WEBVTT - Second Cup: It's just a phase

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 2>tip is to remember it is just a phase. The

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<v Speaker 2>terrifying and reassuring truth about time is that it keeps

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<v Speaker 2>passing no matter what you do. So for a great

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<v Speaker 2>many things. Most likely this too shall pass. If you

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<v Speaker 2>can hang on, soon enough, you'll be dealing with something different.

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<v Speaker 2>I wrote this on a day in which I spent

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<v Speaker 2>quite a lot of the morning dealing with the mercurial

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<v Speaker 2>whims of my toddler. It is really no fun.

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<v Speaker 1>To be asked for a waffle, to procure that waffle,

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<v Speaker 1>and then to be hit because the todd no longer

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<v Speaker 1>wants the waffle. What kept me bumbling through all this

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<v Speaker 1>ordeal was remembering that my older children don't do that.

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<v Speaker 1>They do other things, but they do not hit me

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<v Speaker 1>for bringing the waffle they asked for. Even if I

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<v Speaker 1>am being smacked by my toddler for bringing breakfast incorrectly,

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<v Speaker 1>I will not be being smacked by a toddler forever.

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<v Speaker 1>My little guy has already moved out of some tough phases.

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<v Speaker 1>For instance, a blogger I read frequently noted that her

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<v Speaker 1>toddler was waking up at four forty five am. I

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<v Speaker 1>have experienced that many times, but knock on wood, I

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<v Speaker 1>haven't for the past few months. Basically, everyone is sleeping

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<v Speaker 1>through the night in my house almost every night. Those

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<v Speaker 1>middle of the night wake ups and early wake ups,

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<v Speaker 1>they were a phase. They were a long phase, but

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<v Speaker 1>they were a phase, and now I am in a

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<v Speaker 1>different phase. Of course, there are good things that are

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<v Speaker 1>just a phase. Two, snuggling newborns, the few weeks when

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<v Speaker 1>the flowers are blossoming in spring, it will be spring again,

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<v Speaker 1>but not for a while, and each season of peak

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<v Speaker 1>blossoms is fleeting. That's why I decided to travel to Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>d C. Twice during the March week when the cherry

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<v Speaker 1>blossoms were at their peak billowy whiteness. I knew it

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<v Speaker 1>was just a phase. Soon all those cherry blossom petals

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<v Speaker 1>would be like snow on the ground. Best to enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>it while I could. It is just a phase. Perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>that idea sounds depressing, but I really do believe we

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<v Speaker 1>have to view this truth in its entirety approached well.

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<v Speaker 1>This truth allows us to be calm about truly unpleasant

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<v Speaker 1>things because well, they probably won't last forever. We can

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<v Speaker 1>also decide to savor moments that we know will soon

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<v Speaker 1>be in the past. We can decide to enjoy what

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<v Speaker 1>we can. Holding these two sides of the same truth together,

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<v Speaker 1>we can live in and enjoy the moment, even if

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<v Speaker 1>we know that lots of moments aren't entirely blissful. So

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<v Speaker 1>if you have something you are not enjoying right now,

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<v Speaker 1>can you picture yourself on the other side of it?

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<v Speaker 1>At what point in the future do you reasonably expect

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<v Speaker 1>you won't be dealing with this? And if there is

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<v Speaker 1>something good in your life that you suspect will not

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<v Speaker 1>last forever, which is really everything at least in this world,

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<v Speaker 1>what can you do to savor it now? Make that

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<v Speaker 1>extra trip to see a friend, go camping with a

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<v Speaker 1>kid who wants you to go camping with them, even

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<v Speaker 1>if it is a bother. Someday it won't be possible

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<v Speaker 1>to go camping together. It is just a phase. We

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<v Speaker 1>may as well make the most of it. In the meantime.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura, Thanks for listening, and here's to make

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<v Speaker 1>them the most of our time.

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