WEBVTT - DELILAH: Gratitude

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Love Someone with Delilah, my podcast series that

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<v Speaker 1>the next broader band of circle. If we all did

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<v Speaker 1>our part to make those relationships as beautiful as we can,

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<v Speaker 1>they can be. If we all volunteered at a local

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<v Speaker 1>we could transform the world around us. If we all

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<v Speaker 1>planted seeds flower seeds in the spring, think how beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>our communities would be in the summer. And if we

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<v Speaker 1>all plant seeds of kindness, think how beautiful our communities

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<v Speaker 1>will be. That's what this podcast is all about. And

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<v Speaker 1>right now this podcast, we're going to talk about the

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<v Speaker 1>power of gratitude, the power of a grateful heart. We're

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<v Speaker 1>When you start being grateful, miracles happen. It's amazing how

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<v Speaker 1>it works, but it works. It really does when you

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<v Speaker 1>can lay in bed at night. I lay in bed

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<v Speaker 1>at night and I go through a gratitude list. I

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<v Speaker 1>just start thanking God for so many things in my life,

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<v Speaker 1>my kids, my pets, my home, my health. There was

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<v Speaker 1>a time I could barely walk. I needed a new hip.

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<v Speaker 1>I had a hip replacement, And boy, every day I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you God that I'm no longer in pain, that

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<v Speaker 1>I no longer have hip pain.

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<v Speaker 2>Yay.

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<v Speaker 1>What are you grateful for? What are you thankful for?

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes it helps to make a list where every day

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<v Speaker 1>of the week you make a list of things you're

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<v Speaker 1>going grateful for, eight or ten things you're grateful for.

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<v Speaker 1>Then the next day you make a list and you

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<v Speaker 1>can include the things that were on your first list.

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<v Speaker 1>By day three or four. It really makes you stop

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<v Speaker 1>and take notice of things in your life. To stop

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<v Speaker 1>and take notice of the little things, the little blessings,

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<v Speaker 1>the little miracles. Joy and happiness are similar, but they're different.

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<v Speaker 1>Happiness comes from having fun or being in a good situation.

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<v Speaker 1>Fun music, great concerts, delicious food. Those things make us happy.

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<v Speaker 1>But joy is a deep well of gratitude that bubbles

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<v Speaker 1>up even when times are not so good. Even when

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<v Speaker 1>you're hurting, even when you're grieving, you can still have joy,

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<v Speaker 1>with you talking about the power of gratitude, the power

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<v Speaker 1>of being grateful, the power of a thankful heart, and

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<v Speaker 1>how that can transform your life. I really do. I

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<v Speaker 1>think it will impact your health. I know it will

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<v Speaker 1>impact your relationships, but I also think it will impact

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<v Speaker 1>your health and your well being and it will lower

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<v Speaker 1>your stress level. We're going to take a moment here

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<v Speaker 1>to talk to some folks who have some wonderful stories

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<v Speaker 1>of gratitude to share with us. I'm going to talk

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<v Speaker 1>with the man right now who was in a terrible,

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<v Speaker 1>terrible truck accident, and we're going to hear him share

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<v Speaker 1>his words of gratitude for a second chance at life. Rick,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome aboard. Tell me in this season of gratitude, what

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<v Speaker 1>are you grateful for?

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<v Speaker 2>I used to be a long haul track and trailer driver.

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<v Speaker 2>I got rearined it by another track and trailer and

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<v Speaker 2>took me five years to get back to being able

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<v Speaker 2>one to walk or just to function.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's I was pretty disheartening. Some I had some

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<v Speaker 2>of the rehab that I went through and saw how

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<v Speaker 2>close I could have been a vegetable because I had

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<v Speaker 2>brain injury. So it was it was a pretty tough time.

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<v Speaker 1>How did you go from it sounds like total devastation

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<v Speaker 1>to where you are now?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it was a lot of therapy, a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>in and out of the hospital. I had a brain injury.

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<v Speaker 2>The therapists that work with me were very patient. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean a couple of times there I got pretty bleak.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't appreciate what the brain and the body can

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<v Speaker 2>do because we go through our lives just doing things

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<v Speaker 2>and we don't think about what the brain does to

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<v Speaker 2>make your body do to things that your body does

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<v Speaker 2>until you have a brain injury, and then all the

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<v Speaker 2>little small things stick out. You know, as far as

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<v Speaker 2>I had a problem literally walking through a doorway because

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<v Speaker 2>my body couldn't tell where it was in space. I

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<v Speaker 2>know that sounds funny, but your body actually knows where

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<v Speaker 2>it is in space. As far as in a room,

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<v Speaker 2>walking through a doorway, anything, I would be running in

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<v Speaker 2>the doorways, walls, everything. I mean, it's kind of funny

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<v Speaker 2>now when I look back on it, but it got

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<v Speaker 2>pretty serious.

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<v Speaker 1>And today, what are you able to do that? During

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<v Speaker 1>that five year recovery, you thought you would never be

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<v Speaker 1>able to do again.

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<v Speaker 2>Ride a motorcycle.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of people are probably saying that's crazy, but

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<v Speaker 2>my balance was totally gone.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I'm saying that's crazy because if you survived a

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<v Speaker 1>horrible traffic accident, I don't know that you want to

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<v Speaker 1>be out there on a motorcycle with crazy drivers.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just a whole feeling you can't even describe unless

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<v Speaker 2>you've been riding a motorcycle for years. So that was

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<v Speaker 2>one of the things that I always said to myself,

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<v Speaker 2>is I could get back on a bike, I'd be

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<v Speaker 2>happy because I'm content when I'm on a motorcycle.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how I am when I'm on the back of

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<v Speaker 1>my horse. And people are like, really, after you've had

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<v Speaker 1>back surgery and a hip replacement, you're going to keep riding. Heck, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we love to do something.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, But I gotta tell you real quick. I

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<v Speaker 2>used to listen to you when I grew cross country.

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<v Speaker 2>So you've been with me through three divorces.

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<v Speaker 1>I am neck and neck with you, dude, right there

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<v Speaker 1>with you, and to finally.

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<v Speaker 2>Get through to talk to you is just a blessing.

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to tell you. You are such a

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<v Speaker 2>blessing on already, you really are, and you don't know

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<v Speaker 2>how how many lives you affect by the songs and

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<v Speaker 2>the things that you said.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'm happy to be here. I praise God that

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<v Speaker 1>life is good again. And then did you get to

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<v Speaker 1>walk through a door and have control of your feet

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<v Speaker 1>and your body? And then you get to sit on

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<v Speaker 1>your motorcycle and go for a ride, and that you

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<v Speaker 1>get to live fully however many more years God gives you.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you. I appreciate that. Toho.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, God, bless you.

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<v Speaker 2>God, bless you, Bubba, great job.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you. You know, we really don't think a great

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<v Speaker 1>deal about the way our brain, our body, our movements

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<v Speaker 1>are all connected until we lose that ability, until it's

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<v Speaker 1>not quite working right. Rick had a very difficult time

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<v Speaker 1>with his balance, with his equilibrium with the spatial relationships

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<v Speaker 1>after he sustained a traumatic brain injury. Now, if you've

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<v Speaker 1>ever put it on a pair of bifocals for the

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<v Speaker 1>first time, that's most of us who are over forty,

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<v Speaker 1>you know that it changes the way you see things

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<v Speaker 1>and you lose your depth perception for a second. It

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<v Speaker 1>took me several weeks to readjust and to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to accurately gauge how high a step was, to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to walk over uneven turf. I can't even begin

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<v Speaker 1>to imagine the challenges and frustration Rick experienced after his

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<v Speaker 1>brain injury and his brain wouldn't give him accurate information

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<v Speaker 1>on exactly where his body was when he was standing

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<v Speaker 1>in a room or trying to walk again. I am

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<v Speaker 1>so great that this injury is healing and that Rick

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<v Speaker 1>is able to share his miraculous story and his gratitude

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<v Speaker 1>with us today. Next we're going to hear from a

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<v Speaker 1>mother with a young child athlete named Miracle. Their story

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<v Speaker 1>is also one of gratefulness in the midst of turmoil.

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<v Speaker 4>Hi, this is Teresa, and actually it's Miracle.

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<v Speaker 3>Miracles.

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<v Speaker 1>Say, Hi, your baby's name is Miracle.

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<v Speaker 4>Her name is Miracle.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh. I love that. How old is she?

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<v Speaker 4>She will be four November twelve. She was grand baby

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<v Speaker 4>number eight, but at four days old I found out

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<v Speaker 4>that I needed to pick her up from the hospital.

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<v Speaker 4>And I've had her since she was four days old

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<v Speaker 4>and I adopted her. It was two years in February.

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<v Speaker 4>But I've had her, like I said, since she was

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<v Speaker 4>four days old. So she's now daughter number five.

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<v Speaker 1>So Mom, can I ask, and you don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>answer this, but how old are you?

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<v Speaker 4>I am sixty one. I will be sixty two in no,

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, shoot me in Mark.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So we are neck and neck because I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit behind you and I have a three

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<v Speaker 1>year old.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh goodness.

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<v Speaker 1>So I know that neither one of us thought in

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<v Speaker 1>our twenties, or our thirties, or our forties, and certainly

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<v Speaker 1>not our fifties, that we would be changing diapers at

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<v Speaker 1>this stage of life.

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<v Speaker 4>No, absolutely not. And my oldest daughter's forty two, so

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<v Speaker 4>and my youngest daughter will be thirty seven in November.

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<v Speaker 4>So I haven't done this for a little while now.

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<v Speaker 1>See, I never took any time off. My oldest is

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<v Speaker 1>forty and my youngest besides the one, that the baby

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<v Speaker 1>that I have is ten. So it wasn't really that

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<v Speaker 1>big of a shock because I've been parenting all these years.

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<v Speaker 1>But still it's not what we think we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>be doing at the stage in life.

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<v Speaker 4>No, and I know she was a gift for me.

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<v Speaker 4>I just truly believe she saved my life. I lost

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<v Speaker 4>my father and eleven months later, my second daughter was murdered.

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<v Speaker 4>So then I have a thirty seven year well she's

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<v Speaker 4>thirty excuse me, she's thirty eight right now, who gave

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<v Speaker 4>birth to Miracle. And she is an addict and has

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<v Speaker 4>been a long term addict. And we never know from

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<v Speaker 4>one day to the next with the phone it's gonna ring.

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<v Speaker 4>We just you know, we pray.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what we do.

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<v Speaker 4>That's all we can do for her. And then my

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<v Speaker 4>youngest one is here close to me. The miracle was

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<v Speaker 4>given to me to save me. Like I said, I

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<v Speaker 4>lost my father. Eleven months later, I lost my daughter.

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<v Speaker 4>About two years later, I lost my partner. Then about

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<v Speaker 4>three months after that, I lost my best friend. And

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<v Speaker 4>so it was like, okay, my plans are never what

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<v Speaker 4>I think it ought to be, which is good, which

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<v Speaker 4>is a good thing for me. She's amazing. This is

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<v Speaker 4>a challenge and it is something that a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>grandparents are having to do, is become the parents again.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I never in a million years dreamed ever, ever.

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<v Speaker 3>Ever.

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<v Speaker 4>Miracle has a nineteen and a half year old half sister.

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<v Speaker 4>She doesn't have any joints and that was due to

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<v Speaker 4>the drugs, and she's in a power chair. She'll never walk.

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<v Speaker 4>She's brilliant, she's got an amazing voice. But she's also

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<v Speaker 4>the reason why Miracle is called miracle, because when I

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<v Speaker 4>brought her home, there's nothing physically, mentally, emotionally, any way,

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<v Speaker 4>shape or form. Miracle has been tested since she was

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<v Speaker 4>born and she's absolutely perfect. And so her sister says, Nana,

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<v Speaker 4>can we please name her Miracle? And I said absolutely.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that. Yeah, you got a lot to be

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<v Speaker 1>grateful for in that little bundle of love in your arms.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, she keeps me going.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe you when you say that she was sent

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<v Speaker 1>to you to save you.

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<v Speaker 4>Absolutely absolutely. You know, we move on and we keep going,

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<v Speaker 4>and life goes on, and again I have Miracle, and

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<v Speaker 4>I know she was given to me to help, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>plug up some of the holes.

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<v Speaker 1>God bless you. Teresa felt like she was a sinking

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<v Speaker 1>ship storm toss loss after devastating loss, but then a

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<v Speaker 1>miracle was sent into her life to plug the holes,

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<v Speaker 1>if you will, of that sinking ship. And now she

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<v Speaker 1>finds herself sailing through the storm with new purpose, meaning,

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<v Speaker 1>and so much love. She's overwhelmed by it. If your

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<v Speaker 1>life seems out of control and you're feeling down and dejected.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope that Rick and Teresa's miraculous stories have helped

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<v Speaker 1>you to see that things can always get get better.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to share one more conversation with you that

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<v Speaker 1>I found to be incredibly inspiring right after we break

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<v Speaker 1>for this message, David, welcome. What can I do for you?

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<v Speaker 3>I was wondering if you could play a song for

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<v Speaker 3>my best friend of the last seven and a half years.

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<v Speaker 1>Who's your bestie? His name is Mackenzie And what do

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<v Speaker 1>you want to tell me about Mackenzie?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, Mackenzie has stood beside me through sick and sins

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<v Speaker 3>for the last seven and a half years. Even when

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<v Speaker 3>I was at my lowest point and didn't think I

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<v Speaker 3>could continue on, he refused to give up on me

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<v Speaker 3>and refused to let me give up on myself. And now,

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<v Speaker 3>thanks to him, I now see the beauty in the

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<v Speaker 3>world around me and the beauty in myself. And I've

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<v Speaker 3>been living a life free from drug addiction for the

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<v Speaker 3>last six months, all because of his support.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, David, do you know how you just made my

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<v Speaker 1>heart sore?

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<v Speaker 3>Friendship is a beautiful thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Friendship is a beautiful thing, but so is living life

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<v Speaker 1>without the cloud in the fog in your brain from addiction.

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<v Speaker 3>That is why I love this friend with all my heart.

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<v Speaker 3>He has helped me to turn my life around.

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<v Speaker 1>It sounds to me like, now that you're clean and sober,

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<v Speaker 1>you can return to Mackenzie the love, the unconditional love,

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<v Speaker 1>the true love that he's been showing you. Because when

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<v Speaker 1>you're addicted, Absolutely, when you're addicted, you and I both

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<v Speaker 1>know this. Your addiction comes before.

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<v Speaker 2>Love, Yes it does.

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<v Speaker 1>Parents call me all the time and say, I love

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<v Speaker 1>my kids so much. How can they do this to me?

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<v Speaker 1>Don't they know I love them? I'm like, honey, Addictions

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<v Speaker 1>come before love. Addictions win every time over love. Addictions

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<v Speaker 1>cause you to do stupid, crazy things. And it sounds

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<v Speaker 1>like Mackenzie been by your side for a long time,

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<v Speaker 1>and now that you're a long time, you're clean and sober,

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<v Speaker 1>you're able to see the value of true friendship, of

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<v Speaker 1>true love.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, it is a beautiful, wonderful thing to have someone

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<v Speaker 3>in this world that stands beside you and refuses to

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<v Speaker 3>give up and helps you see the best in yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>How does it feel to be clean?

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<v Speaker 3>It's amazing. The world feels brand new again.

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<v Speaker 1>What was that? What was the tipping point. What made

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<v Speaker 1>you say I can't do this anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>The tipping point really was when I got in such

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<v Speaker 3>a downward spiral that I couldn't see the spiral I

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<v Speaker 3>was in until I reached the point one night of

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<v Speaker 3>swallowing an entire bottle of pills because I didn't want

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<v Speaker 3>to live this life anymore. And Mackenzie just happened to

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<v Speaker 3>be at my house that night and found me with

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<v Speaker 3>the bottle of pills and made the calls that needed

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<v Speaker 3>to be made to save my life.

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<v Speaker 1>I wish I could reach through this phone line, David

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<v Speaker 1>and ug you. I'm so proud of you, so stinking

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<v Speaker 1>proud of you.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, thank you. It feels great to be living

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<v Speaker 3>a life free from addiction.

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<v Speaker 1>And are you going to meetings? Do you have a sponsor?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you working the steps? Have you done your fourth

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<v Speaker 1>step yet?

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<v Speaker 3>I am attending meetings. I do have a sponsor. Mackenzie

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<v Speaker 3>has put a great support network around me. When I

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<v Speaker 3>can't get through to my sponsor, He's given me a

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<v Speaker 3>list of people that I can call, including himself, and

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<v Speaker 3>he is my Rocke at this point. He is just

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<v Speaker 3>the best thing going in my life.

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<v Speaker 1>Him and God, you are a blessed, blessed person. I

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<v Speaker 1>know you know that. Thank you so much, Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much, honey, God bless you. My heart was so

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<v Speaker 1>happy it thrilled when David said he had found freedom

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<v Speaker 1>from substance abuse. What a gift. I know that Teresa

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<v Speaker 1>praised that her daughter will find the same, and in

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, focuses on all the many things she is

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<v Speaker 1>grateful for, including her miracle. Rick too, has been through

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<v Speaker 1>terrors and trials and tribulations most of us can even imagine,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's come out on the other side, full of

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<v Speaker 1>gratitude and healing, for life, for love, for things he

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<v Speaker 1>once thought were lost that have been returned to him.

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<v Speaker 1>It often works like that, doesn't it. We must lose

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<v Speaker 1>something precious to us, or almost lose it to be

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<v Speaker 1>so grateful for what we took for granted. I like

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<v Speaker 1>to use these stories to inspire you to reach for gratitude,

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<v Speaker 1>to search for gratitude in your daily life, to practice

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<v Speaker 1>gratitude daily. Don't wait for calamity to strike, don't wait

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<v Speaker 1>until you've lost everything to start experiencing the joy that

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<v Speaker 1>being grateful can bring. One of the beautiful things that

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<v Speaker 1>advanced medical imaging has proven to us that gratefulness triggers

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<v Speaker 1>the same pleasure centers of the brain that harmful, addictive

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<v Speaker 1>substances do. Gratitude rewires our brain, So being grateful, being

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<v Speaker 1>conscious thinking about the things you are grateful for will

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<v Speaker 1>bring you more joy than you ever thought possible. How

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<v Speaker 1>do you do it? By developing a habit of looking

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<v Speaker 1>for things to be happy about. Start your gratitude practice today.

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<v Speaker 1>Get a notebook, write it down, Start looking for things

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<v Speaker 1>to be grateful for. Take some part of each day

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<v Speaker 1>to jot down a short list of things you've noticed.

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<v Speaker 1>A short list of things that you've noticed that make

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<v Speaker 1>you smile. Blue skies, the smile of the baby in

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<v Speaker 1>the cart at the grocery store, the smell of a

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<v Speaker 1>fresh pot of coffee when you arrive at the office.

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<v Speaker 1>The trick is to only write something down once, though.

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<v Speaker 1>That way, you have to look harder and harder each day,

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<v Speaker 1>and when you do that, you train your brain to

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<v Speaker 1>be more in tune, more perceptive, more aligned with all

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<v Speaker 1>the good in your life. And when you start taking

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<v Speaker 1>notice of the positivity the goodness that is there. You

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<v Speaker 1>can share those lists with me if you want to,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll share some of them on the air, because

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<v Speaker 1>November Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude. Let me know

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<v Speaker 1>how it's going for me. Call into my radio program,

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<v Speaker 1>visit me on Facebook or Instagram, write to me Datdelilah

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<v Speaker 1>dot com, and I want to tell you this. I

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<v Speaker 1>am grateful for you. I am so grateful that I

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<v Speaker 1>have a career that provides for my family, where I

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<v Speaker 1>get to meet you, talk to you, connect with you,

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<v Speaker 1>be a part of your life on the radio and

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<v Speaker 1>on this podcast. Thank you for spending time with me.

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<v Speaker 1>I love someone. With the lineup

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<v Speaker 4>M