Why we get Instagramish.

The problem our young people are having is that they live on social media, and social media only shows you success.

So I get an email the other day.

This young man wants to be a ranger.

He's afraid to go to Ranger school not because how hard the training it is, but because he is afraid if he fails, what people gonna say by judge them.

One thing in life is applies everything in life.

Any time you move from being a normal, to try to be exceptional, people are gonna like that normal people.

It makes them feel like this... (to make themselves feel better)

Through to your judging.

Most folks don't tell it to your face that go online.

They post about like cowards.

Don't that cowards get in your... head?

One of the things that we know about life is that it is always changing.

Sometimes you're up sometimes you're down.

Sometimes things go real well and sometimes they don't.

Sometimes you're happy and sometimes you're sad.

Now that's that thing called life.

People who live on social media live on the mountains of your life.

But then when they cut all social media and they find the dip, then they get depressed because my life doesn't look like your picture.

And when we begin to understand and know that accepting that reality that we will never, ever have things just on and even kill all the time.

But you're gonna have some ups and you're gonna have some downs.

But during those down moments, that's where the growth takes place.

So my reality doesn't look like your image, and now I'm depressed.

Cause I can't get out of this, when your real power is in the dips.

That's where the work is.

Anybody can feel good when they have their health, their bills are paid, they have happy relationships, the children are acting normal.

See, you think you saw the most powerful parts of 2016, but the peaks are not the most powerful parts, is how do you survive the violence.

Anybody could be positive being.

Anybody can have a larger vision being.

Anybody can have faith under those kinds of circumstances.

Am I correct? See about the real challenge, the real challenge of growth mentally, emotionally and spiritually comes when you get knocked down.

It's the hell we went through in between the pictures that would make you respect the position.

The reason you think you can handle stuff you're not ready for is that we only show you the good stuff.