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Season 4 - Episode 259 - The follow up to yesterday‘s podcast · 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. So today is a follow up from
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  yesterday. My son went yesterday.
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  If you haven't listened to that podcast yet, my son was going in
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  to do his driver's education day and get his permit.
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  And it was a day that was filled with all the emotions as we
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  talked about. So you know, it was a a long day
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  because you're obviously not hearing from him.
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  He's not texting, there's no communication and and he
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  messages me at one point and says, you know, I don't actually
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  leave with the permit, so don't bring my truck.
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  And I was like, OK, OK. But in any event, I was like, I
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  wonder what's happening now. Of course, you know, kids,
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  interpretations of information, all these things always
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  different. So I go and I pick him up and he
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  I go inside and he actually got his permit.
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  They just don't give him the physical permit until he goes to
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  the DMV to actually be in there and have his eye test and do all
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  this. But he got his permit.
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  There's a sealed envelope. I take it I go and he was in a
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  class with like 25 other kids and it wasn't anybody that he
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  knew. He, his friends, his two friends
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  here already have their permits. So he didn't know anybody and he
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  had known that they had taken the test and they failed it the
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  first time. Actually one of them failed it 2
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  times and then they had to go back again.
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  But we decided to go to the driver's education route because
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  it's me and I'm certainty driven and I want him to see all the
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  things he needs to know. This is like an 8 hour class.
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  So as I come in the door and I see him standing there, he's got
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  this grin on his face. And I said everything good.
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  And he's and he's like one of the last three kids getting
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  picked up, which is odd because they told me to pick him up at
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  4:00. I was there at 3:45 and he was,
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  everybody else was already gone. So I said everything OK, And
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  he's like, yeah. And the guy said, I just want
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  you to know that he is an excellent student.
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  And I said, oh, that's awesome. He said he only missed one
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  question. And he said, I didn't miss it.
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  I knew the answer when he asked it to me.
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  I just put the wrong one down. And I said, well, you missed it.
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  And he goes, yes, well, technically I wrote the wrong
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  thing down, but I knew the answer.
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  And I was like, OK, that's I'm glad you know the answer because
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  that's all that's really important.
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  And the man said to me, you know, he, he was incredible all
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  day. And I said, OK, and now I, I
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  knew when I dropped him off, he went in and he sat front row
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  center like he didn't go to the back.
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  So we get out in the truck coming home, congratulations.
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  We're making our plan for when I can take him.
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  And he's I said, so tell me the particulars what happened.
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  And he said, MO, it's like, you know, it was an unbelievable
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  crazy observation day. I think that was the way he put
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  it was an he said the word. He was observing everybody as as
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  he was taking the class too. And I said, what do you mean?
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  He goes, well, most of the people didn't want to sit up
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  front. Everybody sat in the back.
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  And I said, oh, that's well, I said, I think a lot of people do
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  that. And he's like, yeah, I don't
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  know why. And I was like, OK.
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  And then he said the man was having trouble with the
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  projector and getting stuff going for us and everybody was
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  laughing at him and he was asking them to be quiet and, and
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  they wouldn't be. And they were so rude.
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  And he's like, and I just, and I couldn't believe they were
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  laughing at him. I mean, he was trying to do a
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  good thing for us and they were laughing at him.
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  And in this moment, I felt like my heart was just growing
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  exponentially because I can see that that is something I would
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  want him to feel. I would want him to feel that
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  way when other people were being hurt that he would not be
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  participating in that. And I, I knowing him, I said,
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  did you say something? And he's like, of course.
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  And I said, what did you say? And he goes, I just turned
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  around and said, give him a break.
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  And, you know, I said, what did they say?
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  And he goes, well, they laughed and I don't really care.
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  He's like, these are not people I want in my life.
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  And I thought, Oh my God, how awesome is that?
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  That he did not even care. I said, did it bother you to
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  stay in there though after that? And he's like, no, why?
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  I said what I had to say. And I was like, I don't know.
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  I was just curious. And it's so awesome to me that
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  he has that outlook. Like it didn't even bother him.
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  It didn't even bother him. And he looked around and he's,
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  but my husband and I and he both went, he just looked at us and
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  he was like, you can't believe it.
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  He's like, they come in, they're not dressed properly.
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  He's like, there's a girl who's got a skirt and it's up to her
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  hip. And I'm like, what are you
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  trying to prove here? And he's like, and, and people
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  are just, you know, being mean and, and they're picking at each
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  other and they're not paying attention.
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  And when it was time for the lunch order, he's like, they
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  just ate way more than they needed to.
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  And it was, it was just gross. And I just sat there and I was
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  like, wow. He's like, they did nothing to
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  be nice to the man. And I, I, I just was in awe of
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  the fact that he had such observations at 16 years old and
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  they didn't affect him. He didn't let it get to him.
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  He had a great day. He walked out with a sealed
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  envelope. And apparently that's the thing
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  you want to do, walk out with a sealed envelope and that's your
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  goal. And he was so adamant that, you
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  know, we get to the DMV right away on Monday.
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  And I was like, absolutely, we'll figure it out, you know?
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  And it was just a joy. So I wanted to say and bring
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  this to you today because here's the thing, he's 16 and he got it
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  figured out. You don't need to worry about
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  what other people are saying or doing.
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  You focus on you. You focus on you.
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  And I've told him that forever. And he was like, I focused on
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  myself. And I was like, wow, that is so
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  awesome. He said what he had to say.
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  He felt bad for the man. He did it the right way.
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  And I'm having a proud mom moment, but I'm also in awe to
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  him because I know there have been times when I've said things
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  and people have laughed and I've let it get to me and I shouldn't
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  have. So granted, it was a very long
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  time ago, but still, I'm in awe of that.
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  So maybe we can all take that into our day today.
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  All right, my friends, I hope you have a blessed day and I'll
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  see you tomorrow. Bye.