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Episode 250 - Focus on What’s Important · Positively 365: Inspire, Motivate, Support

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  Welcome to Positively three hundred and sixty five, a podcast by Joe Wattis.
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  We wish to entertain, instruct and motivate. If nothing else, Hopefully we
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  can entertain and inspire you to live a more positive life three hundred and sixty
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  five days a year. We hope you enjoy this message. A young boy
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  is listening to the radio in the car with his father, Dad, What
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  music did you like when you were growing up. I was a huge fan
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  of led Zeppelin, The father replies, who. The son asks, yeah,
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  The dad responds, I liked them too. Sometimes we have to focus
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  on what is most important right now. We can easily become overwhelmed when we
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  look at the storms that surround us. Doing what is most important right now
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  is a good way to get through the storm. We will talk about this
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  in this week's episode of Positively three sixty five, but first we have our
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  trivia question of the day. Are you ready for it? Here? It
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  is what does Volkswagen, the popular German car mean in English? We will
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  have the answer when we come back. Do you enjoy listening to this podcast?
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  Simply go to www dot anchor, dot FM, Forward Slash Positively three sixty
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  and have the satisfaction of knowing that you are doing something to spread more positivity
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  in today's negative world. Thank you for listening, and thank you for your
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  support financially and otherwise. Do you know the answer to this week's trivia question?
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  The question was what does Volkswagen, the popular German mean in English?
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  The answer people's car. The Volkswagen Beetle was VW's first car, released in
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  nineteen thirty eight. It was designed by Ferdinand Porsche under the direction of Adolf
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  Hitler. The People's Car was not known as the Beetle until nineteen sixty seven.
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  Now you know. Amid life's tempests, wisdom lies in steering focus toward
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  what truly matters. Storms, be they metaphorical or real, may swirl with
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  chaos, but channeling attention to essential anchors offers stability in the face of distractions.
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  Owning a deliberate mindfulness allows individuals to navigate through tumultuous waters with clarity.
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  Prioritizing values, relationships, and personal growth becomes a compass steering away from the
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  storm's turbulence. By concentrating on the meaningful resilience, blossoms and the tumultuous winds
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  of life lose their power. The ability to discern to significance amidst the storm's
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  tumultuous dance is a testament to one's strength and a pathway to a calmer,
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  more purposeful life. In a forest, a pregnant deer is about to give
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  birth. She finds a remote grass field near a strong flowing river. This
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  seems a safe place. Suddenly, labour pains the u At the same moment,
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  the dark clouds gather around above and lightning starts a forest fire. She
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  looks to her left and sees a hunter with his bow extended pointing at her.
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  To her right, she spots a hungry lion approaching her. What can
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  the pregnant deer do she's in labor. What will happen? Will the deer
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  survive? Will she give birth to a fawn? Will the fawn survive or
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  everything be burned by the forest fire. Will she perish to the hunter's arrow?
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  Will she die a horrible death in the hands of a hungry lion approaching
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  her? She is constrained by the fire on one side and the flowing river
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  on the other, boxed in by her natural predators. What does she do?
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  She focuses on giving birth to a new life. The sequence of events
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  that follows are lightning, strikes and blights the hunter. He releases the arrow,
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  which zips past the deer and strikes the hungry lion. It starts to
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  heavy rain, and the forest fire is slowly doused by this reigin. The
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  deer gives birth to a healthy fawn. In our life, there are moments
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  of choice when we are confronted on all sides with negative thoughts and possibilities.
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  Some thoughts are so powerful that they overcome us and overwhelm us. Maybe we
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  can learn from that deer. The priority of the deer in that given moment
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  was simply to give birth to a fawn. The rest was not in her
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  hands, and any action or reaction that changed her focus would have likely resulted
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  in the death or disaster. Ask yourself this where is your focus. Focus
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  should always remain on what is truly important, on faith and on hope.
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  Thank you for joining us today. Please consider taking a moment to rate,
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  love to hear from you, so until next time, stay positive today and
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  every day, three hundred and sixty five days a year and well. Preceding
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