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INSPIRATIONAL MOMENTS WITH PROPHETESS T | LIVE ON DA CREW PODCAST 1ST & 3RD WEDNESDAY8PM EST | Acceptance Is Not Giving Up: Finding a Way Th · DA CREW Podcast

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  Speaker 1: acceptance doesn't mean resonation. It means understanding that something is
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  Speaker 1: what it is and that there's got to be a
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  Speaker 1: way through it.
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  Speaker 4: And that is by Michael J. Fox.
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  Speaker 1: So once again, welcome tonight's episode. I am so glad
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  Speaker 1: that you're here. Today, we are going to be talking
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  Speaker 1: about acceptance, the fifth and final stage of great chief.
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  Speaker 1: When we hear the word acceptance, we might think that
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  Speaker 1: it means that the pain is over, that we have gotten,
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  Speaker 1: we have forgotten the person we lost, or that we
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  Speaker 1: are finally okay. But acceptance does not mean any of
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  Speaker 1: those things. Acceptance means that we are beginning to acknowledge
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  Speaker 1: the reality what happened and learning how to move forward.
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  Speaker 1: While carrying the memories, the love, and the lessons with it.
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  Speaker 1: Grief changes us. Sometimes it changes the way we now
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  Speaker 1: see life. It changes our relationship, It changes our priorities.
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  Speaker 1: It may even change our understanding of ourselves. An acceptance
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  Speaker 1: is not about becoming the person we were before the laws.
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  Speaker 1: Acceptance is about discovering who we are becoming after the
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  Speaker 1: What is acceptance? Acceptance is the stage where we begin saying,
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  Speaker 1: this happened. I cannot change what happened, but I could
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  Speaker 1: decide how I will live from this moment forward.
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  Speaker 3: Ah.
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  Speaker 1: That's a powerful revelation. Acceptance does not mean I'm no
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  Speaker 1: longer sad. I don't miss them anymore. Everything is okay.
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  Speaker 1: I have moved on and forgotten. Instead, acceptance says I
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  Speaker 1: can miss them and still live.
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  Speaker 4: I can hurt and still hope.
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  Speaker 1: I can remember them and still make new memories. I
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  Speaker 1: can grieve what I lost and still embrace what remains.
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  Speaker 1: And That's what I've learned to do after my stroke.
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  Speaker 1: Instead of becoming bitter, I chose to be better and
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  Speaker 1: to accept the things that I cannot do anything about,
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  Speaker 1: but embrace the things that I have control over. There
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  Speaker 1: is room for both sorrow and joy. Acceptance does not
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  Speaker 1: mean forgetting. One of the greatest fears people experienced join
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  Speaker 1: grief is the fear that moving forward somehow dishonest the
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  Speaker 1: person they loss. You may wonder, am I supposed to
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  Speaker 1: stop crying? Am I supposed to stop talking about them?
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  Speaker 1: Does laughing mean I don't miss them? The answer is no.
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  Speaker 1: Healing does not require forgetting. The people we love become
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  Speaker 1: part of our stories. Their influence may remain in the
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  Speaker 1: way we think that the things we say, the traditions
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  Speaker 1: we continue, and the memories we carry. Acceptance allows us
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  Speaker 1: to say I will carry the love without allowing the
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  Speaker 1: loss to completely define my future. The difference between moving
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  Speaker 1: forward and moving on. I want to spend some time
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  Speaker 1: here because this is important. People always tell grieving individuals
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  Speaker 1: you need to move on, but sometimes that statement can
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  Speaker 1: feel painful. We don't necessarily need to move on. We
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  Speaker 1: learn to move forward. Moving on can sound like leaving
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  Speaker 1: the person or experience behind. Moving forward means taking what
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  Speaker 1: matters with us as we continue our journey. We may
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  Speaker 1: carry memories, we may carry lessons, we may carry love,
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  Speaker 1: we may carry unanswered questions, but you continue walking. Acceptance
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  Speaker 1: isn't necessarily permanent. And that's what I had to learn
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  Speaker 1: because I was offering perplexed, because why one minute I
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  Speaker 1: could be at one stage, the next minute I could
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  Speaker 1: be at acceptance and.
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  Speaker 4: Then revert back.
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  Speaker 1: You may have a wonderful day and suddenly find yourself
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  Speaker 1: crying because you heard a song, smelled the familiar fragrance,
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  Speaker 1: saw someone's birthday on the calendar, or visit a familiar place.
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  Speaker 1: This does not mean you have failed. Grief is nol
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  Speaker 1: is not always a straight line. You can experience acceptance
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  Speaker 1: today and sadness tomorrow. You can laugh in the morning
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  Speaker 1: and cry at night. You can feel strong one moment
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  Speaker 1: and vulnerable the next. That is part of being human.
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  Speaker 1: A difficult grief day does not erase the healing that
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  Speaker 1: has already taken place. What happens when you get stuck
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  Speaker 1: in the stage of grief. Sometimes people become stuck because
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  Speaker 1: the seven the reality of the loss feels too painful.
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  Speaker 1: They may constantly ask what if, if only, why did
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  Speaker 1: this happen? What could I have done differently? Questions are natural.
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  Speaker 1: It's natural to have questions, but eventually we may have
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  Speaker 1: to recognize that some questions will not have answers. Acceptance
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  Speaker 1: means releasing the expectation that we will understand everything. It
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  Speaker 1: means saying I may never understand everything that happened, but
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  Speaker 1: I can choose how I will live from here. That
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  Speaker 1: is not weakent. That is courage, acceptance, and faith. For
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  Speaker 1: those who have faith, acceptance can also become a spiritual journey.
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  Speaker 1: Psalm thirty four and eighteen reminds us the Lord is
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  Speaker 1: nigh unto them that are of a broken heart. God
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  Speaker 1: does not promise that we will never experience brokenness, but
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  Speaker 1: description reminds us that God is present in the broken places.
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  Speaker 1: Isaiah forty three and two says, when thou passest through
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  Speaker 1: the waters, I will be with you. Notice the language
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  Speaker 1: when you pass through. It doesn't say you'll never go
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  Speaker 1: through difficult waters.
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  Speaker 4: It says you.
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  Speaker 1: Will not go through it alone. And sometimes acceptance begins
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  Speaker 1: when we stop asking why did this happen? Long enough
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  Speaker 1: to ask God, how can I continue from here? The
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  Speaker 1: practical tools for acceptance Here are several tools you can
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  Speaker 1: use as you work through acceptance. Give yourself permission to feel.
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  Speaker 1: Don't judge your emotions if you are sad, acknowledge the
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  Speaker 1: sadness if you are angry, acknowledge the anger. If you
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  Speaker 1: are grateful, allow yourself to be grateful. You don't have
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  Speaker 1: to apologize for healing. Two create a memory ritual. Write
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  Speaker 1: a letter to the person you lost, create a memory box,
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  Speaker 1: light a candle, look through photographs, plant a tree, prepare
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  Speaker 1: a favorite meal. Find a healthy way to honor the relationship.
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  Speaker 1: Three create new routines. Grief can disrupt your daily life.
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  Speaker 1: Begin rebuilding small routines. Get up at a consistent time,
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  Speaker 1: take a walk, listen to music, spend time with supportive people.
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  Speaker 1: Return to the activities that bring meaning into your life.
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  Speaker 1: Small steps matter. Practice gratitude without denying your pain. You
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  Speaker 1: can say I'm grateful for the years we had. I
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  Speaker 1: am grateful for the memories. I am grateful for the
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  Speaker 1: people who supported me. Gratitude doesn't erase grief. It helps
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  Speaker 1: us to recognize that grief and gratitude can exist together.
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  Speaker 6: Five.
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  Speaker 1: Give yourself permission to dream again.
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  Speaker 4: This is a big one.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes grief convinces us that our life ended when someone's
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  Speaker 1: life ends, But your story is not over. There may
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  Speaker 1: still be dreams inside of you. There's still purpose inside
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  Speaker 1: of you. There are still people who need your voice.
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  Speaker 1: There is still work for all of us to do.
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  Speaker 1: Your loss is part of your story, but it does
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  Speaker 1: not have to be the end of your story acceptance
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  Speaker 1: and purpose. Sometimes our deepest pain becomes connected to our
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  Speaker 1: greatest purpose. The experience may teach us compassion, It may
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  Speaker 1: teach us patience. It may make us more sensitive to
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  Speaker 1: the pain of others. It may give us a voice
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  Speaker 1: to speak to people who feel alone. But I want
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  Speaker 1: to be careful about saying that everything happens for a reason.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes we may never understand why something happened. Instead, we
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  Speaker 1: can ask can I find purpose? And how I respond
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  Speaker 1: to what happened? That is a different question. You cannot
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  Speaker 1: control the laws, but eventually you may discover that you
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  Speaker 1: can influence what you do with the life that remains.
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  Speaker 1: What I carry and what I release. I want you
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  Speaker 1: to take a piece of paper.
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  Speaker 4: Drawer line down the middle.
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  Speaker 1: On the left side, right what I carry, and write
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  Speaker 1: down the things you want to carry forward.
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  Speaker 4: It could be.
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  Speaker 1: Memories, love, lessons, value, family, tradition, wisdom, and positive experiences.
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  Speaker 1: On the right side, right what I release. Write down
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  Speaker 1: what you're ready to begin releasing. It could be guilt,
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  Speaker 1: unnecessary blame, the need to understand everything, the fear of
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  Speaker 1: moving forward, the belief that healing means forgiving, the expectation
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  Speaker 1: that grief must look a certain way. Then look at
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  Speaker 1: both sides. Say I honor what I lost, I honor
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  Speaker 1: what I love. I release what I cannot control, and
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  Speaker 1: I give myself permission to live. Take a deep breath
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  Speaker 1: and say it again. I give myself permission to live.
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  Speaker 1: Say it one more time, for the Father, the Son, and.
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  Speaker 4: The holy ghost. Say it a little louder this time.
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  Speaker 1: For the one on the nap back. I give myself
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  Speaker 1: to permission to live. If you are listening today and
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  Speaker 1: you are still struggling, I want you.
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  Speaker 4: To hear this.
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  Speaker 1: You are not behind, You are not weak, You are
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  Speaker 1: not grieving incorrectly. You don't have to heal according to
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  Speaker 1: someone else's timetable. There may be days when you feel
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  Speaker 1: like you're taking two steps forward and three steps backwards.
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  Speaker 1: Keep going. There may be days when you don't feel
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  Speaker 1: strong at all. Keep going. There may be moments when
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  Speaker 1: you wonder whether joy will ever return. Keep going. Acceptance
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  Speaker 1: is not a destination you arrive at once and never leave.
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  Speaker 1: It can be a continuing process of acknowledging reality, honoring
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  Speaker 1: your loss, and choosing life one day at a time.
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  Speaker 1: Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for this episode on tonight.
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  Speaker 4: God.
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  Speaker 1: If there's anyone who's going through the stages of grief, God,
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  Speaker 1: let them continue to move forward. Let them not get
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  Speaker 1: stuck in any stage of grief. Let them see the
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  Speaker 1: purpose that you have in their life. Most of all,
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  Speaker 1: God allows them to dream again. Let them dream about
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  Speaker 1: the things they thought that they could have have God,
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  Speaker 1: all things are possible with you. God, let the healing
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  Speaker 1: begin on tonight. And Dear Heavenly Father, if they don't
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  Speaker 1: know You and the parting of their sins, they can
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  Speaker 1: get to know you on tonight. God. All they have
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  Speaker 1: to do is repent of their sins. And that's just
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  Speaker 1: saying I'm sorry, God, and I want to do better.
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  Speaker 4: God. Teach me how to be better.
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  Speaker 1: God, teach me your ways God, that I might see
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  Speaker 1: your promises manifested in my life. God wants to heal us.
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  Speaker 1: He want to heal every place that's broken, but you
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  Speaker 1: have to give it unto him tonight. So accept his
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  Speaker 1: love on tonight. Accept his healing on tonight. And if
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  Speaker 1: you've done that, you find yourself a Bible believe in
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  Speaker 1: church where you can grow in the knowledge of Christ
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  Speaker 1: and anything that He has promised you. He is not
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  Speaker 1: man that he should lie for the medt son of man,
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  Speaker 1: that he shall repent. But everything that God has promised
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  Speaker 1: you in your life will come to fruition. And if
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  Speaker 1: you know God and you're going through any type of grief,
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  Speaker 1: hold on, don't throw in the towel, Never stop.
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  Speaker 4: Moving, keep moving forward. God.
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  Speaker 1: Remember the visionary of this platform, this side of the kingdom,
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  Speaker 1: the territory that you have given her, like in the
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  Speaker 1: prayer of Jabez, enlarge her territory so that she might
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  Speaker 1: be a blessing and continue to be a blessing unto others.
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  Speaker 1: Remember all the members of the crew podcasting their families.
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  Speaker 1: Bless them, God bless them. Indeed, in Jesus's name we pray.
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  Speaker 1: As we close tonight's episode, I want you to remember this.
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  Speaker 1: Acceptance does not mean the absence of pain. Acceptance mean
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  Speaker 1: learning that pain and hope can exist together. You can
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  Speaker 1: miss someone and still smile. You can cry and still
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  Speaker 1: have faith. You can remember yesterday and still embrace tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: You can honor the person you lost without abandoning the life.
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  Speaker 1: You still have your grief is evident that you love,
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  Speaker 1: and love does not disappear simply because someone's physical presence
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  Speaker 1: is gone. So today take another step, not because you
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  Speaker 1: have forgotten, not because it doesn't hurt, but because your
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  Speaker 1: life still has value, purpose, meaning and possibility. Your story
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  Speaker 1: is still being written. And perhaps assessonce is saying. It's
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  Speaker 1: not saying I'm finally over it. Perhaps acceptance is saying
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  Speaker 1: I will carry the love, honor, and the memories and
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  Speaker 1: continue living. Thank you for joining me for today's conversation
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  Speaker 1: on acceptance, the fifth stage of grief. Until next time,
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  Speaker 1: remember you don't have to forget to heal. You don't
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  Speaker 1: have to stop loving to move forward, and you don't
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  Speaker 1: have to have all the answers to take the next step.
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  Speaker 1: Keep breathing, keep believing, keep moving forward, and most importantly,
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  Speaker 1: keep living.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you, thank you, thank you for being here on tonight.
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  Speaker 6: A man.
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  Speaker 1: Let tonight be your first step towards healing. And I
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  Speaker 1: will see you in two weeks. I am on every
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  Speaker 4: See you in two weeks. God bless it's a good God.
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  Speaker 2: Can you do the mid now you're walking in it?
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  Speaker 5: And Jesus she stays standing