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Inspirations! | Episode #393 · Legacy Living with Dr. Gloria Burgess

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  Hello, and welcome to today's show, Legacy Living, Make Your Life Count.
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  I'm your host, Doctor Gloria Gloria Burgess, international leadership expert and trusted
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  advisor. Welcome to Legacy Living, Make Your Life Count. I'm so delighted
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  that you joined me today. I have a very special show for you.
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  I'm going to share with you some of my favorite words of wisdom from some
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  of my favorite people in the world. Today, I am going to focus
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  specifically on inspirational words. I'm also going to ask you to share the wealth.
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  After you listen to this show, I want you to tell a friend,
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  and I want you to come back to this podcast over and over and
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  over again when you need some words of encouragement or words to edify you,
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  words to lift your spirit. In fact, if you love inspiring words like
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  I do, you can go to my website and subscribe to my Weekly Inspirations.
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  That way you can get a breath of fresh air in your inbox to
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  start your week. I'll tell you more about that later in the podcast.
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  Okay, let's get started. The most inspiring words come from wonderfully different sources.
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  Ultimately, the words come from the master Creator, God, the Great
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  overall, designer art is human perception of natural beauty. It is also,
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  in its very performance, the unique and miraculous beauty of being Human. Art
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  washes from the soul the dust of everyday life. There is nothing more truly
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  artistic. And to love people we shall draw from the heart of suffering itself,
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  the means of inspiration and survival. This is precisely the time when artists
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  go to work, not when everything is fine, but in times of dread.
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  Imagination is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we
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  have never shared. Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for.
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  You must do it the old fashioned way. Stay up and really burn
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  the midnight oil. There are no compromises. Every day, our streets and
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  school buses become art galleries in the form of perfectly spiked hair, zigzagging cornrows,
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  and dizzying shoelace artistry. No one is born hating another person because of
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  the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People
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  must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can
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  be taught to love. For love comes more naturally to the human heart than
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  its opposite. We do not need magic to change the world. We carry
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  all the power we need inside ourselves. Already we have the power to imagine
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  something better. There is in every person an inward sea, and in that
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  sea there is an island, And on that island there is an altar,
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  and standing guard before that altar is the Angel with the flaming Sword. Nothing
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  can get by that angel to be placed upon the altar unless it has the
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  mark of your inner authority. Nothing passes the Angel with the flaming sword to
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  be placed upon your altar unless it be a part of the fluid area of
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  your consent. This is your crucial link with the eternal. If we do
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  not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will, in the
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  end not produce food either. Words lead to deeds. They prepare the soul,
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  make it ready, and move it to tenderness. And the day came
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  when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than
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  the risk it took to blossom. It's the little things citizens do that's what
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  will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees. One generation plants
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  trees, another enjoys the shade. There are two ways to live your life.
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  One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though
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  everything is a miracle. You must give birth to your images. They are
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  the future waiting to be born. Fear not the strangeness you feel. The
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  future must enter you long before it happens. The heart that breaks open can
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  contain the whole universe. Your heart is that large. Trust it keep breathing.
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  Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to
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  be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. The shadows
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  and rain of today will nourish the blossoms of tomorrow. Let us put our
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  minds together and see what life we can make for our children. There are
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  only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots,
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  the other wings. If you save one person, you save the whole
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  world. You get the best efforts from others not by lighting a fire beneath
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  them, but by building a fire within. You are a lake with a
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  channel to the sea. Be a shame to seek water from a pool.
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  We are the mirror as well as the face in it. We are tasting
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  the taste this minute of eternity. We are pain, and what cures pain
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  we are the sweet cold water and the jar that pours out. Beyond ideas
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  of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.
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  Until one is committed, there is always hesitancy, the chance to draw
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  back, always in effectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there
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  is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans.
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  That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All
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  sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A
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  whole stream of events issues from the decision raising in one's favor, all manner
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  of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamt would
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  have come his way. I have learned a deep respect for one of Gert's
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  couplets. Whatever you can do or dream, you can beget it. Boldness
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  has genius, power and magic in it. Where there is no vision,
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  the people perish. I try to make my mind large as the universe is
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  large, so that there is room for paradoxes. Your language is the distance
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  between you and what you need. You cannot think any deeper than your vocabulary
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  will allow you to. You can't be what you can't see. Sometimes our
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  light goes out, but it is blown again into flame by an encounter with
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  another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have
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  rekindled this inner light. Never let the cacophony of your mind drown out the
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  symphony of your heart. Speak from your heart. Don't bottle up your music
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  or your voice. Be brave. Poetry is a balancing between intellect and intuition,
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  and if one must choose between the two, one should always fall on
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  the side of intuition. Art is human perception of natural beauty. It is
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  also, in its very performance, the unique and miraculous beauty of being human.
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  The experience of art, it's making, and its enjoyment, is what
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  makes us both human and humane. According to the ancient scriptures oral and written
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  of people worldwide, one of the main purposes of music in life is to
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  lead to uplift and enlightenment, establish and maintain moral consciousness and responsibility, and
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  to assist in the continued spiritual evolution of humanity. There is a vitality,
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  a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and
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  because there is only one of you in all time. The expression is unique,
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  and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium,
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  and it will be lost. It is not your business to determine how
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  good it is, not how valuable it is, not how it compares with
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  other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly,
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  to keep the channel open. I have never thought of writing for the
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  reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out. That
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  is the reason why I compose in this endeavor to wed the vision of the
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  old world with that of the new. It is the writer, not the
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  statesman, who is our strongest arm, though we do not wholly believe it
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  yet, the interior life is a real life, and the intangible dreams of
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  people have a tangible effect on the world. Don't ask what the world needs,
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  Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it, because what
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  the world needs is more people who have come a lot life inspirations. I
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  just love these inspiring words, words that have brought so much gratitude, hope
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  and joy into my life. I hope these words have inspired you as well.
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  That word inspire comes from the Latin inspirare. Don't you just love the
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  sound of that inspiare, which means to breathe into or to breathe upon.
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  So let these words just breathe into you. Let these words inspire you to
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  new life, new hope, new joy as they breathe into you and minister
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  to you. Now, I want you to be sure don't keep it all
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  to yourself. Share the wealth, share your blessings at somebody else's table.
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  That's how you do it. That's how you make your life count. If
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  you want to be the change you seek, remember this. How you live
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  is how you lead. You have the power to make our world a better
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  place. All right. I want you to be sure to listen to this
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  podcast again and again, and hey, be sure to tell somebody. You
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  can find me right here on iTunes, Audible, Alexa, SoundCloud, iHeart,
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  tune in, spreaker, dot com, Talk Network Radio, and so
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  many other places. If you happen to miss any part of this week's show,
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  or if you missed last weeks, you can simply download the recording and
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  listen at your convenience. You can even listen on the go. Check us
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  out at www. Dot talknetwork Radio dot com. Forward slash hosts Forward Slash
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  Legacy Living. That's Talknetwork Radio dot com. Forward Slash Hosts Forward Slash Legacy
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  Living. You can learn more about my work and Legacy Living make your life
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  count by visiting the Gloria Burgess website. That's the Gloria Burgess website. And
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  I mentioned earlier in the show that you can also subscribe to my inspirations on
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  my website. Just scroll down a little bit and look on the right hand
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  side on that right sidebar until you see the place to end your email to
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  subscribe to my weekly inspirations. Yep, it's that simple. So again,
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  to learn more about me and my work, just browse a bit on my
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  website and that's Gloria Burgess dot com, or visit me on LinkedIn or on
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  Facebook. And on Facebook you can find me here Facebook dot com, Forward
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  slash dr for doctor Dr Gloria Burgess, PhD. You can also find me
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  on the TEDx site and listen to one of my ted talks. Just type
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  in my name to find me there. Okay, all right, before I
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  close today, I want to thank each of you for tuning in to our
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  show for allowing me to share a bit about my journey with what legacy living
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  is all about not just living and learning, but living and learning and serving
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  so that you make a difference in your own life, life and in the
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  lives of others. It's about being on purpose every single day. Three sixty
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  five twenty four seven. Legacy living is a powerful way to make your life
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  count. Once again, I want to thank you for joining me for today's
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  show. I'm your host, doctor Gloria Gloria Burgess, and this is Legacy
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  Living, Make your life count. Please join me again next time right here
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  on Talk Network Radio for another show of legacy living. Make your life count.
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  Don't just count the days in your life. Make the days in your
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  life count. That's what legacy living is all about. Have a fantastic day
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  and remember make the days in your life count. God bless that's our show
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  today. I'm your host, doctor Gloria Gloria Burgess. I hope you'll join
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  me again next time. Until then, don't just count the days in your
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  life, Make the days in your life count. That's what legacy living is
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  all about. Here's to you have a fantastic day and be sure to make
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  it a yes kind of day. Remember to celebrate the music of your life,
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  make the days in your life count