WEBVTT - GROW!: Life is a Garden

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<v Speaker 1>Hi there, This is Delilah. Normally probably hear me on

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<v Speaker 1>the radio at night, but this year we started a

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<v Speaker 1>new way to connect with you. These are our conversations

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<v Speaker 1>with Delilah, and in these podcasts, I can talk as

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<v Speaker 1>long as I want. On the radio at night, I

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<v Speaker 1>can only talk, you know, two or three minutes, because

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<v Speaker 1>we play a lot of music, really good music, and

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<v Speaker 1>I love, love, love that. But sometimes there's something on

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<v Speaker 1>my heart, or sometimes I'll interview an artist and we

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<v Speaker 1>talk for ten, fifteen to twenty minutes. I talked to

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<v Speaker 1>Michael bouobleat one time for over an hour. And I

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<v Speaker 1>want to be able to share all that goodness with you,

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<v Speaker 1>all that great stuff, and sometimes there's something on my

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<v Speaker 1>heart that I really need to talk and it takes

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<v Speaker 1>more than two or three minutes. And one of the

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<v Speaker 1>things we've been talking about on the air and on

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<v Speaker 1>our show, on our Facebook page in the little memes

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<v Speaker 1>I post is gardening as a metaphor for life. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a gardener. I love to garden. I have a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of space now because many years ago I bought a

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<v Speaker 1>hundred year old farmhouse and it's got acres of land,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I bought more acres of land next to

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<v Speaker 1>it so I can garden till my heart's content. But

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<v Speaker 1>I have always loved being out in the garden since

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<v Speaker 1>I was a little girl. I've loved plants, I've loved nature.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a squeamy girl that screams when it's he

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<v Speaker 1>a spider or a mouse, or a slug or a snake.

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<v Speaker 1>Not only do those things not bother me or freak

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<v Speaker 1>me out. I love nature, I do. I love birds,

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<v Speaker 1>and I love eagles and hawks. I love watching a

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<v Speaker 1>spider spin its web. It doesn't creep me out at all.

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<v Speaker 1>It fascinates me. I love learning about honeybees, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>very sad that they're dying by the bazillions and we

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<v Speaker 1>don't know why. So I wanted to talk about gardening

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<v Speaker 1>as a metaphor for life on this podcast. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you're not a gardener, that's okay, because I think what

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<v Speaker 1>I have to say will still resonate with you, because

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<v Speaker 1>it's really not about gardening. It's more about your heart

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<v Speaker 1>and living a fruitful life. So we're going to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about that, about planting seeds of hope and nurturing the

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<v Speaker 1>good seeds in the Garden of your Heart. We have

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<v Speaker 1>decide to plant a garden, whether it's a vegetable garden,

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<v Speaker 1>an orchard, or a flower bed, the first thing you

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<v Speaker 1>have to do is prepare the soil. Sometimes that's hard,

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<v Speaker 1>hard work, breaking up the soil, getting out the grass,

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<v Speaker 1>getting out the weeds. I have learned some tricks since

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<v Speaker 1>I've been gardening all these years that make it a

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<v Speaker 1>lot easier. One of those tricks is to cover the

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<v Speaker 1>air that I'm going to plant with newspapers three or

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<v Speaker 1>four or five layers deep, and then put rocks or

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<v Speaker 1>bricks on top of it so it doesn't blow away.

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<v Speaker 1>And then wet it down, and if you do that,

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<v Speaker 1>the newspapers block the sunshine and it kills off all

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<v Speaker 1>the weeds and grass underneath. And then when you go

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<v Speaker 1>to till it, because the newspaper is organic, you can

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<v Speaker 1>till it right into the soil, and in that way

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<v Speaker 1>you cut out a lot of the hard work. And

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<v Speaker 1>in the same way, when you want to plant seeds

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<v Speaker 1>of hope in your heart, you have to prepare the

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<v Speaker 1>soil of your heart by getting rid of all the

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<v Speaker 1>bad stuff. If you want to plant seeds of love,

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<v Speaker 1>say you decided I want to be in a loving,

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<v Speaker 1>nurturing relationship. I want to have a committed relationship with

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<v Speaker 1>a significant other that I can grow in love with,

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<v Speaker 1>and you decide to plant that seed in your heart,

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<v Speaker 1>first you must prepare the soil by getting rid of

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<v Speaker 1>all the weeds and garbage that exists there. If you

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<v Speaker 1>want to have a loving, committed relationship with somebody, that

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<v Speaker 1>means you need to get rid of all the friends

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<v Speaker 1>with benefits that you're messing around with. If you want

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<v Speaker 1>to have a loving, committed, nurturing relationship with somebody that

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<v Speaker 1>is a long term, lifelong marriage or relationship, you got

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<v Speaker 1>to get rid of the weeds in your heart, and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe that's addiction. Nobody is going to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>have a loving, committed, long term relationship with you. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're an alcoholic, if you're a drug addict, if you're

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<v Speaker 1>a gambling addict, if you are addicted to porn or

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<v Speaker 1>to promiscuity, you can't do it. You can't have it

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<v Speaker 1>both ways. So if the seed you want to plant

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<v Speaker 1>in your heart, if you are saying, you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>I would like to share my life life with someone

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<v Speaker 1>and grow old with them and love them completely, then

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<v Speaker 1>you need to get rid of the garbage that is

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<v Speaker 1>choking out the soil of your life long before you

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<v Speaker 1>ever plant that seed, long before you can enter into

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<v Speaker 1>a long term, loving, committed relationship. You need to put

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<v Speaker 1>to rest and get rid of all that dead grass

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<v Speaker 1>and weeds where you're going to plant that seed. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>the seeds you want to plant are healthier relationships with

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<v Speaker 1>your children. Maybe your kids are small, or maybe your

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<v Speaker 1>kids are older, but you say I want to start

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<v Speaker 1>growing healthier relationships with my kids, transparent relationships with my kids,

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<v Speaker 1>same thing applies. Whatever is in the garden of your

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<v Speaker 1>heart that prevents those seeds from taking hold and growing

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<v Speaker 1>you need to get rid of first. You need to

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<v Speaker 1>get rid of that first. Okay, once you have dealt

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<v Speaker 1>with that stuff, maybe it's counseling you need. Maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>were abused by your father, maybe you didn't have a father,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe he abandoned the family, or maybe you went through

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<v Speaker 1>something horribly traumatic as a young person, a child or teenager,

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<v Speaker 1>and you are scarred as a result of that. You

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<v Speaker 1>need to deal with that, honestly. You need to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about it, You need to counsel through it. You need

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<v Speaker 1>to find somebody to help you work through that stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever that stuff is, so that the soil of your

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<v Speaker 1>heart is prepared to grow healthy fruit in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>You cannot grow healthy fruit of honesty, integrity, and trust

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<v Speaker 1>when you have been violated and you no longer trust

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<v Speaker 1>been violated, and you no longer trust people as a

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<v Speaker 1>result of sexual abuse or physical abuse, or emotional abuse

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<v Speaker 1>or abandonment, there is no way you can grow fruits

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<v Speaker 1>of trust in a relationship until you deal with that.

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<v Speaker 1>Doesn't that make sense If you have been abandoned by

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<v Speaker 1>a parent or somebody that you trusted, that should have

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<v Speaker 1>been there to care for you and instead they were

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<v Speaker 1>off getting high or messing around with somebody else or whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>and that trust was broken when you were two or

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<v Speaker 1>five or ten or fifteen. There is no way you

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<v Speaker 1>are just going to be able to enter into a

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<v Speaker 1>relationship and trust somebody and give them your trust. Life

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't work that way. So in order to grow healthy

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<v Speaker 1>fruits in your relationship, like trust, like integrity, honesty, transparency,

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<v Speaker 1>you first must prepare the soil of your heart long

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<v Speaker 1>before you say, okay, I am going to open up

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<v Speaker 1>and be completely vulnerable and completely trusting. First, you got

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<v Speaker 1>to deal with that woundedness that happened that caused you

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<v Speaker 1>not to trust. Does that make sense? I hope that

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<v Speaker 1>makes sense. So preparing the soil of your heart before

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<v Speaker 1>you plant those seeds of hope, those seeds of love,

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<v Speaker 1>those seeds of relationships, is vitally important. I know a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people that are having too much fun in

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<v Speaker 1>life to settle down. They're having too much fun in life.

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<v Speaker 1>They're players, they're traveling, they're doing this, they're doing that.

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<v Speaker 1>They think they're living the good life. But one day

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<v Speaker 1>they're going to look back and go, Dang, I could

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<v Speaker 1>have had a relationship, I could have had a family,

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<v Speaker 1>I could have had a community, I could have people

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<v Speaker 1>that care about me instead of of superficial friends that

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<v Speaker 1>mean nothing. So if you want those things in your life,

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<v Speaker 1>if you want committed, loving relationships, friends that are there

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<v Speaker 1>for you through thick and thin, that are there for

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<v Speaker 1>you when the diagnosis comes in and you've got to

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<v Speaker 1>face a battle that's going to take every ounce of energy.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want real friends that are going to be

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<v Speaker 1>there and see you through those things. If you want

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<v Speaker 1>loving relationships with your children and your grandchildren, with your neighbors,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to first prepare the soil of your heart.

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<v Speaker 1>Once that soil is prepared, once you've dealt with the past,

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<v Speaker 1>once you've faced your character defects or your addictions head on,

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<v Speaker 1>then you carefully plant the seeds that you want to

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<v Speaker 1>grow on your life. You want deeper relationships, then you

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<v Speaker 1>plant those seeds and you water them with your time.

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<v Speaker 1>You cannot have a deeper relationship if you're not willing

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<v Speaker 1>to spend time nurturing that relationship. Just like a seed

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<v Speaker 1>won't grow without sun and water, a relationship won't grow

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<v Speaker 1>without time and attention. You cannot say I want a

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<v Speaker 1>long term, lasting relationship with a significant other, or I

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<v Speaker 1>want to nurture my children and then let poison get

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<v Speaker 1>on that relationship. And the poison that comes into relationship

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<v Speaker 1>is jealousy, bitterness, lies, selfishness. The worst poison you can

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<v Speaker 1>allow to get into your relationship is selfishness, bitterness, jealousy,

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<v Speaker 1>those are poison too. But the biggest poison in any

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<v Speaker 1>relationship in any family that I've ever seen is the poison,

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<v Speaker 1>the toxic poison of self fishness. That's poisonous to relationships.

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<v Speaker 1>You cannot let selfishness into relationships. You can't let it

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<v Speaker 1>touch your relationships. If you are more concerned with your

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<v Speaker 1>appearance or your selfie or your glass of wine with

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<v Speaker 1>your girlfriends, or you're going to a party or going

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<v Speaker 1>to a concert than your kid's pta meeting or your

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<v Speaker 1>kid's basketball game. If you're more concerned with your selfish

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<v Speaker 1>pleasures than the needs of your children, that selfishness will

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<v Speaker 1>destroy your relationship with your kids. If you are more

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<v Speaker 1>concerned with getting your pleasures met than meeting the needs

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<v Speaker 1>of your family or friends, that selfishness is toxic poison.

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<v Speaker 1>It poisons relationships. Jealous See is another poison. If you

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<v Speaker 1>are insecure and jealous and controlling of your partner, checking

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<v Speaker 1>their phones, checking their social media, telling them what they

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<v Speaker 1>can and can't do. That's poison. Now, if your partner

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<v Speaker 1>is a liar, liar, cheater, cheater, then why are you

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<v Speaker 1>trying to control them. You're not going to control them.

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<v Speaker 1>All you're going to do is make yourself miserable and

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<v Speaker 1>make them miserable. If you know you can't trust them,

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<v Speaker 1>then walk away, hold your head high and walk away,

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<v Speaker 1>or say to them, either you deal with this or

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<v Speaker 1>I'm done. But trying to manipulate and control someone else's

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<v Speaker 1>behavior is like trying to chase the wind. It's as

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<v Speaker 1>foolish as trying to chase the wind or trying to

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<v Speaker 1>hold a gallon of water in your bare hands. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't do it. It slips through your fingers. And jealousy and

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<v Speaker 1>control insecurity, those are poisons that are toxic to relationships.

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<v Speaker 1>Neediness is another poison that you need to keep away

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<v Speaker 1>from the garden of your heart. Neediness and selfishness are

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<v Speaker 1>tied very close together. People who are needy we call

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<v Speaker 1>them emotional vampires. They suck the life out of you.

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<v Speaker 1>They're like, need me, Please call me. Why don't you

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<v Speaker 1>ever call me? Why don't you ever text me, and

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<v Speaker 1>they keep track, They keep track, they keep score. I

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<v Speaker 1>called you the last three times, why haven't you called me? No,

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<v Speaker 1>do not let that kind of neediness on your part

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<v Speaker 1>poison the garden of your heart. If you're the kind

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<v Speaker 1>of person that says, did you get the card I

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<v Speaker 1>sent you? Did you get the flowers I sent you?

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't hear from you, then you didn't really send

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<v Speaker 1>that gift as a gift. You sent it with a

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<v Speaker 1>string attached. Hope you could reel that person in. Now

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<v Speaker 1>that person should have good manners and say thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you give gifts waiting to hear from somebody,

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<v Speaker 1>you didn't really give them a gift. You gave them

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<v Speaker 1>something with a string attached. Don't be needy. Don't make

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<v Speaker 1>somebody else responsible for your happiness. You are responsible for

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<v Speaker 1>your happiness. If you are needy, that is a poison

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<v Speaker 1>that poisons relationships, that poisons the good fruit in the

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<v Speaker 1>garden of your heart. So don't let selfishness, don't let jealousy,

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<v Speaker 1>don't let neediness those poisons into the garden of your heart. Okay, Now,

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<v Speaker 1>once the fruits or the vegetables or the flowers begin

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<v Speaker 1>to appear, the roses start to blossom, the carrots start

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<v Speaker 1>to make their little green tops, and the fruit is

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<v Speaker 1>forming underneath. The next thing you need to be careful

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<v Speaker 1>of in a garden are weeds. Uh huh, the dandelions,

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<v Speaker 1>the morning glories. I hate morning glories. Oh, they're so invasive.

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<v Speaker 1>They choke the life out of everything. When weeds start

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<v Speaker 1>to spread in a garden, they might fool you. They

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<v Speaker 1>might look pretty at first. Buttercups look beautiful. I love them.

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<v Speaker 1>I love their bright yellow, buttery color. But they choke

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<v Speaker 1>out everything in my garden. And the weeds will steal

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<v Speaker 1>the nutrients from the soil that the flowers need, that

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<v Speaker 1>the roses need, that the irises need that your carrots are,

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<v Speaker 1>your tomatoes need. Those weeds will not only steal all

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<v Speaker 1>the nutrients, they'll grow up right next to the flower

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<v Speaker 1>or next to the vegetable and begin to choke the

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<v Speaker 1>life out of it. Those weeds in your are weeds

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<v Speaker 1>of bitterness. When you have weeds of bitterness or anger,

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<v Speaker 1>unresolved issues in your heart, those weeds joke out the

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<v Speaker 1>goodness in the garden of your life, and you have

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<v Speaker 1>to be vigilant because they come back over and over again.

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<v Speaker 1>Anger comes back over and over again. Unforgiveness comes back

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<v Speaker 1>over and over again. It's not something you deal with

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<v Speaker 1>once and it's gone. It's something you have to be

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<v Speaker 1>vigilant about. When you see yourself cursing your ex in

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<v Speaker 1>your mind, when you see yourself saying negative things about

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<v Speaker 1>your ex to your kids, when you see yourself being

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<v Speaker 1>pissed off at your dad for what happened thirty years

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<v Speaker 1>ago or didn't happen thirty years ago. When you get

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<v Speaker 1>angry because somebody you love betrayed you and walked away

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<v Speaker 1>from you, and you catch yourself having those conversations in

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<v Speaker 1>your mind where you're trying to convince them to be

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<v Speaker 1>good to you. Those are weeds of bitterness and unforgiveness,

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<v Speaker 1>and you've got to pull them out as soon as

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<v Speaker 1>they pop up. As soon as you find yourself having

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<v Speaker 1>one of those conversations in your mind, as soon as

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<v Speaker 1>you find yourself being bitter to somebody who wronged you,

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<v Speaker 1>you need to stop. I stop, and I pray, and

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<v Speaker 1>I say, God, help me to forgive them, help me

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<v Speaker 1>to forgive them. And if I have wronged somebody, help

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<v Speaker 1>them to forgive me. I don't want anyone to walk

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<v Speaker 1>around with seeds of bitterness in their heart because I've

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<v Speaker 1>wronged them. And I have wronged a lot of people.

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<v Speaker 1>Trust me when I tell you I have hurt people

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<v Speaker 1>on very very very deep levels. Some of them I

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<v Speaker 1>can't make amends too, because to make amends to them

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<v Speaker 1>would would be to open up a wound that is

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<v Speaker 1>best left and opened. And so all I can do

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<v Speaker 1>is pray and say God, please, for every person I've

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<v Speaker 1>ever hurt, If they are bitter, if they are angry,

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<v Speaker 1>please let them forgive me. You have to be vigilant

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<v Speaker 1>and get those weeds of bitterness and anger out of

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<v Speaker 1>the garden of your heart. Every day. You can't let

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<v Speaker 1>them grow. Some people will come along and they'll want

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<v Speaker 1>to feed those weeds of bitterness. They'll want to point

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<v Speaker 1>out to you how that person cheated on you. They'll

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<v Speaker 1>want to gossip and tell you garbage about that person

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<v Speaker 1>that makes you feel even worse. You got to weed

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<v Speaker 1>that out. You got to get rid of that seed

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<v Speaker 1>of bitterness that is growing in your heart. Okay, if

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<v Speaker 1>you do those things, if you prepare the soil of

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<v Speaker 1>your heart by dealing with and getting rid of the

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<v Speaker 1>bad habits, the character defects in your life by getting

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<v Speaker 1>rid of the useless relationships that aren't relationships at all

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<v Speaker 1>but userships, and preparing that soil before where you plant

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<v Speaker 1>the seeds of meaningful relationships. Then, once you plant those seeds,

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<v Speaker 1>if you nurture them and water them with your time

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<v Speaker 1>and attention. Your time and attention, it doesn't take money.

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<v Speaker 1>It takes time and attention to grow a child up. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it takes money too, but the thing that a child

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<v Speaker 1>needs most is your time and attention. Put the stupid

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<v Speaker 1>social media down and pay attention to your child. Put

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<v Speaker 1>it down and talk to them, Ask them about their day,

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<v Speaker 1>Listen to them, engage in conversations, build a puzzle, go

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<v Speaker 1>for a walk, go for a height, go to the mountains,

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<v Speaker 1>go swimming. Relationships take time and attention. So nurture those

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<v Speaker 1>seeds that you plant in the garden of your heart

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<v Speaker 1>with time and attention, and then be vigilant to make

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<v Speaker 1>sure that poison does not get in your garden, the

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<v Speaker 1>poison of jealousy, the poison of selfishness, the poison of insecurity,

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<v Speaker 1>the poison that can get on the garden of your

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<v Speaker 1>heart and destroy it. And finally be vigilant about not

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<v Speaker 1>letting weeds of bitterness come between those flowers of those

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<v Speaker 1>plants and choke out the beautiful life. That's my garden

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<v Speaker 1>analogy to grow a beautiful garden in your heart, a

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<v Speaker 1>garden of long term loving relationships, because, honestly, my friend,

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<v Speaker 1>that is all that makes life worth living. There's beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>places to travel to, There's fabulous experiences to be had,

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<v Speaker 1>there's wonderful music to listen to. You can spend your

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<v Speaker 1>whole life buying yourself diamonds and jewels and gold, or

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<v Speaker 1>buying yourself trips to the Middle East, trips to Brazil,

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<v Speaker 1>trips to Costa Rica, trips to white trips to fabulous places.

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<v Speaker 1>You can spend your whole life learning and going to

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<v Speaker 1>college and getting more and more degrees. But when it's

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<v Speaker 1>all said and done, the only thing that matters is love, faith, hope,

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<v Speaker 1>and love. And the greatest of these is love. And

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<v Speaker 1>if you are not forming, nurturing, loving, healthy, precious relationships

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<v Speaker 1>in this world, when it's all said and done and

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<v Speaker 1>God calls your name, you're going to be very, very

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<v Speaker 1>sad because you're not going to be able to take

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<v Speaker 1>the diamonds and the gold the degrees, the trips, the photos,

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<v Speaker 1>the Facebook post. You're not going to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>take those things with you. The only thing that will

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