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I Love You, But I Don't Like You — Family, Friends, Faith & Boundaries · J&B Live Podcast

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Welcome back. Welcome back. Welcome to another episode of J&B Live.
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Guys, we've got it tonight. We have an interesting topic for you guys.
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We're talking about I love you, but I don't like you.
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This is concerning family, friends, faith, and boundaries. Yes.
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So thank you guys for joining and being a part of the J&B family.
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We appreciate you guys. Hey, the last good guy. Hey, Juice and hey, Shannon.
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How are you guys doing this evening? Okay, we're going to be joined shortly
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by Broker J3. Bring me on up. I hope everybody's having a good evening.
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We're going to bring Broker J3. Bring him on up so he can join this conversation
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that we're having. We are talking about, I love you, but I don't like you.
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Family friends faith and boundaries all right broker j3 you're in the house.
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So guys thank you good evening good evening everybody welcome welcome back to
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another episode of jmb live we had some issues but i think we're back on track right now guys i think,
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your patience i think we resolved the dot b we'll find we'll find out in a few
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minutes if we if we took care of them.
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I think we did. So hopefully, guys, we can get back on track.
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We'll apologize if it was an inconvenience for you guys. We hate when we have
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those kind of technical difficulties, but we think we got it together.
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Okay, so right now, let's see. We got some type of issue. There's an echo on the Beagle Live.
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You check the devices. Make sure it's only just one. No, it's still there.
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Okay, Broker J3, do you hear it? Can you hear me, Broker J3?
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I hear you just fine, Dr. B.
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Okay, so there's still an echo when you speak.
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Hey, guys. Hey, how are you doing? Go ahead and give a shout out,
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Broker J3, so they can at least hear you.
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Hey, guys. Appreciate you guys joining in. and some of you ones that may have
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returned. We had to start the podcast over. We had some technical difficulties,
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but we hopefully think we took care of that.
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Yeah, that echo is still there, but we do appreciate it.
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Yeah, I don't know where it could be coming from, Doc B.
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Okay, guys, thank you again for joining us. Welcome to another episode of JMB
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Live. We are so glad that you guys decided to join us this evening.
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Broker Day 3, can you do a testing, testing right quick for me, please?
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All right. Testing, testing, testing.
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Testing. Okay. Can you hear that sound? Can you hear yourself, J3?
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Can you hear yourself on Beagle Live? No.
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Hold on. Let me try something different, Dot B. Hold on.
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All right, guys. So good evening. Good evening. Thank you guys for being a part
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of the J&B family. Hey, Q Brown. How are you this evening?
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Yeah. I'm not sure, Dot B. I'm not sure where it's coming from.
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Yeah, it is an echo sound. Hold on one second. Let me try something else.
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Dot B, hold on. Dot B, hold on.
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I think it may be this tablet because it's hard for me to turn the tablet all
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the way down to zero. We're turning the volume actually all...
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Okay, no, don't worry about that. How about now, Dot B? Did I take care of it? Yeah, you did.
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I did? Okay. All right. Yes, you did. Okay. All right. I had to kill my mic on Beagle.
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Okay. Perfect. Perfect. Okay, guys. So guys, you guys are in for a treat tonight.
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And guess what? You deserve a treat tonight because you have been patient.
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You have been waiting for this particular topic.
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We're talking about I love you, but I don't like you when it comes to family,
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friends, faith, and boundaries.
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All of that, all of that wrapped into one.
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So good evening and welcome back to another episode of J&B Live.
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I am your girl, Dr. B, and alongside me is my co-host, who's with us virtually,
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BrokerJ3. Shout out to our audience, BrokerJ3.
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Welcome, guys. Appreciate you guys from joining us. And again,
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thank you for your patience as we work through that technical difficulty.
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And thank you again, guys, because, you know, just think about it.
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You guys could have went anywhere else, but you're still here,
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Varan. Varan, thank you. We're glad you decided to spend part of your evening.
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I don't care if it's a minute or two. We'll take the whole time now for sure.
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But if you're here for a minute or two, we are still grateful.
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So tonight's episode is one that I believe is something that almost every adult
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has wrestled with at some point in time.
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You know, we all had that one person in that family, at least one guys,
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that's in the family that you love, but you don't really like them.
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So we're going to actually say out loud what you're thinking.
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You're thinking it, but you don't want to say it out loud. So we're going to
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do it for you. So you often hear people that say, I love someone,
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but I just don't like them. Okay?
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But what happens when that's no longer true? You should, if you love them,
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you should definitely like them. Right, Broker Day 3?
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Exactly. You know, I mean, you should, Dr. B. But, you know.
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Sometimes, you know, you can love somebody and not necessarily like them or their actions. Right?
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Okay, that is so true. So what happens when your heart still loves someone,
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but your spirit struggles to enjoy being around them? In other words,
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they get on your last nerve, okay?
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So maybe it's a parent, maybe it's an adult child, maybe it's your brother,
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maybe it's your sister, your cousin, your spouse, or even your best friend.
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God, it could actually get to the best friend.
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And you will still answer the phone from them if they called you and if there was an emergency.
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You'll still pray for them. You'll still be there to help them if they genuinely need you.
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Yeah, of course you're going to be there. But every conversation leaves you
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emotionally drained, guys. So tonight we're going to separate love from light,
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forgiveness from trust, loyalty from enabling.
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This conversation is not for the weak person, guys.
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And it isn't about judging anybody because that's not what we are here to do.
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It's about understanding relationships and protecting your peace while I'm still
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walking in love. And y'all know I am an advocate for protecting your peace. That's right.
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And guys, we already know this conversation hits home for a lot of people because it's the truth.
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You know, and the truth is, people feel guilty for admitting the fact that they
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don't like people, even though they love them.
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They think they don't enjoy being around somebody anymore.
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And somehow that means that they stopped loving them. But they didn't stop loving
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them. They just don't like them anymore.
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Because I feel like this. I don't believe necessarily that that.
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That you hate, you don't love a person because you don't like them.
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I think there are a lot of people who genuinely love their family or their friends
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or whatever, but yet they don't like the choices that they make.
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They don't like the disrespect.
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They don't like manipulation. They don't like the negativity.
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So that doesn't mean that that person disappeared from you. It just means that
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they're being honest about the fact that they don't like your actions.
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And this is a touchy subject guys this is a touchy subject for a lot of people,
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because of this particular topic here so guys so tonight,
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we're asking everyone to be honest just be completely honest just pull down
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those little barriers or whatever,
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you're not going to be hateful you're just going to be honest so grab your phone
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i want you to share this live we need you guys to comment because they affect the algorithm.
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I want you to invite your family. I want you to invite your friends.
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And let's have a real conversation about, I love you, but I don't like you.
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All right, Dot B. So let's get into it.
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Love and like, they're not the same thing, okay? So that's the biggest misconception,
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and we talked about this.
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People use love and like like they mean the same thing, and we know that they do not.
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Yeah, they do not mean it. You're correct, Broker J3. They do not mean the same
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thing. So love is often a decision.
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Like is often a feeling, how you actually feel.
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So love can, guys, guess what? It can remain after the excitement phase.
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Just think about it. You've had a relationship with somebody that ended,
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but you still love that person, you know, even though you're not in a relationship anymore.
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Life can change based on someone's behavior, how they're behaving,
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their attitudes, or the way that they treat you.
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That's why parents continue loving children who make terrible decisions.
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We got to, all of us probably have had some children, some of our children who've
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made some decisions that we did not agree with.
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But it doesn't mean that they like those decisions. We still love them.
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We just don't like the decisions that they make.
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Of course, that's powerful, Dr. B, because, you know, that's a good distinction between the two.
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You know, parents, they spend years worrying about adult children or those children
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that may be addicted to drugs and always in trouble.
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You know, that doesn't mean that they don't love that child,
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but they do not like the chaos that comes with that child.
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Yeah, yeah. And, you know, not just child. Now, you got some siblings, too, guys.
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We got some siblings who don't like the actions of our siblings.
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And it's the same thing. You can love your brother or your sister because he
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is your brother or your sister.
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But just think about it. That doesn't mean you have to like them. And just think about it.
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Sometimes every family gathering, they're going to cause some drama.
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I don't care what it is. Fourth of July picnic, Labor Day, weddings,
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it doesn't matter. They bring drama to the table.
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Every conversation with them turns into an argument and you're asking yourself
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now, why is this? Why does this continue to happen?
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So, guys, eventually, guess what you're going to do?
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You're going to limit spending time with them because I know I wouldn't want
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to spend time with anybody who's constantly causing drama.
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Not because you stopped loving them, but because you're protecting your emotional health.
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Yeah, and it also happens in marriages, Doc B.
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You know, couples can still love each other, yet stop enjoying each other's
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company because of poor communication, broken trust, or even walls that they
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may have built up, you know, from one another.
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Loving someone doesn't automatically mean that you enjoy every moment with them.
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Come on, we've all been in relationships, and sometimes we can't stand our significant
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other. But that don't mean we don't love them.
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Well, guys, that's something to be in a relationship and you can't stand your significant other.
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OK, that's that's crazy. OK, but guess what? Faith does teach us,
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guys. And those of you who are heavy in the scripture, it teaches us that we,
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must always love one another.
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And see, some of you are rooted in your faith.
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It doesn't say we have to approve of everyone's behavior or ignore our very
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own wisdom. because you just think about it, they don't took some of us around
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the block several times.
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Loving people doesn't mean abandoning your discernment.
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No, it doesn't. All right, guys. We want to hear from you guys real quick, guys.
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Send us a shout-out of your city and state, where you guys are listening from.
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We'd like to know where you guys are chiming in from.
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We got Angela from Dallas, Texas. We got Marcus. She's from Atlanta, Georgia.
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And we also have, what is that, Sandra. She's from Chicago, Illinois.
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Okay. And on my end, I see Kyle Lynn, TMZZ, Novatop333. So, guys,
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we thank you for being a part of the JMP family.
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and subscribe. It's free. All right. We want to get in. Okay,
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so Jay, there's a question.
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Did you ask that question, Broker, Jennifer, if we wanted to get some feedback from our audience?
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Say that again. Can we ask the question about, you know, can you honestly say
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you love someone while not liking who they become?
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Well, no, no. That's a good question, Dot B. Okay. Okay. All right. That's a good question.
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All right. Guys, answer the question real quick, Dot B.
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I say, can you honestly say you love someone while not liking who they become?
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Put a yes, no, or it's complicated, depending on what's your personal experience.
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Okay, I like that it's complicated part. I like that.
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So yes or no, or it's complicated. Hey, David, how are you this evening?
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Saka wife, how are you? Kyle Lynn, how are you doing this evening?
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To deter you on okay all right now okay so we've got a comment from angela,
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who lives in dallas texas she said my older brother i love him but every conversation
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that i have with him turns into an argument,
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do you have those family members guys anybody can agree with angela this evening.
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All right. We also got Marcus, who chimed in earlier from Atlanta.
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He said, my best friend changed after he started making money.
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I still love him, but I don't recognize him anymore. Oh, wow.
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Wow. So we do have people that change on us when they start making a little money, guys.
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And then we have Sandra from Chicago, Illinois, that says, this conversation
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is already hitting me hard. Because guess what?
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It affects a lot of us. A lot of us don't want to admit it, but we love people, but we don't like them.
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And even family members and close friends.
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All right, Dot B. So let's go ahead and jump into it. When family changes, but the love remains.
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Okay, guys. So before we go any further, shout out to our top gifter this evening.
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Thank you guys for joining us. Now, remember, guys, we need your city and state
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All right, guys. So what happens when family changes, Broker J3,
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but the love remains? Yeah. Let's talk about it, Doc B.
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Yeah. That's a lot of us are in that situation. So this is one of the hardest
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realities for adulthood because, you know, we have to accept the family members.
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They do change. You know, we don't know what happens. Sometimes they become
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people that we never expected them to become. You know, you ask yourself, who is this person?
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Especially if it's a child, you're asking yourself now, is this my child that
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I raised? Who has this child become? So you have to think about it,
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guys. Maybe life has hardened that person.
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Maybe disappointment has changed them. Maybe they simply made choices that has
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altered the character, has altered who they really are.
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Yeah, and you know what? And because they are family, you know,
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people expect us to accept everything.
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You know, they say that's your mother or that's your father or even that's your sister or son.
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But being related doesn't erase the pain that someone can cause.
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That's right. Broker J3 is sure not. It's not going anywhere.
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So, guys, we have to think about the boundaries. We all want healthy boundaries.
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They are not acts of hate. They are acts of wisdom. They are acts of wisdom.
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You can answer the phone if that person calls you that you really love but you
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don't like. If that person calls you.
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You can answer the phone without answering every last one of their demands.
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Because, you know, most of the time they're going to call and they're going
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to want something. Yeah.
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You can love someone without allowing them unlimited access to your peace.
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And that's what we're talking about, guys, actually protecting your peace.
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Yeah. And, you know, I know families where you have one sibling is always expected
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to solve everybody's problem.
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You know, they pay the bill. They babysit the children. They loan money. They fix emergencies.
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And then when they finally say, I can't do this anymore, suddenly family members
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are calling them selfish.
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Yeah, that's what happens. And so that's emotional manipulation, guys.
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Love should not be measured on how much someone allows themselves to be used.
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People are using you and then they're measuring your love based on what you do for them.
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Healthy relationships, I don't care if it's a friend or if it's a family,
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involve mutual respect, appreciation, and accountability. That's right, Dr. B.
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And sometimes the most loving thing a person can do is stop rescuing someone
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long enough for them to take responsibility for their own actions.
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Yeah, yes, yes. And we talked about that, Broker J3. I think that was last Thursday.
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We talked about enabling people.
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You don't intend to do it. You think you're helping them, but you're actually
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enabling them and they need to take accountability for their own action.
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So that was a different podcast. We're talking about a little bit different,
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something different, but they are intertwined. They are intertwined.
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So guys, let's talk about Maria Broker J3.
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Okay, get into it, Doc B. Okay, so Maria, she loves her mama.
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Now, you know how we are about our mama.
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She visits her mama regularly.
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She helps her mama get her mama to her doctor's appointment.
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She buys groceries, and she calls her mom several times a week.
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But every visit with her mom ends the same way.
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The mom criticizes her appearance, the way she looks, questioning her parenting
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skills, compares her to the other siblings. You know how that is.
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They do that sometimes just to piss you off.
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And reminds her of the mistakes she made 20 years ago. So can you imagine how Maria is feeling?
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She leaves every visit feeling defeated. But guess what?
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She still loves her mom, which that's what she's supposed to do. She loves her deeply.
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But she no longer enjoys being around her mom. So you have to ask yourself, does she like her mom?
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No. So, but you know, Dr. B, that's more common than people realize.
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The question becomes, is Maria wrong for shortening her visits and protecting
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her emotional well-being?
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And, you know, and it ain't nothing wrong with that.
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Or does honoring her mother also includes honoring the person God created Maria to be?
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You know, you have to understand loving someone does not mean that you have
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to keep putting yourself through that emotional distress.
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Yes. I agree with you 100%. And I agree with Maria, to be honest with you.
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So you have to think about it, guys.
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The boundaries that she is creating, they are not rejection.
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She's not rejecting her mom. She still loves her mom and she's still going to
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do for her mom. She just don't like being around her.
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So sometimes they're the only way, these boundaries are the only way a relationship can survive.
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And there's nothing wrong with that. Your peace is more important.
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All right, guys. All right, guys. So we need you guys involved as well,
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Broker J3. We want our audience to chime in. This is a very good topic.
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And like I said earlier, I'm sure some of you are experiencing this.
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So we need you guys to drop us your city and state and let us know where you
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guys are from and join in on the conversation.
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All right, guys. So let me ask you guys this question. Have you ever had to
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create healthy boundaries with your family members?
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Type yes, no, or you're still learning.
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Okay, well, Broker Day 3, I'm going to put it in. I'm going to put it out there.
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You know, I don't have anything to hide.
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I had to create some boundaries. I had to create some boundaries for my own peace.
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I'm not going to say who I created those boundaries with, but I believe solely in protecting my peace.
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So, you know, I did have to create boundaries. And you don't want to.
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You still love that person, but your own peace and sanity is more important.
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And that was, I saw that broker J3 as a means of be choosing me. Okay.
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Mm-hmm. All right. So James. Yeah.
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Yeah. I see a comment from James as well. James from Birmingham says,
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I had to distant myself from my cousin after years of drama.
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And guys, guess what? This is so sad. You got family members.
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Siblings, mother-son, mother-daughter, cousins, not having a relationship.
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They help them. They still love each other because of the fact that they don't
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agree with some of the things that they do. And that's okay.
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And also we have Tina, who's from Savannah, Georgia, that says,
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this is exactly what I'm going through with my mother.
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We also have Robert from Detroit, Michigan saying, loving from a distance saved my peace.
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Now, I can get with that. I can get with that, Robert, because, you know, believe it or
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not, most of my siblings, you know, I moved to Georgia years ago because I had
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to distance myself so that I can have peace from a lot of things that was going on in my family.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. And see, there's nothing wrong with that. You still love your
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family, Broker J3. Exactly. You just didn't agree with some of the choices that they made.
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Yeah yeah exactly and that's what it's all about and uh jasmine jasmine from wichita kansas says yes,
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and it's hard especially with sometimes the lord defining you and in order to
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allow you to walk in your purpose you don't have to close the door but you might have to crack it,
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oh i like that very well said miss jasmine yes it is very well said i like that
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jasmine i like that as well.
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Yes, I like that. You don't have to close it. This crack is a little bit. Crack the door.
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Hey, like Sonny said, gonna leave the door open.
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Yeah, crack the door. I like it. I like it. So guys, another big thank you to tonight's top gifters.
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Guys, Mark Wins, Smith Lenny, LL, Willie, and William Brewer. Welcome back.
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We appreciate you guys support and again thank you for joining us,
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We're going to go ahead and jump into it. When friendship become one sided.
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All right. Now, we just we just talked about that's a hot one.
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That's a hot topic. That's a hot. Yeah.
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Subtitle. It is because, you know, we just got into what happened about that
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family change. But now we're going to get into them friendships.
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OK, we talked about families. we just mentioned, but I think friendships can be just as painful.
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Sometimes we say loyal to friends because of history instead of reality.
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You know, we've known them for 20 or 30 years, but we keep telling ourselves,
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that's just how they are. And I hate to say it.
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I've been in the same situation when I had friends for many, many years.
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And just because of the fact I used those years as the reason to hold on to
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a friendship that I should have left alone years ago because I realized they
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weren't even really my friends.
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And you think they're your friends because guess what? They were your so-called
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friends for so long. Just think about it, Broker Day 3.
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Longevity, all them years that y'all so-called been friends,
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doesn't automatically equal healthy relationships, healthy friendships.
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Some friendships are just surviving, just merely offer what's called habit,
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not because they're healthy.
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You can have years investing in someone and then you realize you've outgrown the relationship.
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And then you realize sometimes, like you just said, Broker J3,
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they really weren't your friends anyway.
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Exactly. And you know what else I noticed, Doc B? Real friends,
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they celebrate your success.
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You know, fake friends tolerate your success until you surpass theirs.
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Then suddenly the complaints stop. You know, the support disappears and every
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conversation becomes about competition.
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Competition. And this. Yeah. Go ahead, Broker Jack 3. You know,
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and I was just going to reference, you know, we had that conversation on one
27:24
of our previous podcasts, how strangers will support you quicker than the ones
27:30
that claim that they're your friends.
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Yeah. And guess what? A lot of times those friends don't want you to,
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they'll be your friends as long as you honor them. You know,
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you don't have, you hadn't acquired much of them.
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But once you get above them and have more success, oh, then they don't like
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that. so you're no longer their friend. But they're not going to tell you that to your face.
27:51
Oh, of course, Doc B. You know, on a personal note, I've experienced that.
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You know, I've been up before in my life for the people that truly know me.
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And, yes, I took a fall, and that's when I realized who my friends really were.
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Your friends love you when you're down. But then when you up,
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you'd be surprised the same ones that claim that they're your friends,
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they're no longer around.
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But, you know, it's so funny. They want you when you elevate it,
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see. Once you take that fall. That's the danger of your friend.
28:20
Once you take that phone, then those fake friends come back around again. Hey, how you doing?
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You doing all right? You know, I heard you had your clothes,
28:28
your restaurant, you know, stuff like, you know, it's funny how they come around
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then. But, hey, why are you worrying about the restaurant? You didn't even come
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support the restaurant when it was open.
28:37
Yeah, yeah. And then, like I said, like you said, Broker Day 3,
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some of it becomes competition because they don't want you to outdo them.
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And that's because it's often, you know, you got jealousy that's hiding behind that friendship.
28:52
A friend who truly loves you guys, I promise you, one that truly loves you,
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even family members, guys, loves you. They want to see you grow.
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They want to see you prosper.
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They want to see you succeed, even if your path look different from theirs.
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You know, I often tell people that when I see people coming up,
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I want to stay close to them because I want that blessing to rub off on me.
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I don't hate nobody who's succeeding. I want everybody to prosper because you know why?
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That is God's plan for all of us.
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But when someone constantly minimizes your accomplishment, some people be talking behind the scenes.
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She thinks she all that. He thinks he all of that.
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They're secretly hoping, guys, for you to fail.
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Now, I don't know what kind of friendship that is. That's not friendship to me, that's insecurity.
29:43
Yeah, and then, you know, there's the friends who only call when they need something,
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you know. They never ask how you're doing.
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They never check on your family. But the minute they need money,
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a ride, advice, or a favor, suddenly they're your best friend again.
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Your best friends, best friends. And see, I'm the type of person,
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Broker J3, I like to do wellness check on people. If I hadn't heard from them
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in a while, I'll call and say, well, how you doing? I hadn't heard from you in a while.
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But I said to myself, I'm just going to stop doing that because they're probably
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not my friend anyway. Because guess what? You ain't calling the check and doing
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a wellness check on me, right?
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Okay, guys. So relationships should not be a one-sided or better yet,
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a one-way street. It should go both ways.
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Healthy relationships, healthy friendships involve giving and receiving.
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If you're the one person that's always pouring while the other one's still taking,
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you know, that's all some people want to do is take, take, take.
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Eventually, that relationship is going to become exhausting for you instead of encouraging.
30:52
Okay, so let's jump into another scenario. Let's talk about,
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let me paint this picture, okay?
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You got Michael and David. They've been friends for over 20 years.
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You know, Michael started a business. You know, he worked hard.
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He stayed focused. He eventually became financially successful.
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Now, David never kept a steady job.
31:13
Every few months, he called Michael asking to borrow money.
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Okay. Michael has helped him countless times.
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Michael paid his rent, bought him groceries, helped him repair his car,
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you know, even helped with utility bills.
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Even helped with utility bills. But every time David received help, nothing changes.
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No budget, no plan, no responsibility.
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And then one day, Michael finally says, I love you, brother,
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but I can't keep rescuing you.
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Now David tells everyone Michael thinks he's better than everybody.
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So tell me, guys, who's wrong?
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Yeah, yeah. And you know what the term he probably used, Broker J3?
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He's probably saying he sold them out. You know, they know to use that term.
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They no longer help you because they do nothing but enabling him.
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And we talked about that podcast, you know, that we've had. I think that was
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last week about enabling people.
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That's all he really was doing because he has no responsibility.
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He has no budget. He's still not trying to do better, and he's trying not to
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help himself. So this is a very tough one because people often...
32:23
Mistake the boundaries that he just created for arrogance. He's not arrogant.
32:27
He just sets some boundaries.
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Sometimes saying no isn't being selfish.
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It's refusing to enable unhealthy behavior.
32:37
Exactly, Dobby. If helping someone keeps them depending on you,
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are you really helping them?
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Or are you preventing them from actually growing? Yeah, so I think you're actually
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hurting them. So real love sometimes require uncomfortable honesty.
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He has to come to go to and break it down to him and tell him the truth.
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The people who truly love us don't always tell us what we want to hear.
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And we have to realize that it's not all about that. They tell us what we need to hear.
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So, guys, we want to hear from you guys. Have you ever quietly stepped back
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from a friendship because it became emotionally draining?
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Put a yes in the chat or never in the chat or maybe still struggling in the chat.
33:22
Yeah, yeah. We need to hear from you guys, okay? We want to hear from you because
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this is a very interesting topic.
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And we want to be prepared when we have to deal with those friends,
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okay? That's the most important thing. We want to be prepared.
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So in the comment section, we see Lisa from Charlotte, North Carolina has said,
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I had a friend for 18 long years.
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We don't speak anymore because I realized I was carrying the whole friendship.
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And that's how I was feeling. I was doing all of the calling,
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checking and making sure they were OK.
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I was scheduling all of the dates, you know, where you had your little friend dates and whatnot.
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That was it. Where's everybody else?
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Yeah. We also got Anthony from Houston, Texas. he says i stopped lending money
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amazing how quickly my phone stopped ringing i've been there anthony
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i know exactly what you're referring to once that money stops from helping your
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friends so does the friendship i've been there i've been there.
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See what i'm saying it doesn't make any sense when you got to carry the whole
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relationship and then we got monica who says the topic is speaking directly to my life tonight.
34:31
So, Monica, we're glad we're having this conversation about how you can love
34:37
someone, but you don't really like them. So, hopefully, this is resonating with just Monica tonight.
34:43
Yeah, we also have Jasmine from Wichita, Kansas, says, multiple times.
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Completion is the death of friendship, and continually pouring into someone
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who doesn't pour into you can be draining.
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Oh, competition. She said competition is the death of a friend.
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And you're absolutely right.
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And you're right. Continually pouring into somebody that doesn't pour into you,
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that is emotionally draining.
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Yes, it is. And exhausting. Probably when you talk to them on the phone after
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that conversation, you probably feel exhausted and you just want to take a nap.
35:22
That's probably what's happening. Okay, guys. So we want to thank all of you
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36:09
So, not me, let's get into this. Now, we're going to get a little spiritual
36:14
with you guys tonight. Does God expect us to like everybody? Let's jump into that.
36:20
Okay, well, this is going to be a touchy subject for a lot of you,
36:23
especially some of you are Bible readers, because, you know,
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as I said earlier, when we started this particular topic, a lot of you believe
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that you're supposed to love everybody and it's rooted in your faith, okay?
36:35
So, this is where a lot of Christians struggle. They struggle on this topic
36:39
because we hear that the Bible says to love one another.
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And somehow we interpret that as meaning we must trust everybody.
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Agree with everybody, and allow everybody unlimited access to our lives.
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But this is where we miss a step. We miss a beat.
36:59
Yeah, but you know, that's not what the scripture actually teaches us.
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You know, love doesn't eliminate wisdom.
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You know, Jesus loved people deeply, but he also recognized people's motives.
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You know, he didn't ignore betrayal simply because he loved Judas.
37:16
That is true. God knew that Judas was going to betray him, but it stopped him from loving Judas.
37:26
Okay. All right. So, guys, this is such an important point. Jesus washed Judas' feet.
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For those of you Bible readers out there, he loved him, but he also knew.
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He knew Judas would betray him.
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Love didn't blind Jesus to reality. And that's what happens to some of us.
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Just think about it. Guys, we love people, our family and friends.
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You know, you may not like them, but you know what's happening.
37:55
You know how they change. We talked about that earlier.
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You know that they could be our demise. We know that.
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Yeah, and Jasmine says, not to like them, but to love them. Yes,
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not to accept anything, but to give without expecting reciprocation.
38:15
Yeah, that is so, so important. Yes, it is. You know, and sometimes,
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you know, people guilt us by saying, you know, if you've forgiven them,
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then why won't you let them back into your life?
38:30
Forgiveness and reconciliation, they are two different things.
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You know, we hear it all the time. I forgive you, but I ain't going to forget.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. A lot of people say that. I know I've said it before myself.
38:45
Okay, guys, so you have to think about this. Forgiveness releases the bitterness
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because you don't want that bitterness in your heart because if you do that,
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then guess what? You're suffering just as well.
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So reconciliation requires repentance, you know, rebuilding trust and a changed behavior.
39:05
So, you know, when you are forgiving the people who, you know,
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you see have changed and who you don't really like, are they saying they're
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sorry? Most of the time they won't. They won't be repenting anything.
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Okay. So those two things, guys, are not the same thing.
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No, they're not. You know, and I can forgive someone, Dobby,
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you know, someone completely. I can forgive them completely and still decide
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that they won't have access to my finances.
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They won't have access to my home or my peace ever again. Mm-hmm.
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That's wisdom. That's wisdom. And you learn that over time. You get tired, people.
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I often say this. People get tired of that mess.
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That's not hatred. People just, they're wise. They become wiser over time to the game.
39:57
All right, let's jump into the next scenario, Dot B, while we're talking about
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the situation, how God feels about it.
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Okay, so guys, we're going to look at Angela this evening. This is going to
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be our next scenario. We need you guys to comment because they affect the algorithm.
40:15
We want your input. We want to engage you. So Angela was betrayed by her long-life best friend.
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Her friend spread information that destroyed Angela's reputation at work.
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Years later, her friend came back to her and she apologized.
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I don't know how that works, right?
40:35
She apologized, said she was sorry. She didn't know what she was thinking.
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It will never happen again and guess what Angela decided to forgive her,
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she no longer feels that anger toward her friend she prayed for her friend she
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wishes her friend well but she will never rebuild that relationship and I can
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understand that fool be once,
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shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on you, okay? So guess what?
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She's not willing to rebuild that relationship, and I really don't blame her.
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Some people criticize Angela, though, and say, if you really forgave her,
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you'd be her friend again. What do you think, guys?
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Do you think she should be her friend again? Listen, I disagree, Dobby. No.
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She don't have to be friends again. Forgiveness doesn't erase consequences, okay?
41:29
Trust isn't rebuilt with words. It's rebuilt through consistent behavior over time.
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Over time. Over that long period of time, her friend didn't apologize.
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She waited till time had passed by before she came and apologized.
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And then, what was her motive for coming back to apologize in the first place?
41:48
Yeah yeah yeah and i'm like this broker j3 i see where angela's coming from
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now maybe five ten years later after she's noticed that her friend may have truly changed
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i can see maybe forgiving her but where she is right now in her life i cannot
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see that i'm i'm i agree with her 100 i wouldn't do that so you have to think about it guys
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sometimes loving someone means wishing them well. I wish you well over there.
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Okay? Over there while keeping a healthy distance from them.
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And there's nothing wrong with that.
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You know, you have to protect your peace. We talked about that earlier.
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All right, guys, I need I need you guys to answer this in the chat.
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I need you guys to answer this in the chat. So get ready for this.
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Do you believe forgiveness automatically requires rebuilding the relationship?
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Either type yes, no, or it depends or give us your own personal experience.
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We like to hear it in the chat.
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OK, guys. All right. So we got some comments coming in.
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So, guys, keep those comments coming. We appreciate you guys.
42:54
Remember, these comments do affect the algorithm, so keep them coming.
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All right, Jazzy, one, two, three, four.
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So we've got a comment from Karen, who's in Memphis, that says she forgave her ex-husband years ago.
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But that doesn't mean I married his behind again. I ain't mad at you.
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I know that's right. And we got David from Phoenix, Arizona,
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says, trust is earned, not demanded.
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It. Yeah, and that's what I meant about time. Sometimes you don't have to forgive
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that person right away, but if they are so sincere, they're willing to earn your trust back.
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Maybe over time you can forgive them.
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So we got Michelle from, well, not necessarily to forgive them,
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but welcome them back into your life.
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We got Michelle from Atlanta that says, this conversation is free in so many people.
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And that's what we do, Michelle. We are here to provide the real life conversation
43:52
so that we can empower people so they know what's going on.
43:56
And then sometime when you know you're not out there experiencing what we're
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discussing by yourself, there's a lot of people experiencing what we're talking
44:04
about, where we love someone, but we really do not like them.
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All right, let's give those big shout-outs to Abby. Okay, yeah,
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we got a shout-out to Jazzy1234.
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We've got several numbers, but those of you who are contributing,
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thank you again for joining us and for being a part of the BrokerJ3 family.
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We've got a lot of comments coming in.
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We've got a lot of people with numbers, so I don't want to read all of those
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numbers as their IDs, okay?
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All right, BrokerJ, what you got? All right, we got people checking in from Georgia.
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We got Ernest Howard checking in on YouTube. We got people checking in from.
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Florida, Alabama, South Carolina.
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We also have someone checking in from Illinois. So keep letting us know where
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you guys are watching from. We really, really appreciate that so much.
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All right. Okay, guys. So, yeah. So I don't, I mean, I love you.
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That's the topic, but I don't like you. Okay.
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So we're going to get into what if you're the person people love?
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What if you are the person that people love, but they don't like you?
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How does that feel? Yeah, that's it right there.
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You know, it's a lot of people I believe love me, Doc B, but they don't like
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me at all. And, you know, you know what?
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I don't care. You know what I'm saying? Doc B, we've spent this entire episode
45:30
talking about people in our lives.
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But let's flip the script for a minute. What if we are the difficult person?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. And now, Broken Dray 3, now I'm going to say this,
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and I'm going to put this out there to you, to our audience,
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because I know I can probably,
45:47
and it could be that you're the person that's not liked by one or two or maybe
45:52
how many ever individuals, not by a lot of people.
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And I think I might be one of the people that some people may not like,
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and they probably don't like my honesty because I don't sugarcoat a lot of stuff.
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If anybody knows me and anybody that's really worked with me for several years,
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they know I just don't have a tolerance for foolishness.
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I'm going to keep it real. I'm going to say what's on my mind.
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That's just who I am. And some people don't like that.
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And I'm sorry, but that's just, I'm not going to change who I am just because
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I'm tiptoeing around your feelings.
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If I say something that offends you, most of the time it is the truth.
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That may be the truth based on me, but I got receipts to prove that it's the truth.
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So
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what do you think about that, BrokerJay3? I hear what you're saying,
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Doc B. You know, you know.
46:55
Okay, so, okay, guys, I can elaborate a little bit more, okay?
46:59
This is probably the hardest question that we've asked all night.
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I'm sure it is because we talk, like BrokerJay3 said, we talked about other people.
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We weren't talking about you personally may not be the person that people don't like.
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It's easy to identify someone else's flaws, and it is hard for some of us to identify our own flaws.
47:19
And it's much harder for us to look in the mirror and ask ourselves whether
47:23
our own attitudes, habits, or behavior has pushed people away.
47:27
Now, I don't think I've necessarily pushed people away, but I have just kept it real.
47:33
Yeah, you know, that's right, Dot B. Sometimes we assume people stop calling
47:37
us because they're busy. You know, maybe they are.
47:40
But sometimes they stop calling because every conversation became negative.
47:44
You know, every discussion turned into an argument. Every visit left them emotionally exhausted.
47:50
Yeah, and that does happen. So guys, we do, all of us, Isaac Priest,
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Success, Redbone85, all of us need to do some self-reflecting.
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That is one of the greatest gifts that we can give ourselves.
48:05
And there's nothing wrong with it. Like I said, sometimes I have to tone things
48:09
down because I can't say some things to some people. You know that's right,
48:14
Broker Day 3. Some people are very sensitive.
48:17
If multiple people though if multiple people keep telling us the same thing
48:22
if you got several people that's saying that they don't like you or they don't
48:25
want to be around you maybe it is worth listening to we all have blind spots
48:30
guys we all do none of us are perfect,
48:33
a lot of us are still growing and growth begins when we are willing to admit.
48:39
That we have this little short of you know where someone may not like you.
48:46
Yeah, but, you know, think about this. You know, are you the person who always have to be right?
48:52
You know, we know a lot of us out there always feel like we got to be the right
48:55
one. You know, or are you constantly criticizing everybody?
48:59
You know, sometimes, again, we talk about what other people do,
49:02
but do we actually really look and do we always find fault in people?
49:07
You know, do we even find the fault in ourselves?
49:09
You know, do you dominate the conversation? You know, they're trying to talk
49:14
and you're talking over to them because you're trying to get your point across.
49:17
You know, do people feel heard when they're even around you,
49:21
you know, or do they feel like you're judging them?
49:24
You know, and some of us may do it and probably don't recognize it.
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That's just like one of the podcasts we had about a week ago.
49:33
You know, you're talking, but you're not communicating.
49:37
Yeah, yeah, that was true. That was that we did have that conversation.
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Okay, guys, so here's another one.
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Do people feel safe enough to be honest with you?
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If everyone around you walks on eggshells because they're afraid of how you
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react, that's something worth praying about and for working on.
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Absolutely. I agree 110% with that statement. Yes, always.
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Sometimes you got to do that self-reflection.
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Yeah. You know, some people think respect is demanding everyone to agree with them. It's not.
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Respect is allowing people to have different opinions without making them feel small.
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You know, me and Doc B got a thing, you know, agree to disagree.
50:25
We don't agree on everything, and we probably never will. But we can agree to disagree.
50:32
Yeah, and that's where a lot of
50:33
people get it twisted. They think they're supposed to agree on everything.
50:38
That's not. I don't know any friendships or relationships that agree on every
50:44
single thing. Just think about it, guys.
50:49
People, relationships, they thrive on humility. Sometimes the most healing words,
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in the world are, I was wrong.
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Go to a person and say, I was wrong. I'm sorry.
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And help me understand how I hurt you.
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Yeah, and we have Alexander Bryant said yes He totally agrees,
51:11
Yeah, yeah, yeah You know, totally agrees You know, you know what I admire,
51:17
Dot B People who are still teachable You know, no matter what their age They never stop learning,
51:25
They never stop growing They don't let pride become a prison,
51:31
And let's think about it, guys. You want the growth that you're going to have.
51:35
Just like if someone comes to you and says that they don't understand you or.
51:42
They don't understand what's making you angry or if you go and say,
51:48
help me understand how I've hurt you. That's humility.
51:52
So this requires any type of growth that we're going to make in life.
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It does require honest. We have to be honest with ourselves.
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Else. That's very important.
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If we expect other people to change, even the people, if you're on the other
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side of the spectrum, like we talked about earlier, we still have to be willing
52:10
to change ourselves. You know, if we're the person at fault, we have to change.
52:15
If the other person you feel is that you don't like them, we really should be
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reaching out to that person and telling them why we don't like them while still
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not guess what brokerages three
52:28
while still protecting your peace,
52:30
exactly now let's let's get into this last scenario doc b you know let me leave
52:37
everybody with this last scenario you know james has three children you know
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for years he wondered why none of them don't children.
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Adult children, adult children. So for years, he wondered why none of them visit
52:51
him often, you know, and he blames their spouses.
52:55
You know, he blames their jobs. You know, he blames how busy they are.
52:59
Then one Christmas, his oldest daughter quietly said, Dad, we love you. We always will.
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But every time we're together, you criticize our parenting, our careers,
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our marriages, and our decisions.
53:17
We leave feeling like we'll never be good enough.
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James was devastated, not because they stopped loving him, but because he realized
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they had stopped enjoying being around him.
53:32
Instead of getting angry, he apologized. He began listening instead of lecturing.
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And over the next two years, their family slowly began to heal.
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And guys, that is a beautiful story because sometimes we could be overbearing and criticized.
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We could be criticizing them because we want them to do better in life,
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not knowing that what we're doing is affecting the relationship and causing
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them not to want to be around us.
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And like I said, I have three adult sons and I know when I get a chance to spend
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time with them, I'm constantly telling them about what they need to do as far
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as parenting, how they need to do as far as their job.
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And so I had to realize that I have to take a back seat to some of that because
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sometimes you can be overbearing as a parent.
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So that story, Broker Day 3, was a beautiful example because it reminds us that
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relationships don't have to stay broken, that you can repair those relationships.
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People can change. Families can heal.
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Friendships can also be restored, guys. Yes, they can.
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But only when everyone involved is willing to accept responsibility for their part.
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Yeah, you know, love may open that door.
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And like Ms. Jasmine said, might leave it cracked open. I know, right?
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But humility is going to keep that relationship alive.
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It keeps the relationship alive. So, guys, all right, JB family,
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this is the question we want everybody to answer tonight.
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Have you ever realized you needed to change in order to save a relationship? Let me ask that again.
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I want to hear from everybody. Everybody that's watching.
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Have you ever realized you needed to change in order to save a relationship?
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Put yes in the chat, or I'm working on it, or not yet, or give us your own personal
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comment. We'd like to hear from you guys.
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Yes, guys, and I want your comments, guys, because we're keeping it real with
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you guys tonight. I know I've had to change.
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I've had to get out of my children's business. Mothers, fathers,
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sometimes we have to do that. We have to pull back.
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And you know sometimes broker j3 it's them learning it's a part of learning
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where they may not be where we think they should be in life but it's their learning stage
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it's their learning to become better parents better people and sometimes we
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have to take that back seat so i can attest to that i am guilty of that
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and i can understand that i agree okay so next we have Jennifer,
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who's from Jacksonville.
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So shout out to Jacksonville, Florida.
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Same thing. I had to stop trying to control my adult children.
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Sometimes you have to pull back out of their lives.
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Yeah, I'm guilty. I'm guilty as well, Doc B. Yeah.
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We have Demetri McCollum says people have to want to change.
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You're absolutely right about that, Demetri.
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They have to want to change in order for that to happen. We also have Thomas
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from Columbia, South Carolina says, this episode convicted me tonight.
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Oh, wow. I've got some apologizing to do.
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All right, Thomas, if this conversation touched you tonight and you got some
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people you need to apologize to, don't hold back. Make sure you get on that,
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phone and make sure you make some phone calls.
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Yeah. And see, sometimes this is why this is such engaging. It's like,
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you know, we bring you this episode, this particular topic in all of our episodes.
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We're hoping it's a learning process. And see, some of you may not have realized
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that until tonight's episode, what you were actually doing.
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And, you know, you know, when we decided on this topic, I said,
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this is something that hit home and actually resonates with me because I was
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overpowering my children.
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I was putting too much on them and I had to wait for them to learn some of the
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things that I'm trying to tell them.
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I'm trying to tell them what they need to learn on their own.
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OK, the last shout out is for we had a comment from Rhonda. So thank you from
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Rhonda from Macon that says sometime God lets us hear the truth so he can heal
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us. Yes. That is so true. Yeah.
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Yes. And big shout outs to Demetri, Jasmine, and Dawn. We got Redbone85, Brian.
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And we got Alexander, Brian. Thank you for your comments. We appreciate all of you guys.
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Thank you for those comments. Keep those comments coming because they do affect
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the algorithm. So, guys, we're talking about this evening, I love you, but I don't like you.
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That's right, guys. Powerful conversation. And for every single viewer who shared
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the live and commented and followed us, or just simply listened, we appreciate you.
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This community continues to grow because of you guys, and we truly appreciate
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you guys joining the J&B family this evening.
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Big shout outs again to some of our top viewers in Georgia, Florida,
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Texas, California, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina,
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Alabama, Tennessee, and Illinois.
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Welcome to the J&B family.
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Okay, we've got a bunch of people that are online today, and we thank you guys.
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You guys have been off the charts.
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Demetri McCullen, off the charts tonight.
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We appreciate you. Like I say, this was a topic that really hit home for us,
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and we hope this topic actually resonated for you guys as well.
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So this conversation reminds us that love.
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Far deeper than emotions. Love isn't always comfortable.
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Love isn't always easy. Some people, guys, are just hard to love.
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I say this all the time. Some people, it's hard to love. Everybody, it's not that easy.
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And you would think when you love somebody, it should be easy,
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but it's not always the case.
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Sometimes love means praying for someone from a distance.
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You keep that person at a distance. You still love them, but you just keep them at a distance.
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Sometime love means setting those healthy boundaries.
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We want healthy boundaries so that resentment does not replace the compassion that we feel for them.
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And sometime love means taking an honest look at ourselves, which I had to take
1:00:05
a step back and look at what I was doing as well.
1:00:08
How can I become a better spouse? I want to look at how I can become a better parent, sibling.
1:00:16
For those of you, you want to look at how you can become a better son or daughter or a friend.
1:00:22
God calls us to love one another. This is rooted in our faith,
1:00:26
but he also calls us to walk in wisdom. We have to be smart about some of the
1:00:31
people that we need to love from a distance.
1:00:33
Never confuse your guilt with love or.
1:00:39
Do you want to set your boundaries, have those boundaries with hatred?
1:00:44
You want to keep those boundaries. And that's not hatred. You're just setting
1:00:47
those boundaries to protect yourself.
1:00:50
You can protect your peace while still protecting your heart from bitterness.
1:00:55
My prayer is that everyone on tonight's conversation encourages someone else,
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to heal, forgive, and grow without losing themselves in the process.
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That's powerful, Dot B. It's very powerful. You know, I want to leave everybody with this.
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You know, every relationship has seasons.
1:01:20
You know, some people grow with us. And unfortunately, some people grow away from us.
1:01:27
Now, that doesn't always mean somebody is evil or somebody is right and somebody
1:01:33
is wrong. You know, sometimes people simply become different versions of themselves.
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The challenge is learning how to love
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people without allowing unhealthy relationships to control your lives.
1:01:51
Give grace when you can, forgive when you should, set boundaries when necessary,
1:01:58
and never stop working on yourself because the healthiest relationship begins
1:02:05
with healthy individuals.
1:02:07
If tonight made you think differently about someone else or even yourself,
1:02:14
then we've accomplished exactly what we set out to do tonight.
1:02:19
Okay. That's powerful, BrokerJay3. So, guys, thank you, Loving Myself, Eric, David, totally.
1:02:28
Thank you guys for joining us. So this is what we're going to do going forward.
1:02:32
We've got a call to action, what we want you guys to do. So,
1:02:36
BrokerJay3, I'll let you do your call to action first.
1:02:39
All right, guys. If this conversation touched your heart tonight,
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take a moment to share this episode with someone who may need to hear it because
1:02:48
we've heard from so many people tonight in the comments.
1:02:51
So we know that this topic has really touched a lot of you guys.
1:02:55
So imagine sharing this podcast tonight with someone that you may feel needs to hear it.
1:03:04
Okay, guys. And so think about it, guys. If you're listening to the audio,
1:03:09
if you're watching the replay, I want you to answer tonight's question in the comments.
1:03:14
Can you love someone, but not like who they become?
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We genuinely love to hear your perspective. We want to know what you guys are thinking.
1:03:29
Yeah, and we'd like to thank everybody that has spent the evening with us here
1:03:33
on the J&B Live podcast. Yes, thank you.
1:03:36
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1:03:40
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Okay, guys. So we appreciate you. And until next time, guys.
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I am your favorite uncle, you know, your boy, you know, that guy, Broker J3.
1:04:43
And guys, thank you again. I am your girl, your favorite auntie.
1:04:47
You know, everybody has that little auntie out there.
1:04:50
I am Dr. B. So thank you again. much love to you guys and peace and as always,
1:04:57
let's talk about it thank you guys next time thank you so much we love you guys.