1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,103 Joyce. 2 00:00:03,103 --> 00:00:06,106 I'm feeling happy today. 3 00:00:06,139 --> 00:00:07,440 You know, really happy. 4 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:08,775 You're happy every day. Oh, no. 5 00:00:08,775 --> 00:00:10,210 It is a choice. 6 00:00:10,210 --> 00:00:11,378 It is a choice. 7 00:00:11,378 --> 00:00:14,948 Even when things don't go exactly our way, sometimes you just have to be 8 00:00:15,515 --> 00:00:16,449 intentional about it. 9 00:00:16,449 --> 00:00:18,651 I'm working on that each and every day. 10 00:00:18,651 --> 00:00:21,254 But she's just so fired up. 11 00:00:21,254 --> 00:00:23,390 Hanging out with you today, and just so happy 12 00:00:23,390 --> 00:00:25,558 that more and more people are tuning in to what's good, by the way. 13 00:00:25,558 --> 00:00:26,760 Welcome. 14 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:28,461 So good to have you here today. 15 00:00:28,461 --> 00:00:30,397 We're we're trying to be a reprieve, 16 00:00:30,397 --> 00:00:33,633 kind of like an escape from all the craziness out there. 17 00:00:33,633 --> 00:00:35,468 And there's some craziness going on. Right? 18 00:00:35,468 --> 00:00:38,738 Have you noticed, have you noticed this right now? 19 00:00:39,205 --> 00:00:40,106 Yeah. That's right. 20 00:00:40,106 --> 00:00:42,776 I don't know is I am good. Yeah. 21 00:00:42,776 --> 00:00:45,845 Three four couple months. 22 00:00:46,780 --> 00:00:48,581 Checking in on the weather. Yeah. 23 00:00:49,616 --> 00:00:51,985 You to tell you the. 24 00:00:51,985 --> 00:00:52,852 Yeah. 25 00:00:52,852 --> 00:00:54,954 It's just so great. 26 00:00:54,954 --> 00:00:57,323 And I know that I've done my work. 27 00:00:57,323 --> 00:00:58,758 My work is voting. 28 00:00:58,758 --> 00:01:00,160 My work is prayer. 29 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,163 Yeah. My work is just doing my work right. 30 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:06,466 And I feel really, really good about my life. 31 00:01:06,966 --> 00:01:11,571 And I when I say a universal prayer, it's for the whole world. 32 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:15,475 I want all leaders to be good. 33 00:01:17,110 --> 00:01:20,380 I want God's grace to touch everyone. 34 00:01:20,413 --> 00:01:21,581 One of them. 35 00:01:21,581 --> 00:01:25,051 I want stars to just twinkle about them 36 00:01:25,318 --> 00:01:28,455 so that everything will be great. And. 37 00:01:28,555 --> 00:01:30,290 And then I want to go. Right. 38 00:01:30,290 --> 00:01:34,661 I just let it go because there's only so much you can do. 39 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:36,529 I mean, you have to pray for those. 40 00:01:36,529 --> 00:01:39,299 It's very, very difficult if you have a certain leaning 41 00:01:39,299 --> 00:01:41,401 wherever it may be, where we're talking about in life. 42 00:01:41,401 --> 00:01:44,037 But like Jesus said, pray for your enemies. 43 00:01:44,037 --> 00:01:45,805 Yeah. Pray for those you disagree with. 44 00:01:45,805 --> 00:01:47,574 And that's really difficult in this climate. 45 00:01:47,574 --> 00:01:51,511 I get it because people have some such strong opinions either way. 46 00:01:52,045 --> 00:01:54,347 But, you know, my wife and I made a decision. 47 00:01:54,347 --> 00:01:55,248 You know, 48 00:01:55,248 --> 00:01:58,251 no matter who's in the white House, we're going to be happy in our house. 49 00:01:58,318 --> 00:01:59,752 Yes. Be good. 50 00:01:59,752 --> 00:02:02,222 Because we know there's a divine government out there. 51 00:02:02,222 --> 00:02:02,722 Yeah. 52 00:02:02,722 --> 00:02:06,326 You know, so I'm going to cheer people on no matter who they are, 53 00:02:06,459 --> 00:02:08,895 because I want us to all win. 54 00:02:08,895 --> 00:02:13,766 Listen, if our happiness, depending on in our particular country. 55 00:02:13,766 --> 00:02:17,003 Who's in the white House is every four years. 56 00:02:18,471 --> 00:02:19,639 No, I don't want to. 57 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:20,773 No, no, no. 58 00:02:20,773 --> 00:02:22,609 I want to live like I used to live. 59 00:02:22,609 --> 00:02:24,511 I'm happy with who's ever in the white House 60 00:02:24,511 --> 00:02:26,045 because I believe in a divine government, 61 00:02:26,045 --> 00:02:29,315 and we're just going to go out there and do what we can each and every day. 62 00:02:29,349 --> 00:02:30,049 We said, we don't. 63 00:02:30,049 --> 00:02:31,718 We're not going to be talking about politics and we're not, 64 00:02:31,718 --> 00:02:33,686 but we're just kind of a general statement. 65 00:02:33,686 --> 00:02:36,556 But, you know, just go out there and because we're talking about happiness 66 00:02:36,556 --> 00:02:40,126 in somebody, so many people are miserable and they base their existence on 67 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,862 external situations. Right. 68 00:02:42,862 --> 00:02:45,632 But we can make that decision each and every day that, okay, 69 00:02:45,632 --> 00:02:48,635 whatever happens, I'm going to make that intentional, 70 00:02:48,902 --> 00:02:51,171 designing my life to go out there and be happy. 71 00:02:52,805 --> 00:02:53,473 You know, there's 72 00:02:53,473 --> 00:02:57,443 a story that went around for a while and, 73 00:02:57,443 --> 00:03:01,347 it's about a woman who, an elderly woman 74 00:03:01,748 --> 00:03:06,019 that had to move from her home to a sort of a nursing home 75 00:03:06,019 --> 00:03:09,255 and families and home, and she, 76 00:03:09,923 --> 00:03:13,226 you know, was nearly blind and 77 00:03:14,527 --> 00:03:16,963 so while she's waiting for her room 78 00:03:16,963 --> 00:03:19,966 to be fixed for her, 79 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:22,902 someone said, do you want to just come in and take a look? 80 00:03:22,902 --> 00:03:24,504 And she says, no, it's okay. 81 00:03:24,504 --> 00:03:28,041 She said, are you upset because, you know, you're moving someplace? 82 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:29,342 You know? 83 00:03:29,342 --> 00:03:32,345 She said, because no matter where I am, 84 00:03:33,079 --> 00:03:35,548 I will be at peace. 85 00:03:35,548 --> 00:03:37,984 I'll be happy because I'll make it. 86 00:03:37,984 --> 00:03:40,119 So she made the decision. 87 00:03:40,119 --> 00:03:42,922 I made the decision. 88 00:03:42,922 --> 00:03:44,791 Somebody had asked me at the gym the other day. 89 00:03:44,791 --> 00:03:45,758 Choice about something. 90 00:03:45,758 --> 00:03:47,594 So, how's your day going so far? 91 00:03:47,594 --> 00:03:49,128 John, I said it's going great. 92 00:03:49,128 --> 00:03:52,632 I made the decision before I left the house, and he liked that. 93 00:03:52,632 --> 00:03:55,301 He said, I like that you made the decision. 94 00:03:55,301 --> 00:03:58,271 Yeah. So just be proactive. 95 00:03:58,271 --> 00:04:02,442 We really can do that no matter what is happening. 96 00:04:02,442 --> 00:04:05,912 Again, you know, out in the world, there's a whole body, 97 00:04:07,647 --> 00:04:09,449 you know, 98 00:04:09,449 --> 00:04:10,617 things happen. 99 00:04:10,617 --> 00:04:13,286 Again, I keep going back to my accident. 100 00:04:13,286 --> 00:04:17,557 But I think of that because I wake up with sometimes different things 101 00:04:18,224 --> 00:04:21,227 and, you know, in my neck and in my back, 102 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:24,364 and then I switch it to another one. 103 00:04:24,364 --> 00:04:25,298 Yes. 104 00:04:25,298 --> 00:04:26,566 I'm alive. 105 00:04:26,566 --> 00:04:29,035 And how blessed I am. 106 00:04:29,035 --> 00:04:31,604 And that must mean I have a lot more. 107 00:04:31,604 --> 00:04:33,039 Have you? Means you have an assignment. 108 00:04:33,039 --> 00:04:35,775 You're still here. You're still here. 109 00:04:35,775 --> 00:04:37,243 And that's so important. 110 00:04:37,243 --> 00:04:39,979 Just to understand gratitude, we talk about gratitude. 111 00:04:39,979 --> 00:04:42,148 You can never talk about gratitude enough. 112 00:04:42,148 --> 00:04:45,451 But gratitude an attitude of gratitude is just so, so important. 113 00:04:45,985 --> 00:04:47,186 And again, it's not easy. 114 00:04:47,186 --> 00:04:49,689 We have to be, keep using the word intentionality. 115 00:04:49,689 --> 00:04:51,924 We have to be intentional about it. Be mindful. 116 00:04:51,924 --> 00:04:53,393 Mindful to the same way 117 00:04:55,094 --> 00:04:56,429 that you're going to make a 118 00:04:56,429 --> 00:05:00,233 choice to be grateful for the bad use. 119 00:05:00,667 --> 00:05:02,735 Yeah, people know I was. 120 00:05:02,735 --> 00:05:05,738 I was watching, a show yesterday. 121 00:05:06,306 --> 00:05:09,309 The documentary, people that are 122 00:05:10,476 --> 00:05:14,213 homeless just, you know, whatever you call it. 123 00:05:14,213 --> 00:05:17,417 The one man said, as long as I, 124 00:05:18,184 --> 00:05:21,187 as long as I can get some blankets, you know, I'm good. 125 00:05:21,688 --> 00:05:25,191 And I thought, how many people right now sitting in the homes think about that. 126 00:05:25,692 --> 00:05:26,292 Yeah. 127 00:05:26,292 --> 00:05:29,729 If you've got a comfortable bed and pillow and a blanket, 128 00:05:30,163 --> 00:05:33,533 a roof over your head and food on the table, you got. 129 00:05:34,667 --> 00:05:36,602 Yeah. You're good. 130 00:05:36,602 --> 00:05:38,504 And you think about some people that complain. 131 00:05:38,504 --> 00:05:41,507 And I read somewhere, Joyce, that, you know, 132 00:05:41,874 --> 00:05:45,411 if a person makes 30 or 40,000 a year, which we don't think a lot here 133 00:05:45,411 --> 00:05:49,048 in this country, you're richer than 95% of the rest of the world. 134 00:05:49,349 --> 00:05:51,851 You know, I mean, think about that. 135 00:05:51,851 --> 00:05:52,085 Yeah. 136 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:54,420 I even have a little bit of money in a savings. 137 00:05:54,420 --> 00:05:57,857 Right, for $20 a week. 138 00:05:57,857 --> 00:06:00,626 And yeah, you know, and I know things are tough 139 00:06:00,626 --> 00:06:04,230 and high prices and all of that, but I feel like I've lived 140 00:06:04,230 --> 00:06:07,633 long enough that I remember going to do I remember my parents, 141 00:06:08,234 --> 00:06:13,339 I remember them and my grandparents talking about, you know, the, 142 00:06:15,007 --> 00:06:16,476 what he called the. 143 00:06:16,476 --> 00:06:18,211 Yeah. The depression. 144 00:06:18,211 --> 00:06:19,612 Yeah. 1929. Yeah. 145 00:06:19,612 --> 00:06:22,749 Where the rich guys were throwing themself off the building. 146 00:06:22,749 --> 00:06:23,850 Yeah. 147 00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:26,652 Their whole persona was about their money. 148 00:06:26,652 --> 00:06:29,655 Their identity was based on money. Yes. 149 00:06:29,822 --> 00:06:35,862 That's dangerous because should that leave you, can you find happiness? 150 00:06:35,862 --> 00:06:38,965 Which is winter, right. Yes. 151 00:06:39,565 --> 00:06:42,635 As long as that is not your whole identity. 152 00:06:42,635 --> 00:06:42,935 Right. 153 00:06:42,935 --> 00:06:44,837 Right I agree, I mean I have I'm not 154 00:06:44,837 --> 00:06:47,106 I have nothing against people being wealthy and having money. 155 00:06:47,106 --> 00:06:50,109 A lot of those people create jobs and they do a lot of good things. 156 00:06:50,510 --> 00:06:53,913 And we're fortunate I'm not I'm not a class warfare type 157 00:06:53,913 --> 00:06:55,214 person, to be honest with you. 158 00:06:55,214 --> 00:06:57,150 That way, I like to see everybody do. 159 00:06:57,150 --> 00:07:01,554 Well, but at the same time, if we're worshiping money, 160 00:07:01,687 --> 00:07:02,922 I think that's the problem. 161 00:07:02,922 --> 00:07:05,925 Money is a means to get where you want to be. 162 00:07:05,958 --> 00:07:08,928 You know, that's my $0.02, no pun intended. 163 00:07:08,928 --> 00:07:11,330 I do think that's one of the number one things people 164 00:07:11,330 --> 00:07:14,333 complain about even more than their health. 165 00:07:14,434 --> 00:07:18,704 It's, they want more wealth because they, 166 00:07:19,972 --> 00:07:21,574 you know, we feel that it 167 00:07:21,574 --> 00:07:25,511 would make us happy in one sense, yes. 168 00:07:25,511 --> 00:07:27,413 It's like, 169 00:07:27,413 --> 00:07:29,081 it's a cushion. Security blanket. 170 00:07:29,081 --> 00:07:29,949 Sure, sure. 171 00:07:29,949 --> 00:07:31,717 You know that you have that. 172 00:07:31,717 --> 00:07:35,655 But if you never get that amount 173 00:07:35,655 --> 00:07:38,691 that you want or that mansion you want. 174 00:07:38,724 --> 00:07:39,225 Yeah. 175 00:07:39,225 --> 00:07:41,828 If you're watching shows like, 176 00:07:41,828 --> 00:07:44,297 The Real Housewives 177 00:07:44,297 --> 00:07:48,034 Of or whatever, and they all have this immense wealth 178 00:07:48,034 --> 00:07:51,037 because they marry rich husbands already and 179 00:07:51,504 --> 00:07:54,474 opportunities to do that, 180 00:07:54,574 --> 00:07:57,376 I see that they still struggle with stuff. 181 00:07:57,376 --> 00:08:02,148 You bet you reality TV, because I like to see 182 00:08:02,915 --> 00:08:05,618 that there's this real human side of you too. 183 00:08:05,618 --> 00:08:09,222 Marriages break up their sad money 184 00:08:09,222 --> 00:08:12,225 gets lost, businesses can close down. 185 00:08:12,425 --> 00:08:15,595 And you know, so we learn from that. 186 00:08:15,928 --> 00:08:18,431 Where is our true happiness? 187 00:08:18,431 --> 00:08:20,166 Yeah. And I don't relish seeing that. 188 00:08:20,166 --> 00:08:20,633 I mean, I know 189 00:08:20,633 --> 00:08:22,468 some people will see these Hollywood couples, 190 00:08:22,468 --> 00:08:24,704 they think they're spoiled this and that and they 191 00:08:24,704 --> 00:08:28,474 and when they have challenges, some people actually enjoy that. 192 00:08:28,474 --> 00:08:31,244 And I don't I don't want to go down that route. They're human beings. 193 00:08:31,244 --> 00:08:35,047 The thing is, we can't really relate to them because their level of fame, 194 00:08:35,648 --> 00:08:38,117 everything they do is covered by the press, 195 00:08:38,117 --> 00:08:41,420 so they never have a chance to work anything out themselves like we do. 196 00:08:41,687 --> 00:08:44,657 You know, if we have a situation is privately handled 197 00:08:44,657 --> 00:08:47,860 in many cases, but everything they do is in the court of public opinion. 198 00:08:48,261 --> 00:08:48,794 Right? 199 00:08:48,794 --> 00:08:53,733 So I rather than I want them to succeed when I hear about marriages that are happy 200 00:08:54,033 --> 00:08:57,737 and these people are really famous actors actresses, I'm thrilled about that. 201 00:08:57,870 --> 00:09:00,206 I'm, I'm cheering them on 202 00:09:00,206 --> 00:09:03,342 because I like to see these folks lasting a long time and being happy. 203 00:09:03,743 --> 00:09:04,510 Yeah, yeah. 204 00:09:04,510 --> 00:09:07,580 I'm like, I'm I don't just because they're making a ton of money 205 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:10,783 and they're actors, actresses, singers, I don't know, they're human beings too. 206 00:09:11,784 --> 00:09:14,053 We can't forget that, you know? 207 00:09:14,053 --> 00:09:16,022 And it's it's all relevant speaking about them, 208 00:09:16,022 --> 00:09:19,025 because I used to work with a lot of very, very wealthy people. 209 00:09:19,659 --> 00:09:22,295 But I also know that especially in 210 00:09:22,295 --> 00:09:25,431 the corporate world of entertainment, 211 00:09:26,065 --> 00:09:28,768 you can make a movie, 212 00:09:28,768 --> 00:09:31,771 you can make $20 million immediately, 213 00:09:32,438 --> 00:09:35,274 and then you're elevated to that lifestyle 214 00:09:35,274 --> 00:09:37,944 because you can't really live 215 00:09:37,944 --> 00:09:41,280 on the same street because people know that you're not you're not sure. 216 00:09:41,514 --> 00:09:45,685 So maybe you moved to a nice gated community so your expenses go up. 217 00:09:46,052 --> 00:09:49,822 Well what happens when all those expenses are really high. 218 00:09:50,156 --> 00:09:52,825 It suddenly movie doesn't come around for ten. 219 00:09:52,825 --> 00:09:54,594 That's right. 220 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:58,064 So yeah 221 00:09:58,064 --> 00:10:01,801 I, I look at everyone as oh we're all the same. 222 00:10:02,201 --> 00:10:05,237 I was you and I were talking before, I think I mentioned this 223 00:10:05,237 --> 00:10:08,641 in a previous episode about The Crown, the TV series, 224 00:10:09,508 --> 00:10:13,245 I loved it, but you look, you look at them this famous, 225 00:10:13,579 --> 00:10:17,683 the famous, you know hierarchy that they that they are the hierarchy. 226 00:10:17,683 --> 00:10:18,417 And, you know, you think 227 00:10:18,417 --> 00:10:21,554 that they have all this privilege, but they were so dysfunctional, 228 00:10:22,254 --> 00:10:25,224 such a dysfunctional environment, and they felt like they were prisoners. 229 00:10:25,491 --> 00:10:29,061 They had all the money in the world, but they were so unhappy. Yes. 230 00:10:29,095 --> 00:10:30,429 And they have a certain way. 231 00:10:30,429 --> 00:10:33,966 And that's right, that the Queen. Exactly. 232 00:10:33,966 --> 00:10:36,135 The Queen would always talk about not as a family. 233 00:10:36,135 --> 00:10:37,937 It's a system. Yeah. 234 00:10:37,937 --> 00:10:40,239 And it was just the institution. 235 00:10:40,239 --> 00:10:45,211 An institution, but also a system that people had to fit into that system. 236 00:10:45,311 --> 00:10:46,545 Right. 237 00:10:46,545 --> 00:10:50,716 It wasn't about them anymore, or they had to put their desires second to the Queen. 238 00:10:51,183 --> 00:10:53,419 It was all about the Queen. 239 00:10:53,419 --> 00:10:54,620 And I was watching this with my wife. 240 00:10:54,620 --> 00:10:56,422 Patty is thinking, wow, fascinating. 241 00:10:56,422 --> 00:10:59,425 I'd buy it, but I would not want to live that kind of life. 242 00:10:59,425 --> 00:11:00,459 No, no, 243 00:11:01,527 --> 00:11:04,397 Princess Diana, you know, so 244 00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:08,100 breaks my heart every time I, you know, I would look at her what could have been. 245 00:11:08,467 --> 00:11:08,868 Yeah. 246 00:11:08,868 --> 00:11:09,335 What could have been. 247 00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:11,837 And she was so unhappy in so many ways. 248 00:11:11,837 --> 00:11:14,640 Like she's 73 people in that match. 249 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:15,775 Right. 250 00:11:15,775 --> 00:11:17,943 So she feels under obligation. 251 00:11:17,943 --> 00:11:20,813 Got to be a virgin at that time. Yeah. Yeah. 252 00:11:20,813 --> 00:11:23,816 I think right after that. Right. Yeah. 253 00:11:23,883 --> 00:11:26,285 So when I think about happiness, 254 00:11:26,285 --> 00:11:29,488 I always think of this little, little man. 255 00:11:29,555 --> 00:11:32,558 Oh yes. Yeah 256 00:11:32,658 --> 00:11:35,561 I know it's kind of tough to pronounce his name, 257 00:11:35,561 --> 00:11:37,797 but I remember he, 258 00:11:37,797 --> 00:11:40,700 he passed away, I believe, when he was 13. 259 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:44,437 And he had this, condition that he was born with, 260 00:11:45,304 --> 00:11:51,444 and he wrote books about poetry, and he made the news a lot. 261 00:11:51,444 --> 00:11:54,447 So a lot of you out there, you're going to remember him. 262 00:11:55,314 --> 00:11:58,951 But if I'm ever feeling down, I have to sign a book. 263 00:11:58,951 --> 00:12:02,021 I have a plan to set free passages and everything. 264 00:12:02,822 --> 00:12:05,825 And by the way, I bet you reverse that every now and then 265 00:12:06,292 --> 00:12:09,028 I do, and I find Jesus. 266 00:12:09,028 --> 00:12:11,964 I highly recommend whether you have a journal 267 00:12:11,964 --> 00:12:14,900 or you don't have to stick things in your that make you feel good. 268 00:12:14,900 --> 00:12:15,835 Do you know? 269 00:12:15,835 --> 00:12:19,138 I did not know this was in here until recently 270 00:12:19,438 --> 00:12:24,443 because of the stuff laying in the, you know, was from my mom and dad. 271 00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:25,611 Oh, wow. 272 00:12:25,611 --> 00:12:28,647 And it's, it's and it's hard to just go to this 273 00:12:28,647 --> 00:12:31,751 for a second because this really made me happy. 274 00:12:31,917 --> 00:12:34,186 Yeah. To a daughter who's so thankful. 275 00:12:34,186 --> 00:12:35,888 Happy birthday. 276 00:12:35,888 --> 00:12:38,257 And so she broke in there. 277 00:12:39,725 --> 00:12:41,427 You know, because you're right. 278 00:12:41,427 --> 00:12:45,865 So let me tell you about blah, blah, but it's her little sticky note. 279 00:12:45,898 --> 00:12:48,067 Wow. You still have that? 280 00:12:48,067 --> 00:12:50,136 I didn't even wow. 281 00:12:50,136 --> 00:12:53,139 And she said, Joyce, I started to wonder line 282 00:12:53,672 --> 00:12:56,675 and lines that for you to achieve. 283 00:12:56,842 --> 00:12:59,445 And I realized and they all did. 284 00:12:59,445 --> 00:13:02,014 But you know, I just this year. 285 00:13:02,014 --> 00:13:03,082 Right here. 286 00:13:03,082 --> 00:13:05,284 Yeah, I just, 287 00:13:05,284 --> 00:13:07,553 it just meant a lot to me. 288 00:13:07,553 --> 00:13:10,523 So going back to Maddie, 289 00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:13,626 so it says on her second topic 290 00:13:14,093 --> 00:13:17,229 and this dying child said, 291 00:13:18,497 --> 00:13:21,100 what matters to me most 292 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:24,103 is that you wake up each day and take a breath. 293 00:13:24,904 --> 00:13:28,073 I appreciate watching the sunrise, sunset, 294 00:13:28,674 --> 00:13:32,845 knowing that there's just not things to be messy 295 00:13:34,180 --> 00:13:37,583 and the wisdom of a 13 year old, right? 296 00:13:38,083 --> 00:13:38,350 Yeah. 297 00:13:39,418 --> 00:13:41,353 Because, 298 00:13:41,353 --> 00:13:44,356 you know, he knew he didn't know how long for this world. 299 00:13:44,623 --> 00:13:48,627 And you see, he kept fishing everything home from him. 300 00:13:49,195 --> 00:13:52,164 I'm sure we appreciate the the wheelchair museum or the 301 00:13:52,364 --> 00:13:56,602 or the new tombs that they found that he could breathe a little bit longer 302 00:13:56,602 --> 00:14:00,039 with Albert at times, like Christopher Reeves. Yes. 303 00:14:00,072 --> 00:14:03,742 You know, and when you think of things like that 304 00:14:04,610 --> 00:14:07,346 and you see what they did, 305 00:14:07,346 --> 00:14:11,650 I mean, this this little book is impactful just by writing down some poetry 306 00:14:11,750 --> 00:14:14,820 and getting some attention, national attention for it, 307 00:14:15,354 --> 00:14:18,390 but not because he was making money news, 308 00:14:18,424 --> 00:14:21,427 because he was making copies feel good. 309 00:14:21,594 --> 00:14:24,096 And then other children were writing to them. 310 00:14:24,096 --> 00:14:25,064 He was leaving a legacy. 311 00:14:25,064 --> 00:14:26,799 And I think about that because our 312 00:14:26,799 --> 00:14:29,802 radio station, we do a lot of benefits for Saint Jude. 313 00:14:30,202 --> 00:14:31,003 Right? 314 00:14:31,003 --> 00:14:34,773 And, every child, no matter what, they never have to pay to go there, 315 00:14:34,773 --> 00:14:37,676 no matter what the situation. So can you imagine that you're a parent? 316 00:14:37,676 --> 00:14:39,445 You get that diagnosis, 317 00:14:39,445 --> 00:14:41,380 you go to the doctor, think it's just like an injury. 318 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:42,848 They fell out in the parking lot or something, 319 00:14:42,848 --> 00:14:44,850 and then you find out it's cancer. 320 00:14:44,850 --> 00:14:46,819 And the first thing when you hear that C-word, 321 00:14:48,654 --> 00:14:50,422 and then Saint Jude said, 322 00:14:50,422 --> 00:14:53,392 come down here, we'll take care of your lodging, will take care of you. 323 00:14:53,592 --> 00:14:56,362 And when you go down to Saint Jude, to it's a happy place. 324 00:14:56,362 --> 00:14:58,764 You walk in is nothing but colors. 325 00:14:58,764 --> 00:15:01,033 All the different colors in the rainbow, this and that. 326 00:15:01,033 --> 00:15:04,069 And when you see the kids, many of them in just dire 327 00:15:04,336 --> 00:15:07,239 condition, they greet you with a smile. 328 00:15:07,239 --> 00:15:09,308 We go in there and we're like, oh! 329 00:15:09,308 --> 00:15:12,044 And they're like saying, I don't, don't be sad. 330 00:15:12,044 --> 00:15:14,513 They're consoling us, Joyce or the Connecticut 331 00:15:14,513 --> 00:15:17,750 Children's, whatever it may be, it's just these kids are amazing 332 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:21,954 and you'll learn so much about life from these 12, 13 year olds. 333 00:15:21,954 --> 00:15:24,857 And, you know, many of them may not be around for long 334 00:15:24,857 --> 00:15:26,525 because I've done so many of these radio towns 335 00:15:26,525 --> 00:15:28,794 where I get attached to a lot of these kids 336 00:15:28,794 --> 00:15:31,730 and then the next year we'll do it again, and I'll say to somebody from Saint Jude, 337 00:15:31,730 --> 00:15:33,933 so how so? And so I didn't make it. 338 00:15:35,267 --> 00:15:38,003 And I was just throwing the football with this kid 339 00:15:38,003 --> 00:15:41,473 in the hallway the year before, and so great that you did. 340 00:15:41,707 --> 00:15:45,144 Yeah, I did, I mean, at least it's becoming less and less now. 341 00:15:45,144 --> 00:15:47,479 The survival rates have gone up, you know. 342 00:15:47,479 --> 00:15:49,982 Thank you. Danny Thomas and Marlo Thomas. 343 00:15:49,982 --> 00:15:51,517 Yeah, yeah. 344 00:15:51,517 --> 00:15:54,353 Don't you think these souls come to all the times 345 00:15:54,353 --> 00:15:57,323 just to teach us these lessons? Yeah. 346 00:15:57,356 --> 00:15:58,157 You know, again, it's. 347 00:15:58,157 --> 00:16:00,960 I can pay attention. 348 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,195 We talked about that in previous episode. 349 00:16:03,195 --> 00:16:05,898 About what you're looking for. The signs out there, they're everywhere. 350 00:16:05,898 --> 00:16:07,266 They're everywhere. 351 00:16:07,266 --> 00:16:11,870 So when you when you see this, like, if you're watching TV, you see all of us, 352 00:16:12,371 --> 00:16:16,608 you know, you see with the children in other countries that are struggling 353 00:16:16,608 --> 00:16:19,945 and we show you, some shelters, dogs 354 00:16:20,512 --> 00:16:23,015 and oh, every time I see this joyous show, 355 00:16:23,015 --> 00:16:26,018 I'm saying to my wife, I want to contribute to everything. 356 00:16:26,185 --> 00:16:26,785 Everything. 357 00:16:26,785 --> 00:16:30,990 I see this, I see, you know, tunnel for towers or the like. 358 00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:33,525 I said, the dogs and cats, and they say, oh, 359 00:16:33,525 --> 00:16:35,160 I said to my wife, can I get another cat? 360 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,597 No, we got to, you know, we got to scratch it up all the furniture, 361 00:16:38,664 --> 00:16:43,035 you know, but but but if I could, I had to I'd adopt them all the time. 362 00:16:43,469 --> 00:16:45,504 All the animals and all kids, you know. 363 00:16:46,905 --> 00:16:47,172 Yeah. 364 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:49,675 Here's a little funny story about that. When? 365 00:16:49,675 --> 00:16:51,577 When I was young. 366 00:16:51,577 --> 00:16:53,512 You're still young, Joyce. 367 00:16:53,512 --> 00:16:56,415 I am, I am ageless, that's what exactly. 368 00:16:56,415 --> 00:16:58,517 You're ageless. We're all. That's right. 369 00:16:58,517 --> 00:17:01,954 You take yourself a certain age, you begin to active. 370 00:17:02,121 --> 00:17:05,124 That's right. I unless my doctor, 371 00:17:05,591 --> 00:17:07,993 my wife calls me a child, and I'm proud of it. 372 00:17:07,993 --> 00:17:09,962 She says you're such a child. You go, thank you. 373 00:17:09,962 --> 00:17:12,965 She goes, that wasn't a compliment, but I'm taking it as one. 374 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:17,536 We thank you so much. 375 00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:20,439 And I remember I was on the floor alone, no 376 00:17:20,439 --> 00:17:23,542 coloring, and my mom and dad were there 377 00:17:24,176 --> 00:17:28,514 and I suddenly got enlightened about what I want to do in life. 378 00:17:29,081 --> 00:17:33,485 And I blurted out, I said, I know what I'm going to do when I grow up. 379 00:17:33,485 --> 00:17:35,254 And you're like, what? 380 00:17:35,254 --> 00:17:36,722 And I said, I'm going to have a 381 00:17:38,524 --> 00:17:41,527 it needs to be 382 00:17:41,693 --> 00:17:42,961 your house. 383 00:17:42,961 --> 00:17:46,732 And I didn't know that was another term for a house. 384 00:17:47,332 --> 00:17:52,037 Oh, she said, I didn't know that it was called a cat house. 385 00:17:52,037 --> 00:17:53,439 Really? 386 00:17:53,439 --> 00:17:55,040 What was that? 387 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:56,542 Yes. 388 00:17:56,542 --> 00:17:58,610 So, so my mother gently. 389 00:17:58,610 --> 00:18:01,613 So it's not really a 390 00:18:02,347 --> 00:18:05,017 Oh well your intentions were good. 391 00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:07,019 Your intentions were good. Yeah, yeah. 392 00:18:07,019 --> 00:18:11,457 So, but anyway, talking about all the stuff like, 393 00:18:11,990 --> 00:18:16,929 you know, the children and, and animals in wars and other, 394 00:18:18,397 --> 00:18:21,166 and then people have said to me, 395 00:18:21,166 --> 00:18:23,936 how in the world can you be happy 396 00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:26,939 when the whole world is forming? 397 00:18:27,306 --> 00:18:30,909 And I just felt like, well, the whole world 398 00:18:30,909 --> 00:18:33,812 has always been in trouble. Yeah. 399 00:18:33,812 --> 00:18:37,049 Except now we have 24, seven news, 400 00:18:37,649 --> 00:18:40,652 which really didn't have you 20 years ago. 401 00:18:40,853 --> 00:18:41,920 No, no. 402 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:46,024 And and now it's everything's breaking news 403 00:18:46,024 --> 00:18:49,027 because we know how that works. Right. 404 00:18:49,094 --> 00:18:49,995 And industry. 405 00:18:49,995 --> 00:18:50,462 Yeah. 406 00:18:50,462 --> 00:18:53,465 The more like so you have more people tuning in. 407 00:18:53,632 --> 00:18:56,568 They can get more advertisers. Right. 408 00:18:56,568 --> 00:18:59,905 And the more sensationalism according to these news networks, 409 00:18:59,905 --> 00:19:01,840 the bigger the ratings. 410 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:02,074 Yeah. 411 00:19:02,074 --> 00:19:06,145 Many cases that existed during World War two. 412 00:19:06,311 --> 00:19:07,379 Oh yeah. 413 00:19:07,379 --> 00:19:09,114 Constant. Right. 414 00:19:09,114 --> 00:19:12,351 So it's always been happening around us. 415 00:19:12,751 --> 00:19:16,755 There's always been tragedies in our neighbor's house, in our own house. 416 00:19:17,723 --> 00:19:21,527 And I just began to think that, well, 417 00:19:22,561 --> 00:19:24,897 right now you're asking that question 418 00:19:24,897 --> 00:19:29,968 because you feel really down about it and feel like you can't go on. 419 00:19:30,335 --> 00:19:33,272 And how can God let this happen? 420 00:19:33,272 --> 00:19:36,608 And those are all, you know, those are all legit questions. 421 00:19:37,509 --> 00:19:38,243 I think. 422 00:19:38,243 --> 00:19:42,714 I understand they weren't asking the question when it didn't hit home. 423 00:19:42,781 --> 00:19:43,582 Right. 424 00:19:43,582 --> 00:19:46,318 Because someone is always dying. 425 00:19:46,318 --> 00:19:46,585 Yeah. 426 00:19:46,585 --> 00:19:49,588 When I was a child or at most 427 00:19:49,588 --> 00:19:52,591 every second, every second something happened. 428 00:19:53,492 --> 00:19:55,561 But we're I think 429 00:19:55,561 --> 00:20:01,033 we're built, you know, worldviews all the time to be inundated with that 430 00:20:01,433 --> 00:20:04,403 because it is a heavy load to carry. 431 00:20:04,770 --> 00:20:10,542 So you truly have to look for that peace in them and choice. 432 00:20:10,542 --> 00:20:11,210 You make a good point. 433 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:13,545 I mean, it's okay to be aware of what's going on in the world. 434 00:20:13,545 --> 00:20:15,180 Again, we don't want to live in a bubble, 435 00:20:15,180 --> 00:20:18,984 but the 20 to 20 minute news cycle you can watch for 20 minutes 436 00:20:19,184 --> 00:20:21,053 and it's going to be the same the following 20 minutes. 437 00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:24,156 They just keep running the same stories over and over again, and then we let 438 00:20:24,156 --> 00:20:28,060 it take seed and root in our minds, and we start thinking 439 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:30,195 the whole world is falling apart, right? You know, 440 00:20:30,195 --> 00:20:33,198 but we have to kind of like, realize we're only here for a little while. 441 00:20:33,799 --> 00:20:35,334 So let's go there and enjoy life. 442 00:20:35,334 --> 00:20:37,970 There's so much good in the world. 443 00:20:37,970 --> 00:20:40,105 There's so much, so much good in the world. 444 00:20:40,105 --> 00:20:43,108 It's all way better than what we're. 445 00:20:43,175 --> 00:20:46,445 Yes, yes, for a short time. 446 00:20:46,645 --> 00:20:47,446 Yeah. 447 00:20:47,446 --> 00:20:49,381 I always mention song titles, you know? 448 00:20:49,381 --> 00:20:51,016 But Billy Dean had a song. 449 00:20:51,016 --> 00:20:53,552 He was a country singer back in the 90s. Had a lot of hits. 450 00:20:53,552 --> 00:20:55,587 Only here for a little while. 451 00:20:55,587 --> 00:20:56,855 Go out. Look at that up. 452 00:20:56,855 --> 00:21:00,025 You know, and it's pretty much explains what we're talking about right now. 453 00:21:00,292 --> 00:21:01,727 Just find the joy. 454 00:21:01,727 --> 00:21:04,329 Look for the good. You should take a listen to it. 455 00:21:05,597 --> 00:21:06,531 The song. 456 00:21:06,531 --> 00:21:09,201 You're going to have to do a, an episode in at some point. 457 00:21:09,201 --> 00:21:09,534 Yeah. 458 00:21:09,534 --> 00:21:11,603 We talk about that with like, music and movies 459 00:21:11,603 --> 00:21:14,573 and come up with the good ones that make you feel good, right? 460 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,975 Because music to us shit, right? 461 00:21:16,975 --> 00:21:19,611 Doesn't make a shift. Oh it does. 462 00:21:19,611 --> 00:21:23,048 Music's always going on in our house each and every morning. 463 00:21:23,048 --> 00:21:26,084 Once we do our gratitude exercises and prayers and get up in the morning 464 00:21:26,084 --> 00:21:29,087 and go down the hallway, music is always playing 465 00:21:29,154 --> 00:21:32,791 and it's usually upbeat, positive music that we find to play. 466 00:21:33,525 --> 00:21:35,127 There's so much of it. 467 00:21:35,127 --> 00:21:39,765 Yeah, and you have to be again, like mindful is a great word 468 00:21:39,765 --> 00:21:43,535 because it makes you start to say, wait a minute, I can change this. 469 00:21:44,002 --> 00:21:45,671 I can change the channel. Right? 470 00:21:45,671 --> 00:21:46,772 That's a great point. 471 00:21:46,772 --> 00:21:49,474 That's right. If you don't like what you're seeing, change the channel. 472 00:21:49,474 --> 00:21:52,477 If you don't like your thought pattern, change the channel. 473 00:21:53,111 --> 00:21:54,446 The movie that's going around in your head. 474 00:21:54,446 --> 00:21:57,449 You don't like it, change the movie, right? 475 00:21:57,516 --> 00:21:58,684 We we control that. 476 00:21:59,851 --> 00:22:00,085 Yeah. 477 00:22:00,085 --> 00:22:05,957 The way I keep my happiness during these times, which, like I said, 478 00:22:05,957 --> 00:22:09,261 is every time we weren't aware of it when we were children. 479 00:22:09,261 --> 00:22:11,830 But I'm sure our parents were going through stuff 480 00:22:11,830 --> 00:22:16,068 with politics and wars and things like that, you know? 481 00:22:16,068 --> 00:22:19,071 But I just remind myself that, 482 00:22:19,504 --> 00:22:21,840 I have, the ability 483 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:26,545 to not only change how I feel inside, but 484 00:22:27,846 --> 00:22:29,247 as well. 485 00:22:29,247 --> 00:22:32,250 So I do keep a distance 486 00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:35,887 from people who I know only want to talk about. Yes. 487 00:22:36,722 --> 00:22:40,258 Yep. And, and I speak for them 488 00:22:40,926 --> 00:22:43,428 because that's a miserable way. 489 00:22:43,428 --> 00:22:47,432 Yeah, it is, and it is a bit a detective, don't you think? 490 00:22:47,599 --> 00:22:51,536 It is thinking and talking and it. 491 00:22:52,237 --> 00:22:55,240 They say they say spirits are transferable in a lot of ways. 492 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,443 And I think that that talk is to that toxic talk. 493 00:22:58,910 --> 00:23:01,546 I don't want that planting a seed or infiltrating training. 494 00:23:01,546 --> 00:23:04,850 My thought if I find people that are gossiping, saying negative 495 00:23:04,850 --> 00:23:07,853 things, I'll typically politely excuse myself 496 00:23:07,886 --> 00:23:11,323 yes, or try to change the subject and not be rude. 497 00:23:11,456 --> 00:23:12,190 I'm not going to be rude. 498 00:23:12,190 --> 00:23:13,859 I'll never be rude to anybody, you know. 499 00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:15,193 It's just not my nature. 500 00:23:15,193 --> 00:23:15,894 But but I'm going to. 501 00:23:15,894 --> 00:23:18,697 I'll be respectful, but I'm going to change the subject 502 00:23:18,697 --> 00:23:20,432 or somebody's gossiping about somebody. 503 00:23:20,432 --> 00:23:23,902 I'm going to protect their honor, even if I disagree with it. 504 00:23:23,902 --> 00:23:25,137 The way they're living a life. 505 00:23:25,137 --> 00:23:27,806 I'm not going to hop on the bandwagon. 506 00:23:27,806 --> 00:23:30,609 No no no no. 507 00:23:30,609 --> 00:23:31,009 Okay. 508 00:23:31,009 --> 00:23:34,579 Which the subject is, if someone is helping a topic, 509 00:23:34,746 --> 00:23:37,382 sometimes it's like, hey, where'd you get that shirt? 510 00:23:37,382 --> 00:23:38,383 Right. Exactly. 511 00:23:38,383 --> 00:23:41,386 Just rather, I love that shirt. Exactly. 512 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,189 And I start focusing on that. Sure. Yeah. 513 00:23:44,189 --> 00:23:44,823 Just. Yeah, right. 514 00:23:44,823 --> 00:23:47,125 Shake it up a little bit. Like, where did that come from? 515 00:23:47,125 --> 00:23:48,293 But it works. 516 00:23:48,293 --> 00:23:50,162 Yeah. It's better than taking a by the shirt. 517 00:23:50,162 --> 00:23:51,496 Or are you got no. 518 00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:55,233 Right. 519 00:23:55,233 --> 00:23:55,467 Yeah. 520 00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:57,869 I sometimes 521 00:23:57,869 --> 00:23:59,704 excuse my allergies. 522 00:23:59,704 --> 00:24:01,306 Allergies. Yeah. 523 00:24:01,306 --> 00:24:05,577 It's just so thank goodness for having a bottle of water 524 00:24:05,577 --> 00:24:08,580 right next to where you are and Kleenex. But, 525 00:24:09,381 --> 00:24:10,048 yeah, but it's good. 526 00:24:10,048 --> 00:24:12,484 But the good thing about allergy season. What do we have it? 527 00:24:12,484 --> 00:24:14,219 We know that the great weather 528 00:24:14,219 --> 00:24:17,856 is coming to us, so we'll put up with it because we know what's here. 529 00:24:18,023 --> 00:24:19,291 I like the heat. 530 00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:22,727 Yes, heat is on when fry. 531 00:24:22,828 --> 00:24:24,429 Okay, 532 00:24:24,429 --> 00:24:27,432 so happiness is not about 533 00:24:28,133 --> 00:24:30,268 the world has to be perfect for you to be happy. 534 00:24:30,268 --> 00:24:30,802 Good. 535 00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:33,205 It ain't never gonna happen. Ain't coming either. 536 00:24:33,205 --> 00:24:34,072 It ain't coming. 537 00:24:34,072 --> 00:24:37,075 So we just have to find a way to be happy with where we are. 538 00:24:37,075 --> 00:24:39,845 Right now, right? You know, they it 539 00:24:41,112 --> 00:24:42,581 bloom or you're planted. 540 00:24:42,581 --> 00:24:46,952 When you wake up every morning I wake up, I think. 541 00:24:47,085 --> 00:24:52,190 I mean, I don't live in the same household, but it takes me a while. 542 00:24:52,457 --> 00:24:53,391 It takes you well. 543 00:24:53,391 --> 00:24:56,394 But I have this feeling that you can just start 544 00:24:56,394 --> 00:24:59,831 your prayerful life here, you know, go play the way. 545 00:24:59,965 --> 00:25:00,999 Yeah, man, I get before 546 00:25:00,999 --> 00:25:04,035 I get up, I, I've already done my gratitude exercises, my prayers. 547 00:25:04,035 --> 00:25:05,670 I look outside, I do like you do. 548 00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:08,206 I look at the sun even if it's raining outside 549 00:25:08,206 --> 00:25:11,309 and it's an exercise, I just, you know, I thank God for everything. 550 00:25:11,309 --> 00:25:12,911 I'm grateful. Grateful for. 551 00:25:12,911 --> 00:25:14,546 So you begin, I begin. 552 00:25:14,546 --> 00:25:15,580 So I just find something. 553 00:25:15,580 --> 00:25:18,717 I'm just grateful for something that somebody did for me the day before, 554 00:25:19,584 --> 00:25:20,418 you know? 555 00:25:20,418 --> 00:25:22,587 And I'm grateful for this day that I have here. 556 00:25:22,587 --> 00:25:26,124 And like I was thinking about today, the people I was going to see at the gym, 557 00:25:26,324 --> 00:25:30,128 you and I, we're going to be recording our podcast today that we get a chance 558 00:25:30,128 --> 00:25:34,599 to work with, with David and Steph here at our studios in Brantford. 559 00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:36,968 And you know that I got this amazing wife at home, 560 00:25:36,968 --> 00:25:39,271 and I got these kitty cats that I'm so blessed by. 561 00:25:39,271 --> 00:25:40,605 I just try to find a little thing. 562 00:25:40,605 --> 00:25:42,807 Sometimes it's harder than other days. 563 00:25:42,807 --> 00:25:45,744 You have to really dig deep because we don't always wake up feeling that way. 564 00:25:45,744 --> 00:25:49,080 Sometimes I wake up feeling, I don't want to go out today. 565 00:25:49,414 --> 00:25:51,449 I'm going to stay in bed. Yeah. 566 00:25:51,449 --> 00:25:53,518 So we all go down that rabbit hole. 567 00:25:53,518 --> 00:25:56,354 But then I switch my thoughts around. 568 00:25:56,354 --> 00:25:59,291 I switch my thoughts around saying, 569 00:25:59,291 --> 00:26:01,993 yeah, some days you oh, some days you want to do that. 570 00:26:01,993 --> 00:26:04,996 It's just like we have those days every now and then 571 00:26:05,063 --> 00:26:07,566 and I look at the clock, do I really have to get up? 572 00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:10,468 Nah, let me just hang out for an hour longer. 573 00:26:10,468 --> 00:26:12,137 It feels so good. 574 00:26:12,137 --> 00:26:16,975 But I'm not giving anything without even thinking about what happened yesterday. 575 00:26:16,975 --> 00:26:18,743 Yeah, just, you know what happened yesterday. 576 00:26:18,743 --> 00:26:22,314 This person that I met, this person said something nice or guy. 577 00:26:22,314 --> 00:26:24,916 It was a great lunch I have with a friend of mine. 578 00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:27,485 Or that coffee that I have was so good. 579 00:26:27,485 --> 00:26:29,788 My wife always says those little things. Really? 580 00:26:29,788 --> 00:26:31,456 You know, really make you happy, don't they? 581 00:26:31,456 --> 00:26:31,823 Yeah. 582 00:26:31,823 --> 00:26:33,858 Great cup of coffee, 583 00:26:33,858 --> 00:26:37,028 a sunrise, a conversation I had with somebody at the gym, 584 00:26:37,529 --> 00:26:40,532 you know, somebody I met at the grocery store I hadn't seen in a while, 585 00:26:40,732 --> 00:26:44,669 or that cashier was so great I didn't have my card with me that day. 586 00:26:44,703 --> 00:26:46,705 She said, hey, can I put the store card in for you 587 00:26:46,705 --> 00:26:48,773 so you could save a little bit of extra money 588 00:26:48,773 --> 00:26:51,776 for little things like that make me happy? 589 00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:55,046 Well, That you right? 590 00:26:55,046 --> 00:26:56,181 Yeah. That. 591 00:26:56,181 --> 00:26:58,683 Yeah. It's those little. Do you think that's too little? 592 00:26:58,683 --> 00:27:01,319 No, no no no. 593 00:27:01,319 --> 00:27:04,789 Just it grows and more good comes. It does. 594 00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:08,326 And as the older I get, the more I'm looking for that gratitude. 595 00:27:08,326 --> 00:27:10,662 Because I realize it, quite frankly, 596 00:27:10,662 --> 00:27:13,932 we're not going to be here for, for a lot longer in the natural. 597 00:27:13,932 --> 00:27:16,301 I mean, I mean, I believe that we live forever. 598 00:27:16,301 --> 00:27:17,902 I believe that Paradise is on the way. 599 00:27:17,902 --> 00:27:19,771 But while we're here, 600 00:27:19,771 --> 00:27:23,041 you know, we're basically aliens living in another world right now. 601 00:27:23,041 --> 00:27:25,377 In a sense, that's the way I look at it. But but make an effort. 602 00:27:25,377 --> 00:27:26,745 Remember, this is 603 00:27:27,746 --> 00:27:28,647 right. 604 00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:31,583 You know, I'm just going to read this little bit of, oh, I love this. 605 00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:34,386 Yeah. Please read the whole thing. 606 00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:38,590 I think that it can be short on time, but just speaking about happiness, 607 00:27:39,691 --> 00:27:43,528 remember, happiness isn't about ignoring the hard times. 608 00:27:44,062 --> 00:27:48,833 It's about finding the light in that you stay rooted in your values, 609 00:27:48,833 --> 00:27:53,672 embrace the small joys, and let your heart be your guide. 610 00:27:54,873 --> 00:27:55,840 And that's it. 611 00:27:55,840 --> 00:28:00,879 Challenges will come and go, but you can still keep that peace inside. 612 00:28:01,212 --> 00:28:04,549 And the more you do it so, the larger 613 00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:07,686 it becomes that it's not going to rock you up. 614 00:28:08,253 --> 00:28:12,724 Yes, you know you're going to be able to get right back into that and feel good. 615 00:28:12,724 --> 00:28:14,092 And don't you want to feel good? 616 00:28:14,092 --> 00:28:17,095 That's the only reason why people want a lot of our money. 617 00:28:17,395 --> 00:28:20,398 They just want to feel good. 618 00:28:20,432 --> 00:28:21,966 You have the power to do that. 619 00:28:21,966 --> 00:28:23,735 You have more power in you. 620 00:28:23,735 --> 00:28:25,336 And it's interesting. 621 00:28:25,336 --> 00:28:28,339 We all want a lot of things when we're healthy, 622 00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:32,077 but if we're unhealthy, the only thing we want is our health. Yes. 623 00:28:32,243 --> 00:28:34,879 So really kind of inner health first. 624 00:28:34,879 --> 00:28:38,116 Oh my God, so many people I know, so many people that have a lot of money, 625 00:28:38,116 --> 00:28:39,017 but they're miserable. 626 00:28:39,017 --> 00:28:43,555 They're unhappy, you know, and some of them don't have their health. 627 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:45,990 And one guy said to me at the gym the other day says, and listen, 628 00:28:45,990 --> 00:28:47,726 I mean, I'm, I'm not feeling too. 629 00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:49,260 I mean, he's got a lot of money, I know that. 630 00:28:49,260 --> 00:28:52,964 But he said I would trade it all in to get my health, you know? 631 00:28:52,964 --> 00:28:54,499 So the whole thing is just to enjoy each 632 00:28:54,499 --> 00:28:57,001 and every day because there's no guarantees. 633 00:28:57,001 --> 00:28:58,703 There's no we only have today. 634 00:28:58,703 --> 00:28:59,504 We only have today. 635 00:28:59,504 --> 00:29:03,208 So let's make the best of it, make the best of it, and dwell on 636 00:29:03,775 --> 00:29:05,343 what's good in your life. 637 00:29:05,343 --> 00:29:05,977 Yeah. 638 00:29:05,977 --> 00:29:07,979 So we appreciate you watching what's good. 639 00:29:07,979 --> 00:29:10,115 We hope you share this with a bunch of your family and friends, 640 00:29:10,115 --> 00:29:13,118 especially if somebody you know is depressed or having a really tough time 641 00:29:13,218 --> 00:29:14,385 and they need something uplifting. 642 00:29:14,385 --> 00:29:17,422 I hope this program will help and be therapeutic to them as well. 643 00:29:17,422 --> 00:29:18,790 And we pray for you and your family. 644 00:29:18,790 --> 00:29:21,793 And, remember, always look for what's good in your life. 645 00:29:21,893 --> 00:29:24,329 Joyce, always a pleasure hanging out with you. 646 00:29:24,329 --> 00:29:26,297 As a child. I love you, too. I've been.