know this, I've done everything right and things have still went wrong. And I say wrong, but really, it's just not the right for my life at that time. And so I've learned to say, you know what, Trent? Get out the driver's seat of your life and put God there.
And where God takes you, sometimes it don't make sense. You question it. But I always say this quote, God will allow you to go through places you don't understand just to bring you to the place where he needs you to be. So when I look over my life, that's where the trust comes from. That's where my faith comes from. It doesn't come from knowing what tomorrow brings.
It comes from knowing that God has had my back time after time again. And that's hard, right? Because sometimes you lose people, you lose things, and you want these things back in your life. Sometimes it's loved ones. But I've learned to have patience and faith in saying, If it's not for me, then it's just not for me. And that's so hard at times when it's things that you love.
But I prioritize my peace over everything now. And that's definitely helped my life. So I would tell the person, prioritize your peace and learn over time that everything is working out for your good. And I know that seems super motivational and inspirational, but it's the truth. Everything is working for you. And that's the truth that I stand by and live by.
Exactly. What's the point of it?
Yeah. I made a commitment. When I first started, like 2009, and when it really got real in 2011, and I made a commitment that I would always be a voice for people to let them know that everything they're going through can soon turn everything they made it through. And I wanted to be an example of that.
And I didn't want to just be a one trick pony where it's like, I'm telling you these things, but I'm not letting you know what I'm going through. And yeah, I go through a lot, just like every human being. And I remember making a promise to my best friend while I started doing what I do that committed suicide. And I told him that,
i would be the voice for people who need one and i would be the shoulder to lean on for people who need one and that was very difficult for me because again i'm an introverted person when i started this it wasn't like the popular thing to do at that time but i knew that there were so many people out there that thought that they were broken and so for me um
being vulnerable and transparent led to my transformation. And I want to let people know that it's okay to go through things. It's okay to share things. It's not going to hurt your brand. It's okay to admit that you're going through a struggle because that's relatable. I can inspire people with my things.
I can inspire people with the house or the car, or I'm telling you all these numbers, which that's a part of it too. But I wanted to be able to impact people with my heart. and say, I want you to experience my heart. And I want you to feel this connection. And I want you to see a human in me, this human that can rise above, this human that can conquer, this human that can overcome.
Because if you can see that hope in me, then hopefully you can see the hope in yourself. And so that's why I'm so open and transparent. And Jamie, it's just hard to just do this smile when I'm dying inside. I just can't do it. It just takes too much energy. So I would rather say, hey, y'all, I'm depressed right now. You know, it doesn't mean that my life is over.
I'm going through a storm, but I promise you I will get through it because no storm lasts forever. But I'm going through it. I'm climbing this mountain with you. I'm at the mountaintop saying, hey, this is how you get up here. No, I might have been there, but every year in my life through something, because I'm a human, I come back down to the valley.
And I'm with you climbing this mountain with you. So I think that's what's helped me connect with so many people across the world. And honestly, that's what's helped me be able to continue on this journey. Because if I'm carrying all this emotional baggage, and as I always say, smiling for the camera, but dying behind the scenes, I know where that leads.
I know people in my life that are no longer here because of that. And so I refuse to be what the world wants me to be. and lose myself. I refuse to be who the world wants me to be and not keep peace in my life. So for me, this is the easiest thing for me to do is to say, this is what I'm dealing with.
So the last, what, three years, I'm good this year, but 2021, 2022 was some of the worst years of my life. You know, I mean, my mom in that whole situation and then Maya situation a few days later, then my grandmother gone.
And then my dad's best friend who was a mentor in my life a few months later, then the next year I ruptured my Achilles and I always had to get my leg, like my foot literally almost cut off. And it's back to back to back to back to back. And yeah, I questioned God. Yeah, I was like, what's going on? Yeah, I had to still be this person for the world. But I gave myself grace to say, you know what?
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