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Episode 264: Learning from Adversity · Positively 365: Inspire, Motivate, Support

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  Welcome to Positively three hundred and sixty five, a podcast by Joe Wattis we
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  wish to entertain, instruct and motivate. If nothing else, Hopefully we can
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  entertain that inspire you to live a more positive life three hundred and sixty five
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  days a year. We hope you enjoy this message. The doctor had been
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  seeing this eighty year old woman finally retired. At her next checkup, her
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  new doctor told her to bring all her medicines that had been prescribed to her.
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  As the new doctor was going through them, his eyes grew wide as
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  he realized this grandmother had a prescription for birth control pills. Missus Smith,
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  do you realize that these are birth control pills? Yes, they helped me
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  sleep at night, she said, Missus Smith, I assure you that there
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  is absolutely nothing in these pills that could possibly help you sleep. The elderly
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  woman reached out and patted the young doctor's knee. Yes, dear, I
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  know that, but every morning I grind one up and mix it in the
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  glass of orange juice that my sixteen year old granddaughter drinks. Believe me,
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  it definitely helps me sleep at night. Most of us avoid difficulty and a
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  run away from adversity. We would love it if life were always easy,
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  but it's not. Adversity and difficulties have a way of finding us. We
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  will talk about this in this week's episode of Positively three sixty five, but
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  first we have our trivia question of the day. Are you ready for it?
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  Here it is who painted the mona Lisa. We will have the answer
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  when we come back. Hey, they're amazing listeners. As we continue our
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  journey of spreading positivity and inspiration through our podcast, I want to take a
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  moment to express my gratitude to each and every one of you. Your support
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  improve and pro ensuring that we continue to deliver content that uplifts and inspires.
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  Thank you for being a part of this incredible journey. With us.
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  Together, we can make a difference and create a brighter, happier world one
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  episode at a time. So again, please like, rate, and subscribe.
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  Keep shining your light and now back to our show. Do you know
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  the answer to this week's trivia question? The question was who painted the Mona
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  Lisa? The answer Leonardo da Vinci. Yes, Leonardo da Vinci painted the
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  Mona Lisa between fifteen oh three and fifteen nineteen. Now you know, Here
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  are three valuable lessons we can learn from adversity. Number one, resilience and
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  strength. Adversity teaches us resilience, the ability to recover and bounce back from
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  difficult situations. When we face and overcome challenges, we build mental and emotional
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  strength, which prepares us to handle future obstacles more effectively. Each experience of
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  adversity can reinforce our confidence in the ability to cope and thrive despite difficulties.
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  Number two empathy and compassion. Going through tough times can make us more empathetic
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  and compassionate toward others. Experiencing adversity helps us understand the struggles and pains that
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  others may be facing. This understanding fosters a deeper connection with people, enhancing
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  our ability to offer support, kindness, and encouragement to those in need.
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  And number three, adaptability and growth. Adversity often requires us to adapt and
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  find new ways of thinking and acting. It pushes us out of our comfort
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  zones and encourages personal growth. Through adversity, we learn to be more flexible,
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  creative, and resourceful. These experiences can lead to greater self awareness and
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  the discovery of strengths and capabilities we might not have realized we possessed. By
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  embracing and learning from adversity, we can develop important life skills that contribute to
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  our overall well being and success. The legendary newsman and commentator Paul Harvey once
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  wrote this letter to his grandchildren. We tried so hard to make things better
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  for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like
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  better. I'd really like them to know about hand me down clothes and how
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  made I scream and leftover meatloaf sandwiches. I really would. I hope you
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  learn humility by being humiliated, that you learn honesty by being cheated. I
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  hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the
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  car. I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are
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  sixteen. It would be good if at least one time you can see puppies
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  born and your old dog put to sleep. I hope you get a black
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  eye fighting for something you believe in. I hope you have to share a
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  bedroom with your younger brother or sister, and it's all right if you have
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  to draw the line in the middle of the room. But when he wants
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  to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I hope you let
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  him. When you want to see a movie and your little brother or sister
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  wants to tag along, hope, I hope you'll let him or her.
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  I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends, and that
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  you live in a town where you can do it safely on rainy days.
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  When you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your driver
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  to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen writing with someone as
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  uncool as your mom. I If you want a sleinshot, I hope your
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  dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one. I hope you
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  learn to dig in the dirt and read books. When you learn to use
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  computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head.
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  I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on
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  a boy or girl, and when you talk back to your mother, that
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  you learn what ivory soap tastes like. May your skin your knee climbing a
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  mountain, burn your hand on a stove, stick your tongue on a frozen
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  flagpole. I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope
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  you don't like it. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint,
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  I hope you realize that he or she is not your friend. I
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  sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your grandma or grandpa
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  and go fishing with your uncle. But you feel sorrow at a funeral and
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  joy during the holidays. I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a
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  baseball through your neighbor's window, and that she hugs you and kisses you at
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  Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand. These things
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  I wish for you. Tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness.
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  To me, it's the only way to appreciate life. Thank you for joining
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  us today. Please consider taking a moment to rate, subscribe, and share
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  this podcast. You can also connect with us and join the conversation on Facebook.
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  Just search for Positively three sixty five. We would love to hear from
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  you, so until next time, stay positive today and every day, three
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  hundred and sixty five days a year and jo pre Saving has been a canine
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  Baas production Sandy Rita Levion. Do you approve m