In this motivational video, these seniors tell you how to live your best life one mistake at a time. Learn from their mistakes. They're life-changing.
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00:00 I don't look back on the tragedies that I have went through in my life.
00:05 Jail, drugs, liquor.
00:08 I don't put those labels on myself anymore.
00:12 Because I found that I have more love and respect for myself
00:15 than carry me through anything.
00:17 Yeah, I've been in prison most of my life. Half my life.
00:25 My life has just been dysfunctional.
00:30 The last 30 years I've spent downtown Los Angeles on skid row.
00:35 I was one that was homeless at one time.
00:38 And when we feel that way, we give up on life.
00:41 And when we give up on life, it destroys our spirit.
00:45 But I did not go, you know, you can go left or you can go to the right.
00:50 I went to the right. I didn't want to spend my whole life in there.
00:54 So there are going to be struggles in life.
00:57 I mean, that's life.
00:58 And that's how life is presented to every individual that's on Earth.
01:03 Because nothing turns up in your mind how you think they're supposed to be.
01:08 Open your eyes, open your heart.
01:10 Look at things exactly the way they are.
01:12 Just listen to your heart and your head.
01:14 As long as your heart and your head are together, then you're whole.
01:19 Try to find somebody that you can talk to about anything.
01:24 Don't be shy. Just ask for help if you need it.
01:29 And I try to be a happy person.
01:32 I'm a giving person.
01:35 And I get back in return.
01:38 The night I got out, they told me I was going to get out after 18 years.
01:44 And I got on my hands and knees and I asked God,
01:47 "Please let me have a better life than I had before I came in."
01:53 And He gave it to me.
01:55 I don't care how much street life you have.
01:58 It's nothing.
02:00 The real game is education.
02:03 And that's what I want.
02:05 You have to grow up in your mind.
02:08 You have to know and understand what you've been taught.
02:17 Don't be a follower. Be a listener and a learner.
02:21 Go to school. Get your education.
02:25 I did not do that. I ended up doing drugs.
02:29 You learn and you move on.
02:32 And you use those type of experiences as strength in your struggle
02:39 in doing more positive things in life and not making those same mistakes again.
02:44 I really admire the kids yesterday in Washington and all over the country,
02:49 marching. Keep it up. Don't stop.
02:54 That special prayer that I have for the state of the world.
03:00 I just live day by day.
03:04 Time to take action.
03:06 Give up your apathy. Get involved.
03:12 That's my advice.
03:14 Don't let anybody tell you what you can't achieve.
03:17 You can achieve anything you want if you want it bad enough.
03:21 Never surround yourself with negativity.
03:25 Shy away from negativity at all costs.
03:29 Because that is the very root that will continue to have you down.
03:34 Don't look down.
03:37 Always, always look up.
03:41 [Music]
03:45 [Dogs barking]
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03:52 [Silence]
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