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Speaker 2: especially with the topic today, that the people really would

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Speaker 1: this little.

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Speaker 2: But see, it's better when you're spontaneous because when we're

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Speaker 2: doing mic check and you just like grace me with

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Speaker 3: The funny thing is is I can't hear it because

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Speaker 2: And I think that's the energy we want to bring

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Speaker 2: much describes life atm indeed, so we didn't even pick

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Speaker 2: I also just think that it's like, if we're trying

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Speaker 2: But today we just really felt like, good God, it's

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Speaker 2: Don't you feel like we need it.

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Speaker 1: Like let loose, let's talk about dildos and stuff.

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Speaker 2: How are you today? Happy Friday? Everybody, We're back. Okay,

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Speaker 2: I know that, Okay. So my best friend from high

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Speaker 3: of things. But I also know that, like at the

437
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Speaker 3: end of the day, some of them, most of them

438
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Speaker 3: are so grateful because they get to do what they

439
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Speaker 3: love every day. Yeah, you know, they get to sing

440
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Speaker 3: and write songs and they can't believe it. So being

441
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Speaker 3: able to personally, like yeah, positively affect people is I mean,

442
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Speaker 3: it really.

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Speaker 1: Is a gift, you know.

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Speaker 2: So I love that. Okay, that's a really good one

445
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Speaker 2: from your real life. Yeah. We did go do a

446
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Speaker 2: little research and ship and I pulled a couple stories

447
00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,960
Speaker 2: each just to keep the good news flowing. My mom

448
00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:11,399
Speaker 2: actually sent me this one. She is always a big

449
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Speaker 2: proponent of being kind to everyone, you know, like people

450
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Speaker 2: you don't know, and spreading kindness and then also just

451
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Speaker 2: service to other people, and so she kind of got

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Speaker 2: her pulse on the radar of good news. I would say,

453
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Speaker 2: shout out Ronda, but Anyway, this is a story from Texas,

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Speaker 2: and it was I thought, really beautiful. But these students

455
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Speaker 2: had this janitor who went into retirement and then he

456
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Speaker 2: had to come back out of retirement because his rent

457
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Speaker 2: went up. Okay, and he's eighty. So this sweet man

458
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Speaker 2: is just like eighty, he's been working.

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Speaker 1: His living life, yes.

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Speaker 2: And he was like, well, my rent went up, I

461
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Speaker 2: can't afford it. So the students, I'm actually just going

462
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Speaker 2: to read some of the story because I think it'll

463
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Speaker 2: do a better job. But high school seniors managed to

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Speaker 2: secure a quarter of a million dollars for the sweet,

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Speaker 2: their sweet eighty year old janitor who came out of

466
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Speaker 2: retirement after his rent went up. The money was raised

467
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Speaker 2: through GoFundMe, which was started at the simple goal of

468
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Speaker 2: ten thousand dollars but quickly took on a goal of

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Speaker 2: its own. Several of the students at Kallisburg High School

470
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Speaker 2: in Texas noticed that their school had a new janitor,

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Speaker 2: mister James and at eighty years an eighty year old

472
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Speaker 2: former retiree retiree sorry, who went whose rent had gone

473
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Speaker 2: up four hundred dollars and needed a job to support it.

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Speaker 2: Believing they could use their knowledge of the Internet and

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Speaker 2: social media to help out. They got the idea to

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Speaker 2: open a GoFundMe to help the eighty year old mister

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Speaker 2: James get back to doing eighty year old things. It's

478
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Speaker 2: crazy to see something that we knew people would have

479
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Speaker 2: wanted to help, but we didn't know it would blow

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Speaker 2: up like this. So one kid basically posted on his

481
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Speaker 2: TikTok and he's like, I have two thousand followers, but

482
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Speaker 2: that was enough to get the word out, and then

483
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Speaker 2: it just like spiraled.

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Speaker 1: I think it's maz We've.

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Speaker 2: Seen this in Nashville with the Covenant people. It's just

486
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Speaker 2: like everyone actually does want to help. But I just

487
00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,959
Speaker 2: loved this that the man was like, he's due a

488
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Speaker 2: retirement at eighty and also like janitorial work is very physical, yes,

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Speaker 2: and so I love that the kids were the ones

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Speaker 2: that set it up. They raised two hundred and seventy

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Speaker 2: thousand dollars. They actually had to cap it off because

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Speaker 2: I guess you can't send that much money at a

493
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Speaker 2: time like that's the cap to be able for him

494
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Speaker 2: to get it, and so they just gave him his retirement.

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Speaker 1: That's amazing.

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Speaker 3: I just while you were reading the story I googled

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Speaker 3: the average school salary for our janitor, sorry, the average

498
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Speaker 3: salary for a school janitor, and Glassdoor says that it

499
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Speaker 3: ranges in the United States between twenty five and forty

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Speaker 3: thousand dollars a year.

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Speaker 1: Wow. So if you on the low end of that,

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Speaker 1: where did you say he.

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Speaker 2: Was from in Texas?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so it's probably somewhere on the lower you know,

505
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Speaker 3: like the higher end is probably a New York.

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Speaker 1: City school school.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, if it's a rural school, it's probably on the

508
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Speaker 3: lower end of that. And so at say, say it's

509
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Speaker 3: twenty seven thousand dollars a year, it would have taken

510
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Speaker 3: him ten years to make that money. He would have

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Speaker 3: been working till he was ninety years old, could you imagine.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Anyway, I thought it was a really great story and

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Speaker 2: I love that it came from kids. That was awesome.

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Speaker 3: This one will probably surprise you guys that I'm bringing

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Speaker 3: this story. But I figure there are probably some athletes,

517
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Speaker 3: some sports fans out there. But if you didn't know

518
00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:29,000
Speaker 3: that the safety for the Buffalo Bills, DeMar Hamlin, who

519
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:32,240
Speaker 3: basically died on the field, it happen live. He died

520
00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:38,120
Speaker 3: of He died of cardiac arrest and in January. Well,

521
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Speaker 3: and obviously he was revived. He did not I die, but.

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Speaker 2: He had he not had the right care at the time,

523
00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:47,040
Speaker 2: said that a million times.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: On the field, well, on Tuesday he was able to

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Speaker 3: work out with the team for the first time and

527
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Speaker 3: he has been cleared to play again.

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Speaker 2: Oh my gosh.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's a pretty remarkable story. This is what

530
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Speaker 3: he said. My heart is still in it said, my

531
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,520
Speaker 3: heart is still in the game. I love the game.

532
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:07,000
Speaker 3: It's something I want to prove to myself, not nobody else.

533
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Speaker 3: I just want to show people that fear is a choice,

534
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Speaker 3: and then you can keep going in something without knowing

535
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Speaker 3: what's at the end of the tunnel.

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Speaker 1: Wow, it's a great lesson.

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Speaker 2: I mean, could you imagine talk about overcoming trauma by

538
00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,159
Speaker 2: taking steps in there, like rewiring your brain. I mean

539
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:23,399
Speaker 2: he literally died.

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Speaker 3: That.

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Speaker 2: To me, I'm like, there doesn't there isn't a fear

542
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:26,680
Speaker 2: greater than that.

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Speaker 3: Well, I mean, in some ways you could argue, like,

544
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Speaker 3: what's the worst thing that could happen?

545
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,679
Speaker 1: You've already died, you know.

546
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Speaker 3: It's like it's not funny if there's anyone on earth

547
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Speaker 3: that should be like saying, fuck it, I'm gonna do

548
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Speaker 3: what I'll.

549
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Speaker 1: Want to do.

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Speaker 3: It's him, he's like, but it's amazing that he's able

551
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Speaker 3: to actually get back and do what he loves.

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Speaker 2: He's only like twenty four or like, he'll be you

553
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Speaker 2: twenty five in this next season. I think, yeah, that's crazy. Well,

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Speaker 2: keeping on the sports note, I loved this story, and

555
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Speaker 2: of course I just swiped and got rid of it

556
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Speaker 2: as I said that it's from the Sorry, y'all, I

557
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,919
Speaker 2: literally hit the wrong button. Okay, here we go. So

558
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,320
Speaker 2: this kind of deals with mental health, but it's about

559
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:13,680
Speaker 2: baseball too. So the Los Angeles Dodgers have re signed

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Speaker 2: outfielder Andrew Tolus. I don't know, I don't know how

561
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Speaker 2: to say it, but he has schizophrenia and he hasn't

562
00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,359
Speaker 2: played since twenty eighteen, but they re signed him to

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Speaker 2: give him access to the team's health insurance and mental

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Speaker 2: health services. He is not expected to play for the

565
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Speaker 2: Dodgers this season, but signing with the team will allow

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Speaker 2: him to continue to receive treatment, including counseling, therapy, and medication.

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Speaker 2: And I just loved that because not only are they

568
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Speaker 2: not like ostracizing him, like, oh, you have schizophrenia go away.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if they have any intention or plan

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Speaker 2: of letting him play at some point or him coming

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Speaker 2: back to the team, but just to be like, hey,

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Speaker 2: we support your work and your therapy and all the

573
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Speaker 2: work you're doing to heal and help yourself, and so

574
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Speaker 2: we want to help you financially. That's beautiful.

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Speaker 3: Also, think to it. It highlights something at the level

576
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Speaker 3: of the organization and the eyes that are on it.

577
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:12,880
Speaker 3: It highlights mental health, an acceptance of an acceptance.

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Speaker 1: Of it, and the need for care.

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Speaker 3: Yes, you know, it's like, look, someone that would suffer

580
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Speaker 3: from schizophrenia probably you know. I don't know what the

581
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Speaker 3: statistics are, so I hope I don't put my foot

582
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Speaker 3: in my mouth, but I would guess that a lot

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Speaker 3: of homelessness can be equated to schizophrenia too.

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Speaker 2: It's probably hard to keep a job.

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00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,399
Speaker 3: It's probably very hard to keep a job. It's it

586
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:38,080
Speaker 3: becomes very hard to know what reality is. It probably

587
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Speaker 3: leads to a drug use.

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Speaker 1: So the fact as.

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Speaker 2: If you aren't getting cared, you're not getting So what

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00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,960
Speaker 2: I'm my point is is it's a really loving thing

591
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 2: to do because recognizing that someone needs care and being

592
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,320
Speaker 2: accepting of the fact that, like.

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Speaker 3: We're not in control of our brains, like you know,

594
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Speaker 3: people want to believe that it's just that easy, like crazy,

595
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,879
Speaker 3: you know, like it takes real professional care. So the

596
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:04,920
Speaker 3: fact that an organization like that is shining a light

597
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,119
Speaker 3: on it, I think it's pretty awesome.

598
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,920
Speaker 2: Well I've always really tried to say this on the podcast,

599
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,680
Speaker 2: but to me, it's crazy that we put so much

600
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Speaker 2: weight into our physical health or like physical appearance, working out,

601
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 2: but we don't really talk about working out your brain

602
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:27,320
Speaker 2: or working out your emotional health, and like those things

603
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 2: are just as important, if not more important, because it's

604
00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,480
Speaker 2: all related. Absolutely, So we're finally having these conversations, which

605
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:38,440
Speaker 2: is so positive moving to meet anyway, But for like

606
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:42,720
Speaker 2: you said, a huge organization and to publicly talk about

607
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:46,440
Speaker 2: that like that they're doing it, I think does destigmatize

608
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:47,360
Speaker 2: some of these things.

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Speaker 1: Love it all right, I guess.

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00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 3: We're on a sports theme because well on this one

611
00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:59,080
Speaker 3: is a story, so okay it ends in sports.

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Speaker 1: Okay.

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00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 3: So this is about a woman named Rachel Foster who

614
00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,640
Speaker 3: in November, she's in Oklahoma. She was riding on a

615
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:10,480
Speaker 3: lecture scooter with her husband and she fell off it okay,

616
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Speaker 3: and she suffered major head injuries and was in a

617
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Speaker 3: coma for more than a week, and they were getting

618
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,480
Speaker 3: ready to take her off of life support. And she

619
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Speaker 3: woke up and she was removed from life support.

620
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Speaker 2: They were about to take her off the next the

621
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Speaker 2: next day.

622
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Speaker 1: They were taking her off, like the plan was to

623
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,080
Speaker 1: take her off life support and she woke up. Nope,

624
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Speaker 1: And just over the past weekend she ran the Boston Marathon.

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Speaker 2: Did they say how much time had passed in between.

626
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Speaker 3: Them, Well, it happened in November, so god, she had months,

627
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,240
Speaker 3: she had months of physical therapy and then she ran.

628
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: The Boston Marathon.

629
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:47,000
Speaker 2: What was her name again?

630
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 1: Her name is Rachel Foster.

631
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Speaker 2: Damn Rachel. That is crazy. Five months from being literally

632
00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 2: about to be taken off of life support to running America.

633
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 2: I don't even want to run a marathon. And I'm

634
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Speaker 2: in good health.

635
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,080
Speaker 3: I've run a few marathons, and I can tell you

636
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 3: I don't think I could do that after a.

637
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,000
Speaker 2: Car Oh, oh my gosh. I just love the fact

638
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,320
Speaker 2: that it was the next day. And that's when you

639
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:13,600
Speaker 2: know too, like when it's don't I don't mean to say,

640
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,080
Speaker 2: like when it's your time to go or whatever. There

641
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,760
Speaker 2: is some piece for me in that if our if

642
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 2: our soul is not ready to go, it does like

643
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:25,000
Speaker 2: even Damar Hamlin, it was like not yet, No, we

644
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 2: have more work to do here.

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00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:26,720
Speaker 1: Yeah.

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00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,840
Speaker 2: I just think that's such a cool story, all right.

647
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Speaker 2: My last one that I was going to read was

648
00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 2: this kind of hit home for me. And maybe I

649
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 2: don't know if this will resonate for a lot of people,

650
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,880
Speaker 2: but I've talked about a little bit. My grandmother has Alzheimer's,

651
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 2: and so we have good days and bad days, and

652
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,120
Speaker 2: so some days, especially if I haven't seen her, you know,

653
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 2: she's always really excited to see me, but she can

654
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:50,560
Speaker 2: be very disoriented and confused on like who I am,

655
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Speaker 2: and especially like my brother came to visit not too

656
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:55,960
Speaker 2: long ago, and having a new person in the mix,

657
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Speaker 2: Like I see her pretty regularly, but if you throw

658
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Speaker 2: something new into the mix, it really and so then

659
00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,320
Speaker 2: she really couldn't figure it out because it was like, wait,

660
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,120
Speaker 2: who are you? How do I know you? You know,

661
00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,720
Speaker 2: it was just all the things, and it's so hard

662
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 2: to watch a person that you love, and that obviously

663
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,960
Speaker 2: I've known my whole life, so I've seen her in

664
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:19,200
Speaker 2: good health. Just be in that place where they can't

665
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 2: even connect with you because they don't recognize you. You know,

666
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,400
Speaker 2: it's very it's painful for everyone. And so anyway, I

667
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 2: saw this story and it was this father with Alzheimer's

668
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 2: was able to say I love you to his son

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Speaker 2: for the first time in four years.

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Speaker 1: That's amazing, it says David.

671
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Speaker 2: Greg writes, my dad Wayne has been almost nonverbal for

672
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,960
Speaker 2: a little while, but thanks to some great caretakers, he's

673
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 2: been thriving. He said the words I love you to

674
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,520
Speaker 2: me for the first time in four years. These little

675
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,520
Speaker 2: bursts of clarity are the greatest gifts, and I can

676
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 2: speak to that. Like I went to cut my grandmother's

677
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 2: hair a couple of weeks ago, and she was having

678
00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:01,480
Speaker 2: a good day and it was just so it warm.

679
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,320
Speaker 2: I was the same thing we were talking about earlier.

680
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,200
Speaker 2: I was exhausted, it had been a long week. It

681
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,080
Speaker 2: was a Friday night. I was like, oh my gosh,

682
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:09,719
Speaker 2: do I have this in me today? Because what if

683
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,760
Speaker 2: I show up and it's just draining, you know. But

684
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,000
Speaker 2: instead I showed up and she was in a great mood.

685
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,640
Speaker 2: She was very coherent, and that little bit of connection

686
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 2: that I got with her, and then, of course, because

687
00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,720
Speaker 2: you're doing her hair, like we as women, especially, like

688
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 2: you don't lose that moment where you're like, ooh, I

689
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 2: just got my hair died. Like right, she's eighty seven,

690
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,320
Speaker 2: I want to say, And she still felt that. I

691
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,440
Speaker 2: could feel it, Like when I got done with her blowout,

692
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,640
Speaker 2: she was like feeling it, you know, ready for She's

693
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 2: just in a good mood. Yeah, she probably is. Who knows,

694
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 2: she's like cafeteria She's like yeah. But it was just

695
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:46,840
Speaker 2: so same thing. It was like my aunt was very

696
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,000
Speaker 2: grateful for me to come, for coming to do that,

697
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:50,600
Speaker 2: you know, but then it was also like yeah, but

698
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 2: like this gave something to me actually too, and those

699
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 2: little moments of connection are just so great. So I

700
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:57,440
Speaker 2: was really happy to read that story.

701
00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:57,920
Speaker 1: Yay.

702
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 3: Well I'll button mine up too. With a little bit

703
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 3: more Boston Marathon news. I thought it was interesting that

704
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 3: I found two stories today.

705
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 2: So maybe this means that you're supposed to run it again.

706
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 3: I maybe I've never done Boston. I think Boston's the

707
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 3: hardest to I did New York. Yeah, so.

708
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,760
Speaker 1: The Boston Marathon, the bombing was ten years ago. That

709
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:22,479
Speaker 1: was years ago.

710
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 3: Wow, and I promise this is good news. And one

711
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 3: of the people that was killed in the bombing was

712
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:34,280
Speaker 3: an eight year old okay so, and one of his

713
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 3: dreams was to run the Boston Marathon. You can't run

714
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 3: the Boston Marathon until you're eighteen.

715
00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 2: Oh, so it would have been this year.

716
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:42,600
Speaker 1: It would have been this year.

717
00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 3: So several of his friends from childhood ran it in

718
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 3: his honor, which is amazing. I want to read. I

719
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 3: want to read some of these things. This I got

720
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:58,080
Speaker 3: on the Good News movement and it's from reporting from

721
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Speaker 3: the Dorchester Reporter. And these are some of the names

722
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 3: of the people that ran. Nolan Cleary, eighteen years old,

723
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Speaker 3: still has a pair of old sneakers that Martin gave him.

724
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 3: They still hang in his closet. Jack Burke is nineteen

725
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 3: recalled how Martin well the student that was killed. His

726
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 3: name is Martin Richard. Jack Burke nineteen recalls how Martin

727
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 3: wouldn't let the basketball wouldn't let basketball games start at

728
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,800
Speaker 3: recess until every kid had been picked for a team.

729
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 3: Ava O'Brien eighteen has used her involvement in the Martin

730
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,240
Speaker 3: Richard Challenger Sports League for physically challenged kids to remember

731
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 3: her friend because she knows he would have been right

732
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:41,759
Speaker 3: there beside her. And then Jack Burke was quoted, it

733
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:45,160
Speaker 3: was perfect when they called me to participate.

734
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Speaker 1: And I jumped on it.

735
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Speaker 3: He is now a goalie for the Cape Cod Seahawks,

736
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Speaker 3: and he's continued he said it was kind of like

737
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,360
Speaker 3: his dream growing up to run the marathon. Now that

738
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,960
Speaker 3: I'm old enough, I get to live that dream for him.

739
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:01,879
Speaker 2: Wow, yeah, it's pretty amazing, amazing because it even at

740
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 2: eight years old, it sounds like that kid had a

741
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 2: good heart and was trying to be kind to others.

742
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 2: And look ten years later, even they're still taking steps

743
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:12,239
Speaker 2: in their lives because of the influence that had on them.

744
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:16,279
Speaker 3: And then wow, there's a link to the nonprofit organization

745
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:20,880
Speaker 3: called the Martin Richard Foundation and it's Martin Richard Foundation

746
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,400
Speaker 3: dot org. And they provide opportunities for young people to

747
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,880
Speaker 3: learn and grow and lead through volunteerism and community engagement.

748
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 3: So wow, they're shining a light those those you know,

749
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,719
Speaker 3: childhood friends are also shining a light on you know,

750
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,320
Speaker 3: what this kid's memory is doing to help other people.

751
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 3: So it's amazing in the face of like great loss,

752
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,879
Speaker 3: there's like something really beautiful that is still coming out

753
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:44,120
Speaker 3: of it.

754
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:49,799
Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, wow, well God, doesn't that just feel good?

755
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 1: It feels good. I feel like we didn't gossip.

756
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:58,240
Speaker 2: No, we didn't like spread just bad stuff, negativity, talking bad.

757
00:35:58,200 --> 00:35:59,319
Speaker 1: We didn't absorb any either.

758
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 2: Ooh, actually, your eyes look clear? Yeah, did you want

759
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 2: to sing a tune? I'm just kidding. I'm kidding. I

760
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,040
Speaker 2: will go ahead and tell you guys some of the

761
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:11,040
Speaker 2: good news things.

762
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 1: Okay.

763
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:13,279
Speaker 2: One of the things I said to Chip earlier is

764
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 2: like I've immediately started following more accounts. Like if I

765
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:21,759
Speaker 2: see one post from an account that's positive and I

766
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,040
Speaker 2: look at their page and it's just positive news, I'm

767
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:27,360
Speaker 2: following it right now because I want that in my algorithm,

768
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:30,520
Speaker 2: for one. But then also just amidst all of the

769
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 2: other either chaos or divisiveness or just hard news all

770
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:40,800
Speaker 2: the time, it's really nice to see a video pop

771
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:43,400
Speaker 2: into your feet and you're like, huh, look at that,

772
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,799
Speaker 2: are you? It's a reminder, like, go do something nice

773
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:47,880
Speaker 2: for someone if you feel bad. Yeah.

774
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,839
Speaker 3: I mean, I love when I hear stories about like

775
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,880
Speaker 3: somebody paying for someone's coffee at the drive through and

776
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:57,319
Speaker 3: it like lasts for hours, like yeah, paying it for Like,

777
00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 3: there are literally a million nights little things that you

778
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,800
Speaker 3: can do for people. Say hello to a homeless person.

779
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, hold the door open.

780
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 3: For somebody who needs it. Like I promise you smile

781
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 3: at a stranger.

782
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:14,320
Speaker 1: It matters, It bounces back to you. It feels so good.

783
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:16,720
Speaker 2: I had got a text from one of our friends

784
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,440
Speaker 2: a couple of weeks ago, and he was bitching. He

785
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,760
Speaker 2: was like, I've been sitting in this Starbucks drive through forever.

786
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:25,640
Speaker 2: He was like, I don't understand why people are so slow.

787
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 2: It was one of those moments, you know, he gets

788
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:30,360
Speaker 2: to the count, like to the ordering thing or whatever,

789
00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 2: and someone had paid for his coffee, Like it was

790
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 2: the same thing you always talk about just pay it forward.

791
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:37,400
Speaker 2: And I was like, well, I hope you paid for

792
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 2: the person behind you. I can't remember what he said.

793
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 2: I hope you did. But anyway, Okay. So some of

794
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,880
Speaker 2: the accounts that I follow are at good News, Underscore, Movement,

795
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:52,279
Speaker 2: at Tanks, good News at good News Network, which that's all.

796
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 2: It's a good Instagram. They also have a website if

797
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 2: you're more of a website person. The Good News Network. No,

798
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:01,440
Speaker 2: it's not the it's just good News network dot Com.

799
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,440
Speaker 2: And then if you were just a person who doesn't

800
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:06,239
Speaker 2: want to read articles and you just want to see videos,

801
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:10,400
Speaker 2: at Some Good News is all videos. So it's just

802
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:15,960
Speaker 2: if you want the little quick, you know, TikTok tight videos.

803
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,480
Speaker 1: What's that one? Some good News at.

804
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 2: Some Good News. I'll put all of these in the

805
00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,560
Speaker 2: description of the podcast as well, if that's easier for

806
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,160
Speaker 2: you guys to click. But I just wanted to say

807
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 2: them out loud in case you're driving and you can't

808
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:26,760
Speaker 2: look at the description.

809
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,839
Speaker 1: I also follow just at good Good.

810
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:32,720
Speaker 2: Okay, at good that's easy to remember.

811
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:35,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm gonna follow some Good News.

812
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,720
Speaker 2: Well, I feel all light and airy. It's still beautiful outside.

813
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,520
Speaker 2: The other good thing about right now is it's spring,

814
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:45,600
Speaker 2: like we're moving into a new energy. And as much

815
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:48,359
Speaker 2: as there is just not gonna not be stuff going on,

816
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 2: like I feel like you can get to a place

817
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,880
Speaker 2: of just riding the waves of whatever is happening in

818
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,880
Speaker 2: our world. There is a lot of positivity around, and

819
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 2: so follow some of these sites. Go for a walk

820
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:02,120
Speaker 2: outside for twenty minutes. Sherry says, that really does reset

821
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 2: your brain. It's simple things. It's like getting back to

822
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 2: the basics, get in nature, get off your phones, all

823
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:11,919
Speaker 2: of the things. Go be kind to someone like let's

824
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 2: go back.

825
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 1: I love it.

826
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:17,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, good one. All right. Well as you guys go

827
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 2: into the weekend. I got nothing interesting and you're living

828
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:28,160
Speaker 2: on the edge. Hey, I hope you always remember to.

829
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 3: Be kind, act casual today.

830
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 2: All right, Love you guys.

831
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Speaker 1: Bye,