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Season 4 - Episode 185 - Lessons from the week · 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, welcome to the steps of my porch.
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  Beaufort and I are sitting here and this has been a very
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  different week that we've had. Beaufort had surgery on Monday
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  to remove this little skin tag off of his leg in the, it's on
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  like on the back corner of his leg.
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  And it got pulled and it got bloody behind it.
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  And of course, instantaneously got infected seemingly in 24
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  hours from the time it happened to the time that the vet could
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  see him. And so then he had to have the
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  surgery and at the same time, because he's always into
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  everything, he hurt his ear, the flappy part of his ear.
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  So he's got like a little hematoma in it and it's very
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  swollen. And we have to keep him quiet,
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  which you can only imagine how that works.
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  So they've got him on antibiotics and anti
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  inflammatories and something to for pain relief that kind of
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  sedates him. And we've since cut that and
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  back 'cause it was making him like he was, you know, out of
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  his mind. And this is really something to
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  behold because I have to say, I've had a lot of dogs in my
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  life. A lot of dogs.
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  Like ever since I was little, we were a dog family.
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  We've, I've never been without a dog, one way, shape or form.
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  And the fact that he was out of it, the fact that he wasn't with
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  me really gave me insight into how much he actually is with me.
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  So I realized he, you know, he's here on the farm with me every
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  day. He's here while I work.
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  He is either walking with me while I'm talking to everybody
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  or he's watching me. He'll sit on the on the porch
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  and watch me walk laps after a while when he gets tired or it's
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  too hot, But he's always with me.
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  And like right now he's leaning up against me.
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  He's, you know, tucked in. He's I've got my arm around him
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  while we're recording this. And I wasn't able to do this all
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  week. And it really got me thinking
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  about how God has provided us with just such a gift in our
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  animals. And sometimes we don't think
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  about it. Sometimes we just don't
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  recognize it in the way we think.
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  It's a chore to take care of them and it becomes really,
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  really, really challenging because we think, oh, this is so
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  much work. This is so much work.
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  But what they give us back is tremendous.
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  It is an absolute, tremendous gift.
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  And you know, I have two dogs. I have Lucy and Beaufort, and
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  Lucy's 7 lbs. And Beaufort is sadly 123 right
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  now and needs to lose 10 lbs because he gained it.
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  My fault completely because I was giving him coconut oil for
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  his skin. And so we can get him off
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  Apoquel and it worked except that he gained some weight.
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  So now we have to not give him as much coconut oil, Kim, it's
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  too much. As the vet said to me, so
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  beautiful coat. He commented on how gorgeous his
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  coat is, but yet got to take him off of it.
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  Anyway. So the point is, yes, there are
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  a lot of work. Yes, everything's a lot of work.
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  Yes, this farm is a lot of work. All the animals, the chickens,
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  everything takes effort. Everything takes effort.
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  My friends, taking a shower takes effort, but that's what
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  we're supposed to do as human beings.
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  Put in the effort, put in the the the time this dog is the way
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  he is because I put in the time with him when he was a puppy.
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  I taught him to not go after the chickens.
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  My husband spent time with him when he was when the chicks were
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  babies, making him understand you take care of the chicks.
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  He would make him lie down and the chicks on his body so he
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  could just be with them and realize they were his.
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  And it worked brilliantly. And now he would go after
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  anything to protect these chickens.
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  He's really he. He's a shadow to me.
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  And when he wasn't there all week, it really made me
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  appreciate. I don't care that he drools on
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  the floor. I don't care that he is sloppy.
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  I don't care that he sheds. What I care about is that I look
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  for the good stuff in the effort that I make with him.
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  So like right now, I'm overlooking the pond.
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  I'm watching the chickens across the pond, free range.
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  All the birds are flying in. We have a new blue Jay that's
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  showing up to get peanuts. All of this takes effort, but
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  the joy it brings just sitting here recording this to you is
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  worth all the effort. And I have to remember every
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  day. That's not something I can take
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  for granted. I have to acknowledge it and
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  remember it so that I know to work for it.
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  Because if I just chalk it up, then I'm not going to want the
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  work. I'm going to complain about it.
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  So don't chalk it up. Remember how great it feels to
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  be able to have that and say, wow, OK, that those little hugs,
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  those little kisses, they all matter.
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  Those dogs that do that with you, they matter.
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  You know, as I sit here and I'm petting him and he's his fur is,
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  you know, it's summertime, He's shedding, his fur is coming out.
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  I don't care. I love him to death.
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  All right, my friends, I hope you have a blessed day and I
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  will see you tomorrow. Bye.