1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: I tell you what, the stories that have come out 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 1: of Kerrville, they're just incredible, incredible story. Had heard another 3 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: one this morning out of Waller County. I'm trying to 4 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: track down a Waller County Sheriff's deputy by the name 5 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: of Brad Metcalf, and I don't want to get the 6 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: details wrong, but as I understand it, he recovered a 7 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: flag in the flood debris. He was there to do 8 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: search and rescue, and he recovered a flag and they 9 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: brought it back to Waller County and flew it half 10 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: staff over the Waller County Justice Center in honor of 11 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: those who were lost in the flood. I don't know 12 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:58,319 Speaker 1: if I got those details exactly right, but that's what 13 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: I was told, and we are trying to track him 14 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: down right now. If you have access to him, then 15 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: please ask him to call seven one three nine one thousand, 16 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: or you can email me, but we have a call 17 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 1: into him right now seven one three nine one thousand. 18 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: I got a message this morning on a woman that 19 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,559 Speaker 1: several people I know apparently knew very well, whose name 20 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: was Molly Smith, a big, big part of the community. 21 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: She served as an unopposed elected Harris County judge for 22 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: twenty years in Precinct eight position one. As a judge, 23 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: she chartered the JPCA changed the way Harris County handled 24 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:42,040 Speaker 1: truancy matters. She started a teen court with her bench, 25 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: a program that brought many truancy repeaters into active courtrooms 26 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: to become a part of the system. From the other 27 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: side of the bench, she served every civic organization in 28 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: the area, from the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, Sanjasento Republican 29 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: Women to the Harris County Hometown Opry and good God 30 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: that woman could say. Molly was an avid supporter of 31 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: women's sheltered groups, for the Bridge over Troubled Waters and 32 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: Sarah's House, which she initially founded. Molly was committed to 33 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,119 Speaker 1: Santa Cento College Board of Directors as a San jan 34 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: alumni and made it possible for so many seeking secondary 35 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: education to have full access to further education. She has 36 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: survived by her husband, Carol Smith, owner of Monument Chevrolet 37 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:30,959 Speaker 1: on Highway to twenty five formerly Timurs Chevrolet of Pasadena, 38 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 1: a business with fifty year routes serving the Pasadena and 39 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: surrounding areas. Her life has made us all very proud 40 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 1: and she was a longtime listener, but never call her 41 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: of your show, Michael Berry and your voice in Houston. 42 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 1: If a mention of her passing and services not possible, 43 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: may I ask you to please say a silent prayer 44 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: with us. The community has lost a good one, perhaps, 45 00:02:53,960 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 1: and in my humble opinion, the very best of them. Understand, 46 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: because I have some other friends who are friends with her, 47 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: is that I think she had a fall and hit 48 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: her head. You know, look, death is not easy any 49 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: way it happens. There's no way around that. But my goodness, 50 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:27,839 Speaker 1: a tragic accident like this for a person still presumably 51 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: in good health, I find that much much harder to reconcile. 52 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: I've said it many times and I'll say it again 53 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: because the people constantly going through these things as difficult 54 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:48,559 Speaker 1: as my mother's passing was, and particularly physically on her, 55 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 1: it was a blessing to us to get to say 56 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: everything we needed to say. I am a big believer 57 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: in telling the people around you how you feel about them, 58 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: and things they did for you that mattered most to you, 59 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: and why they mattered, and all the way down to 60 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: the you know, I remember when you wore those moccasins 61 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: and they had a hole in them, and I guess 62 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 1: moccasins were the style of the time in the seventies 63 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: and all to make sure that we had, you know, 64 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: a new pair of genes to start to school. I mean, 65 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: looking back now, that really means something to me to 66 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: realize the sacrifice you made, especially when you are the 67 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: age your parent was, when you're remembering what happened at 68 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: that moment. I think it's important to say those things 69 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: because you just never know when the curvel flood is 70 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 1: going to come, or a drunk driver is going to 71 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: hit you, or a heart attack, Well will happened. You 72 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 1: have to live your life. We're all going to die. 73 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 1: But I also think it's important in the process of 74 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: living your life to be my meaningful and present that 75 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 1: life is so precious and fleeting and short, and to 76 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 1: be more engaged in our human connections than a screen 77 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: or money or kissing somebody's ass because they can get 78 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: you a better job or a bigger contractor this or that, 79 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:32,799 Speaker 1: and focusing or making a client happy. I left practicing law. 80 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 1: I remember it like it was yesterday because I had 81 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: a mentor who was a managing partner at the firm, 82 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: and he treated me like I sudden, he adored me. 83 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: He was grooming me to be the next you know, 84 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: managing partner or whatever that would have been at the firm. 85 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 1: And my wife and I had tickets to the Alley 86 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: Theater and I had worked several days in a row 87 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: until late at night, and if I worked past a 88 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: certain hour, they would get me a driver, which I 89 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: referred to as a limo because it was a Lincoln 90 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 1: Town Cars. A limbo to me and my first professional job, 91 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 1: and I'm straight out of law school. And if I 92 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: was at the office past a certain time, I think 93 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: it was seven, then I didn't have to drive home 94 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: or back in. They would send a driver because they're 95 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: building a bunch of hours and they would order in 96 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: food even if I was the only one working, because 97 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 1: it was the project I was working on, and I'd 98 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: done this several days in a row, and so my 99 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 1: wife got tickets to the Alley Theater to see on 100 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: August Wilson play Jitney, and I was excited. We're gonna 101 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: have date night. We were going to go to Bira 102 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: Parrettes for dinner and then two, which is right next 103 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: to the Alley, and then we're going to go to 104 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 1: the Alley Theater and see this for And at about 105 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 1: three thirty in the afternoon, a managing partner, my mentor 106 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 1: and I are on the phone with a client and 107 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: the client says, we sent He sent the work that 108 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: I had completed over the last couple of days. And 109 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: guy says, oh, this is great. I'm not going to 110 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: have a chance to get to it until Monday. This 111 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: was a Thursday. I'm not gonna have a chance to 112 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: get to it till monday. But it looks great. And 113 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: he said, oh, by the way, can you do and 114 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: you give a little project And my managing partner said, 115 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: we'll have it to you by the morning. And he said, 116 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: you don't need to have it. I won't do it. 117 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: And he said, no, no, we will. I had to 118 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: stay late and miss and I said, you know what 119 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: I'm out. I said that MAC has three locations of 120 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: gallery furniture. Will have to fix that. It's only two now. 121 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: He just reminded me the Postoke location has closed. Very 122 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: interesting what happened along that post Oake location when MAC 123 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: came in. It brought a lot of attention to that 124 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: Postoake corridor, once the premier shopping district in Houston. That 125 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: area has suffered mightily. First of all, the galleria has 126 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: had a horrible, horrible decline. Just go over there and 127 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: check it out. I've had officers who work that beat 128 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: tell me, don't let your wife park in the galleria 129 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: and walk to the stores, because when you're coming out 130 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:48,319 Speaker 1: of the stores, a woman with shopping bags walking out 131 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,320 Speaker 1: of the stores is a target. They'll run up her 132 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 1: and punch her in the face and grab what she 133 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: has and run. They're carjacking people in the parking lot. 134 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: A friend who's pretty well to do, and he was 135 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: mentioning that his wife had purchased this or that item 136 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: from I don't know, one of the high end stores. 137 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: Not Lord and Taylor. They're not there anymore, but whatever 138 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 1: the one is on that far west end. No, it's 139 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 1: not Spencers. What is the name of the darn place. 140 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: It has the restaurant too. It has little Foo food 141 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: restaurants about. It's a multi story department store. It's down 142 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 1: on the west end. It's probably the fanciest of the 143 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: department stores. It's left at the gallery. Anyway, he said 144 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: his wife had bought it there, and I said, man, 145 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: let me tell you what I hear from law enforcement 146 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: tells me there's a lot, way more crime in the 147 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 1: galley than you would imagine, especially for single women. And 148 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 1: so because it's thugs, right, there's certain cultures that prey 149 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: on single women. We all know this. The data bears 150 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 1: it out anecdotally. Everybody's got a story, and you've got 151 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: a lot of thug culture gathering around the galleria. And 152 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 1: he said no. She pulls up to the valet parking, 153 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 1: she goes into the store, she buys what she wants, 154 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: she comes back out, and she gets in the cart 155 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 1: and she leaves. They live in the suburbs, so they 156 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 1: don't have to live around the trash. Anyway. You've got 157 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: the galleria and all the problems have happened there. And 158 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 1: then you've got you head north on Post Oak that area, 159 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:43,959 Speaker 1: you know when you head north on Post Oak out 160 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: of the galleria. So you've got was that Dillard's across 161 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: the street. You've got that Shell station in the corner. 162 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 1: I don't know what it is about that Shell station 163 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: in the northeast corner of West Timer and the six Loop. 164 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 1: I'm sorry that that would be the southwest corner. So 165 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: Southwest corner, there is a Shell station right there. I 166 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: have had officers tell me it's one of the worst 167 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: gas stations in America, and you wouldn't. I mean, this 168 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 1: is Uptown, this is Galleria area, right They rebranded the Galleria. 169 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: Did you did you say something? They rebranded the Galleria 170 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: to Uptown because the Galleria came to have a bad name. 171 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: Then you head north on Post Oak. Right there on 172 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 1: the west side of Post Oak, that used to be 173 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:43,959 Speaker 1: Sacklewitz first, that was that was the taj mahall of 174 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:48,439 Speaker 1: of you know in Houston based, you know, department store. 175 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 1: You on the on the east side, you've got the 176 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: Container Store, You've got the whole Earth. You start going 177 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: along there, you've got a really really high end Indian 178 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: jewelry store that came there about two years ago for 179 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: really really rich Indians. That is the premier jewelry store. 180 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 1: Then you keep going you had Kenny and Ziggy's. It's 181 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 1: not a surprise that Ziggy moved out of there. Ziggi 182 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: Gruber doesn't want to get mugged. Then on the far 183 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: end you had what used to be I think Ashman's 184 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: and then it became Sports Authority and now it's Dick 185 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:37,839 Speaker 1: Sporting Goods. Which in and of itself has lost a 186 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 1: luster because of their anti gun position. So Mack had 187 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: located in the middle of there and has had nothing 188 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,359 Speaker 1: but problems. He's had the crime, which he's complained about constantly, 189 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 1: and they won't do anything about it. But also they 190 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: decided right after he moved in, you know, will be 191 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: a great idea. It's hard enough to get people to 192 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 1: come back into the city when they do get here. 193 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 1: You high end retailers, Let's do to you what we 194 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: did to downtown. Let's rip the road up so we 195 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 1: can put a trolley car in between there. A trolley car. 196 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: Why would you do that, because when it's one hundred 197 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:29,079 Speaker 1: and seventy eight thousand degrees, what people want to do 198 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 1: is go stand out on the road and wait on 199 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: a trolley car. That way, at least if there's not 200 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: a homeless person on the trolley car when they get 201 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: on and off, maybe they can get water splashed on them, 202 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: or if nothing else, they can get a good sign 203 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 1: of sweat in while they're waiting on the trolley car 204 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: to take them up and down the corridor. So for 205 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 1: years they ripped up the roads and mac ranted and 206 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 1: raved and nobody cared because we had to have the 207 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 1: trolley car. Go look at that trolley car any time 208 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 1: or day. There is nobody on it, and the few 209 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 1: people who are on it, you didn't get them out 210 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 1: of their cars. See what happens. This is This is 211 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: how you trick people. People say, oh, there's too much traffic, 212 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 1: too many cars on the road. Yes, you're right. We 213 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 1: will solve that with a trolley car system like we 214 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: ripped out when we had in the nineteen twenties. We'll 215 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: put everybody butt you in a trolley. Yes, I'm for 216 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: a very very very expensive trolley because everybody will ride 217 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 1: the trolley butt me. Oh okay, well why aren't you 218 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: riding it? No way. I want to control my air conditioning. 219 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: I want to control what I listen to. I want 220 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 1: to be able to move here and there if I 221 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: stop on the way home. I don't just go from 222 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: point A to point b. 223 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 2: Oh. 224 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: I went to New York and I ride the sideway 225 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: and it was really nice on that sideway. My whole 226 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: family had a nice time on the sideway. So people 227 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: come home from New York and there's enough of these people. 228 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: I don't know, why can't we have that in Houston. 229 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 1: We got drive here. It's all time and from well 230 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: to do people. We got a driver everywhere in Houston. 231 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: You know, you know a lot about New York. You 232 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: can walk. I like fat you know you walk. You 233 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: don't have to have car. You can walk here. We 234 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: got buses everywhere here. Go get on one. Go wait 235 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: at the bus stop, walk around in the heat. 236 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 3: With them. 237 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: Michael Berry for here is the story from March twenty, 238 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: first of last year. Metro may reduce service on Silver 239 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 1: Line rapid Transit along Post Oak beginning in June. That 240 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: was love last year. Metro may reduce service on Silver 241 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: Line rapid Transit along Post Oak beginning in June. Houston's 242 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: first bus rapid transit line won't be so rapid anymore. 243 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:06,040 Speaker 1: According to a new plan under consideration by Metropolitan Transit 244 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: Authority officials, buses along the Silver Line route between the 245 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: lower Uptown West Park Transit Center south of the Galleria 246 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: and Northwest Transit Center near Interstate ten and Loop ten 247 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 1: Loop six' ten could go from running every twelve minutes 248 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: to every twenty. Minutes metro officials said the reasons for 249 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: less frequent service are the result of quote lower than 250 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 1: anticipated end quote use of the line and the better 251 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: use of some of those buses in other, places said 252 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: The director Of service And planning For. Metro moving to 253 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: a twenty minute frequency places the rapid line Between metro's 254 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: frequent core, routes which can come every ten to fifteen 255 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: minutes at peak, times and the lesser used community routes 256 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 1: that come every twenty to thirty. Minutes since its debut 257 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:12,959 Speaker 1: In august of twenty, twenty during THE covid nineteen, pandemic 258 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: the line has carried only a fraction of the ridership 259 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 1: officials envisioned for the. Route on a Typical january work, 260 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: day the line carried an average of one thy thirty three. 261 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 1: Writers critics of the Line that'd be me said well 262 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: before its opening it would, underperform and have said since 263 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: its lackluster numbers became clear that it and future major 264 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 1: projects should be. Reconsidered let me explain this to, you 265 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 1: AND i know that everybody has an opinion on this 266 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 1: and you're locked into, it but just give me five 267 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: minutes to make my, pitch would? 268 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 2: You? 269 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: SO i came To houston nineteen eighty. Nine in nineteen ninety, 270 00:17:55,920 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: One Bob lanier run Against Kathy. Whitmeyer Kathy whitmeyer is the. 271 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: Mayor Bob lanier is the chairman Of. Metro Sylvester turner's 272 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:13,959 Speaker 1: of State. Rep Kathy whitmeyer had in her mind that 273 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 1: we needed light rail because all the big cities need. Lightrail, 274 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: now the unspoken in all of this is there are 275 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 1: people whose job it is to sell big, projects because 276 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: you'll never guess their company performs big, projects building, stadiums 277 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: doing bond offerings of a billion dollars to renovate. Stadiums 278 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 1: you get the. Point those people will do anything for 279 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 1: a political leader who will take on these big. Projects 280 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 1: Bob lanier was a longtime land. Developer started as a. 281 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,679 Speaker 1: Lawyer Backer botts Realized i'm not a big firm, Lawyer 282 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 1: i'm a deal. Guy he got into real, estate and 283 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: what he was really good at was getting into real 284 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 1: estate in areas where roads were going to be, built 285 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: because the value of that real estate goes through the 286 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:12,439 Speaker 1: roof and. Apartments and he made a lot of money 287 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: in real estate and he was a believer in. It 288 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 1: he ended up being on The texas on The Texas Highway, 289 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: COMMISSION i think it was called at the. Time Think 290 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:27,159 Speaker 1: Mark white put him on, it and he was a 291 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: big transportation. Guy if you ever Saw Bob, lanier you 292 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:36,120 Speaker 1: wouldn't know, This But Bob lanier had the most analytical 293 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: mind of ANYONE i have ever met in. Politics So 294 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:46,200 Speaker 1: bob lemir in ninety, one So bobliner, says we got 295 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: to stop with this metro. Thing this metro. Thing Kathy 296 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 1: whitmeer was wasting all this. Money and remember this is 297 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety. One crime is through the. Roof fox started 298 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:06,679 Speaker 1: the city under. Siege mister k m the brains behind the, 299 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:12,959 Speaker 1: galleria was murdered in his driveway for his. Watch crime 300 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: was through the. Roof In, houston people were moving out 301 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: the Downtown Rice, hotel Where JOHN. F kennedy had stayed 302 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: the night before he had been. Assassinated beautiful architecture Downtown 303 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: centerpiece was vacant and homeless people would sleep under the. 304 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 1: Awning the white flight out of the, city which was 305 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 1: going on across the, country was. Demoralizing crime was. Terrible 306 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: the police department was. Understaffed the gang problem was through the, 307 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 1: roof And Kathy whitmyer wanted to spend a lot of 308 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:55,879 Speaker 1: money on a rail. System lanier killed it at his, 309 00:20:55,960 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 1: announcement there were buttons it said six fifty five was 310 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,200 Speaker 1: a number officers he would put on the street if 311 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 1: we killed the light. Rail, well you couldn't put six 312 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty five officers on the. Street he did 313 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: it with, overtime but he did, it and he, won 314 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden and they brought The Rice hotel. 315 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 1: Back he brought randall doesn't. Matter our can't members and 316 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 1: they can't remember anything. Anymore they they kind of empowered 317 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 1: him to do that. Deal they brought the baseball stadium. 318 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 1: Downtown they did a number of things that were very 319 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 1: positive for bringing people back into the. City United airlines 320 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,160 Speaker 1: signed Or Continental, Airlines Gordon bethune signed a big contract 321 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: to bring his workers back down to. Downtown So lanier staved, 322 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 1: off staved that off for six. Years but the big 323 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: mistake he made was Supporting Lee, brown Because lanier, was after, 324 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:59,199 Speaker 1: all even if a Moderate, democrat A, democrat and he 325 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 1: had the, guilt we have to have a black mayor In. 326 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,679 Speaker 1: Houston and so they Chose LEE. P, brown, who in 327 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 1: addition to being, stupid was incredibly incredibly. Corrupt one or 328 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 1: the other would have been bad, enough but he was. 329 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 1: Both so there we go. Again we're going to do the. 330 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 1: Rail we're gonna have the light rail system is gonna be. 331 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: Downtown it's gonna be. Great they spent hundreds of millions 332 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 1: of dollars on a system nobody. Rides now they'll, say, Well, 333 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: michael well it's not. True there's a couple people that ride. 334 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:32,880 Speaker 1: It you know how they got a couple people to ride. 335 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 1: It they shut down the bus service along that. Route 336 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: two thousand and. Three i'm running From. Ara i'm the 337 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:43,360 Speaker 1: only guy that comes out against the, rail And i'm spouting, 338 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 1: FACTS i mean left and, right spouting. Facts and do 339 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: you know what people would say to, Me, well we 340 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: got to do. Something traffic's. Bad we got to do. 341 00:22:54,200 --> 00:23:00,679 Speaker 1: Something we gotta do something because you, know traffic is so. 342 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,360 Speaker 1: Bad and do you understand all the money you've tied 343 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 1: up in this and continue to tie up in. This 344 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,439 Speaker 1: we are not a mass transit. City we're Not New, 345 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 1: York we're NOT. Dc people will, say, yeah but WHEN 346 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: i go TO, DC i get in that. Subway do 347 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: you understand That congress subsidizes their own little pet. Project guess? 348 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 1: What you also don't get a congressional retirement. Package you 349 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 1: also don't get exempted From obamacare like they. Did you 350 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: are Not. Congress that is not a sustainable. Model mass 351 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: transit is never financially. Sustainable it is always subsidized subsidizing 352 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: a bus, service, which by the, way when it's, flooding 353 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: you can get people out of, town you can't move the. 354 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: Rail subsidizing a bus service is pennies on the dollar 355 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,680 Speaker 1: with these stupid fixed rail. Systems and by the, way 356 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 1: we had one in the. Twenties we ripped it out 357 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 1: because it's too hot and nobody wants to use. 358 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 2: It theary. 359 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 1: He most people know the story of his. Daughter he 360 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 1: has told the story many many. Times but in case 361 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: you don't, know his, daughter a very very beautiful, woman 362 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: was plagued by a, horrible debilitating, condition and she tells the. 363 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: Story he tells the. Story she couldn't get out of 364 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: the shower for hours on, end and she was suicidal 365 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 1: and it was very. Traumatic, Well mac is not one 366 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:44,919 Speaker 1: to ride to hide from such, things so he went to. 367 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 1: Work and her name Is. Liz she ended up in. 368 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: Treatment she ended up studying her own condition and became 369 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: an expert on. It she went on to get a. 370 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 1: PhD i think From. Harvard she went on to get 371 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 1: a PhD in the subject and to be a, practicing 372 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 1: practicing doctor in the. Field pretty amazing story if you 373 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: think about, it although it's not uncommon for people to 374 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 1: suffer a malady and in the studying of that to 375 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 1: make that their professional. Focus So max sat down After 376 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,959 Speaker 1: curville with everything that was going, on and he's running 377 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: loads of, stuff still is To curveville to help, people 378 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: and he sat down with his Daughter, liz and a 379 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,719 Speaker 1: fellow by the name of Doctor, perry Who i'm told 380 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:44,439 Speaker 1: is a world famous child. Psychiatrist used to be At 381 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: Czech Texas children and At Baylor college Of. Medicine apparently 382 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 1: he's written a lot of. Books one report was hundreds of. 383 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 1: BOOKS i don't know how many books he's. Written his 384 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 1: most famous book is about a little boy who raised 385 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 1: his dog In Acres, holmes whose grandmother was. Raising she 386 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 1: died and her living boyfriend was. Retarded so he raised 387 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:13,360 Speaker 1: his kid like a, dog and then Doctor perry had 388 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: to straighten the kid. Out it's one of those crazy, 389 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,880 Speaker 1: cases one of those crazy stories where as a doctor 390 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: he had an. Opportunity, obviously you learn from the experience 391 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: he's been To Sandy, Hook columbine helping people deal with, 392 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: trauma and they recorded the podcast AND i came upon 393 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 1: it AND i asked mac, hoy would you mind if 394 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 1: we post this on our, podcast as we do with 395 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:48,159 Speaker 1: things like The saturday, podcast to amplify this, message and 396 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:52,360 Speaker 1: he said. Absolutely here are a couple of clips from that, 397 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 1: podcast but you can go to our podcast from. Yesterday 398 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: it says bonus podcast and it's actually their. Conversation but 399 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,880 Speaker 1: here's the first. One matt talking to Doctor, perry the child. 400 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 3: Psychiatrist i'm here to listen and. Learn how do we 401 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 3: make things better so people can get through. THIS i 402 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,920 Speaker 3: could only imagine the horror of not only the people 403 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 3: that can't miss, it but all the people that also 404 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 3: were drowned by this horrible. Storm so we're here to 405 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 3: listen and, learn and it's a thrill to have lives 406 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,920 Speaker 3: on and Doctor, perry and for all You texans out, 407 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,840 Speaker 3: THERE i think Doctor perry is at heart a. 408 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:32,879 Speaker 2: Text we heal from these tiny little doses of, kindness of, 409 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:38,680 Speaker 2: thoughtfulness of, understanding of, listening of giving a, hug of being, 410 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 2: present of bringing a. Meal you, know these things provide 411 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 2: this relational regulation of these systems in our body that 412 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,199 Speaker 2: make us feel connected and safe. Again and this is 413 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 2: what you. Know this is WHAT i think is going 414 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 2: to happen In. TEXAS i, Mean texas has got so 415 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 2: many great. 416 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 1: Communities we heal from kindness sounds like a. Cliche when 417 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 1: we're done with this IS i want to come back 418 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: to that. Line he, says we. Heal he, says here 419 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 1: we heal from little doses of. Kindness here is the, 420 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 1: same Doctor. 421 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:22,919 Speaker 2: Parry we heal from these tiny little doses of, kindness of, 422 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 2: thoughtfulness of, understanding of, listening of giving a, hug of being, 423 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 2: present of bringing a. Meal you, know these things provide 424 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 2: this relational regulation of these systems in our body that 425 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:41,239 Speaker 2: make us feel connected and safe. Again and this is 426 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 2: what you. Know this is WHAT i think is going 427 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 2: to happen In. TEXAS i, Mean texas has got so 428 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 2: many great. 429 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 1: Communities we'll come back to that, line we heal from 430 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: little doses of. Kindness and, finally here's a combo Of 431 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:57,160 Speaker 1: mac and Doctor. 432 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 3: Perry how do we help all The houstonians and the 433 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 3: thousands of people that are affected by this? Tragedy So 434 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 3: i'm here to listen and learn how do we make 435 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 3: things better so people can get through. THIS i can 436 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 3: only imagine the horror of not only the people that 437 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 3: can't miss, it but all the people that also were 438 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 3: drowned by this horrible. Storm so we're here to listen and, 439 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 3: learn and it's a thrill to have live on and Doctor, 440 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 3: perry and for all You texans out, THERE i Think 441 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 3: Doctor perry is at heart A. 442 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: Texan you. Know The serenity PRAYER i have always found to. 443 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: Be the OLDER i, get the more it means to. 444 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: Me and you know, It god grant me the serenity 445 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 1: to accept the THINGS i cannot, change the courage to 446 00:29:55,400 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 1: change the THINGS i, can and the wisdom to know the. 447 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:11,560 Speaker 1: Difference that prayer is credited to a fellow Named ryan 448 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 1: harp rin Hold, nebor and it became widespread mainstream because 449 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:30,600 Speaker 1: it is used at alcoholics anonymous meetings and twelve step. 450 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 1: Programs As i've told you, BEFORE i have a number 451 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: of relatives who went THROUGH, aa and my Uncle, preston 452 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 1: WHO i was very close, to did many many stints 453 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:48,480 Speaker 1: in rehab AND aa and struggled his entire. Life but 454 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 1: WHAT i have come to learn from The Serenity prayer 455 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:58,240 Speaker 1: in that conversation and little acts of. Kindness we need. 456 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: Control if you're a person who loves a roller, coaster 457 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 1: you're a person who loves to give up. CONTROL i. 458 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,600 Speaker 1: Don't and the more Study i've done of, myself As 459 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,680 Speaker 1: i've come to try to be more attentive to you, 460 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 1: know what kind of person are? You what are? 461 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 2: You? 462 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: Naturally because you can be a good person despite bad 463 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 1: intentions or despite bad. INCLINATIONS i believe that you can 464 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:24,400 Speaker 1: be a skinny person despite slow. Metabolism. Right you can 465 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 1: be a strong person despite a weak. Frame you can 466 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 1: be fill in the. Blanks But i've come to understand 467 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,480 Speaker 1: THAT i am a person like many, people particularly TYPE a, 468 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: personalitism who likes. Control AND i find, that you know, 469 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 1: what we can't control the. Flood we can't control the 470 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: possibility we could die in an accident or, whatever and 471 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,040 Speaker 1: that bothers. Me that troubles. ME i struggle with. That 472 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 1: but what we can control is little acts of. Kindness 473 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 1: what we can control is fixing a problem for somebody. 474 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 1: Else and so that gives me that UTILITY i. Need 475 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 1: it's bigger than. Joy it's utility the economists called a. 476 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 1: Utility it gives me a sense of, meaning to have. 477 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 1: CONTROL i can control an act of kindness that can't 478 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: be taken away from, me that can give me a 479 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 1: Certain all, right it is, time as. Promised several of 480 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,240 Speaker 1: you have emailed because you KNOW i. FORGOT i promised 481 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: A i truly, believe and it is coming. Up rehearse 482 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 1: it in your, head get right to. It, no, bluetooth 483 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,840 Speaker 1: no speakerphone seven one, three nine nine, nine one, thousand