Latest / Positively 365: Inspire, Motivate, Support / Episode 253 - Love is All That Matters
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- 0:07Welcome to Positively three hundred and sixty five, a podcast by Joe wattis we
- 0:12wish to entertain, instruct and motivate. If nothing else, hopefully we can
- 0:17entertain and inspire you to live a more positive life three hundred and sixty five
- 0:21days a year. We hope you enjoy this message. A sign on a
- 0:31restaurant window says, if you order it and we don't have it, you
- 0:36instantly win one million dollars. A man walking by notices the sign and walks
- 0:43into the restaurant and sits down at the table with a smirk on his face.
- 0:49The waiter asks what he will be having, and the man says,
- 0:54I'll have a white rhinoceros stew please. The waiter comes out with a boiling
- 1:02hot bowl of exactly what the man ordered. The man is taken by surprise,
- 1:08but he eats the stew and pays for his very expensive meal, and
- 1:14he leaves angrily. The next day he comes back and sits down at the
- 1:19table with a smirk on his face again. He tells the waiter today,
- 1:23I will have bullet ants stuffed with dolphin meat. The waiter leaves and quickly
- 1:32comes back after a few minutes with exactly what the man ordered. The man,
- 1:38surprised again, eats his meal angrily, pays, and leaves. The
- 1:46next day, he comes back and sits at the table and tells the waiter
- 1:51today I will have lactating mermaid breast sandwich is a few minutes later, the
- 2:00waiter comes out holding two massive duffel bags with a million dollars. The man,
- 2:07overcome with excitement, says, I knew it. I knew you didn't
- 2:13have mermaid breasts. The waiter tells him politely, we actually have it,
- 2:21sir, but you ordered a sandwich and we just ran out of bread.
- 2:37Just what is the most important thing in life? We spend so much time
- 2:43focusing on our work and on our career. We are in a rat race
- 2:49chasing prestige and material things. But at the end of our life does all
- 2:53of that really matter? In the end, all that really matters is love
- 3:00and those whom we love. We will talk about this in this week's episode
- 3:07of Positively three sixty five, but first we have our trivia question of the
- 3:12day. Are you ready for it? Here? It is what? Nineteen
- 3:16twenty seven film effectively ended the silent movie era by introducing synchronized talking and singing.
- 3:28We will have the answer when we come back. Do you enjoy listening
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- 4:16will learn my undying affection and have the satisfaction of knowing that you are doing
- 4:21something to spread more positivity in today's negative world. Thank you for listening,
- 4:29and thank you for your support financially and otherwise. Do you know the answer
- 4:42to this week's trivia question? The question was what nineteen twenty seven film effectively
- 4:49ended the silent movie era by introducing synchronized talking and singing. The answer The
- 4:59Jazz sing The Jazz Singer is the first feature length motion picture with synchronized recorded
- 5:06music and lip synchronous singing and speech in several isolated sequences. Its release heralded
- 5:15the commercial ascendants of sound films and effectively marked the end of the silent film
- 5:23era with the Vitaphone Sound on disc System featuring six songs performed by Al Jolson,
- 5:34the jazz singer nineteen twenty seven. Now you know, the people we
- 5:48love are like anchors in our lives. They provide support when things get tough
- 5:56and share in our happy moments. Just about having someone around. It's about
- 6:02having someone who cares deeply. Family and friends make us feel valued and understood,
- 6:10creating a sense of belonging for us, Knowing that someone loves us for
- 6:15who we are gives us the confidence and the courage we need. These connections
- 6:23shape our happiness and our well being, making life brighter. It's like having
- 6:28a team that cheers for us no matter what. Their presence makes everything more
- 6:33meaningful for us. Love ties us together, making life's journey richer and much
- 6:41more positive. The elderly couple had been married for sixty five years now.
- 6:55He sat beside her as she lay dying. She said, don't call the
- 7:00doctor. I want to fall asleep peacefully with your hand in mine. He
- 7:09went on then to tell her about the past, how they met their first
- 7:15kiss. They didn't cry, they smiled. They didn't regret anything. They
- 7:21were grateful. Then she repeated softly, I love you forever. He returned
- 7:30her words, gave her a soft kiss on the forehead. She closed her
- 7:35eyes and fell asleep peacefully with her hand in his. Love is all that
- 7:45really matters, because everyone comes into this world with nothing other than the love
- 7:50they have, and everyone leaves with nothing other than the love they have.
- 7:59Think about it it profession, career, bank account, Our goods and material
- 8:07things are just tools, nothing more. Everything stays here. So just love,
- 8:16love those that really love you. Love as if there's nothing more important
- 8:24in your life, because truly there really isn't anything more important, just love.
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- 8:50would love to hear from you, so until next time, stay positive today
- 8:54and every day three hundred and sixty five days a year. H dig sticking
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