WEBVTT - 20 Years For What?

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to wokay F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Danielle Moody, back from VAK and recording

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<v Speaker 1>in the Brooklyn Bunker. Folks, I gotta tell you, and

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<v Speaker 1>I know this every single time that I go on

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<v Speaker 1>vacation and I come back and I jump into the news,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like trying to catch hot grease in your hand.

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<v Speaker 1>It is painful. It is almost impossible to catch up

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<v Speaker 1>with what you've missed during the week that you're out.

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<v Speaker 1>But I want to give you some initial highlights from

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<v Speaker 1>my trip about recharging and just revitalizing my spirits, and

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<v Speaker 1>then dive fully back into the headlines, which there are

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<v Speaker 1>many and I don't even know which ones to start

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<v Speaker 1>with thirst, But what I will say is that thank

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<v Speaker 1>you all so much for your well wishes and your

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<v Speaker 1>thoughts on how to recharge and being so wonderful with

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<v Speaker 1>regard to recognizing that even you know, those folks that

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<v Speaker 1>you may rely on for news on a day to

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<v Speaker 1>day basis also require rest. And I do my best

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<v Speaker 1>to offer to you all advice that I think will

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<v Speaker 1>help you, but then also turn around and wanting to

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<v Speaker 1>take my own advice, and what I will say is

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<v Speaker 1>this rest and restoration should not just happen one week

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<v Speaker 1>out of the year. It should be a daily practice.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm coming back to you feeling so recharged and

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<v Speaker 1>so relaxed because I make self care a part of

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<v Speaker 1>my daily routines. And while it's really great to take

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<v Speaker 1>a full on break and to be able to just

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<v Speaker 1>be in the sun and connected with friends and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>just rest, do nothing right, like just lay by a pool,

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<v Speaker 1>it's also important to just think of the ways in

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<v Speaker 1>which we continue to overwork ourselves, grind ourselves, and wait

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<v Speaker 1>until we are at our most depleted to say that

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<v Speaker 1>we need a break. I think I'm coming back so

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<v Speaker 1>recharged and feeling like just on a high, and not

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<v Speaker 1>coming back in a way where I'm like, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>I wish I had another day or a week of vacation,

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<v Speaker 1>because I genuinely don't. I think that happens when you

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<v Speaker 1>wait to feel like your thread has broken, that you have,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, literally given all that you can and now

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<v Speaker 1>you're completely depleted. I think that that's the wrong way

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<v Speaker 1>to take vacation. I believe in the practice of daily

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<v Speaker 1>self care. What are you doing for yourself? How do

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<v Speaker 1>you start your day, How do you end your day?

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<v Speaker 1>What are you doing in between when you're in your

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<v Speaker 1>moments of deep frustration. I will tell you this, I

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<v Speaker 1>was really of myself because over the weekend many folks

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<v Speaker 1>know that I was up in Martha's Vineyard, That's where

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<v Speaker 1>I was doing my holiday, and the hurricane Henri was

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<v Speaker 1>heading our way, and I wanted to leave a day

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<v Speaker 1>early because I felt like, you know, driving headfirst into

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<v Speaker 1>a hurricane may not be the best. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>my friends that I was with were just like, no,

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<v Speaker 1>it'll be fine. You know, they're blowing this out of proportion.

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<v Speaker 1>Needless to say, when we wake up on the next

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<v Speaker 1>day from when we should have left, all of our

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<v Speaker 1>fairies were canceled and we were left scrambling to figure

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<v Speaker 1>out now what we were going to do if we

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't get off the island, if they didn't open up

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<v Speaker 1>the fairies, like where they're going to be hotels available,

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<v Speaker 1>knowing that you know, now everyone who was not able

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<v Speaker 1>to get on the island was also going to need accommodations.

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<v Speaker 1>And during that time, I, you know, I was frustrated

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<v Speaker 1>and annoyed. And what I did as opposed to what

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<v Speaker 1>I have done in the past is I did some meditations,

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<v Speaker 1>I did some deep breathing. You know, a person that

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<v Speaker 1>I was with said, you know, if I you're a

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<v Speaker 1>much better person than me, because I would have been

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<v Speaker 1>waving my finger doing a whole bunch if I told

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<v Speaker 1>you so, I told you so about leaving early. And

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<v Speaker 1>I said, my response was, what would be the point

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<v Speaker 1>of that? Who does that help? It doesn't make me

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<v Speaker 1>feel anybody just because I happen to have been right,

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<v Speaker 1>because it doesn't change the present situation. Right, The only

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<v Speaker 1>thing that will change the present situation is to keep

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<v Speaker 1>like a calm head recognized that we're all safe, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're all together, and regardless of decisions that could have

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<v Speaker 1>been made better, they weren't. So what are the decisions

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<v Speaker 1>that we're making now, and how are we going to

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<v Speaker 1>operate and kind of move through? And I will tell

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<v Speaker 1>you that twenty nineteen Danielle, twenty eighteen Danielle would have

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<v Speaker 1>had a whole melt down, would have been angry and

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<v Speaker 1>miserable and frustrated and just made a frustrating situation ten

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<v Speaker 1>times worse. And what I've learned over you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>almost two years of being invested in a regular if

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<v Speaker 1>not daily, I you know, will miss a day here

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<v Speaker 1>and there, But a daily meditation practice is that it

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<v Speaker 1>has changed the way in which I show up in

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<v Speaker 1>friction situations. And I don't say like in fight or

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<v Speaker 1>flight moan, but in situations where there is friction, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and I recognize that our attitudes can change those friction

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<v Speaker 1>moments into fore alarm fires or into you know, more

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<v Speaker 1>of a bomb right where you're like, this doesn't have

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<v Speaker 1>to be like this. We can recognize that everything is frustrating.

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<v Speaker 1>We can recognize that there is friction without making the

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<v Speaker 1>situation worse. That does not mean ignoring right what is happening,

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<v Speaker 1>but it means that you can choose how you decide

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<v Speaker 1>that you want things to unfold moving forward. And for me,

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<v Speaker 1>I am just so grateful And I'm sharing this because

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<v Speaker 1>I feel that I see real time, daily affirmations of

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<v Speaker 1>the steps that I have taken to better my emotional,

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<v Speaker 1>spiritual and physical well being. Right, and that we have

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<v Speaker 1>more power then we recognize that we do. And again,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't mean you're not frustrated. It doesn't mean that

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<v Speaker 1>you're not angry. It just means that I'm not going

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<v Speaker 1>to allow those negative emotions to cloud how I find

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<v Speaker 1>myself out of a situation or make it worse than

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<v Speaker 1>it actually has to be. So at the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the day, it was, you know, we were able to

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<v Speaker 1>leave the island and able to do so safely and

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<v Speaker 1>just do it later. We were able to enjoy each

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<v Speaker 1>other for a few more hours before everybody's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>splits and goes their separate ways post vacation, And it

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<v Speaker 1>was just an opportunity for me to do real time

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<v Speaker 1>reflection on the growth that I feel like I've had

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<v Speaker 1>as a person and how I approach situations and want

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<v Speaker 1>to not be reactionary, not wanting not to be explosive,

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<v Speaker 1>wanting to be you know, remain calm and thoughtful and

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<v Speaker 1>be able to move through and choose joy over misery. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't feel like we recognize in every moment

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<v Speaker 1>of our lives that we that our emotions and how

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<v Speaker 1>we feed into them are a choice, right and in

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of ways. And this is let me provide

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<v Speaker 1>the caveat. I'm not saying if you have if you

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<v Speaker 1>are somebody that has mental illness or suffers from you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I depression, all of these different things that like you're

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<v Speaker 1>making an active choice. Know I'm saying for people who

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<v Speaker 1>do not have those what can be seen as impediments

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<v Speaker 1>to that way of thinking that Yeah, we can choose

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<v Speaker 1>to be pissed off, we can choose to let things go.

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<v Speaker 1>We can choose to find better ways to communicate our

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<v Speaker 1>needs without their being yelling, without major frustration and disruption.

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<v Speaker 1>And what I realize for myself is that I am

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<v Speaker 1>choosing to be better each and every day and seeing

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<v Speaker 1>that applied in real time situations where I know that

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<v Speaker 1>I could have shown up differently makes me proud. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think that it's important to take those moments and say, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>all this like quote unquote, do in the work. And

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<v Speaker 1>we got to do the work. And healing is a

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<v Speaker 1>constant state of being right. It isn't something that is

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<v Speaker 1>one and done, but that it does happen and it

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<v Speaker 1>is happening. And I felt really good about that. So,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I hope that you all enjoyed. And I

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<v Speaker 1>could see that there was lots of conversation that was

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<v Speaker 1>happening underneath the episodes that we recorded and the interviews

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<v Speaker 1>that were recorded for you all to enjoy while I

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<v Speaker 1>was out, tell me what your favorites were folks that

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<v Speaker 1>you would like to hear more from. I saw some

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<v Speaker 1>people bought some plants and were inspired by the conversations

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<v Speaker 1>with the various brilliant plant folks that I had on

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<v Speaker 1>just trying to infuse some of my different and varied

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<v Speaker 1>passions from politics with all of you. So I'm really

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<v Speaker 1>glad that folks enjoyed the conversations, got things out of

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<v Speaker 1>the interviews, went and bought some plant babies of your own,

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<v Speaker 1>and really reflected on the kind of life that you

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<v Speaker 1>want to be living. We all had the ability to

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<v Speaker 1>design the lives that we want. Some of us may

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<v Speaker 1>not be able to change things immediately in the moment.

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<v Speaker 1>We can change how we think about them. We can

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<v Speaker 1>change how we give, what we give power to, what

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<v Speaker 1>we give energy to, and what we choose to take

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<v Speaker 1>energy away from. Those are active choices that we can make.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that for me, the goal is to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to always come back from vacation excited to

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<v Speaker 1>get back into work, excited and feeling like I'm rested

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<v Speaker 1>enough to dive back in and give you guys my best.

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<v Speaker 1>And so that was my trip in a nutshell, all right.

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<v Speaker 1>So now we go to the news. Dear God, the disaster,

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<v Speaker 1>the humanitarian crisis that is unfolding in Afghanistan is like

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<v Speaker 1>nothing I have ever seen before. And listening and reading about,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, America is a really compli cated, an interesting

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<v Speaker 1>country to be a citizen of and to be critical of.

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<v Speaker 1>And then listen to the ways in which we have

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<v Speaker 1>devastated other countries, communities of people for twenty plus years. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's been twenty years since the war in Afghanistan began. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>because initially we were headed to Afghanistan for what to

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<v Speaker 1>find those that were responsible for nine to eleven, And

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<v Speaker 1>after being attacked in nine to eleven and watching the

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<v Speaker 1>towers fall and watching a plane go into the Pentagon

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<v Speaker 1>and the families who were destroyed and lives were destroyed,

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<v Speaker 1>and all of these things, understanding that you should not

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<v Speaker 1>make decisions when anger and passions are so high. The

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<v Speaker 1>only person who you all know that voted against going

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<v Speaker 1>to war in Afghanistan, one person out of the entirety

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<v Speaker 1>of Congress, was Barbarly Congresswoman Barbally at A, California. She

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<v Speaker 1>has been on this program before and she is honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>when I was working on the hill, one of my

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<v Speaker 1>favorite members of Congress because she's always been very clear

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<v Speaker 1>headed about who she is, who she represents, and what

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<v Speaker 1>she stands for. And that is why she is a

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<v Speaker 1>long serving member of Congress. She was a sole member

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<v Speaker 1>to vote against the war in Afghanistan. And why was

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<v Speaker 1>that because without a clear path in and a clear

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<v Speaker 1>way out, what was America doing in Afghanistan? What were

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<v Speaker 1>we going to disrupt? How is it that there are

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<v Speaker 1>so many American lives, right members of our military who

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<v Speaker 1>over the course of twenty years, who died for the

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<v Speaker 1>work that they were doing in Afghanistan, interpreters, health providers,

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<v Speaker 1>humanitarian people, all because they were working under the guise

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<v Speaker 1>that they were building an infrastructure for a country that

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<v Speaker 1>was going to assume that control of itself. So how

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<v Speaker 1>is it that when this current president, the fourth president

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<v Speaker 1>to lead this war, that weeks after the announcement is

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<v Speaker 1>made that we are pulling troops out, that the entire operation,

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<v Speaker 1>the entire work you build Afghanistan to a place that

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<v Speaker 1>it could stand on its own, crumbled right before the

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<v Speaker 1>eyes of the world. Because when you're watching these scenes

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<v Speaker 1>of I mean thousands of people trying to run on

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<v Speaker 1>to a tarmac, to save themselves, to save their families.

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<v Speaker 1>When you hear the stories of women literally given birth

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<v Speaker 1>in mid air or on the tarmac, you see the

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<v Speaker 1>please of these people for safety. It's like, what the

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<v Speaker 1>fuck was America doing? What were rebuilding there? How is

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<v Speaker 1>it that after twenty years and countless, countless lives lost,

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<v Speaker 1>this is what the men and women and people who

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<v Speaker 1>have been serving, this is what this is the legacy.

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<v Speaker 1>It crumbles in a matter of weeks. And now the

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<v Speaker 1>Taliban is able to use America's withdrawal as a win

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<v Speaker 1>because what else would you? What else if you are

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<v Speaker 1>a terrorist entity and you are seeing that all of

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<v Speaker 1>these countries around the world are sending in planes and

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<v Speaker 1>people are fleeing because they're running from you, How is

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<v Speaker 1>that not seen as a huge win. And again with

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<v Speaker 1>the finger waving of this administration and administrations of pass

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<v Speaker 1>like the world will remember you. These motherfuckers don't care

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<v Speaker 1>how the world sees them. They are literally going door

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<v Speaker 1>to door and killing the family members of people who

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<v Speaker 1>worked for the United States and trying to aid the

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<v Speaker 1>creation of a democratic country out of the grips of terrorists.

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<v Speaker 1>They're going door to door and they're killing, calling for

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<v Speaker 1>the killing of the brother of a language interpreter. They're

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<v Speaker 1>going on hunts for women and killing them for not

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<v Speaker 1>abiding by Sharia law. Like so to wave your finger

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<v Speaker 1>from a podium and try and and and call what

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<v Speaker 1>some some morality, some moral center to people that literally

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<v Speaker 1>put out multiple beheading videos a fucking day, what are

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<v Speaker 1>you doing? And honestly, the question is on everybody's mind

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<v Speaker 1>is what was the United States doing? What did these

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<v Speaker 1>people risk their lives for to fight alongside the United

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<v Speaker 1>States for what? Only to end up on a tarmac

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<v Speaker 1>hoping to God that the next plane that lands you

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<v Speaker 1>and your family members can get on to go where.

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<v Speaker 1>Because you know, folks, I got to tell you this too.

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<v Speaker 1>What is getting me with these videos and the pictures,

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<v Speaker 1>the heartbreak and the devastation is that I can't imagine it.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't even wrap my mind around what these people

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<v Speaker 1>are feeling. Because I want you to think to yourself,

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<v Speaker 1>right now, you're in your home, you're in your apartment,

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<v Speaker 1>you're in your dorm room, and an alert comes through

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<v Speaker 1>your country is being completely and totally destabilized, and within days,

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<v Speaker 1>if not weeks, the terrorists who you thought had been

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<v Speaker 1>pushed out or at least had lost power, are now back.

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<v Speaker 1>You are now sitting maybe on your couch at the

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<v Speaker 1>kitchen table, kicking it with your friends in a dorm room.

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<v Speaker 1>You get this alert and you have but a few

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<v Speaker 1>days maybe to pack up whatever it is that you

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<v Speaker 1>can carry, leave your country of origin, to get on

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<v Speaker 1>a plane to go to an unknown destination with a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of people who you are now in solidarity with

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<v Speaker 1>on this plane, who you may not have known other

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<v Speaker 1>than the fact that you are all American. Right, thinking

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<v Speaker 1>about this from your perspective, Now you're on a plane

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<v Speaker 1>and you are going where to do? What? To build?

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<v Speaker 1>What with what? I can not imagine the fear. I

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<v Speaker 1>cannot imagine the grief, just the shock. And this is

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<v Speaker 1>what is happening right now. The United States to this

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<v Speaker 1>day has evacuated I think somewhere within the last day,

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen thousand people they evacuated in twenty four hours. The

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<v Speaker 1>question that is being asked you to Jake Sullivan, who's

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<v Speaker 1>the National Security Advisor and others, is are these just

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<v Speaker 1>Americans that are being evacuated? Are the people who risk

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<v Speaker 1>their lives to work alongside in a multitude of capacities

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<v Speaker 1>with the United States. Are they being evacuated? Have these

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<v Speaker 1>people been identified? You're telling us that there is a

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<v Speaker 1>deadline of a week. You have until August thirty first

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<v Speaker 1>to get out of Dodge, And then what are we

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<v Speaker 1>keeping up the pace of evacuating sixteen thousand people every

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<v Speaker 1>single day for the next week. Is that going to

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<v Speaker 1>be enough? And what happens after that deadline passes? Do

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<v Speaker 1>we just say, well, here's hoping that you're not slaughtered?

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<v Speaker 1>So to think about I'm sitting and I'm looking around

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<v Speaker 1>at my apartment. What the fuck am I grabbing? Do

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<v Speaker 1>I have time to unite with my family on Long

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<v Speaker 1>Island and flee together so we're on the same plane,

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<v Speaker 1>or do I just risk it and if I have

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<v Speaker 1>the ability, I just get on and hope to God

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<v Speaker 1>because now I have no way to connect with them,

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<v Speaker 1>right because what access do they have to anything? That

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