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Cadre. Cadre fam. What's up? Rolando has stepped into the Cadre sphere. By the way, I'm Rolando Ro for short. Roe. Because I'm a little bit fancy, I guess. Not too fancy, but it sounds good. I don't know, it sounded good in my head when I said it. Anyways, I'm excited to be here. I am. And if you're still here after everything you've been through, you didn't come this far just to survive. We've all been through a lot. So many things that we probably couldn't even write it down on paper. And like, I know something that I know about you and I can't even see your face right now that there's more in you, there's more for you, there's more to you and there's going to be a lot more happening because of you.

And I'm living proof of that. I know that I see potential in people. That's what I do. I love it. I love being able to support, I love being able to learn, I love being supported. I love what Cadre is doing here. So I'm super excited. So who am I, you might ask? I am someone that has been in long term recovery. I was born in prison. Fact, factual. I was born in a prison. My mom suffered from substance use, mental health, living on the wrong side of life. Born in prison, battled addiction, seven plus years.

Incarcerated, locked up. What else? Been through the struggle, overdoses. Went on to get my life right. Found my faith, found myself, found purpose. Became a youth prevention advocate. At one point, a peer recovery support specialist. A peer recovery support specialist. Supervisor, a trainer, went on to get college degree, all kinds of things. I went from a deficit to zero to. I wouldn't say hero, but I'm my eight year old's hero. Me, eight year old Rolando. I'm his hero now. So yes, I went from zero to hero.

Little guy, if you're watching this anyways, now I speak, build and pour into people whenever I can. I coach at a gym, I work in the, in the fitness space. I've done a lot in the recovery. I do a lot of speaking. Shout out, team challenge. Love them. They saved my life and I'm here to come share it and learn from you guys. We all have so many things in our toolbox that is the missing tool that someone needs to put their life together or to, to tie up that loose squeak wheel of a voice they have in their head that says I'm not good enough or you're not Worthy or you're scared.

All these things. We might have the tool for somebody. I might have the tool, you might have the tool for me. I'm looking forward to that chat lighting up. So I need tools. Starting next Monday, 8:30am I will be going live, bringing live streams to the cadres. Fear. Super excited. Super excited. Unfiltered sessions. Raw. No cliches. I might say something dumb. I might stutter my words, but, like, one thing I guarantee you is you will hear my heart and everything I say and do. I am someone that likes to laugh and joke and be facetious, but I'm someone that also learned how to get down in the weeds and experience my emotions and feel my emotions.

Not to, like, laugh them off and just ignore them. I've done that in the past. But I know how to experience them and feel them and turn that pain and suffering into a purpose. And I've learned how to get through that because I've experienced the joy on the other side. So I don't care what you're going through, I don't care how you're going through it. This is a space for us to learn from each other and talk about it and build blocks that's going to lead the path to success, whatever that looks like.

There are many ways. So this isn't just motivation. This is a movement. Y' all motivate. Like, motivation is cool, but, like, it runs dry. Discipline and community and having accountability, those are the things that are to get you the furthest, in my opinion. But before I get on my soapbox, let me, let me, let me save that for later on down the road. But if you're someone that believes that there's, you know, purpose in your pain and there's power in your past and you have something to give to the world or learn from the world, then, like, these sessions are going to be from you.

Because I'm going to show up as my whole complete, unapologetic self and hopefully people you know, tap in. If not, hey, I'm not for everybody, that's okay. But I'm going to be myself and share who I am, my struggles, struggles, things that I've been through, but also the tools that I've learned along the way and things that I've. That have helped for me, helped me. Stumbling words. I swear. I'm a speaker. Motivational, right? Anyways, the things that have helped me, I. I hope that they can help someone else because I've learned a lot of hard lessons and I found a lot of really great Tools at the bottom of a pit, at the bottom of darkness and hopelessness that I was.

I couldn't see. And I'm on the ground, feeling around out of hopeless. And I found that tool that helped. And community is a big one. Because I might be big and strong and can lift weights and run five miles. I'm lying, not five. Three. Let's be real. I told you guys, I'll be real. Let's keep it real. But like, I'm weak without community. I'm weak without accountability. I'm weak without people that are pushing me and driving me. And you know, I'm learning from. I am weak alone. I am weak alone.

I'm always gonna say that. So if you're someone that can relate to any of this, let's tap in. Mondays, 8:30am, right at the crack. Well, not for me. The reason I chose that time is because I'm a 5Amer. I get up and I do my morning rituals. I pray, I meditate, I do. I've recently. For discipline. Don't judge me. Putting my face in ice water, really invigorating. And then I go work out and then I go do sonic cold plunge six days out of the week. So once that's done, it's about 7:45 in the morning.

I'm coming in hot. Mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally, I'm just. I'm on. You know, it feels like I'm on drugs, but I'm not. I'm just high on life. I'm in tune with myself. And that's my time where I get the most thinking, I'm the most clear, I have the most clarity. And I'm like, you know what? What is the perfect time to jump into the Cadre sphere and share and talk and learn and teach and be a part of a community that is as great as this. I am excited. I am going to tap in. I am going to.

So you'll hear some sad stories, some short stories, learn some skills, learn some things. I'm learning. But at the end of the day, I just want you to know that you're not alone. You are not alone. We are still here. We are still here. You're gonna hear me say that a lot. I should get it on this hat. We are still here. And then a little asterisk. Despite all the things that we've been through and overcome on the other side, maybe. Anyways, we're still here. You're not alone. Mondays, 8:30am Tap in.

I'll see you there.