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Forgive and Forget: Rediscovering Joy in Letting Go · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  On June 16th, 2018, I launched this show, Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  Join me each and every weekday, live, because this is... And you're listening
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  to Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  Hello, my name is Amari, and today we are back on another episode of Have Faith,
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  and let's begin. Ten seconds to go.
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  Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
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  Hey, this is Freddie, and you're listening to Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of Have Faith,
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  Let It Begin. It is the live edition, and we are totally live.
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  Today is Tuesday, June 18th, 2019, and welcome. My name is Angel.
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  Folks, we are streaming this live all over every platform, And today,
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  we want to give a quick shout out to Katy Perry and Taylor Swift.
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  Because this actual topic is inspired by what I heard and read yesterday. So let's get right to it.
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  My name is Angel. I'm the host of Have Faith, Let It Begin. Bear with me if
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  you're listening to me for the first time. I'm still battling a long cold that just will not go away.
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  Folks, today's topic is very simple. Letting go.
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  That's right. What I saw yesterday on Twitter and all over social media was
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  the fact that Taylor Swift and Katy Perry ended a feud.
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  Now, I'll be honest with you. I didn't even know they were in a feud.
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  But to hear that they were no longer in a feud and they were putting their differences
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  aside and they put it out there for the world to know that you can forgive and
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  you can forget makes me just want to provide an episode. And that's why we're here.
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  Because yesterday and the day before on Friday, we did the episodes of Is the
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  Customer Always Right? And we're talking about people being rude.
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  And we've talked about so many different topics here about stealing your joy.
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  And it's great to see that celebrities can also put their differences aside and move forward.
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  Letting go. It's like that song, Let It Go.
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  We've said this many times before, and it may sound like a broken record to you.
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  But unfortunately, it's the same record that we continue to play.
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  See, every day that we go out into the world and the workplace or into environments
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  that we're uncomfortable, we find that there's too many people out there that
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  do not want to take the time to respect God.
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  To acknowledge the presence of others. They hold grudges.
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  There's so many people out there that hate each other for differences,
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  whether that's their race, their choice of living.
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  And I never wanted to get too political on this show.
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  My vision has always been to talk about topics that are inspirational.
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  And I believe that this crossed that line for me in order for me to utilize
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  what is happening in the world.
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  It is great to see that people out there can forgive and forget,
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  to move forward, to not hold any animosity toward another person.
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  You know, in our daily lives, we will encounter individuals who will sneak up
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  and steal our joy, who will do everything in their power to make sure that we are unhappy.
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  There are managers out there that we work for that come across or perceive to be unwilling to help.
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  Managers out there that take their titles to a certain level,
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  sit back and watch others drown.
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  And it is great to know that there are some individuals out there that do not hold a grudge.
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  And even despite all those failures or lack of communication or lack of management
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  styles, they don't hold a grudge.
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  So many times in my life I have been done wrong, whether there were friends
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  of mine that backstabbed me,
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  whether there were people out there that have talked behind my back,
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  whether there are people out there that continue to make jokes or put things
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  in my lap and make me realize that they're not really my friends.
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  I yet to do everything in my power to hold a grudge.
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  Sure, it's hard to trust those individuals once again, but you have to put your differences aside.
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  I want to share something with each and every one of you. At my current job,
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  there's an individual that I've known has spoken about me negatively,
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  continues to speak about me, and she doesn't even know that I know. She may know now.
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  I do everything in my power to not be disrespectful.
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  I'm a little quieter than I usually am. I am not forthcoming,
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  but I will not be unprofessional.
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  If a question comes my way, I answer it.
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  If I am coming and going, I excuse myself, I greet.
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  But I will refuse to trust that individual with any personal information again.
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  However, I will not allow myself to allow that person to change who I am.
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  Every single day that we go out into the world, we will encounter individuals
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  that will do everything they can to stop us from doing what God's work is intended,
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  and that is to put smiles on each other's faces.
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  You may hear that expression or that phrase and say, well, that's not something
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  I do. Believe it or not, we all do.
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  There are places that we go that when we walk into a room, we light up the room.
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  There are people that we encounter that when we smile, they smile.
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  There are individuals out there who look forward to our presence.
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  It is up to us to continue that.
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  It is up to us to not allow others to change who we are.
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  Excuse me. I can say that in my past and my recent presence, that has happened to me.
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  There are times when people have gotten to me.
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  There are times when people have changed who I have become. And that is a smiling person.
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  This show gives me the platform.
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  To reach out to the world and teach, not teach, I don't want to say that because
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  that's not accurate, and practice what I preach.
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  And I've never, ever told anyone out there or I've preached to any of you to
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  follow in the same footsteps that I do.
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  But I'd like to believe that all the things that I speak, whether it's from others',
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  stories, from others' personal stories or personal testimonies that I've shared
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  with each and every one of you will only help inspire you to be a better person.
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  Just the other day, I was speaking with a good friend of mine who doesn't want
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  to be disclosed, but he was explaining to me how he couldn't figure out the right job.
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  He couldn't figure out what was the best place to be.
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  And I said to them, you have to remember that you can't allow others that have
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  told you what you are not good at, to dictate what you think or know you're good at.
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  Don't allow anyone to make you second guess the qualities and the gifts and
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  the treasures that you bestow.
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  That individual has officially found a new job and has never been more happy than before.
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  Yesterday, I reached out to a person that I realized didn't work at a facility
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  anymore, and she realized that her environment needed to change.
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  She thought about it. She prayed about it. And she realized that family was needed to be first.
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  I found that inspiring. I found that to be something that we don't hear about every day,
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  to give up something that you'd enjoy, but to be around an environment that
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  doesn't make you feel comfortable and to make a decision that basically puts
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  the entire family at risk to be behind in bills,
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  at risk to be in a situation or a place that is uncomfortable,
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  but to also put your family first.
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  That individual's grandmother is not feeling well and spending as much time
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  with that person until she is called home.
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  For that, I'm inspired.
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  Last, we talked about Katy Perry and Taylor Swift.
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  I have put a hashtag and hope that they will listen to this episode.
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  And I leave these two ladies with this comment.
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  Thank you for giving us the opportunity to be a part of your reconciliation.
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  Thank you for allowing us the ability to see that you can forgive,
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  that you can forget, that you can let it go.
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  No matter what has happened in the past, the future is in front of you.
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  The future is in front of all of us if we allow it to happen.
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  Don't let anyone steal your joy. Don't allow anyone to put yourself in a position
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  to make you feel uncomfortable in the environment that you are around.
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  Most importantly, if you have a family or a friend or someone in your past that
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  you feel it is time to reach out and say, hey,
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  I know we haven't spoken to in a long time, but I just want you to know I can
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  forgive you and I wanted you to hear it from me.
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  It will raise this pressure
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  that's on your back It would allow yourself to
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  feel better And be able to move forward in your
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  life And that's pretty much my message for
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  today On this rainy day I'm smiling
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  I am happy And for the first
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  time in a long time I can honestly say to each and every one of you I am at
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  peace And I hope that each and every one of you feel the same way As you look
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  forward to today tomorrow and your future and hopefully you can reach out to
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  somebody and let it go have faith,
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  let it begin thank you for listening to another episode of half eight let it begin.
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  That's right ariel we're done with another show and it's always great to have
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  this show with you my love you know we're going to encourage each and every
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  person to listen to our show every single weekday that's right you and i are
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  Huh? Yeah, you know you can.
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  Fasten those seatbelts, because Ariel and I and my family are going to bring
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  you a new topic, a new story each and every day, right? Isn't that right, Ariel? Yeah.
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  And we, she's smiling at me. Guys, enjoy your day.
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  Don't forget, everybody, we're available at halffaithletitbegin.com.
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  And if you'd like to email me about your story, personal testimony,
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  or something that you feel like we should talk about on this show,
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  email me, angel at halffaithletitbegin.com.