#84. Embracing Your Unique Strengths and The Future

The conversation covers various topics including DUIs, alcohol, friendships, insecurities, and the importance of being true to oneself. The speakers share personal experiences and discuss the challenges they have faced. They emphasize the importance of communication, authenticity, and finding joy in one's passions. They also touch on the role of money in society and the desire to travel and learn about different cultures. The conversation covers various topics including history, war, aliens, childhood memories, and immigration experiences. The speakers share their perspectives on these subjects and discuss the importance of love, unity, and societal progress. They also mention upcoming episodes featuring discussions on relationships and the alpha male concept.

Takeaways

• DUIs are a common issue, and it is important to be responsible and cautious with alcohol consumption.
• Authenticity and open communication are key in building and maintaining friendships.
• Everyone has their own unique strengths and opportunities, and it is important to embrace and share them with the world.
• Money is a tool that can provide experiences and opportunities, but it should not be the sole focus in life.
• Traveling and learning about different cultures can be a transformative and enriching experience. The world has a lot to offer in terms of culture, history, and stories, and it is important to explore and learn from different places and perspectives.
• War is a complex topic, and while there have been instances of greed and self-interest driving conflicts, there have also been wars fought for good against evil.
• The development of military technology has had a significant impact on society, and military progress often leads to societal progress.
• Love and unity are essential for creating a better world, and it is important to put love first in our interactions with others and the environment.
• The speakers share personal experiences of immigration and discuss the challenges and opportunities that come with moving to a new country.
• Childhood memories can be a mix of good and challenging experiences, and they shape who we are today.
• The upcoming episodes will cover topics such as relationships and the concept of the alpha male.

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Chapters

• 0:00 DUIs and the Consequences
• 0:00 DUIs and the Consequences
• 7:07 Balancing Work and Life
• 9:11 Embracing Uncomfortable Situations
• 13:10 Spontaneous Friendships
• 18:28 Opening Up and Being Yourself
• 21:07 Trusting Your Gut Feeling
• 23:00 Intelligence Beyond Academics
• 27:01 Embracing Your Uniqueness
• 29:05 Offering Your Skills to the World
• 32:30 Separating Business and Personal
• 35:24 Money as a Tool, Not a Measure of Success
• 39:15 Sharing Experiences and Embracing Different Cultures
• 41:31 Exploring the World and Its Histories
• 45:25 War: Greed, Good vs. Evil, and Military Progress
• 49:49 Belief in Extraterrestrial Life
• 52:30 Putting Love First for a Better World
• 55:48 Childhood Memories: Good Times and Dumb Things
• 1:20:54 Upcoming Episodes: Relationships and the Alpha Male

Transcript

George Angel Ramirez (00:00.462)
for the DUI and take classes, but he did not learn. So he's going out and I'm all like, Michael, you're violating house arrest. What if they catch you? And he goes, I'll give a crap. We go to total one and he runs in, gets a 30 pack. As he's backing out, he does a little fender bender on a car behind him. He's backing out and he goes, and he goes, I'm just going to bail. And he, you he leaves. like, Michael.

So what are you doing? You just hit somebody and he's all like, there's no damage. Was there a person in the car? No, thanks.

So he just took the opportunity and ran with it. I obviously was like, if that were me, I would have the respect of being staying there and figuring this all out. But you know, in his case, he was like, no, I can't get caught because he knew he'd be in much bigger trouble than he's already. I don't know what it is, but on the West Coast, I've met so many people with DUIs and I've met like it's insane. Like comparing.

back home on the East Coast. Yeah. I've never like you hear of, you know, DUIs and stories like I'm sure like people come to schools and tell their stories and whatnot. But I've never met anyone personally like out of my friends or anybody back home that has done that. And I don't know, man. It's just it's it's insane to me because I've never

I've never met so many people and this isn't to judge anybody but when I came here I've met so many people with one or you know, even multiple DUIs too and it's scary man. It really is because that's the thing with alcohol is I I enjoy drinking right I But I'm very careful with it. I'm also very careful with who I drink with

George Angel Ramirez (01:53.292)
just because I've been with people that get very, see like when I get drunk, very, I get more talkative and I just enjoy having a good time. I just kind of want to sit down, talk to people, talk to my friends, you know, kind of do stuff like that. And I've met so many people where they get really rowdy.

and get like in this fight mode and they kind of like puff up their chest and next thing you know they're going off somewhere else and then someone bumps into them and next thing know it starts being a fight and dude I've seen so many horror stories with alcohol too and I just don't I'm very careful with it you know I'm very very very careful with it I remember one time at Whole Foods there was this guy that I worked with really cool guy his name was Chris Nash and

He got married and I come in one day, I was working the mid shift and he's just right there and he's like.

He looked sad. He looked really, really sad. I'm like, Hey man, like is everything all right? Are you okay? And he's like, yeah, like I haven't had a bachelor's party, but no one showed up. And I was like, I got you dude. When you're done with your shift, come over my house and I'll take you out. So he did that. He ended up coming over. We went down for that. We just did a whole entire line. Like we started on the right side of fourth Ave. No, we started on the left side and then we ended up on the right side and then we went to downtown and then we went back to fourth Ave.

and then we cut against the university. And then by that time we were already pretty intoxicated. But we were really responsible. We were just enjoying the time. We're walking around seeing the madness going around in Tucson. And then we stopped at Dirtbags. And for people to know, Dirtbags is like one of those, what do call them? It's like a college.

George Angel Ramirez (03:45.39)
It's a college bar, like a lot of the college students and it's right by all the fraternities. And the reason I chose that one was because that was...

I was like, Hey, let's go to dirt bags. That one is the closest one to where I live. So we'll go there, get a couple of drinks, and then we'll head out to my place. So we did that. We got in, we sit down immediately. This guy comes up to us as a K like, do you guys want to see something cool? And we're like, yeah, sure. So we sit down and we see these two like fraternities guys about to fight. And I was like, awesome. You know, this is, this is a good start to the, or the good ending to the night. And

we're just watching them and they don't do anything. So we're like, all right, whatever. So we sit down again and this one guy is just like eyeballing me the whole entire time. He's just standing still and he's just looking at me. And then Chris Nash, he was a bigger dude. He was like, not bigger, like he was a,

wasn't a bodybuilder, but you can tell he worked out. Yeah. Yeah. So he's just sitting in the middle and he was just like, we were out of place. We were completely out of place. Like it's all these fraternities and sorority students. And it's me and Chris Nash. I'm like the darkest person in the room that day. Chris Nash is this big buff dude. And he's got a bunch. He's all tatted, you know, like a bunch of tats everywhere. And he's just sitting there laughing. I don't know what he was laughing about, but this guy was probably like where you're sitting at right now.

and

George Angel Ramirez (05:16.078)
this dude just like staring at me. So I'm like, hey man, are you okay? And then he starts getting aggressive. So like my hair curls sometimes he's like, fuck you. And I'm like, what? didn't hear him at first. And he's like, fuck you and your curl. So like I got up not trying to like defend myself, but I couldn't hear him, you know, so loud. So he was like, yeah, fuck you and your curls. Like, what's wrong with you, dude? Like, are you okay? And then he's like, he's like, nah, fuck you and your curl, man, this and that. And then it looked like we were gonna fight and it was I've never

never been in a street fight. You know, I boxed for so much time in my life and I've never I just I've never wanted to be in a street fight just because you know, there's so much dangers that come out of it. But the bouncer comes in comes up to me. He's like, what are you doing? I'm like, I'm not doing anything, man. Like this guy is being aggressive for whatever reason. And he's like, well, you two need to settle it. Like, you know, you guys can't fight here. And if you're going to do that, take it outside. I'm like, I'm not trying to fight anybody, dude. I'm just here having a good time. And yeah,

this guy's like getting rowdy and then so the guy comes up to me and he gives me a hug and he's like my bad dude it's just when i when i have too much alcohol i get really aggressive i was like it's okay dude but just be careful you don't know like this isn't to be like a macho guy or anything but you don't know who you're talking to you know like you don't know

what's gonna happen. Yeah. So you have to be very, careful. Obviously the guy I was like 23 at the time, so I was like his age, but just be very careful, dude. You know, let's go and have a beer and you know, and just, I don't know, just go on our ways, but just be very careful because you don't, you don't know what's gonna happen. So, and it's better to be safe than sorry, you know, even if you're intoxicated, but it is what it is, man. But yeah, dude, I've seen so many fights just because people are too intoxicated and you know, it can go a wrong way a lot of the times.

Yeah But Mario, thanks for being on again, dude Always great to be on and thanks so much How's life been treating you lately? It's been wonderful. Yeah, wonderful. This last week's has been Amazing in terms of just my work -life balance. I've been having the many you're starting to notice it Yeah, I know it my sleep schedule everything just all around man. It's been wonderful a little jealous man, just because I

George Angel Ramirez (07:35.436)
Completely understand what you're saying having that work -life balance, but also having sleep I have not been getting the best sleep lately No, I got to the point where I had to have a discussion with myself where I was like, hey You need to start going to bed at an earlier time and you know was going to bed to like around three in the morning some days and you know just because I'm I know I said this so many times but just having a schedule really helps

And you know, there's only so much you can do outside. You know, the heat in Tucson right now is, it's pretty bad. It's an understatement for sure. Cause I try to go on regular walks and I can't because I go out there and within two minutes I'm like, all right, time to go home. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. If you're down for doing the photography too, I know it's caught out there, but hopefully it be too, too hot. But yeah, yeah, that's awesome, man. That's awesome that your life is going good. It's always.

I always love hearing stories from people that are doing well when they leave Whole Foods just because a lot of people sometimes think that that can be the end -all be -all in a way and obviously it's not but it kind of creates an environment almost where people get stuck and you know people sometimes it's hard to cope sometimes with what's going outside

I think a big part of it is just the perspective of thinking, what's next? What's the risk? know, because a lot of us, once we find something we're comfortable in, we just stick with it. Even though we might have our struggles with it, that's not what we do.

But I think you got to acknowledge that there's a bigger opportunities. If you apply yourself and you do what you love, you're going to find a lot better opportunities out there. Yeah. It's just the name of the game there. Definitely. Even in moments too, where the situation is not the most desirable to knowing that there's always going to be something better. Things happen for a reason. And how do we continue to go forward from that as well? A lot of it too is like you said, understanding that there's always a risk involved with

George Angel Ramirez (09:41.186)
going outside of your comfort zone. And it's not easy. I completely understand that. But I feel like when you put yourself in, when you're so used to putting yourself in uncomfortable situations, then those situations that are uncomfortable, it becomes a lot easier. You know, me, I've moved around so much. So like, if I wanted to pack up all my things and move to another state,

I will be okay with it just because it's happened so many times. And I think a lot of the times too is we, we need to do things like that. Not necessarily pack all your things and go to another state, but try something new. Try talking to more people. Try to put yourself in a situation where you're like, man, I don't, with reason, with reason, right? If it's a safe environment, then yeah. But putting yourself in uncomfortable situations, man, that really

that I know a lot of people struggle with anxiety and depression as well too. And I found out that when you do that, when you put yourself in uncomfortable situations, it becomes so much easier than the next time. know, one of the things like, it's like with dating, you know, you go and, you know, if you're not used to talking to people, you know,

going out and just talking to someone random. That was something really big for me to learn when I was younger. Not just in dating, but just in general, going and talking to people. I've always been a talkative person, but I've always been kind of reserved as well too. So when you go and you go and talk to people, just someone random, asking them how their day is and actually caring about how their day is and then creating a beautiful conversation out of that. Now it's second nature to me, I can go up to anyone and be like, hey, how's your day

Or you know, whatever it might be but I got that from my dad. My dad is he loves talking to people He will just go and talk to anybody and then next see, you know He's made so many friendships out of it and I saw him do it when I was younger and I was like I want to be like that I want to go up to anybody talk to them about anything and then you know not getting anything out of it, but just Yeah, seeing how people are. That's beautiful. Very profound. I personally haven't mastered that art yet completely There's times where I struggle with that, but I'm working on it

George Angel Ramirez (11:56.304)
Yeah, so I think you do find a lot of spontaneous friendships from that kind of thing I that's kind of how it started with you and me too. yeah, you know it just I think it was just basically like a hello and then next thing you know was like Hey, how's it going and the next thing you know, it's funny how like with guys that that kind of happens I don't really know too much about how like friendship starts with girls, but With guys it just happens like that sometimes. Yeah But no, I'm very grateful for that. Yeah, it's interesting how you know just like

So for example, my best friend Evan, the way we became friends was kind of funny. In the sixth grade I had my best friend who was in Boy Scouts with him.

Sixth grade for us in my hometown, was still elementary, but it was getting you ready for middle school. So like you had the group of students that you're with, but then you go like, for example, English class is somewhere else, math class is somewhere else and et cetera. So for recess, everybody just kind of groups together, everybody, all the classes are all the same. So I'm like walking around and I see my best friend Tucker.

I'm like, hey dude, how's it going? He's like, hey, like I'm you know This is my friend Evan from Boy Scouts or whatever so I go and like try to shake his hand and he takes a step back and he just punches me in the gut and he takes off he just like runs away he like laughs and runs away and I don't really remember anything after that, but I remember I was a little mad I was like what the hell, you know, like hey, why'd you punch me and

We became best friends after that, man. We talk about once a week, and it's just funny how,

George Angel Ramirez (13:43.342)
the unknown, know, just, it just came out of nowhere. And to this day, 20 plus years later, we're so good friends to this day, which is amazing. So kind of to give you an idea of a interesting friendship that I developed. with Javier, we met at AFNI and you know, we of course sat, I sat right over here on this side. He was over here, you know, and you typically not think we would be friends. mean, he was in a different stage in life, you know, dealing with a lot of different things on his side of things and me,

more of a reserved guy. I don't talk very much. kind of keep to whatever I'm focused on in my job. with Javier, you know, he naturally likes to talk to people. And we for some reason, I don't know, our chemistry got along really

You know, and from, I'd say it took about a week for us to get past the, hi, how you doing? Bye. Kind of thing. And we, before we knew it, it all happened spontaneously and we became really, really best friends. You know, it was kind of, it's hard to really say how that happened, but like magnets, when they go, I feel like that's what happened out of nowhere and we're now best friends. And I'm very grateful for that. You know, even though I'm personally always the reserve one, I was able to open up and, know,

be able to learn a thing or two about that. now, you know, future friendships, that's what I do is I talk to people as well. I kind of do that part. Yeah. then you start noticing too, like the similarities in life when you open up to people. I know it can be hard opening up to people cause sometimes we may have past traumas or, you know, just things that have happened to us previously, but

I've noticed even because we live in a society nowadays to where opening up can you know in a way be somewhat dangerous right you don't want to open up to everybody of course but you know I've noticed that's not at least for me it's not true you know I noticed that when I open up to everybody even though it may not

George Angel Ramirez (15:52.834)
lead to anything, you know, it might just be a friendship or it might not even be a friendship or it might be just like a one time thing. You know, there's a lot of times at Whole Foods where a customer would come and I would just open up and they would open up or well, really what happens a lot for me, I don't know about you, but what happens to me a lot is people will just come and tell me their life story. It happens so many times where people just come up and just, I was thinking about situation where I was working one night at Whole Foods and this guy came up to me.

And I was helping another customer out and he was talking about how he wanted to smoke a certain piece of meat. So I'm like giving him advice and whatnot. And then this other guy comes up and he's like, he's like, Hey, I have this, this grill or this, the smoker that, know, he's telling me all about it. You know, he's telling me how it, you can control everything on your smartphone and this and that. And we're like, that's pretty cool. So the other guy ended up leaving.

And then I'm here with this one guy. name was Alex, I think, or I don't remember exactly his name, but he started telling me how he was really big into cars. And I was like, me too, man. Like that's, you know, I, I'm, I love cars, you know, just anything automobile. I, I completely adore. So we're talking about that. And then like, Hey man, like I, like, what type of cars do you have? He's like, Hey, I have

93 supra Yeah, so you know you know you already know. Yeah, so that for people don't know that's an iconic car beautiful beautiful car timeless

I can go on and on but I'm like, that's freaking awesome, dude. Like that is a beautiful car. Like let me see a picture of it. He shows me and he's like, yeah, it's not running right now but I'm trying to get it running this that and all of a sudden I was like, hey dude, like if you ever want pictures, let me know. Cause I take, that's like my specialty. I take, I love automotive photography and he's like, yeah, definitely. know, and then he's telling me about his life. You know, he was telling me about how he was in the air force and he was telling me about how like lonely

George Angel Ramirez (17:57.326)
got and just a bunch of other stuff as well too. And you can tell he really, really needed a friend. was like, Hey man, like, you know, not trying to be weird or anything, but if you know, if you need a friend, I'm here, you know, you basically, we spent about like an hour talking and I'm surprised no one said anything. Like I got looks from like the store managers, but I'm like, fuck it, dude. I can care less. There's nothing going on right now. This person, you know, in a way that's customer service as well too. Like the guy's getting what he wants. I'm helping them. sometimes in customer service, we need to do that.

We need make sure that the customers are okay. you know, I ended up getting his number. Nothing came of it. You know, he can tell you can tell he's more of a reserved person. But I open up to pretty much everybody now, you know, just because I don't mind sharing my experiences. I don't mind, you know, what harm is going to come of it? Yeah, they may have some information on me, but at the end of the day, like

It's okay. You know, it's I I used to be like I said, used to be more reserved But now as I'm not as reserved as I used to be it's it's nice man. It's nice, you know But you also have to go into it's like not everybody's gonna be your friend, which is completely okay That's a very valid point and I think a lot of us do forget that is that you know as a kid they say I make friends make friends and you hope that everybody can be a friend in some Capacity, but you realize that's just not the case There's a lot of personalities a lot of factors that come into play and you just

be okay with that but the friends you do have trust me they are priceless and they're the best people you will ever meet. think too with friendships especially nowadays is we kind of live in a society where

George Angel Ramirez (19:42.712)
Friendships Aren't what they used to be, you know, like going to middle school high school, you know You develop some really good friendships during those times But as you get older Then this isn't everybody but you start to realize a lot of people Do Try to take advantage of you. Yeah, guess that's where it comes where it's like you have to be careful.

we live in a society now it's where it's like what can i take from the other person or what can i take from a group or what can i take instead of how can i give to you how can you give to me and how can we give to the people around us as well right it's a very selfish mentality that again i think society now struggles with is a lot of people do think about their own selves before anybody else and sure in some respects that's important

But when it comes to a friendship, it should be an exchange of how can I benefit you? How can you benefit me? And again, how can we benefit the world? I love how you said that because that's, that's a perfect definition of a friendship because otherwise what you're going to end up with is not a friendship, but resentment. you know, before you know it's somebody you're not even able to talk to and you lose out on all the potential connections you could have met through that one person as well. Like there's a lot of factors. You know, yeah, no, it can be scary, man. It can be scary opening up to people just

Because when you have that, also when you have that in the back of your mind a lot, where it's like, this person might screw me over. That could be very dangerous as well too. Yes, it's, you I feel like we have a gut feeling for a reason. And actually this book that I gave you talks lot about that.

this gut feeling that we get. And a lot of times we have to listen to that gut feeling in order to navigate through life, right? We get those gut feelings for a specific reason. And ever since I started listening to that gut feeling, my life has gone a completely different way to the point now where it's like, I trust it. You know, there's times where I don't listen to it. And then I realize exactly, I should have listened to it. But I've gone through those situations that I needed to go to learn whatever it is I need to learn. you know, we should listen to

George Angel Ramirez (21:54.092)
feeling a lot of times too because it's there for a reason you know whether it's from the great divide or whatever wherever it comes from it's there for a specific reason and I get that a lot with specific people.

You know, no, I agree. I think it's really weird how to define it, but it's almost like your sixth sense and you can kind of perceive it. And, know, sometimes you ignore it because you're like, maybe I'm just overthinking. Yep. And that's the justification we use. Oftentimes is, you know, I'm overthinking this. Maybe, you know, it's probably not as bad as I'm thinking it is. And then when it happens, you're like, wow, I should have trusted my gut. Cause I already, I had a feeling this was going to happen, but I've doubted it. And here it happened. Not to say you ever should confirm with things and always be that way. Right.

Because some people that are trying to help you may not seem like the most helpful people, but they are, and they're really there for the best intentions to make sure that you're okay. And they may not give the best way of displaying that, but you know, sometimes you just gotta let people in obviously be careful. You know, do your probing, have that conversation, get to see how they are over time. But yeah, I think.

The sixth sense is there for a reason that you said and it's sometimes it's right. Sometimes it's wrong, but better, better to have it than not. Especially coming, you know, going into dating, it becomes a big factor as well too, just because you want to make sure that this person is the right person. You know, I remember my last relationship.

At the very beginning, I got that gut feeling where like this person isn't the right person, but I started overthinking it. was like, no, you know, I'm going to give this person a try this and that. And, you know, I got that so many times. I like, this person isn't the right person. And I even told the person as well too, like, Hey, like, you know, I'm getting these thoughts, but I, I'm choosing not to listen to them just because they, you know, you're proving me wrong every single time. we ended up breaking up and then, like I said, I had to go through that to learn more about

George Angel Ramirez (23:49.622)
Learn more about the other person learn more about dating as well, too And it was something nice. I was like, I'm glad I went through that It kind of sucks the way it ended but you know at the end of the day, it's a learning experience absolutely, and I think it's hard sometimes with that because One thing I don't always like to do is doubt, you know Because if I doubt I start to question and I start to not give all my devotion to said so a friendship for example Yeah, and you know, I I've always been careful with that. I've said okay if I have my

about them, I got to suppress that. If something comes up, then perhaps that validated what I was feeling, but I don't want to have that lingering feeling of always doubting this person. because otherwise, you know, that's just going to hurt me more in the end, you know, and hurt the friendship because that those doubts will come to the surface eventually. And that person will be very hurt by that and may themselves doubt the friendship and say, you know what, Mario, you doubt me. So I doubt you now. Yeah. You know, I think also too is

Communicating, you know, not just in relationships, but friendships as well to communicate and exactly You know if you have those doubts or if you have Whatever it is on your mind Talking about those things just because I know with guys it's a lot harder to do that But we have to you know, we have to be more in tune to our feelings because if we don't You know, we we kind of put ourselves in a situation where it's like

these things, those thoughts become overwhelming. They do. And then you start creating scenarios that don't even exist. And then you just go around the circle that doesn't need to be there where it can be all cleared up. also too is, know, with people, especially nowadays with friendships, with relationships, with anything, work relationships, whatever it might be. One of the things that I noticed too is not everybody's intentional.

not everybody will be honest as well too. Of course. And look, I used to be that way too, but you start to learn this isn't the right way to go with, with people. Yeah. I struggled with that same kind of idea because of insecurities.

George Angel Ramirez (26:00.384)
I always had a bit of an inferiority complex when it came to people. I always found myself to be at the short end of the stick a lot of time when I was younger and to overcome that, I kind of always was trying to sell a narrative to others of look, I'm doing amazing. You guys are doing amazing. I'm doing great. You know, even though I was struggling and dealing with a lot of personal problems, I just put that as a way for them not to look into what's really going on. And that hurt me a lot in the end, you know, because you have to start manifesting this lie and

And the lie grows and grows as the more you make up the more you have to compensate the more you have to hide that part of yourself that you're struggling but you got to keep the persona going and that just destroys your authenticity destroys your integrity destroys what you are and people see right through that eventually and before you know it you're left with no friends and That's what happened to me. You know what that? What you said right now? Happened to me as

I tried creating this narrative when I was younger.

I'm a boxer. I'm this I'm a tough guy this and that blah blah blah Everything's going well, but in reality it wasn't and it caught up to me man. It really did there was a lot of friendships. I really wanted to have and They because of those lies because of not being the authentic person that I am It caught up to me and I was like dang imagine if I was just myself

It sucks looking back at it, but you know, it is what it is. I had to learn not to be like that. And I really learned that in therapy. And I was like, who I am as a person is enough. You know, even though some people may think of me a certain way, that's okay.

George Angel Ramirez (27:53.58)
That is completely okay because I know who I am now. Yeah, I know that I'm enough. I know that we're all human at the end of the day. And just because I make mistakes, everybody makes mistakes, you know, and I need to learn to forgive myself. I need to learn to forgive other people. And it comes with time. It's not just something that will.

be fixed completely. It takes a lot of willingness. It takes a lot of effort. I wouldn't say hard work just because these are things that I wanted for myself. And I'm glad I've chosen that route. Of course, you I still have my struggles, but that's everybody.

Everybody has their struggles. Everybody does. Nobody's perfect. And I'm glad you've said those things because I think a lot of people forget that. You know, when we commit mistakes as people, we hold ourselves to a different standard because we are our worst self critics. And when we do those mistakes, we think, well, other people are going to think less of me. Other people are not going to see me as reliable. Other people are going to doubt me. And that's not the way you should think because everybody fundamentally is imperfect, but everybody's perfectly themselves. And what you do

your life should manifest who you are regardless of anybody's judgment because yeah, we're all going to commit mistakes, but that makes us unique and that makes us ourselves and we're going to grow in being ourselves and helping other people understand that. Yeah, definitely. No, you're, you're absolutely right, man. You hit that on the spot, dude. you know, one of the biggest insecurities I've always had and I've gotten a lot better with it too, but I always wanted to be smart.

you know, intelligently smart. That was something just because I've been around so many smart people, man, I've told you before, my best friend was basically, is basically a genius. So this guy never struggled with school, never struggled with anything like intellect. And I saw that and I was like, I want to be like that.

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And obviously with the ADHD and dyslexia, it made schooling very, hard. And I was like, fuck man, like I just want to be smart. You know, I want to be like these people that, you know, have something to provide to society. And I, you know, I, like I said, I still struggle with it too, because there's some times where I have something on my mind.

And it's, you know, the idea is perfect and everything, you know, in my mind is shaped the way it needs to. But translating it into words can become difficult sometimes. And fuck, dude, it like it sucks. It really sucks because, you know, I'll try to explain something and it doesn't come out the way it needs to. And then people look at me like it's like, don't know what you're talking about. And like it really hit in military school because there were so many like smart, smart people, man.

Like I remember it got to the point where everybody was getting ready to go to college or universities and all these, all my friends are getting accepted to these prestigious universities and I'm over here and I couldn't even get accepted to some of the universities I wanted to go to. And it really hit me very hard because it's like, dang, I'm not, I'm never gonna be smart. I'm never gonna be that intellectual person that I wanted to be. And it was a struggle for a long time. It really was just because I

retain information sometimes I feel like I'm just retaining useless information but then I start to realize you know I'm smart in another way you know and I think that's often times the hard thing to accept because you see other people doing what they're doing you're like come on can I be like them

But you gotta understand everybody has their strengths and their weaknesses. I don't call them weaknesses, I call them opportunities actually. Because we can always grow in them, know, they're not concrete. I always wish I was like Kurt's Carly Dog where can do charades to display what he's trying to say. And I'm all like, that would be awesome if I could just transform it into whatever I try to talk about, that'd be wonderful. But you know, that's just not how it is sometimes and that's all right. But you

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Everybody is smart. Everybody is intelligent in their own respects. Everybody has their strengths and their opportunities. And we just have to accept that. But also, you know, be happy with what, who you are and pat yourself on the back because trust me, you have a skillset. Nobody else does. Nobody else possesses. Nobody. People dream of having that, you know, so always give yourself props for who you are. Man. I always, I always like you always.

make me feel very happy man because it's nice to see the way that you look at life because it's hard you know not a lot of people look at that and that's okay right I know looking at the positive side of life can be extremely difficult with you know what may be going on you know I've said this many times where I can sit here and wallow and be depressed about you know not having a job but it's like I have a place I call home I have really good friends my dog is an amazing dog next week I'm going on vacation to go see my

Haven't seen in you know 10 plus years after that I have my job lined up like even though right now May not I may not be where I want to be There's a lot of things that I have looking forward to and looking you know looking forward to right now as well, too Yeah, I mean just look at the podcast how much progress that's been done on it Yeah, you know and like I said, thank you so I can I'll thank you so many times just because I really am appreciative man. It's because it's nice

to agree on a lot of things, even though I'm sure we'll have our, you know, not we're gonna call them differences, you know, but it really is nice to see someone else.

in a way, look at life the same way. You know, have to look at the positives because if you don't, you're just gonna, life is going to become a lot harder for you. Yeah. When it shouldn't be, shouldn't be because again, you should live a judgmentally free life. You know, be happy with who you are and understand that because again, if you focus on the negatives and people have the bad habit of doing that, you're always going to be thinking negative and all the positives that you do in your life will never come to surface. There'll always be something you didn't get to do that holds you back from

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things you can do. that's one struggle I put up with because again, I was my worst enemy and always my biggest critic and I struggled in social settings. I couldn't make a lot of friends and seeing people just come together and be able to socialize without a problem. It made me feel sad because I was like, man, I can do really well academically, but I can't make damn friends. there was many times I cried when I came home. You know, there was many times where I was like,

what am I gonna do? know, when I get older, am I gonna overcome this? And I have, you know, and I look past that and I'm like, okay, this is where I am now and I'm proud of my life. You know, I've done a lot with it and I'm gonna do a whole lot more with it too. Yeah. It's funny, like the opposites, you know.

I was not good intelligently, know, like school wise. I had a lot of friends, but I would come home crying too, just because I couldn't pass the test or I couldn't retain the information that I wanted to. And there was a lot of times, yeah, I would come home and just tears would come out because I'm like, why am I, why am I like this? But then you start to realize there's a lot of beautiful things about me that I can share to this world.

And that's what we have to do. You know, one of the things I've noticed with life is we all have something to offer this world. We do. Every single person, despite whatever the circumstances might be, we all have something positive to add. It's up to us to choose whether we offer that to the world or we keep it to ourselves.

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and a lot of people do choose to keep it to themselves. They do. And it can be hard, like the photography, you know. I could realistically, this isn't to brag, but you I can get paid for my work and I've gotten paid for my work. But at the end of the day, there's times where I'm like, yeah, you know what? I will accept the payment. But I rather, this is art and I want to give this to people. I don't want to have it stuck behind a paywall.

You know, like my friend, she was telling me, she's like, hey, your photography is really good. Do you mind taking some photos of my family? I was like, yeah, of course. She's like, I'll pay you for it. And I was like, don't even worry about the payment. Honestly, if you want to pay just for the ink, that will be fine with me. And she's like, no, like you deserve to get paid for it. And I was like, how about, let's do this. I take all the photos, I edit them, I show you them, and then you give me whatever it is. You and your heart will give me whatever it is that you want to give me. Just because.

We should share those things to the world. We really should. The things that we're good at, let's offer that to the world.

You know and yeah, there's gonna be some times where we get paid for it and there's gonna be times where we shouldn't but it shouldn't be about that Yeah, what can we offer to the world things you love? know you shouldn't be putting behind a paywall because then you force yourself to not love it because it becomes a chore Yeah, that's one of the realizations I've understood is that with our skill sets and I know that there's a famous quote of what you know If you're at something don't do it for free. I get it. Yeah, but to a certain extent Yeah, but at the same time do something you love for loving it not because

it's going to be making you a lot of money because if you think of it like that and that's all you think about chasing the dollar, you're going to forget what you love. And before you know it, it becomes very shallow. I'm not, not downplaying the importance of money. I understand it's a key to a lot of people's happiness, you know, because a lot of times we like to overthink that and say, well, money isn't sure if you have a lot of

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But if you're somebody who's a working class individual, then it's going to be significant. It's going to be a main motivator for you. But when it comes to your hobbies, you've got to make sure to separate the business and the personal and keep things personal and enjoy them. You nailed it on the dot, man. On the nail or whatever it is. You're absolutely right. I cannot agree with you. You're right. You are right, man. Like having those things.

Those things in you know to someone with a lot of money, you know, yeah, it might not be important But like you said someone that's a working -class individual, you know, they're gonna need that money. They're gonna need that support as well, too we live in a world today where Unfortunately money is important But it's how you view money. Yeah If you view it as a tool where it's a good get you from A to B You know, for example, like if you need a car, right?

Car cost money. You know, so yeah, someone can give you for free. But for the most part, you know, you need to purchase a vehicle Yeah, that vehicle will get you from A to B and that's the same thing with money You know money will get you from A to B. It can buy you time. It can buy you I wouldn't say friendships, but it can buy you What's the word that I'm looking for? experiences experiences there you go. Yeah experiences and You know, that's what I want, you know, I would like to be in a in a world where

money wouldn't be an issue or be in a place in my life where money won't be an issue, where I can help out the people that I can focus more on the podcast and experience.

different parts of this world as well. Right. And what would be cool for this podcast, I think in the future would be being able to travel to different countries and give other people an opportunity to speak about their cultures and everything. I think that would be fascinating to see. That's my goal. That really is my goal. You know, that was one of my goals in the back of my head for the longest time is being able to be to the point where I can go to another country and talk about, like, my thing is I would really, like, if I had the money right now and I didn't have to worry

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I would honestly go over to Ukraine and take photos talk to people there have some people on the plan and You know in the future. That's something that hopefully we can do I'm more than happy to Finance that and work on that. I'd be amazing to see all that You know, I don't know if you've seen the military summary channel. I gave you to look at yeah Yeah, it's it's very in -depth and all that but you

Yeah, my thing is like one thing I've always wanted to do to is go to Germany and learn about There's a tour I forget exactly what the tour is called but you go around Germany and you learn about the Third Reich You learn about like this is where General so -and -so lived. This is where he grew up. This is Auschwitz This is this this isn't that and it's something because I've always wanted to learn

You you look at Germany now and then you look at it during the Third Reich, obviously it's a huge, huge difference. So it's something I'm like, you know, putting myself in a situation where it's like...

Dang this this this used to be a place where evil there was so much evil right and then you I don't know how Germany is now but looking at it from how people think what people thought about the Third Reich and the places that they grew up to just because it's such a historical Event, you know in history and learning about that another place I would really like to go as Afghanistan You know talk to the people there, you know and talk to some of the people that have survived the war and see

Their point of view you know how what happened when the Americans came and you know just different stuff that has always been on my mind Where was like I want to go there and yeah experience these things like China That's another place that I want to go to to see exactly you know how everything was you know? Back in the day to where it is now and what the people think you know and how they live as well to not just there But so many places of course because the world has so much to offer there are so many cultures so many stories and

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history buff. So the moment you start saying these things, I start getting flashes and I'm like, I can tell you all about that. But you know, it's the world is just very beautiful. And I am very grateful to be on this planet earth and get to see all the remarkable achievements that humanity has done in the last, you know, few thousand years that we've been in civilizations. Obviously history goes way, way, way back, right?

There's a lot more to it, but it's fascinating to look into that and see how much progress we've made in the last, especially a hundred years. It's crazy. Yeah. Hopefully we can go to Germany one day, man. And, yeah, one of the things too is like, I want to talk to the soldiers there and see their point of view. You know what, what I know. And sadly, you know, a lot of them like from the world war two, you know, we're not times run now. And I've, you know, I've had the pleasure of speaking to a few, you know, world war two veterans.

hearing their profound stories and their experiences. it's fascinating to hear because for them, they say that they loved their brothers more than the love of women, which was crazy for one of them told me that. And I found that to be really crazy. But at the same time,

I understand that when you're, you know, in a life death situation, you're fighting alongside your brothers in arms. Perhaps that love does exceed whatever romantic love could be there. Cause those are the people you're going to be living and dying with. Yeah. some of those battlefield stories, man, especially from like back in the day, you know, you hear them. I'm sure it goes on today too, but

I'm sure you've seen Band of Brothers or have you read the book? No. the book is really good. I would recommend the book, man. It goes more into depth into Easy Company. For people that know Band of Brothers is a World War II show that shows the European theater for...

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is it the airborne troops? Paratroopers. Paratroopers. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There you go. I wonder if they still use paratroopers nowadays. I'm sure they do to an extent. I know there's training for paratroopers, but from what I've heard is they're fairly obsolete now. Yeah, but some countries do employ them, especially for rapid deployment, because a lot of countries focus on that worldwide reach, like the UK, France, the US. So airborne troops are that perfect.

Drop them off and you know get right into it. So it's still widely used Yeah, it's interesting to see the development of like infantry how are just people, you know on the front line seen how Back then it was completely different to like you look at it now, dude, and it's you know, you have like the special op Troops and it's completely completely different man. That's one thing. I really would like to interview somebody Hopefully we can get someone on but hundred percent. Yeah. Yeah just hearing like hearing

experiences as well too. It's insane man. It really is insane how much the technology for the military has gone a completely different way. And has helped you know the regular market itself you know the internet everything that came from the military and then we got to experience and you know societally grow in that respect. You military progress does lead to societal progress in a way. In a way yeah yeah I feel like back then my therapist and I were talking about that how

We both look at World War II in a way where I feel like that really was the last war where, for the most part, I know there was a lot of greed involved too, but you know, that's another conversation. Yeah. Have you ever read a book called, what is it called? War is a Racket? War is a Racket? No. It's a good book, man. Good, good book.

I know we were going to talk a lot about serious conversations today, but I'll just touch on that one a little bit. It's from a Marine Corps officer before World War II. And sorry if I'm butchering it, but this guy was he was a decorated, you know, World War I.

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veteran, actually, I think he was still in the Marines or actually, I think he was a veteran. I don't remember exactly. But he was a Marine Corps officer World War One. And he also served in like, different, I think it's served like in Panama and a bunch of other different conflicts as well, too. Very highly decorated Marine. And he's talking, he wrote this book, explaining how war is a racket and how everything's leading up to World War Two. And all these different events and all these different companies are starting to profit off war.

And he's you know, especially during that time, you know, he's speaking out especially during a wartime economy and You know it I'm sure he faced a lot of criticism back in the day and even sure a lot of people reading the book now and they're like yeah, but it's funny to see how yeah war it really is a racket it is But with World War two, I feel like it was one of the last wars. We actually did fight

fighting the Nazi regime and Tokyo or the Japanese Empire and you know really was a war where it was good and evil and you look at other wars you know there's a lot of

What is the word propaganda? But a lot of greed involved. course, a lot of self -interest. Exactly. That drove in the problem. People that understand countries back then were ruled by individuals. Yeah, they weren't ruled by a government. You know, and that person could say, have a personal gripe with another person and be like, I'm going to take my entire country and fight this other person for it. And that's that. That was the motivation. It was more warlords than it was a society. Yeah. And, thankfully now, of course we have a full on government, so we don't have that potential for

personal issues to interfere and cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.

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You're right, man. Let's shift topics a little bit, man. yeah. What were some things that you got into as a kid? man. Now that I love history and I love astronomy. You know, so as a kid, I was big and like my uncle got me a little telescope. So I'd always look at the night sky and the moon and everything. So I was very obsessed with looking just what's out there. And when he got me this big book called The Cosmos, I would every night after getting off of school, I would just sit there and I would that

was all the size of me. Yeah, huge book. But the photography on it was impeccable. And then I would turn the pages and see different planets, the whole the data on all the planet, how big and all that stuff, the different comets, the asteroids, the galaxies, the every little part of what makes our cosmos was there. And it was fascinating, man.

And as a kid, I could never get enough of that. And you know, whenever I'd go over to my uncle's house, he'd have his big telescope and I would just sit there for hours and just stare and see different things and get really excited. One time I got to spot Jupiter and see it pretty nicely. And I was like, man, I found a planet right there. And it was remarkable. So, so all in all, know, my childhood was just filled with good experiences. Sure. You know, my family struggled a lot. There was a lot of apartment hopping. There was a lot of instability in its own

is going on in the background, but for a childhood, I had a good one. Nice. aliens. What do you think about aliens? man, here we go. Aliens. I'm gonna say there is life outside of Earth. I would be lying to you if I said there wasn't because you gotta think about this massive universe that probably is endlessly growing. Now, yes, you know, we can get into the whole religion, science, all that fun stuff.

But I'm a big scientist and I like to look at that. But you know, this universe is endlessly growing and it's 13 .7 billion light years across and probably that number is inaccurate. It's growing. I'm there's bound to be life. There's bound to be extraterrestrial life, probably either more advanced than us or kind of also dealing with what we were dealing with, probably at different stages. We don't know, but I'm going to say,

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There's a theory going on that there's aliens among us. What do think about that? Whoa.

So that kind of dates back to ancient Egypt and lot of civilizations that built these pyramids and a lot of other things. I think humanity was able to do that. You know, was a possibility, especially probably a lot of people were involved, but I would say that was possible. Aliens living among us? man, that's kind of a stretch, but sure. That is probably if they had the technology for it or, you know, if they just intermingled, possibly. So that's...

My therapist and I were talking about this. So my therapist came to visit me from Colorado. Yeah. And it was an amazing. I. He's an amazing person, man, really, really just. He's someone in my life that believes in me and believes that we can change this world together. And it's nice having somebody that believes in me, even though sometimes I may not believe in myself. We were talking about aliens and we were talking about. So first, let's talk about this world, right?

where this world is kind of heading. The tipping point, feel like we could have changed the world for the better, but we're at this tipping point. Actually, I think we're past this tipping point where now it's like we have

All these events are happening, all these wars, all this infighting, all this greed that's going on. It's to the point where we can't fix that anymore. Yeah. Just because of our human ego. So that's what we've come to believe that that's where we're at in this world. We just have to let all these events go on and then see how the world is and then the right people will be there at the right time to help and fix the world. That's personally what I believe.

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and you know, kind of just letting things happen essentially. George for president. No, no, no, dude. You know, this is I've had I've had people like they're like, hey, you should be a politician. I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, I can't just because I I'm a big believer in we shouldn't have one specific person trying to fix certain issues. I know like the presidency and I know there's different, you know, political.

what do you call it, you know, politicians that think they can, but I personally don't think so. I think the way we fix the world is together.

Correct. Yeah, you've said it best because you got to understand a lot of people have come thinking I'm gonna be the person to change everything I'm gonna take it in my hands. I'm gonna fix it then before they know it They're the tyrant and someone else is thinking the same way and the cycle always continues because there's always somebody wronged where there is a world of victors there's always a losers and people who will always Oppose somebody who they didn't want and they think they're the rightful ones and they think they're gonna change

It's just a cycle. So you're right. I think that as a society, all of us have to be winners, have to all come together, share our beliefs, share our, you know, what we think in and believe in and put that to, you know, to work because otherwise you're always going have that cycle winners and losers.

Instead we can all be winners. Yeah, and you said it perfectly right to is this there's a the mindset where it's like there's winners and there's losers But no, let's try to create a world where we're all winners. It's possible. I definitely think it's possible It we've never seen a world like that. I feel like I'm sure certain groups of people that probably experience that you know where they're all winners, but

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Realistically we can make a world like that. It's not gonna be easy You know, have to get rid of a lot of this old Mindsets that have been instilled in us and that's gonna take you know generations and it's not gonna be just you know a quick fix because that's one thing I noticed there's that's what is offered to the world a lot is these quick fixes, you know whether in medicine whether in in all aspects of life and it's like no things take time there and

we shouldn't want to have things fast. Things are gonna take time. have to allow, we have to allow that. We have to learn how to be patient. Absolutely. 100 % on that because you do, you fundamentally do. You've got to give things time. A lot of people want that instant results. A lot of people want to see things change overnight and that's just not how it is because again, and I love to use this example because you know, El Salvador for example, it didn't change overnight, but

that changed pretty quickly, you know, and it's possible if everybody comes together on one goal. And I think the world needs to come to that. You know, if all of us focused on global warming or the issues facing our planet, all of us could say, let's work together and fix this. We're going to get results. But if we all have our own belief systems, our own ideas, our own differences, our own distrusts, then no, no change going to come out of it. We're just going to

arguing and the planet could be falling apart and before we know it the ozone layer goes away and we're still arguing about things because We didn't want to come together let our ego aside and actually say all right. You may be right You know, I may be wrong. Let's try this if it works great If not, at least we tried exactly and that's what I want people to do in general in life, you know Hear everybody's perspectives sure. They may not be right. Okay, but hear them

and maybe just maybe we'll get a step closer and again I have a lot of hope for this work. I do too. I do too.

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I have a tremendous amount of hope just because we're getting, like I said, that tipping point's over. So now we just have to allow the world to go in that direction. And it's going to suck because there's going to be a lot of miserable times. We may not be feeling it right now. We're feeling or we see aspects of it. But, know, you go to other places in the world, there's people, they're definitely going through it. yeah. You there's, you know, you can look at people going to Ukraine, not just there, but so many places in this world where people I. So I got water this morning.

And I was gonna go pick you up and I saw this couple and man they're probably my age if anything younger. They were homeless.

And I was just like, dang dude, I'm sure there's, especially in the heat going on right now, I'm sure they're going through it right now. You know, I don't know who these people are, but my heart, I felt it for them. And there's not really much I can do to help, but you know, there's people going through it and it's going to come to a point where we're all going to go through it. You know, whether, I don't know how that's going to look like, but we're going to go through those times. And it's not like the rapture, you know, how like, know, financially,

It may not be as harsh as we think it may be or maybe even harsher than we think it's gonna be but we're definitely going through those times so the way I look at the world is is We all have to come to some sort of agreement And yes, there's so many issues that the world is facing right greed war Global warming so many issues,

And it's hard to focus on one specific thing. I think what we should really do is focus on the human ego and not the way Freud describes it, but almost this. The book that I gave you, A Course of Love, describes ego the best way I think, and it describes it in a way where it's this belief of who we think we are, which is not true. Yeah. And.

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when we learn to overcome ego and the way we learn to overcome ego is through love. And I think if we focus on that first, everything else kind of trickles down, right? Because when you learn to love and I know a lot of people are like, Whoa, how do you describe love? In my opinion, love is a little bit. No, love is undescribable. And the way the book talks about it is it describes love as

God is love. God is not not God in a way where religion describes right, right. Yeah. But I think that's important too, because a lot of that's what people associate God with, you know, with Christianity or, know, with other religions. But in a way where when we come to realize that we put our faith into love.

and that love comes from God and we're not gonna fully understand what God is. And it's scary because it's putting your faith into something that is unknowing. You know, you can see how the world really won't.

accept an idea because we live in a world where we have to know everything. We have to know every aspect of everything and we have to describe everything to the perfect, you know, minute level. And sometimes the world doesn't work like that. You know, sometimes, yeah, things don't work like that. We're not going to know absolutely everything. And that's OK. I've come to learn that that's OK with me. But now at a global level where. God is everything.

you know, in the environment and everything. It's not a person that's, you know, we don't even know what it is. Yeah.

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and we start to putting our faith into that. And I know it sounds a little naive, but that's okay, because I've seen the tremendous amount of change in my life. I'm no one special, and we can all do it. If we just come together and say, you know what, let's learn how to love each other. Let's learn how to love the environment. Let's learn how to love ourselves in a non -egotistical way. Let's learn how to love other people.

Let's learn how to love the animals. Let's learn how to just love in general, putting love first. I think when that happens, everything else trickles down. Yeah. And then going back to the alien thing, I think I believe the same way. I think that there's different types of, I don't know what you call them, civilizations or different types of, yeah, let's just call it that to make it easier. But I think there's different types of civilizations and.

You know, you have some that are at the same level as us. There's some that are more advanced than us. There's some that are just starting. I think a lot of the the ones that are at the same level as us, they're going through the same stuff that we're going through. Or maybe they're just starting to. Maybe they're at an even worse point than what we are. But I think these more advanced civilizations or aliens, I think they're watching.

Because they've been through the same stuff that we've been through and they're seen Okay We've gone through the same thing That they've gone through Are they among us? Maybe maybe they're watching us from a distance, but I think They're gonna be there When things hit the fan because they're like, hey, we've helped out we've conquered ego or whatever We're at a better, you know

living place, you our world is better. When shit hits the fan, we'll be there for them. And then they will, they hopefully will be there for other civilizations as well too. And it goes so on and so forth. I think that's personally what's happening. Maybe they're just waiting for everything. They're kind of seeing, keeping an eye out.

George Angel Ramirez (01:01:53.752)
for things not to get as bad, you know, maybe in their world. But that was something my therapist was talking about. like, for me, that made a lot of sense. You know, I don't think they're here to harm us. I don't think they're here to destroy us or... They would have already if they wanted to. So that's personally what I believe, just because I feel like a lot of... Because we're all connected. When you start to realize that we're all connected in this universe, we all...

in a way, you know, so that book, what it describes as well too is we all have this little part of us that has never left God and that connects you, me, the plants, animals, everything connects all of us, everything together. And I think now it's just being in tune to that. So I think that's what that's my opinion on aliens. You know, I know there's a lot of.

like sci -fi stuff, know, the world is gonna come together when the aliens comes. I don't think so. Like you said, they would have destroyed us already, you know, and our technology probably won't be as advanced. But I think, you know, a lot of these worlds have already given up their weapons and given up all their, you know, things of mass destruction. So, you know, I think hopefully they're here to help and it may not be.

You know, I don't know how they'll look like and nor do I really care. But I think, I think that's, that's my opinion. No, I think that's a really amazing and wholesome opinion. And I really, you know, I do hope for the best of this world. And I think there's going to be good results of everything. I know there's a lot of things that are trending down, but we can't be focused on that. You know, let's focus on the law, focus on the care and focus on a better society. Yeah. Yeah. I think so too, man. I think.

we're gonna have to at some point, man, because this isn't to be depressing or anything, but yeah, know, you go out into, you can look at it at a level, but you just look at it here in Arizona, man, a lot of the suffering that's going on at so many levels. you know, now we just hope, we just hope, put our faith into something that's greater than us, and go on from there, I feel like.

George Angel Ramirez (01:04:06.066)
Exactly and I'm looking forward to seeing you know a world where we all could share ideas and just be happy to be human. Yeah Was there anything else that you did as a kid? Man great question. I mean besides that my childhood wasn't very you know like I didn't have a lot of friends Yu -Gi astronomy history playing some video games. I think that about sums up my

But from what it was, I again have a lot of also good memories with my family, you know, going out to the movie theater once a week and doing things here and there. I mean, yeah, my childhood was good for what it was. Your parents came from Mexico, you were saying, right? Both of them. They crossed the border? They did. So the story behind that, I'll tell you a little more. So my mom, she was in her early 20s at the

And she was sick of being robbed, you know, the problems that she was dealing with in Mexico city. And she took an opportunity with my uncle to go up to Agua Prieta, which is one of the border cities. And she worked at a factory there for a little bit. And that's where she met my biological dad, because I have a different father than the rest of my siblings. And, you know, he was significantly older than her and she thought, well, he's probably more mature.

He's probably going to be a better person. He's probably going to be more responsible because my dad from my other siblings, he wasn't the most responsible person. He wasn't neglectful in his own way. And, you know, so she ends up having me, but I'm in her belly and that's what motivates her to cross, try to get to the U S the first time she fails, she gets deported.

The second time, kind of the same dealie. The third time though, the board patrol agent sees her and he just turns around and pretends he didn't see her. And she goes through. And she has my older sister, she was about two, two and a half at the time. And they cross into California, along with my uncle, who's already there for about a month. So, you know, they stay with my uncle. My biological dad manages to cross because he had a work visa.

George Angel Ramirez (01:06:23.598)
And so he's all like, y 'all, let's go to Tucson. It's too expensive here in California. Even was this, what, what time was this in 99? Okay. So, I mean, think about that. If we're talking 99 and it's expensive in California, imagine now. Yeah, no. And they moved to Tucson and I was born about six months afterwards and, um, you

My childhood was very unstable because my biological dad was not a good person. have respects to him. Of course, you he's my father at the end of the and I'm here because of him. You know, but he was not a good person. He wasn't very present. He was very negligent, very abusive. And I never really had many good memories with him. And I got to meet my older half brother.

through, you know, which was a, was a kind, really good person. I haven't talked with him in 15 years and that kind of breaks my heart. Cause I really do want to reconnect with him. Where's he? He's probably either here or in Mexico. One of the two, but he's in his forties. So much older than me, but he was really sweet to me every time I interact with him. Yeah. He was working at seven 11 at the

He'd always give me like a $20 bill here and there and know, 20 bucks for a kid, that's a lot of money, especially getting a snack or something. So I was always grateful to my half brother. I call him my brother because that's what he was. And I do want to reconnect with him, you know, if I ever get to have that opportunity. But yeah, so my dad wasn't very present. And when I was about six, my dad, the rest of my siblings, he manages to cross over the border. He jumps a wall.

there's in Douglas there's this wall and there's a Walmart he you know he was able to do that and get into the country and you know he comes back into the picture and he changed you know he changed for the better and sure not perfect but he changed for the better and he's been with us ever since and I'm very grateful for him and yes we don't see eye to eye and a lot of things yes we have our disagreements but

George Angel Ramirez (01:08:29.186)
He was a good, you know, there for my childhood and helping me, you know, in that growth process, especially in the absence of my biological father. So a little personal, but that's the situation. Gotcha. No, thanks for sharing that man. It's interesting. So my grandparents crossed the border. This was during the eighties, I think during the time of a Jimmy.

So it was a present Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter. Yeah, or maybe a little bit before like maybe the presidency before Jimmy Carter. Ford. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, think so Because I think what Jimmy Carter

enacted a law where you know some people can stay or something like that he was Honestly, the biggest humanitarian of a president we ever had yeah Carter if you do some research on him really really good guy May not have been the best president, but he was morally the best person. He's still alive really. Oh, yeah, he's looking his he's he's 99 99. Yeah, he just had a yeah

But yeah, my grandparents always tell me about, they love Jimmy Carter because of, you know, just the things that you were seeing as well too. But yeah, my grandparents crossed the border. My grandma's from El Salvador. She just escaped the Civil War of El Salvador. She saw everything coming.

Then my grandfather, I don't remember exactly when he crossed, but he was telling me a little bit about it. And they both ended up in California. Yeah. And they were both working at a factory. And I remember they told me a story where one of like the supervisors told everybody to go downstairs because immigration was there and they were rounding up a bunch of immigrants and they just escaped. They like escape by the hair on their necks. Yeah. After that is when I don't remember exactly

George Angel Ramirez (01:10:16.208)
who went but somebody, my grandfather or grandmother, they moved to New Jersey because I think they had knew somebody over there and they...

had a better opportunity. Same thing, were saying California was too expensive and also they weren't making a lot of money as well too. So they ended up moving to New Jersey and they ended up settling down there. My mom ended up meeting my dad in Los Angeles and they had me. My mom was young, she was 16 when she had me and then my dad I think was 17 or 18 during that time. And you know, not to get too much into that, but you know, my mom ended up moving back, not

back but she moved to New Jersey to be with because she was living with my dad's family and then she moved to New Jersey and you know I was born and my childhood it was good it was good there was a lot of struggles because my mom obviously was essentially a teenager learning how to be a mom and so there was a lot of you know she wasn't perfect

which come out and blame her for anything. My dad wasn't perfect as well too. He actually ended up staying in Los Angeles. I think he tried moving to New Jersey a couple of times, but it just never worked out. But I was always in contact with him. He would always call. I remember I had my grandmother, she would always call as well too. Unfortunately, she died from cancer. Mine did too. Yeah, I was very young. I would call her on the phone, but I just never was able, don't think I was able to see her in person, which

You know, it happens. I'm sorry. I was 14 when I lost my grandmother to cancer. I understand. Yeah. Yeah. It's, tough because I didn't know her that well, but you know, she obviously cared a lot. She wanted me to move to Los Angeles and be over there, but you know, it, happened. Um, but yeah, it got to a point where I ended up moving with my grandparents in my mom's side. I moved with them just because it was too tough for my mom. I'm assuming.

George Angel Ramirez (01:12:20.91)
know she also had my brother as well too. okay. And he was from a different dad and you know just things kind of happened but once I moved with my grandparents my mom was always she always lived close by she always you know would see me all the time too so it was not like she was distant. My dad you know would always call me on the phone and whatnot.

But I had a good childhood, man. I really did. I don't remember a lot. There was a lot of trauma before I moved with my grandparents. But my grandparents, when I moved with them, that's when I start remembering my childhood. I remember a lot of amazing memories. My grandfather had a bakery. He was a baker ever since he was a little kid. And I remember being at the bakery with them and, you know, making bread and whatnot. And that was my first ever job as well, too. But I remember in the first

when I moved in and I went to school, you know, that's really where like my childhood, I feel like started. There's a lot of great, great memories. And, you know, I, I look back at it sometimes, man, I'm like, dang, you know, it, there was a lot of struggles, but my grandparents, you know, in terms of financial stuff, just because, know, my grandparents, they didn't have a formal education. They were running a business. They didn't speak that very well English.

Neither then, I don't speak English the best, you know, their English wasn't perfect, but they made do. They made do and they blocked a lot of that childhood trauma that went on. I remember going to Guatemala and Salvador a lot and I remember just, I got spoiled. I got a little spoiled as a kid

It was, you know, it was, it was a great time. It was a great time that I look back and I'm like, you know, I, I look back at, used to play a lot of video games. did you? Yeah. I remember I played a lot. I remember when I got the PS2. That was some good times. I remember when I got my first Gameboy and I also got my first DS as well too. And then it got to the point where I started making friends and that's was a good time.

George Angel Ramirez (01:14:36.62)
My friends and I just did some of dumbest shit ever, dude. I remember my best friend Tucker, we were like in the fourth or fifth grade and we were really big into ghosts.

And I remember there was one time where there was these girls that live. went to his house and there was this girls that they were like sixth or seventh grade. And we were trying to break into this laundering mat because we thought it was haunted. And they're like, what are you doing? And we're like, you know, mind your own business. And we actually pulled a knife on them and the cops came. And it was, you know, I started crying. Tucker started crying. And then they're like, they took the knives and nothing happened. But there was another time to man.

where my friends and I had a bow and arrow. And like a full on, know, not a toy bow and arrow, like a hunting bow and arrow. And we were by our elementary school. And we went.

to the baseball field and we're playing chicken. So we launched the arrows up in the air and they would drop down. Imagine if that would hit us, man. Like we would have died. So we're launching these arrows up. And I remember I wasn't strong enough to pull the thing back. So my friend Adrian would just launch them up and they would come down. So in my hometown, the elementary school was right here. Right. There was a pond right across the pond was the high school. So we start walking towards the high school. And next thing you know, we look

and a police car comes and it stops right in front of us probably like a hundred feet away from us and then we were going to run away and then behind us another one stops by and they drew their weapon on us and my buddy throws a bow and arrow into the the pond and they're like get down so we got down they put the boot on our back and everything too we're little kids man and all of a sudden they're like where's the bow and arrow and my buddy Adrian before they started walking towards us he's like

George Angel Ramirez (01:16:31.444)
nothing. So I was like, all right, everybody stayed quiet. So they're looking for the bow and arrow, man, and they couldn't find it for a little bit, a little bit. And all of sudden, I guess like this guy was a lot younger than the other cops, and he found it. I it like a rookie cop. And we're like, fuck, they found the bow and arrow. So they put us into the police car, they drive us to the station.

we're like, dang dude, like we were all scared. My best friend, Mike, he was crying and we're like, nobody say nothing. So we go into the police station and they have us sitting down and they're like, all right, who's bow and arrow is this? And nobody says anything for a second. And they're like, you guys can get in trouble if nobody says nothing. So they all look at me and I was like, fuck, dude, are you serious? So I said, well, it my friends, my friend's Tucker's, it was his bow and arrow. So I'm like, it was his dad's bow and arrow.

just playing with it and they took it. My best friend's dad was, he was the alderman of the town. So they, think, I think they gave it back to him. And so we're like thinking we're to go to jail or get in trouble. So the police officer, he's like, all right, well, it was like a Saturday or something like that. And they're like, all right, you guys write us a note on why you guys are stupid.

and give us a note on Monday and we'll let you go. know, nothing will happen to you guys. So I remember writing a letter telling them why my decisions were stupid and gave it to the police officer. I remember my grandmother picked me up from the police station. She was all disappointed. I was like, fuck, dude. But that was my childhood, man. We did a lot of stupid stuff. lot. A lot of really dumb things, man. I remember one time we had a BB gun. We were shooting cars.

and we got caught, the police came and we were all lined up and my friend Darian actually had, it was in the middle of summertime too, he had a sweater and we ran up this hill and then we started, you know, the police caught us and they were like, come down, they told us to come down from the hill and I remember I just bought these airsoft guns.

George Angel Ramirez (01:18:42.968)
And I told Darien, I was like, hey, put, the airsoft gun, the shotgun, put it in your sweater. And he did. He put it there for some reason. So the police officer lines us up and I'm looking at my best friend, Michael, he's crying again. And it's like four or five of us. And that too, the,

the police officer that caught us he's just yelling at each and every like he goes in one person yells at them in their face goes to the next person yells at them so I'm looking to the left of me and I see because there's the airsoft gun is sticking out of my friend's chest so I was like shit dude he's gonna catch him so he goes up to Darien he starts yelling at him

didn't catch the airsoft gun and he comes up to me and he starts yelling at me and I'm like I'm trying to hold in my laughter because if I know I laugh you know it's gonna be bad so the police officer leaves and me and Darien just start like busting up laughing man and they're they're like what's going on and Darien takes the shotgun out of his out of his sweater

And then we just both started laughing, dude. was interesting, interesting times, man. Some really good times. Yeah, no kidding. Yeah, we did so many dumb things, Yeah, it was good, though. It was a good childhood for the most part. Definitely, man. But yeah, I feel like that's a good spot to leave off, Yeah, know. Wonderful. And thank you for sharing that. was a great story.

I was a dumb kid, I'm still kind of dumb now, but you know, it was some good times, man. Some really, really good times. So Mario.

George Angel Ramirez (01:20:24.44)
think that's a good time off, a good time to leave off. Is there anything else you wanted to say? well, thank you so much, George. Once again, I'm going to keep saying that on my end. It's always a great privilege to be on and thank you to the audience for listening. Yeah. Just so you guys know, next week there won't be an episode. I'm to be on vacation. I might make something like a solo episode, maybe do something now while I'm on vacation. I'll bring the mics, but you have your friend Javier that should be on pretty soon. Yeah. Is there anything you want

say about that? Yeah, so he has a lot of experience when it comes to relationships, the alpha male and you know all that, which will be interesting topics to go over and I think a lot of people will learn something out of that and so you know stay tuned for that. I'll let you know when that happens and we'll go from there. I also have one of my friends as well too. She wants to be on, she grew up in Russia.

She was then picked up by, she got adopted and then she got over, she got brought over here to the U .S. So can't wait for you to meet her as well too. So that's probably sometime in the beginning of August is when she'll be on. And I also talked about my therapist. He came to visit me. He said he wants to be on as well too. He did a lot of clinical research on the near death experience. So we'll have him on soon, man. And it's kind of exciting to have.

different people on. So I'm excited, you know, to, to have those conversations and man, that alpha male conversation is going to be interesting, dude, because that's a very, very, in my opinion, especially like the rise of like Andrew Tate and stuff like that. Yeah, no, that, that to me is going to be interesting because when he first told me about it, I immediately thought Andrew Tate was like, great. Here we go. But he's, he's

He's catching up in popularity, man. And my opinion on that is it's creating this very, I don't like using this word, but it's the only word I can think of. It's creating this toxic. Masculinity. Toxic masculinity. It's creating this toxic mind thought or mind processor, you know, it's creating this, especially for the younger generation, it's creating this very, very toxic way of thinking.

George Angel Ramirez (01:22:46.626)
for a lot of people as well too, not just younger people, but older men as well too. And it's becoming a little scary, man. There's a lot of people that are like that, that are starting to gain some traction. yeah, interesting to have that conversation. So, Redon, love you guys. Talk to you guys later. Have a great one. Yep.