I’ve always wanted to be a one in a million the chosen one The Anointed One
million the chosen one The Anointed One
million the chosen one The Anointed One the one and only
the one and only
the one and only but you see life rewards your hearts
but you see life rewards your hearts
but you see life rewards your hearts deepest desires sometimes in a very
deepest desires sometimes in a very
deepest desires sometimes in a very unique fashion good evening everybody it
unique fashion good evening everybody it
unique fashion good evening everybody it is a warm Saturday afternoon and I was
is a warm Saturday afternoon and I was
is a warm Saturday afternoon and I was sitting across punching the keys of my
sitting across punching the keys of my
sitting across punching the keys of my laptop on my porch and my wife comes and
laptop on my porch and my wife comes and
laptop on my porch and my wife comes and she Pat’s me on the cheek and I got a
she Pat’s me on the cheek and I got a
she Pat’s me on the cheek and I got a shock I think I have an electrifying
shock I think I have an electrifying
shock I think I have an electrifying wife she thinks I’m an electrifying mood
wife she thinks I’m an electrifying mood
wife she thinks I’m an electrifying mood fella come on baby hit me one more time
fella come on baby hit me one more time
fella come on baby hit me one more time and she Pat’s me again if I get another
and she Pat’s me again if I get another
and she Pat’s me again if I get another shock and at first I think it’s to
shock and at first I think it’s to
shock and at first I think it’s to sensitivity because that’s what the
sensitivity because that’s what the
sensitivity because that’s what the actor in the television toothpaste
actor in the television toothpaste
actor in the television toothpaste commercial says so I go to a dentist and
commercial says so I go to a dentist and
commercial says so I go to a dentist and the dentist does a root canal for a
the dentist does a root canal for a
the dentist does a root canal for a tooth that is that I think is perfectly
tooth that is that I think is perfectly
tooth that is that I think is perfectly okay
okay
okay and he says now you’re fine or no pain
and he says now you’re fine or no pain
and he says now you’re fine or no pain doesn’t recede so I go to this epileptic
doesn’t recede so I go to this epileptic
doesn’t recede so I go to this epileptic specialist and he goes about taking
specialist and he goes about taking
specialist and he goes about taking something that looks like a small hammer
something that looks like a small hammer
something that looks like a small hammer and he slams me on the face and he says
and he slams me on the face and he says
and he slams me on the face and he says does it pain I says yeah I say yes he
does it pain I says yeah I say yes he
does it pain I says yeah I say yes he slams me again another part in it says
slams me again another part in it says
slams me again another part in it says does it pain I say again yes and I tell
does it pain I say again yes and I tell
does it pain I say again yes and I tell him dude if I take the same hammer or
him dude if I take the same hammer or
him dude if I take the same hammer or whatever you call it an assignment on
whatever you call it an assignment on
whatever you call it an assignment on your face it’s gonna pain for you also
your face it’s gonna pain for you also
your face it’s gonna pain for you also so he goes ahead and says you’re
so he goes ahead and says you’re
so he goes ahead and says you’re perfectly okay so after a series of
perfectly okay so after a series of
perfectly okay so after a series of improper diagnosis I land up with this
improper diagnosis I land up with this
improper diagnosis I land up with this neurosurgeon he sits across with a
neurosurgeon he sits across with a
neurosurgeon he sits across with a series of reports MRIs scans and tests
series of reports MRIs scans and tests
series of reports MRIs scans and tests looks at me with a heavy heart and he
looks at me with a heavy heart and he
looks at me with a heavy heart and he says I’m sorry to tell you you have
says I’m sorry to tell you you have
says I’m sorry to tell you you have trigeminal neuralgia my first response
trigeminal neuralgia my first response
trigeminal neuralgia my first response doctor how much time do I have left I
doctor how much time do I have left I
doctor how much time do I have left I could see all the movies floating around
could see all the movies floating around
could see all the movies floating around my mind and me smiling and trying to
my mind and me smiling and trying to
my mind and me smiling and trying to make the world smile and he says don’t
make the world smile and he says don’t
make the world smile and he says don’t worry trigeminal neuralgia is not a
worry trigeminal neuralgia is not a
worry trigeminal neuralgia is not a killer you’re not going to die my wife
killer you’re not going to die my wife
killer you’re not going to die my wife says only good people die young that is
says only good people die young that is
says only good people die young that is not a consolation so he says it’s one of
not a consolation so he says it’s one of
not a consolation so he says it’s one of the most painful conditions known to
the most painful conditions known to
the most painful conditions known to mankind and you gotta subsist with it
mankind and you gotta subsist with it
mankind and you gotta subsist with it for the next few years I go ahead and
for the next few years I go ahead and
for the next few years I go ahead and subsist with this particular pain it is
subsist with this particular pain it is
subsist with this particular pain it is said that a trigeminal neuralgia patient
said that a trigeminal neuralgia patient
said that a trigeminal neuralgia patient goes through three kinds of pains
goes through three kinds of pains
goes through three kinds of pains take a knife
take a knife
take a knife strap it on your face twist it on the
strap it on your face twist it on the
strap it on your face twist it on the matter on your bones turn
matter on your bones turn
matter on your bones turn that’s a stabbing pain take two
that’s a stabbing pain take two
that’s a stabbing pain take two electrical wires connected to a circuit
electrical wires connected to a circuit
electrical wires connected to a circuit and let the current go ahead and simmer
and let the current go ahead and simmer
and let the current go ahead and simmer through your face that’s the shooting
through your face that’s the shooting
through your face that’s the shooting pain take a hammer and a nail and slam
pain take a hammer and a nail and slam
pain take a hammer and a nail and slam it into your eyes that is a hammering
it into your eyes that is a hammering
it into your eyes that is a hammering pain over the years my neurosurgeon
pain over the years my neurosurgeon
pain over the years my neurosurgeon asked me this question so what kind of
asked me this question so what kind of
asked me this question so what kind of pain are you going through and I say
pain are you going through and I say
pain are you going through and I say doctor all three what is the frequency I
doctor all three what is the frequency I
doctor all three what is the frequency I say about 50 or 60 times a day or
say about 50 or 60 times a day or
say about 50 or 60 times a day or horrible day about 100 times he looks
horrible day about 100 times he looks
horrible day about 100 times he looks down and he says one in a million reads
down and he says one in a million reads
down and he says one in a million reads that state that’s right
that state that’s right
that state that’s right one in a million well when you are when
one in a million well when you are when
one in a million well when you are when life hits you hard you ask a lot of
life hits you hard you ask a lot of
life hits you hard you ask a lot of questions micro questions like why is
questions micro questions like why is
questions micro questions like why is this happening to me why me and macro
this happening to me why me and macro
this happening to me why me and macro questions like why should people suffer
questions like why should people suffer
questions like why should people suffer at all and I got my answer from the most
at all and I got my answer from the most
at all and I got my answer from the most unexpected source every Thursday I go to
unexpected source every Thursday I go to
unexpected source every Thursday I go to this place of worship and I spend a lot
this place of worship and I spend a lot
this place of worship and I spend a lot of time in solitude in isolation in
of time in solitude in isolation in
of time in solitude in isolation in silent reflection and every time I come
silent reflection and every time I come
silent reflection and every time I come out I see this one lady or sitting over
out I see this one lady or sitting over
out I see this one lady or sitting over there she’s contracted leprosy she was a
there she’s contracted leprosy she was a
there she’s contracted leprosy she was a torn dress and she was a torn veil
torn dress and she was a torn veil
torn dress and she was a torn veil across her head that covers her from the
across her head that covers her from the
across her head that covers her from the scorching Sun her fingers are nibbled by
scorching Sun her fingers are nibbled by
scorching Sun her fingers are nibbled by faiths cruelty her face looks totally
faiths cruelty her face looks totally
faiths cruelty her face looks totally distorted and broken like she is an
distorted and broken like she is an
distorted and broken like she is an unearthed statue once I put a fruitcake
unearthed statue once I put a fruitcake
unearthed statue once I put a fruitcake into a little bowl that she was holding
into a little bowl that she was holding
into a little bowl that she was holding and at the struck a conversation Asda
and at the struck a conversation Asda
and at the struck a conversation Asda okay fine so tell me how much money do
okay fine so tell me how much money do
okay fine so tell me how much money do you make on a day and she said I don’t
you make on a day and she said I don’t
you make on a day and she said I don’t come here to beg I wanted to ask her
come here to beg I wanted to ask her
come here to beg I wanted to ask her okay do you come here to do a rock show
okay do you come here to do a rock show
okay do you come here to do a rock show or what you know and that’s my inner
or what you know and that’s my inner
or what you know and that’s my inner voice I didn’t ask that well as to so
voice I didn’t ask that well as to so
voice I didn’t ask that well as to so what did he come here for and she said I
what did he come here for and she said I
what did he come here for and she said I came here to pray and what do you pray
came here to pray and what do you pray
came here to pray and what do you pray for she said you see a contracted
for she said you see a contracted
for she said you see a contracted leprosy I suffer in the condition called
leprosy I suffer in the condition called
leprosy I suffer in the condition called leprosy and leprosy is a condition where
leprosy and leprosy is a condition where
leprosy and leprosy is a condition where you don’t face pain if I were to run my
you don’t face pain if I were to run my
you don’t face pain if I were to run my fingers through the fire
fingers through the fire
fingers through the fire I’m not going to face the heat
I’m not going to face the heat
I’m not going to face the heat every night I sleep in the shaft is
every night I sleep in the shaft is
every night I sleep in the shaft is about two streets away the rats go ahead
about two streets away the rats go ahead
about two streets away the rats go ahead and then nibble my body and you see all
and then nibble my body and you see all
and then nibble my body and you see all these broken features there because of
these broken features there because of
these broken features there because of the rats I come here to pray so that I
the rats I come here to pray so that I
the rats I come here to pray so that I could get back my pain so that the pain
could get back my pain so that the pain
could get back my pain so that the pain could keep me whole and alive I go to
could keep me whole and alive I go to
could keep me whole and alive I go to this place of worship to invoke that
this place of worship to invoke that
this place of worship to invoke that infinite force to redeem me from one of
infinite force to redeem me from one of
infinite force to redeem me from one of the most painful conditions known to
the most painful conditions known to
the most painful conditions known to mankind and that is this fellow
mankind and that is this fellow
mankind and that is this fellow passenger in the journey of life who
passenger in the journey of life who
passenger in the journey of life who goes to the same place of worship to
goes to the same place of worship to
goes to the same place of worship to invoke the same infinite force to go
invoke the same infinite force to go
invoke the same infinite force to go ahead and give her back the pain so that
ahead and give her back the pain so that
ahead and give her back the pain so that she could live pain is essential for
she could live pain is essential for
she could live pain is essential for survival my plane is talking a lot of
survival my plane is talking a lot of
survival my plane is talking a lot of lessons and I’m here to share a few of
lessons and I’m here to share a few of
lessons and I’m here to share a few of them one of the greatest lessons is of
them one of the greatest lessons is of
them one of the greatest lessons is of course this it has also taught me how to
course this it has also taught me how to
course this it has also taught me how to create people who are going through pain
create people who are going through pain
create people who are going through pain I wrote an article some time back called
I wrote an article some time back called
I wrote an article some time back called titled how to be patient with impatient
titled how to be patient with impatient
titled how to be patient with impatient patients in that event about telling all
patients in that event about telling all
patients in that event about telling all pain is personal recently I heard a
pain is personal recently I heard a
pain is personal recently I heard a conversation between two ladies one lady
conversation between two ladies one lady
conversation between two ladies one lady was telling another you see that heat in
was telling another you see that heat in
was telling another you see that heat in this particular City this summer is
this particular City this summer is
this particular City this summer is terrible the second ad says you are
terrible the second ad says you are
terrible the second ad says you are complaining about the heat in this city
complaining about the heat in this city
complaining about the heat in this city you got to come to the part of the world
you got to come to the part of the world
you got to come to the part of the world that I belong to the heat is twice as
that I belong to the heat is twice as
that I belong to the heat is twice as much with the humidity thrice as much so
much with the humidity thrice as much so
much with the humidity thrice as much so you have no cause for complain when this
you have no cause for complain when this
you have no cause for complain when this lady was wearing a cervical collar so
lady was wearing a cervical collar so
lady was wearing a cervical collar so obviously she had her next scream so I
obviously she had her next scream so I
obviously she had her next scream so I felt like going to her and telling her
felt like going to her and telling her
felt like going to her and telling her excuse me
excuse me
excuse me the next time we have an explain please
the next time we have an explain please
the next time we have an explain please do not complain because I suffer from
do not complain because I suffer from
do not complain because I suffer from trigeminal neuralgia compared to my pain
trigeminal neuralgia compared to my pain
trigeminal neuralgia compared to my pain your pain is nothing do you think it
your pain is nothing do you think it
your pain is nothing do you think it shouldn’t make sense
shouldn’t make sense
shouldn’t make sense no but a lot of people tend to do that
no but a lot of people tend to do that
no but a lot of people tend to do that they tell to go about telling people
they tell to go about telling people
they tell to go about telling people that their pain has come nothing
that their pain has come nothing
that their pain has come nothing compared to you know that someone else’s
compared to you know that someone else’s
compared to you know that someone else’s pain that is not a consolation it’s a
pain that is not a consolation it’s a
pain that is not a consolation it’s a condemnation the pain of a little child
condemnation the pain of a little child
condemnation the pain of a little child jarring his finger is as intense of a
jarring his finger is as intense of a
jarring his finger is as intense of a teenager going at and looking at her
teenager going at and looking at her
teenager going at and looking at her face in the mirror
face in the mirror
face in the mirror and a pimple is as intense as a child as
and a pimple is as intense as a child as
and a pimple is as intense as a child as a child who has not got an admission in
a child who has not got an admission in
a child who has not got an admission in the School of Medicine which was his
the School of Medicine which was his
the School of Medicine which was his aspiration is as intense as a person
aspiration is as intense as a person
aspiration is as intense as a person suffering from losing his loved one all
suffering from losing his loved one all
suffering from losing his loved one all pain is personal there’s something
pain is personal there’s something
pain is personal there’s something greater than empathy empathy I believe
greater than empathy empathy I believe
greater than empathy empathy I believe is overrated in today’s world the minute
is overrated in today’s world the minute
is overrated in today’s world the minute you say I understand you people believe
you say I understand you people believe
you say I understand you people believe that that is what empathy is all about
that that is what empathy is all about
that that is what empathy is all about there’s something greater than empathy
there’s something greater than empathy
there’s something greater than empathy instead of telling I understand what
instead of telling I understand what
instead of telling I understand what you’re going through
you’re going through
you’re going through imagine you say I’ve experienced what
imagine you say I’ve experienced what
imagine you say I’ve experienced what you’re going through the connect is
you’re going through the connect is
you’re going through the connect is deeper and greater all my life I thought
deeper and greater all my life I thought
deeper and greater all my life I thought that no pain is no gain but I think I
that no pain is no gain but I think I
that no pain is no gain but I think I got the equation wrong I got rather
got the equation wrong I got rather
got the equation wrong I got rather spelling wrong when you know pain and
spelling wrong when you know pain and
spelling wrong when you know pain and you learn from that particular pain and
you learn from that particular pain and
you learn from that particular pain and they’re able to share that particular
they’re able to share that particular
they’re able to share that particular learning with a whole group of people
learning with a whole group of people
learning with a whole group of people then I think someone has an exponential
then I think someone has an exponential
then I think someone has an exponential gain because of that today I’m not just
gain because of that today I’m not just
gain because of that today I’m not just a motivational speaker but I’m a
a motivational speaker but I’m a
a motivational speaker but I’m a motivational tool because I go ahead and
motivational tool because I go ahead and
motivational tool because I go ahead and reach out to people beyond urology
reach out to people beyond urology
reach out to people beyond urology patients where I go ahead and share with
patients where I go ahead and share with
patients where I go ahead and share with them simple rituals that they can
them simple rituals that they can
them simple rituals that they can perform change in patterns of behavior
perform change in patterns of behavior
perform change in patterns of behavior and thinking and simple things like
and thinking and simple things like
and thinking and simple things like probably wearing this headscarf people
probably wearing this headscarf people
probably wearing this headscarf people ask me does it help I say yeah people
ask me does it help I say yeah people
ask me does it help I say yeah people call me a rock star and it gives me the
call me a rock star and it gives me the
call me a rock star and it gives me the license to dress like one also thank you
license to dress like one also thank you
license to dress like one also thank you only one person clapping before Rob I
let the audience slip away I’d like to
let the audience slip away I’d like to slip in another word this word is
slip in another word this word is
slip in another word this word is considered f-word with the Scots will be
considered f-word with the Scots will be
considered f-word with the Scots will be rather uncool in today’s world but I
rather uncool in today’s world but I
rather uncool in today’s world but I find people going through pain are able
find people going through pain are able
find people going through pain are able to go ahead and face the crisis
to go ahead and face the crisis
to go ahead and face the crisis situations much better over the f-word
situations much better over the f-word
situations much better over the f-word before you let your mind wander with any
before you let your mind wander with any
before you let your mind wander with any kind of weird imagination I’d like to
kind of weird imagination I’d like to
kind of weird imagination I’d like to present the f-word as faith just imagine
present the f-word as faith just imagine
present the f-word as faith just imagine you are on a cliff of a mountain and you
you are on a cliff of a mountain and you
you are on a cliff of a mountain and you slip and fall and it’s pitch dark and
slip and fall and it’s pitch dark and
slip and fall and it’s pitch dark and you’re flailing your hands and your legs
you’re flailing your hands and your legs
you’re flailing your hands and your legs and we managed water and grab onto a
and we managed water and grab onto a
and we managed water and grab onto a branch
branch
branch what would you rather prefer the branch
what would you rather prefer the branch
what would you rather prefer the branch to be strong or the branch to be weak
to be strong or the branch to be weak
to be strong or the branch to be weak having weak faith in a strong branch is
having weak faith in a strong branch is
having weak faith in a strong branch is infinitely better than having strong
infinitely better than having strong
infinitely better than having strong faith in a weak branch in moments of
faith in a weak branch in moments of
faith in a weak branch in moments of crisis people go out and cling on to the
crisis people go out and cling on to the
crisis people go out and cling on to the wrong branches and I believe that they
wrong branches and I believe that they
wrong branches and I believe that they know those people have gone ahead and
know those people have gone ahead and
know those people have gone ahead and clinged on through a force that is
clinged on through a force that is
clinged on through a force that is bigger than themselves are able to go
bigger than themselves are able to go
bigger than themselves are able to go ahead and face life situations much
ahead and face life situations much
ahead and face life situations much better the last thing that I’d like to
better the last thing that I’d like to
better the last thing that I’d like to go ahead and leave you with us all of
go ahead and leave you with us all of
go ahead and leave you with us all of you have lofty dreams lofty aspirations
you have lofty dreams lofty aspirations
you have lofty dreams lofty aspirations I’m sure all of you have things that you
I’m sure all of you have things that you
I’m sure all of you have things that you want to go ahead and die for that is
want to go ahead and die for that is
want to go ahead and die for that is your true calling but take it from me
your true calling but take it from me
your true calling but take it from me pain sometimes can go ahead and consume
pain sometimes can go ahead and consume
pain sometimes can go ahead and consume you I’d like to draw an analogy to the
you I’d like to draw an analogy to the
you I’d like to draw an analogy to the marine world in the modern world there
marine world in the modern world there
marine world in the modern world there are two kinds of creatures one is the
are two kinds of creatures one is the
are two kinds of creatures one is the snail and the snail goes ahead walking
snail and the snail goes ahead walking
snail and the snail goes ahead walking absolutely slowly and the minute it sees
absolutely slowly and the minute it sees
absolutely slowly and the minute it sees senses danger
senses danger
senses danger it goes out and locks itself and there’s
it goes out and locks itself and there’s
it goes out and locks itself and there’s another creature which is the jellyfish
another creature which is the jellyfish
another creature which is the jellyfish it moves along majestically and the
it moves along majestically and the
it moves along majestically and the minute it goes out and sees its name he
minute it goes out and sees its name he
minute it goes out and sees its name he tries to those name goes head and locks
tries to those name goes head and locks
tries to those name goes head and locks itself inside the shell so the jellyfish
itself inside the shell so the jellyfish
itself inside the shell so the jellyfish goes ahead and swallows the snail now
goes ahead and swallows the snail now
goes ahead and swallows the snail now this man has a choice
this man has a choice
this man has a choice it could go ahead and live inside the
it could go ahead and live inside the
it could go ahead and live inside the shell and it could die or it will come
shell and it could die or it will come
shell and it could die or it will come out of her shell and die but this is
out of her shell and die but this is
out of her shell and die but this is what the snail does it goes about eating
what the snail does it goes about eating
what the snail does it goes about eating the jellyfish bit by bit
the jellyfish bit by bit
the jellyfish bit by bit inch by inch consuming it in totality
inch by inch consuming it in totality
inch by inch consuming it in totality then the jellyfish is gone
then the jellyfish is gone
then the jellyfish is gone [Applause]
ladies and gentlemen I’m not saying if
ladies and gentlemen I’m not saying if affliction strikes you I’m telling you
affliction strikes you I’m telling you
affliction strikes you I’m telling you when affliction strikes you go ahead and
when affliction strikes you go ahead and
when affliction strikes you go ahead and not be consumed by it because sooner or
not be consumed by it because sooner or
not be consumed by it because sooner or later pain will strike you how you go
later pain will strike you how you go
later pain will strike you how you go ahead and respond to the pain is your
ahead and respond to the pain is your
ahead and respond to the pain is your ability to go ahead and survive all of
ability to go ahead and survive all of
ability to go ahead and survive all of this world and once you do that you too
this world and once you do that you too
this world and once you do that you too can be a one in a million and in your
can be a one in a million and in your
can be a one in a million and in your case it wouldn’t take a neurosurgeon to
case it wouldn’t take a neurosurgeon to
case it wouldn’t take a neurosurgeon to say that a simple rock star is enough
say that a simple rock star is enough
say that a simple rock star is enough thank you
thank you
thank you [Applause]
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