Easter B.C. was meant to celebrate the liberation of the people of Israel from the clutches of Pharaoh by Moses. So at this time of year it was customary among the Jewish people to sacrifice a lamb.

In the Christian religion, Easter is celebrated to remember the death of Jesus. The death of the "Lamb who came to save the World."

And it is Him that we will talk about today in this episode: Jesus Christ! My greatest beacon.

I deeply believe that Jesus walked on this Earth.

I fully believe that He was also divine so that God could teach us to love one another. To teach us what love is.

The message is so impactful that it changed the trajectory of humanity until today.

I know a guy that us these principles into his life. Well start to use…

He does not call the 5-step process but he’s facing reality, continues to dream and continues to have big determination. Not the reality his faced for the last 46 years, but the one his now facing in his life, right now.

His name is… me!

I really want to share my story with you, today, in this episode.

I hope by the end of it, you’ll find out why I’m doing the weekly based podcast and the true meaning of telling you about these stories.

I’m feeling uncomfortable doing it but I fell I have to do it. I hope I’m not doing another mistake.

But if I don’t go for it, I will not know the result. And I’m very curious on that…

Today is my turn.

I truly hope you enjoy.

Carlos worked for 25 years in an mortuary of one the hospital in Portugal. One of his duties was to bring the dead body’s and place them in the freezer, waiting for the family to say they final Fairwell or waiting for authorization to place in a coffin for his funeral.

In subconscious level of the mind, the depression and hurt would start to appear, without him noticing.

A couple months later we would start drinking… every day… at the same hour. In the mortuary… with his work companions…

He recalls:

“It was like drinking in a pub, like normal people do after work. We had so much laugh, until one day…”

But you know that we’re talking about heroes in this podcast. And Carlos used his drinking problem not only for helping his community to have a better understanding of what was his life for 25 years in that place but also to help others who are helpless facing the alcohol and emotions.

The Portuguese are best people in the world. We’re really great.

No seriously, yes we are.

We’re very worm, Cousy, very friendly people. We know how to welcome all the people in the world.

One of proves of this is that we have more and more foreigners people choosing Portugal to leave.

I don’t know if there is a ranking of the nicest people in the world, but if there is, I think we were on top 5.

Maybe it’s because of the nice weather, having the ocean nearby, the great food that we eat…

Not only we’re very friendly but also we have the best football player in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo, we had in the near past, the best football coach in the world, José Mourinho, now we have one the best swimmer in the world, Diogo Ribeiro. We won a lot of prices regarding the tourism.

We have great cooks

But we suck managing our country. Even worse, we’re not a very demanding people when the subject is the Political party’s and Government. Well, we suck!

In today’s episode the drama, faith, heavy and dark emotions will be very presence.

I’m sure that who is listening knows or heard someone who had identical problems with (or similar).

Someone who’s life was kind and very brutal in a blink of an eye.

Our hero is guy who is successful on his professional life, a very well known lawyer who was always searched for solve the complicated cases that appear in courts.

Apparently, everything was going well but inside of him a different giant was trying to defeat him, like Goliath tried to defeat David.

This time, Goliath is not an external problem like we had in the last episodes.

For João, that was something inside, eating him alive and even worse, without him noticing.

It could be considered as a freak but no, is not. He’s a heroe!

Is there anything more motivating to see someone who had every odds against and, nevertheless, wining in life?

I think that’s is the most inspiring thing we can see during the time that we’re living here, on this earh.

You don’t know but I’m an entrepreneur.

I can say, for now, not very successful one. Well not for now.

Why? Well let me say like this. I was in the pick of mountain, 6 years ago, thinking my life would be even better in a matter of years. In terms of materialistic way of speaking!

But didn’t go as I was hopping would be…

Life threw at me one of those mighty, huge and gigantic challenge. I’m facing right now my Goliath but like David, the shepherd, the underdog, I’m goanna defeat him and cut is head of.

5 times NBA championships and influence an all planet on becoming a better person, facing his Goliath day by day.

(and that’s what we like to talk about on this Podcast).

Yes you guessed right, I’m talking about Kobe Bryant.

His greatness was, and still is, so beautiful that also inspired a young girl. Not that she heard about Kobe’s story but, like Kobe, she’s a special girl, since from her

first day here on earth.

I’m going to tell a story of a little, skinny girl who became one of my hero’s.

How she with a lot of brave, face her challenges and overcome them.

Who could imagine that a young girl, apparently an underdog would be one the person’s that I admire so much. A truly hero!

In todays episode I’ll tell you Antonio’s life after he been relieved from the army, how he got is first boat and also how he return to Portugal, after the civil war in Angola back in 1974. All stories are filled with unbelievable courage and strength.

I know that many of you thinks that the Antonio’s success were because of his genes. Jordan B. Peterson, the author of “12 rules for life” book said that for you to have a great life and to be on your best YOU, you must pass throughout challenges and difficulties. This is the only way to be at your best version.

Antonio lived his best version throughout his life

Our hero from today episode is humble, stoic and brave.

He’s a guy who was born in 1945 in the North Side of the Island, in a place call Ponta Delgada. A man who was born into extreme poverty, who had everything to go wrong with is life. His name is, not Superman but António Justino Ferreira.

As it is written at the beginning of his book “António Justino never surrendered to the fate of what he encountered in life and soon began to chart his destiny […] still very young, upon discovering that he did not have his luck, he picked up a knife and He traced his destiny in the palm of his hand.”

Life was never his allied. Quite the contrary! Many of us couldn't handle 1/3 of what António handle and overcome. A true David!

He showed us time and time again that it is in the desired difficulties that we find the glory of victory, even though the victory is not always the thing we think it is.

We have all read or heard the story of David and Goliath.

The story of someone very tiny, with everything against him, defeating the all-powerful and all mighty giant.

Who has never heard at a football match in the telly or any other sporting event saying, “This is a David against Goliath match!”.

Did the little shepherd had great luck in defeating the almighty giant? Some divine intervention caused David to win? Is the probability of this happening so small that they made this an entertaining story? Just like with Santa Claus story?

Just as Malcolm Gladwell shown on in his book David and Goliath, this podcast will also tell you that the story of David and Goliath has been told in the wrong way.

I'm going to tell real stories from normal people or people known from the public who, after all, always has great and enormous chances of beating their giants.

What you ultimately need is five stones and a sling!