Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero
Stop Apologizing For Who You Are | Powerful Motivational Speeches
07 May 2025
At some point, you have to stop shrinking to make others comfortable.You have to stop apologizing for your growth, your ambition, your truth.This is about owning who you are — not just when it’s easy, but when it challenges the world around you.The first speech in this compilation begins with a simple declaration:“I can’t be sorry.”Not for evolving.Not for wanting more.Not for refusing to settle.Each speech in this episode builds on that foundation — reminding you that life isn’t about fitting in, it’s about standing out.It’s about chasing the moments that make you feel alive and being bold enough to live a life that reflects who you really are.This episode is for the ones who are done waiting for permission.For those who are ready to be themselves fully and make the most out of every breath they’ve been given.🎧 Listen. Reflect. Rise.More from Eddie Pinero:Monday Motivation Newsletter: https://www.eddiepinero.com/newsletterYour World Within Podcast: https://yourworldwithin.libsyn.com/Stream these tracks on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2BLf6pBInstagram - @your_world_within and @IamEddiePineroTikTok - your_world_withinFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/YourworldwithinTwitter - https://www.twitter.com/IamEddiePineroBusiness Inquiries - http://www.yourworldwithin.com/contact#liveinspired #yourworldwithin #motivation
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I can't be sorry. See, I used to carry guilt like armor, apologizing for the way I grew, the things I outgrew, for the people who left when I stopped dimming my light. I can't be sorry anymore. I can't be sorry for those I lost along the way. Not because I didn't care, I did. But because I finally started caring about myself.
I can't be sorry for old conversations, rooms that echoed but never truly heard me. Freundschaften, die auf eine Version von mir gebaut wurden, die lange tot ist. Ich kann mich nicht entschuldigen, für die Wahl von Frieden über Aufmerksamkeit, Stille über Chaos, Wahrheit über Komfort. Glaubt mir, es ist ein Fehler, den ich gemacht habe. Ich habe versucht, zu erklären, um sogar zu verschwinden.
Ich habe mich in tausend Formen geworfen. Just to make sure no one around me felt uncomfortable. To make sure the externalities were aligned. But I've learned that the people who truly love you, well, they don't need you to vanish to accept you. And I'm not angry. I'm not bitter. There's no resentment. I'm just not sorry. I'm not sorry for the evolution that took place.
I'm not sorry for dreaming bigger. I'm not sorry for asking more of myself and my life. And if that makes me hard to figure out or understand, then so be it. Because I can't apologize for becoming someone I'm proud of. I can't apologize for the silence I now protect like gold. I can't apologize for walking away from anything that required me to be less than whole. See, growth is messy.
It leaves behind fragments. It burns bridges that were only ever meant to take you part of the way there. And still I move forward. No hate, but simultaneously no shame Because I can't be sorry, not anymore And if that makes the world uncomfortable, that's okay Because for the first time in a long time, I'm truly here And for that, I can't be sorry
Habt ihr jemals gewusst, wie viel von euch materialisiert ist? Wenn das, was F. Scott Fitzgerald sagt, wahr ist und unsere Leben durch die Möglichkeit definiert werden, auch die, die wir verlieren, dann wie viel bleibt in der Äther? Und ich denke nicht, dass es darum geht, ein Spiel zu spielen, was wenn. Das wäre unendlich, es wäre selbstverletzend, niemand ist perfekt.
I don't even really think it's about making a right turn instead of a left. Because as long as you're moving, and moving with conviction, life ultimately brings you where you need to be. But more, my concern is the steps never brought to pavement. My ideas on the hatch, my opportunities I either knowingly or unknowingly left on the shelf. Because it didn't seem real enough.
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