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Season 5 - Episode 44 - Lessons from the rain! · Good Morning From The Chicken Coop!

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  Hey everybody, welcome to the good morning from the Chicken
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  Coop podcast. My name is Kim Johnson and I am
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  a mastermindset coach, creative strategist, and also happened to
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  be a farmer. This is my chicken coop and I
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  come out here every day to record a podcast to teach
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  distinctions, possibilities, new ways of thinking, and just bring
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  some joy into the world. So welcome to the coop and let's
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  start your day off in a fantastic way.
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  Hey everybody, good morning from the chicken coop.
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  It is pouring, pouring, pouring rain.
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  I'm on the porch. I haven't ventured out to let
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  the girls out yet. And this time of year always
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  excites me because we get a lot typically we get a lot of rain,
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  which means things are going to start growing.
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  And which brings me to the point of today.
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  There are sometimes we have the unpleasant conditions in our
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  growth and obviously most people don't like it when it rains.
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  It feels dreary, it feels heavy and damp and wet.
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  And I can say sometimes I feel that way.
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  But when I remember that the unpleasant conditions lead to
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  something extraordinary like feeding the earth and allowing
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  the trees to grow and bud and do all those wonderful things that
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  water does, it gives me a shift in my perspective.
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  So we know water is like life giving, but it's also like
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  taking if used the wrong way or even if we drink too much as
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  human beings, we can actually dilute our the minerals in our
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  body so much that we can end up going into cardiac arrest, which
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  is crazy but true. So we have to look at everything
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  through the lens of where is the happy medium?
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  Where is the happy medium? So it has been raining since
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  yesterday, pouring, pouring, pouring.
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  And there's a lot of water on the ground and we, the rain
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  gardens are full. They're over their edges and
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  it's a lot of water, a lot of water.
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  And I could sit there and say to you, it makes me incredibly
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  frustrated that I know some things may drown when this
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  happens. Like I have some plants that if
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  it stays like keeps raining like this, they're going to go.
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  But I also know I've already lost a ton with the snow and the
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  things that we had. So the point of this whole thing
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  is growth isn't comfortable. It's just not.
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  But when you can remember that there's something on the other
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  side of it, it makes you feel so much better.
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  It gives you so much more to buy into for yourself.
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  So in these uncomfortable situations, I love to just
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  remind myself to sit still, take inventory and remind myself of
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  what good can come from that as much as what is annoying about
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  it. And I know chickens are going to
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  be drenched by the end of the day.
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  I know they were yesterday. They don't care.
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  They just roam around in it anyway.
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  They seem to be impervious to it, which is excellent because
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  it's a good thing they they like and tolerate it.
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  But anyway, today I'm just imparting some wisdom on you to
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  say, look at this. Look at all the good stuff that
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  can come out of the dark stuff as well.
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  The annoying stuff, even the small annoying things.
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  Look at what good things can come out of it and focus on
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  those. All right, my friends, I hope
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  you have a blessed day and I will see you all tomorrow.
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  Bye.