WEBVTT - Ask & You Shall Receive 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:04.280 Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. You are tuned in 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:06.720 to the Vitamin D with Dawntey Podcast and I am 0:00:06.760 --> 0:00:09.360 your host, Dawn Day, here to get you excited about 0:00:09.360 --> 0:00:11.320 your life so that you can live life on purpose 0:00:11.360 --> 0:00:13.440 and for a purpose. If this is your first time 0:00:13.480 --> 0:00:16.799 tuning in, weolcome Vitamin D. It's upon of my name. 0:00:17.000 --> 0:00:19.000 My name is Dawn and you get Vitamin D from 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:21.200 the sun. So I'm here a shed light into your life. 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:24.680 And I do this with inspirational insights and conversations with 0:00:24.760 --> 0:00:27.760 celebrities and everyday people like you and me, Because if 0:00:27.800 --> 0:00:29.720 you want to be better and you want to do better, 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:32.480 then you're going to have to be able to see better. 0:00:32.840 --> 0:00:35.480 So join me on this journey of living our best 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:39.440 lives and understanding and realizing how you are your greatest 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:40.120 ass at. 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:44.040 Get your vite in Mandy right with me, I get 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:48.400 excited about your life. 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:50.120 Did I ever share with you how I fell in 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:54.800 love with radio as a kid growing up in Detroit, 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:59.640 wheredy was that business, especially in the summertime. For me, 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:03.639 it was either Hot one on two seven or FM 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:08.160 ninety eight WJLB, and I'd be listening to Reggie Rich 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:13.200 Coco and Foolish in the morning, ready to pull up, 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:18.200 even Bushman. We'd go downtown what was at the Heart Plaza, 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:22.440 Northland Skating Ring right over eight Mile and wherever the 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:25.119 favorite concerts were, and then the personalities would be there, 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:27.399 the same people that you would hear on the radio 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:30.400 talking about all the events in the city, about the community, 0:01:30.440 --> 0:01:32.760 and then they were giving stuff away. Then they were 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:38.560 hosting these events with your favorite artists, and I was like, man, 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:40.440 I want to be a part of that. On top 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:43.520 of the fact I've shared with you my passion for speaking, 0:01:44.000 --> 0:01:46.080 speaking in front of people, just talking in general on 0:01:46.080 --> 0:01:48.640 the microphone. I would be in the car and I 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:54.520 still do it to this day, saying FM ninety eight 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:59.560 w j LB. And every time that I'd go to 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:03.480 these and I mean my favorite personalities, I'm like, Wow, 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:05.560 this is like a gift that keeps on giving. So 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:11.519 now fast forward fifteen years of my life, listen, fall back. 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:16.960 I am so grateful that now I can be in 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:22.160 that position to offer that same opportunity for someone else. 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:25.640 And it goes along the lines that I always say, 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:29.200 we here for a good time, not a long time, 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:33.799 so let's make it count and we make it count 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:38.639 by living our lives on purpose and for purpose. We 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:42.399 make it count by leaning into our vulnerability. I talk 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:45.480 about this quite often about Brenane Brown and how she 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:49.560 talks about there's power and vulnerability because it allows us 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:53.880 to connect. And although I only have five months on 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:57.440 that FM dial, my God, I was able to connect 0:02:57.480 --> 0:03:02.200 with so many people, so many beautiful people. And I'm 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:08.560 a firm believer. Ask and you shall receive, Seek and 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:12.760 ye shall find. Knock and the door will be open 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:21.799 to you. Nothing beats failure but to try. And you 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:28.080 gotta be bold. You gotta be audacious because if you 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:31.120 want to do, if you want to be and experience 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:36.160 the things that you've never experienced, well, honey, you're gonna 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:38.680 have to start to do the things that these people 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:42.240 do do experience these things better. Yet, here's the quote. 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:44.960 If you want to be great, you gotta do things 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:48.000 that great people do, and great people do things that 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:51.120 every day people don't do. That's if you want to 0:03:51.160 --> 0:03:53.760 be great in any area of your life. What that 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:57.040 looks like, what that means is is that you gotta 0:03:57.080 --> 0:04:01.040 be bold enough to step outside of your comfort zone. 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:04.160 This past Saturday, I had a listener who stepped outside 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:07.360 of her copfort zone and reached out to me. I've 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.120 been talking about this show on Apple tv Plus and 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:15.000 titled The Big Door Prize. I shared how immediately I 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:18.120 stepped in and leaned into this show because I saw 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:22.320 my girl, Gabrielle Dennis was storing in it. I came 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:25.240 across Gabrielle a few years back when I was still 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:28.440 working with the Steve Harvey Morning Show and I was 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:32.680 on the red carpet for the naacp Immage Awards luncheon, 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:35.520 and she was doing a press run as she was 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:43.200 starring in Bobby Brown's biopic as Whitney Houston, and I 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:45.760 was in love. I mean her cadence, her personality, her 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:50.040 dry I said, who is this girl a woman? And 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:54.840 now to see her in another light, branching outside doing 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:57.080 her thing on The Big Door Prize, I was like, 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:59.800 Oh my gosh. On top of the fact, the show 0:04:59.880 --> 0:05:02.600 was right on target. When we talk about vitamin D, 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:06.080 when we talk about shed and light, when we talk 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:10.800 about you are your greatest asset? Why Because this show 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:14.880 is all about talking about potential. The show is about 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:18.200 a machine that appears in a small town in Deerfield, 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:25.440 Middle America, and people are going to this machine and 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:29.800 it's telling them their potential. Yeah, so it's giving people 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:33.200 a reason to step out and take a chance. Also, 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:36.479 on the adverse side, you have individuals who have reached 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:39.119 their potential and some of them find themselves in a funk. 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.480 But depending on how you look at it, that doesn't 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:45.440 have to be the end all be all. We should 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:47.640 look at it in the sense of there's more to do, 0:05:47.720 --> 0:05:52.640 there's more to see, there is more. I say all 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:56.039 that to say in my passion of talking about this show, 0:05:57.160 --> 0:06:00.080 a listener from the FM DI reached out to me 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:06.400 with an opportunity HM. I received the email a few 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:12.720 days ago from Crystal Michelle. Do you want to hear 0:06:12.760 --> 0:06:18.760 the letter? I should share the letter with you. It 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:21.560 was heartwarming. Okay, this is what we're gonna do. Let 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:23.880 me take a quick break. When I come back, I 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:26.640 am going to share a letter from a listener who 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:32.359 first followed me on the FM dial then crossed on 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:35.480 over to the Vitamin D with Doing Day podcast. Took 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:38.720 a chance reached out to me in hopes of meeting 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:43.640 me because I always tell people pull up on me. Well, 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:47.400 she challenged me to pull up on her, and I 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:50.280 did just that. So hold tight. I'm gonna be back 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:52.080 in a few and then I'm gonna tell you and 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:54.680 I'm gonna read to you this letter that I received 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:58.240 from Crystal Michelle and tell you what happened after that. 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:01.680 All right, Okay, one, it's Spider, Me and Diva doing 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:05.760 Day all day every day. Ew Hey, what's up. It's 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:17.720 Andy Alton and you're listening to Day. Okay, So I'm back. 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:20.160 I told you I was coming back to share a 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:25.760 letter from a listener Crystal Michelle, who reached out to 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:32.560 me via email to meet up. Why well, let me 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:35.800 tell you that. So here's a letter from Crystal Michelle. 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:42.280 She sent this on May twelfth, around eleven thirty Pacific time, subject, 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:45.800 Hey ya, trying to pull up on you testing one 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:51.280 two three, So can you pull up too? Hey Dawn, 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:54.120 I know we never met, but I actually tried reaching 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:57.280 out months back when you were still on the FM dial. Honestly, 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:00.560 after your departure, I'll stop tuning in so dang early, 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:03.200 and thank you for your beautiful words and positive community 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:07.280 services during those times. But somebody at KJLH must have 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:09.120 bumped their head thinking it was a great idea to 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:13.160 let you go Oh mg, eye roll. At any rate, 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:18.520 what's a little hill to a stepper. We keep on stepping, Dawn. 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:21.360 Like I mentioned, I tried to connect with you before, 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:23.560 but maybe the email was not working, or I had 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:26.240 it wrong, or the timing was not as good, etc. 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:29.480 I'm even hoping you can get this email too. Lol. 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:32.360 Funny thing is I told myself I was going to 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:34.640 step out on faith and try to meet a network 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:37.880 with people who are purpose oriented people, people living for 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:40.400 a greater purpose. When I started to chime into the 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:43.480 discussions about everything everywhere all at once, I said to myself, 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:47.120 Oh my god, what I know the spirit? This is 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:51.000 so familiar and what a wonderful feeling. I can't describe 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:54.480 your awesome syst. Moreover, I knew and pray that we 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:57.240 could one day meet up and talk about everything yopsis. 0:08:57.640 --> 0:09:01.280 I had fabroids too, find benefit and we two love 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:04.920 to work out getting fine too, skin care all that too, etc. 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:09.040 I mean, all of your topics are always right on point. Hey, 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:13.360 catch it hot? Hello? Al what's that you ask? What 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:16.720 do I want from you? Well? I have nothing big 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.000 to truly offer you other than to let you know 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:22.000 that you are the bomb, doing super great things out 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:24.880 here in these tricky LA streets, and I'm so grateful 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:27.360 to have a great possible space to reach out on 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:33.080 faith and maybe connect with you. So get to the point, Crystal, Well, okay, Dawn, 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:35.480 I know on one of your incredible past topics you 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:39.280 got into the Big Door Prize show. I honestly personally 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:42.840 never really seen or heard of the show before until 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:46.280 you mentioned it. Ha ha. Anyway, I'm an LA member of 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:50.400 the TV Academy, etc. And I was recently invited plus 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:54.959 guest to attend tomorrow's upcoming PM evening screening the Big 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:58.520 Door Prize New Episode event and have one extra ticket. 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:02.640 I told myself, this is doing day's ticket, so pull 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:05.440 up on me, says Ha. I mean, if you're free, 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:12.080 interested and or are available. Of course, overall, I hope 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:14.240 you at minimum can get this email, and if not, 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:19.520 then maybe someday soon. Hugs, Please follow a action We're 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:23.479 on Insta and love and support you can send to aw. 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:29.560 Safety is appreciated, and gratitude. Blessings Crystal Michelle action we'ar 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:33.560 ink she put an asterisk kind of last minute, I know, 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:40.760 but it's always worth a shot. Amen, let's go. Can 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:44.559 you believe this? You know? I pulled up on her 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:47.800 ask and you shall receive seeking, you shall find knock 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:53.679 and the door will be opened unto you. Hmm. You 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:57.439 ready to hear about it? So I go ahead and 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:01.079 I took a chance. I sent a Crystal a text. 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:04.880 She left her number in the email, and I'm smiling 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:08.000 ear to ear because it is truly. I'm telling you, 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:11.920 it's truly a joy to be able to give an 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:16.080 opportunity to space to create whatever this is. It is 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:17.720 a beautiful thing to be a part of it, because 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:19.920 I know what it's like to be on the other end. 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:24.120 So after that email and she put her number, I 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:27.199 sent her a text. I said, happy Friday, Crystal, this 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:33.079 is Dawn Day. She said, oh mg, what Blessing's done? Wow? Okay, 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:38.880 you just made my day, Dai. So I reached out 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:42.480 to her and I said, listen, I'm definitely interested in going. 0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:46.600 Send me over the email and I'll be there. So 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:50.440 I decided to pull up. We met down at Goya 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:57.120 Studios over in Hollywood, and I got there before she did. 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:04.280 She was pulling up and when we met, it was organic. 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:08.080 It was amazing. I was so enamored with the fact 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:09.840 that one the reach and what we're doing with this 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:13.680 podcast fighting and daw was shedding light. I was reaching people. 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:16.560 So we hugged, we got in, we sat down, we 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:19.600 took our seats, and she's like, okay, so tell me 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:22.200 all about you. I said, I'm telling her this. She's like, oh, yeah, 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:24.360 I remember you talking about this on the episode. I said, well, girl, 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:26.840 you already know me. I said, tell me about you. 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:30.800 I began to thank her so much for reaching out 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:33.880 because it means a lot. You know, behind a microphone, 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:36.480 whether I'm in my closet or I'm in the studio, 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.360 I don't get a chance to see you and feel you, 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:43.840 to really embrace you. But when I get these responses, 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:48.040 that's what it feels like. Any type of email, any 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:50.800 type of messaging, and perhaps those who asked for me 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:54.080 to pull up. So we're sitting there talking and she's 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:57.240 telling me about herself. She's phenomenal. She's a stunted woman, 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:00.800 and she was in Black Panther in several movies that 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:02.880 you've seen. And when I tell you, if you've ever 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:06.320 seen Black Panther, oh you saw her now. I can't 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:10.880 give out too many details because I'm sure you know confidential. 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:13.200 But when I say that you saw her, oh she 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:17.440 was outside. But she began to talk about her life, 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:19.360 and I just think back of how I have really 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:22.680 been talking about vulnerability and both showing up as me 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:26.320 and being authentically mean and understanding how that power and 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:30.320 vulnerability works because it's truly allowing me to connect with people. 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:34.520 So we sat down and we talked about life with Kiki. 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:38.800 I had met this other couple next to me. I 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:41.760 stopped this gentleman and told MS Zipper was down and 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:44.160 then his girlfriend. You know, that created a bond of us, 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:46.679 and she's like, thank you we Kiki, honey, this a 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:49.000 young woman. Come to find out she's talking about. Oh, 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:50.800 she didn't have a crush on me. It was it 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:53.199 was hilarious and flattering. But let's get back to Crystal. 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:57.280 So Christl and I we enjoyed the episode. Now, thank goodness, 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:00.840 the episode that they did share was just the first episode, 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:03.079 so I'm probably about four or five, which I will 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:08.960 be recapping for you shortly, and we all walked away 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:12.120 while then it was after we got done with the reception, 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:16.040 we began to talk and Chrystal was just continue to 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:18.440 tell me how much she appreciated the time on the show, 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:20.000 and I just sat back and I was just like, 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:22.120 thank you God that we can be a part of this, 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:23.600 or that I can be a part of this, that 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:25.440 you allow me the space to show up and to 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:27.960 be me, and because I am me, I'm able to 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:30.720 connect with so many people. Furthermore, another thing that I 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:33.480 want to highlight about all this situation. I talk about 0:14:33.520 --> 0:14:35.360 all the time, how you got to take a chance, 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:37.440 how you got to step outside of your comfort zone. 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:39.800 And you're even looking at Crystal. She's so used to 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:43.160 being a stuntman behind the scenes, not being seen, and 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:47.360 here she is. She took a chance, she took a chance, 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:51.560 and I hope that that is an example about you 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:53.360 taking a chance. And I'm not saying I'm all in 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:54.800 the bagg of chips, but I am all in the 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:56.600 baggag chips, and so are you. So what I mean 0:14:56.760 --> 0:15:03.640 is is that I've got greatness inside of you. And 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:05.720 if you just step out into your potential, if you 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:08.720 just take a chance, if you just step out of 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:12.480 your comfort zone, magical things could happen. And the fact 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:14.240 that I was able to give Crystal the moment was 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:16.200 she said, Dawn, I can relate to you. I've had 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:19.280 these viber brands doing so much, so it's like, hey, 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:21.360 I would love an opportunity that you can bring this 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:23.520 discussion on the show, and I would love to share 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:27.800 my story doing I'm all about skincare, doing I'm all 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:30.960 about cannabis, some things that I actually felt so nervous 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:33.200 to shure because I was like, oh my gosh, are 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:35.000 people gonna judge me, They're not gonna work with me. 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:37.640 But it's like here's the thing that I'm realizing, Like 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:42.400 this is me. All these pieces make up me, and 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:44.880 I can't hide part of me. So even what some 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:48.080 may deem as false or idiosyncrencies or things that are 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.640 not right, these are the pieces that make up me. 0:15:50.800 --> 0:15:53.200 So if you gonna want me, you gotta have all 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:56.920 of me, not just a little bit, not on just 0:15:57.000 --> 0:16:00.160 this someday, this part. This is all of me, the 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:02.320 good and the bad. Just like when we talk about 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:04.680 vitamin D, it's about shedding light own a good and 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:06.280 a bad. Because if you want to be better, you 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:07.680 want to do better. You guys to be able to 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:10.200 see better. So I can't be walking around being half 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:12.720 of me or part of me. I gotta be all 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:16.040 of me. And being all of me allows somebody that said, hey, 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:18.360 I don't like to be seen, Hey, I'm not that 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:20.080 really all going to reach out to me. And the 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:23.840 thing that's so interesting family people always say when they 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:26.640 mean me, I'm so shy, I'm so introverted, and I'm 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:30.680 the most allowed, outgoing, big personality person that is. But 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:35.400 thank you God for allowing ability to connect. I appreciate that. 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:38.400 So after the screening, they let us out in the 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:41.040 public area and we had a chance to chit chat, 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:42.920 and then of course I caught up with Baboo, my 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:45.200 eighty year old boo. I'm just joking out, really my boob, 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:47.280 but my boo who said she had a crush on me, 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:49.320 And we sat down, we ate and we talked about 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:53.280 life and we enjoyed things. And then guess what, I 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:58.400 had the opportunity to connect with Gabrielle Denaz. Hey. She 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:01.760 gave me her agent's information and we're gonna work on 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:04.840 her coming on vitamin D with DOINGTA. How does that sound? 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:10.080 H I think it's amazing. But going back to Crystal, 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:14.280 I'm grateful for her and I'm grateful for you, and 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:18.119 I hope this shes light on the possibility that greater 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:20.720 is coming for those who believe, for those who are 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:27.360 willing and ready to perceive it. You gotta get uncomfortable 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:30.359 for your dreams, whatever it looks like. And I say 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:33.240 this because how you do anything, it's how you'll do everything. 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:35.480 Don't sound may be bold in this area, but not 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:40.840 in this area because it becomes a pattern. So with Crystal, yeah, 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:43.600 she could have just stood back and not reached out. 0:17:43.640 --> 0:17:46.040 What she did and then I was able to pull 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:48.080 up and we were able to bond. She even gave 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:50.760 me a friendship bracelet. And you gotta check out her brand, 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:55.840 Action where axt I own. It's where she makes knee 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:58.560 pass another patty for people of color, not just people 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:01.879 of color, for people of the whole spectrum. It's all inclusive. 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:04.879 And she's doing it in the film industry. Why because 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:07.639 people that do the job that she does needs this 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:11.479 talk about. It's So please check out Action Wear and 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:16.320 tell her that Dante sent you. We made plans to 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:20.600 link up in the future and to connect, and I 0:18:20.680 --> 0:18:22.560 just wanted to share that with you. I just want 0:18:22.600 --> 0:18:25.479 to share, just to check in and say, take a chance, 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:28.679 step outside of your comfort zone. You never know what 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:33.959 could happen. And I can't even imagine like being on 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:37.359 the other side and reaching out to Reggie Ridge or 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:41.840 Coco or a bush Man and them getting back to 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:44.359 me and saying like link up, thank you God. I 0:18:44.400 --> 0:18:47.479 could be this gift. Now. I really don't know what 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:49.200 this is going to look like, you know, in the future, 0:18:49.200 --> 0:18:50.359 but we got to be in the president. And what 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:52.919 I mean by the future is that, you know, I 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:56.800 unapologetically say that I'm going to be bigger than Oprah. 0:18:57.080 --> 0:19:03.360 I'm gonna be syndicated on everybody's radio, household, whatever it is. 0:19:03.800 --> 0:19:05.760 I don't know, because you know, even as I think 0:19:05.800 --> 0:19:08.080 back in radio, how much has changed. And although I 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:11.720 only got five months on the FM dial, the impact 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:15.879 and now because radio has changed so much, and especially 0:19:15.920 --> 0:19:19.080 with the pandemic, not everybody or we aren't going to 0:19:19.160 --> 0:19:21.360 these events where the radio stations are doing and we're 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:24.400 pulling up how we used to pull up. And that's 0:19:24.400 --> 0:19:26.800 why I say gratitude is everything, because the more grateful 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:28.720 we are, the more things we have to be grateful for. 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:30.840 So while I only got them five months, I didn't 0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:32.560 even get out in the streets to meet everybody. But 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:36.160 I'm still doing it. And let that be a testament 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:39.560 for you. You know, we have these dreams and we 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:42.439 have these ambitions, and we have it how we vision 0:19:42.520 --> 0:19:44.520 it to look like. So in a perfect world, I 0:19:44.520 --> 0:19:48.480 imagine myself to be with this FM dial, any FM dial, 0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:52.680 and being out there with the street team. But I'm 0:19:52.720 --> 0:19:56.400 creating it myself. People reaching out and I'm pulling up, 0:19:56.800 --> 0:19:59.680 whether it's Kevin Ross going to his mom's funeral, whether 0:19:59.680 --> 0:20:01.879 it's I want to visit Miss Maryland and mister Meredith 0:20:01.920 --> 0:20:04.399 at the hospital, and perhaps even look at linking up 0:20:04.400 --> 0:20:07.359 with Crystal Michelle, just to say that I'm here because 0:20:07.400 --> 0:20:09.919 I appreciate each and every person that has stood up 0:20:09.920 --> 0:20:12.639 with me to show it for me. You pulled up 0:20:12.640 --> 0:20:15.199 on me, so I'm gonna pull up on you, and 0:20:15.280 --> 0:20:17.679 I'll remind the Crystal like to continue to step outside 0:20:17.680 --> 0:20:19.760 of your comfort zone, continue to take a chance, and 0:20:19.760 --> 0:20:22.520 that she's talking about wanting to connect with like minded people, 0:20:22.560 --> 0:20:25.719 and I'm like, this is how you do it. This 0:20:25.800 --> 0:20:31.240 is how we do man. I tried it. Always remind y'all, 0:20:31.280 --> 0:20:32.879 I am here to speak, not to sing. But I 0:20:32.880 --> 0:20:35.960 do feel as though with the little lessons, I'm not 0:20:36.000 --> 0:20:38.160 saying a little with a few lessons, not a few, 0:20:38.440 --> 0:20:42.320 with some with singing lessons. I think I'm gonna do 0:20:42.400 --> 0:20:43.919 some things because you know, I'm gonna be an egod, 0:20:44.040 --> 0:20:47.240 I'm gonna have my Emmy, my Grammy, my Oscar and 0:20:47.359 --> 0:20:50.520 my Tony. I'm putting it out there. God said, dream big. 0:20:50.560 --> 0:20:54.119 So why not? Hey, if all you got to do 0:20:54.200 --> 0:20:56.600 is ask and you shall receive, what are you asking for? 0:20:56.640 --> 0:20:58.760 And if you're not? Why not? Why aren't you taking 0:20:58.800 --> 0:21:01.160 a chance on yourself? You know, I say it casually. 0:21:01.160 --> 0:21:03.000 How we're here for a good time, not a long time. 0:21:03.080 --> 0:21:05.560 Let's make it count. I even reminded you how Miss 0:21:05.560 --> 0:21:10.080 Maryland said herself, we're here on loan though none of 0:21:10.200 --> 0:21:12.320 us belong to us, Mina, you can't have none of 0:21:12.320 --> 0:21:14.520 this forever. So why aren't you taking a chance? Why 0:21:14.520 --> 0:21:17.080 aren't you going after those experiences? Why aren't you living 0:21:17.080 --> 0:21:19.240 your life? And that was another thing that Crystal said 0:21:19.240 --> 0:21:22.200 that really made me smile. She said, you talked about 0:21:22.240 --> 0:21:24.600 taking a chance and stepping out through the comfort zone, 0:21:24.640 --> 0:21:26.640 and I want to do that because if somebody has 0:21:26.640 --> 0:21:28.920 been a stunt person of being by the scenes being 0:21:29.200 --> 0:21:31.080 I want to say timid, but I wouldn't say timid 0:21:31.280 --> 0:21:34.080 basically being quiet or being comfortable, not saying. She says, 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:36.160 I got to put myself more out there, and I'm 0:21:36.200 --> 0:21:38.320 like you, I'm thinking to myself, well, you know you 0:21:38.359 --> 0:21:41.400 were the right person. Uh, But I want to share 0:21:41.400 --> 0:21:43.520 that with you and to say that if there's something 0:21:43.560 --> 0:21:45.080 that you want to take a chance on, if you 0:21:45.160 --> 0:21:47.199 want to ask, just go ahead and do it. You 0:21:47.320 --> 0:21:51.000 never know what could happen. Nothing beats failure but a try. 0:21:51.200 --> 0:21:53.479 So what are you trying with? Are you ready? Do 0:21:53.520 --> 0:21:56.880 you feel like you're worth it? Because magical things happen 0:21:56.960 --> 0:21:59.199 outside of your comfort zone. But you're going to have 0:21:59.240 --> 0:22:01.080 to get uncomfortable. And what you're going to have to 0:22:01.160 --> 0:22:05.680 realize is that being uncomfortable feels just like that uncomfortable. 0:22:05.880 --> 0:22:08.480 But just like ET says, how bad do you want it? 0:22:09.520 --> 0:22:12.000 Et says, you have to want your dreams as bad 0:22:12.040 --> 0:22:14.040 as you want to breathe. You gonna have to fight 0:22:14.119 --> 0:22:15.720 so much where you may not even feel like you 0:22:15.760 --> 0:22:18.040 got to fight, but your body's reaction is just to 0:22:18.080 --> 0:22:21.040 fight for just like somebody trying to cut off your oxygen. 0:22:21.080 --> 0:22:23.200 I don't care if God forgive me. I'm not trying 0:22:23.200 --> 0:22:26.240 to make this sound on the negative connotation, but whether 0:22:26.320 --> 0:22:30.120 somebody's oxygen is being restricted by their own doing or 0:22:31.040 --> 0:22:34.920