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85. Earning Joy By Embracing the Hard · Burning Brightly

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  what
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  the
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  world
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  wants
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  or,
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  perceives
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  as
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  important,
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  and
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  what
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  God
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  perceives
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  as
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  important
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  are
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  two
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  very
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  different
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  things.
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  The
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  world
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  will
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  say,
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  choose
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  the
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  comfortable
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  path,
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  avoid
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  pain.
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  Make
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  sure
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  that
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  life
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  is
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  easy,
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  right?
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  God
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  says,
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  choose
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  growth.
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  Embrace
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  your
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  trials.
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  Receive
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  the
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  joy
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  that
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  comes
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  in
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  this
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  life
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  and
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  in
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  the
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  next
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  only
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  by
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  embracing
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  the
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  hard.
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  This
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  is
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  Burning
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  Brightly,
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  a
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  podcast
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  for
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  Christian
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  moms
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  who
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  are
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  feeling
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  called
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  to
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  build
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  a
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  business
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  and
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  share
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  their
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  light
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  with
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  the
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  world.
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  I'm
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  Bonnie
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  Wescomb,
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  a
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  life
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  coach,
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  mom
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  and
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  entrepreneur,
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  and
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  I'm
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  honored
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  to
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  be
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  your
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  guide
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  as
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  you
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  face
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  this
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  business
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  building
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  adventure
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  full
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  of
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  highs,
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  lows.
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  And
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  everything
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  in
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  between.
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  This
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  is
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  where
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  we
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  help
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  each
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  other
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  find
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  the
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  courage
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  to
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  shine.
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  Hello
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  and
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  welcome
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  back
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  to
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  Burning
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  Brightly.
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  Today
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  we're
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  gonna
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  be
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  talking
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  about
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  embracing
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  something
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  that
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  does
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  not
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  sound
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  fun,
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  and
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  that
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  is
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  the
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  hard
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  parts
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  of
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  life,
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  the
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  hard
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  way
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  of
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  doing
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  things,
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  and
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  how
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  by
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  embracing
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  this
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  hard,
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  we
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  can
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  find
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  more
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  joy.
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  To
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  start
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  off
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  our
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  discussion
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  today,
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  I
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  want
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  to
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  remind
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  you
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  all
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  of
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  something
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  called
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  the
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  motivational
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  triad.
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  I've
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  explained
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  this
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  in
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  previous
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  episodes,
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  but
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  essentially
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  the
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  motivational
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  triad
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  tells
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  us
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  how
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  our
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  basic
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  brain
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  operates.
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  It
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  wants
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  to
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  seek
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  for
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  three
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  things
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  to
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  avoid
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  danger,
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  to
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  seek
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  pleasure,
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  and
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  to
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  save
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  or
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  conserve
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  energy.
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  And
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  the
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  reason
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  it
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  does
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  this
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  is
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  because
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  this
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  is
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  what's
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  going
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  to
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  keep
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  us
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  alive.
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  We're
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  going
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  to
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  avoid
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  the
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  bears
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  and
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  the
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  tigers.
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  We're
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  going
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  to
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  seek
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  for
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  sex
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  and
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  food.
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  We're
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  going
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  to
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  save
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  energy
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  so
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  we
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  don't
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  have
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  to
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  burn
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  through
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  a
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  bunch
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  of
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  calories,
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  which
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  are
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  hard
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  to
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  get
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  or
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  were
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  historically.
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  Now
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  this
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  motivational
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  triad
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  is
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  very
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  important
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  to
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  understand
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  because
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  as
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  we
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  go
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  throughout
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  our
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  life,
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  we're
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  going
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  to
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  realize
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  that
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  most
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  of
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  what
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  we
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  want
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  to
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  build
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  is
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  going
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  to
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  go
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  against
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  one
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  or
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  all
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  three
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  of
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  these
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  things.
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  It's
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  going
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  to
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  put
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  us
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  in
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  danger
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  or
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  what
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  our
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  brain
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  perceives
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  as
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  danger.
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  It's
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  going
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  to
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  delay
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  pleasure
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  or
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  delay
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  gratification.
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  It's
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  going
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  to
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  expend
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  lots
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  of
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  energy.
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  IE
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  building
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  a
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  business,
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  building
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  a
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  business
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  does
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  all
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  of
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  these
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  things.
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  Growing
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  a
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  family
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  does
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  all
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  of
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  these
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  things.
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  Working
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  on
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  anything
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  of
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  value
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  is
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  going
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  to
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  be
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  hard
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  because
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  it's
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  going
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  to
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  go
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  against
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  some
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  of
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  our
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  basic
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  needs
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  to
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  survive.
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  Now
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  that
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  we
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  understand
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  that
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  we
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  can
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  stop
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  fighting
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  against
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  it
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  so
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  much.
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  So
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  when
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  something
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  is
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  hard,
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  when
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  it
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  requires
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  energy,
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  when
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  it
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  makes
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  us
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  feel
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  like
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  we're
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  in
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  danger,
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  like
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  public
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  speaking,
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  for
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  example,
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  or
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  a
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  podcast
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  or
• 2:23
  video
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  production,
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  when
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  it
• 2:25
  doesn't
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  immediately
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  give
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  us.
• 2:27
  Pleasure
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  or
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  gratification.
• 2:28
  We
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  can
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  understand.
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  Nothing
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  has
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  actually
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  gone
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  wrong.
• 2:31
  Our
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  basic
• 2:32
  brain
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  is
• 2:32
  just
• 2:32
  saying,
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  I
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  don't
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  wanna
• 2:33
  do
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  this.
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  It's
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  hard.
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  And
• 2:35
  we
• 2:35
  can
• 2:35
  say,
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  I
• 2:36
  hear
• 2:36
  you
• 2:36
  brain.
• 2:36
  We're
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  gonna
• 2:37
  keep
• 2:37
  going
• 2:37
  anyway.
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  Now
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  we
• 2:39
  also
• 2:39
  understand
• 2:40
  as
• 2:40
  Christians
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  that
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  what
• 2:41
  the
• 2:41
  world
• 2:42
  wants
• 2:42
  or,
• 2:43
  perceives
• 2:43
  as
• 2:43
  important,
• 2:44
  and
• 2:44
  what
• 2:44
  God
• 2:45
  perceives
• 2:45
  as
• 2:45
  important
• 2:46
  are
• 2:46
  two
• 2:46
  very
• 2:46
  different
• 2:46
  things.
• 2:47
  The
• 2:47
  world
• 2:48
  will
• 2:48
  say,
• 2:48
  choose
• 2:49
  the
• 2:49
  comfortable
• 2:50
  path,
• 2:51
  avoid
• 2:51
  pain.
• 2:52
  Make
• 2:52
  sure
• 2:52
  that
• 2:53
  life
• 2:53
  is
• 2:53
  easy,
• 2:53
  right?
• 2:54
  It
• 2:54
  goes
• 2:54
  right
• 2:55
  in
• 2:55
  alignment
• 2:55
  with
• 2:55
  that
• 2:55
  basic
• 2:56
  brain
• 2:56
  and
• 2:56
  the
• 2:56
  motivational
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  triad.
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  God
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  and
• 2:58
  his
• 2:58
  kingdom
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  says,
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  choose
• 3:00
  growth.
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  Embrace
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  your
• 3:02
  trials.
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  Receive
• 3:04
  the
• 3:04
  joy
• 3:05
  that
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  comes
• 3:05
  in
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  this
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  life
• 3:06
  and
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  in
• 3:07
  the
• 3:07
  next
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  only
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  by
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  embracing
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  the
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  hard.
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  Okay,
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  so
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  that's
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  why
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  we're
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  talking
• 3:11
  about
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  this
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  today
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  because
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  it
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  is
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  not
• 3:13
  a
• 3:13
  short
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  term
• 3:14
  solution.
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  It
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  is
• 3:15
  an
• 3:15
  eternal
• 3:16
  principle.
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  Embracing
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  the
• 3:17
  trials,
• 3:17
  embracing
• 3:18
  the
• 3:18
  hard,
• 3:18
  and
• 3:19
  that
• 3:19
  joy
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  naturally
• 3:20
  comes
• 3:20
  from
• 3:21
  it.
• 3:22
  Now,
• 3:22
  I
• 3:22
  wanna
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  ask
• 3:23
  you
• 3:23
  a
• 3:23
  question.
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  Have
• 3:24
  you
• 3:24
  ever
• 3:25
  gone
• 3:25
  through
• 3:25
  something
• 3:26
  difficult
• 3:26
  in
• 3:26
  your
• 3:26
  life
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  and
• 3:28
  found
• 3:28
  that
• 3:28
  some
• 3:28
  of
• 3:29
  your
• 3:29
  deepest
• 3:29
  joy
• 3:29
  has
• 3:30
  come
• 3:30
  after
• 3:30
  it?
• 3:31
  Maybe
• 3:32
  there
• 3:32
  was
• 3:33
  a
• 3:33
  very
• 3:34
  serious
• 3:34
  illness
• 3:35
  in
• 3:35
  your
• 3:35
  family
• 3:35
  or
• 3:36
  a
• 3:36
  death.
• 3:37
  Or
• 3:37
  another
• 3:38
  reason
• 3:38
  to
• 3:38
  grieve.
• 3:39
  Maybe
• 3:39
  there
• 3:39
  was
• 3:40
  a
• 3:40
  hard
• 3:40
  period
• 3:40
  of
• 3:40
  unemployment
• 3:42
  or
• 3:42
  underemployment
• 3:43
  and
• 3:43
  it
• 3:43
  was
• 3:43
  hard
• 3:44
  to
• 3:44
  feed
• 3:44
  your
• 3:44
  family.
• 3:45
  Maybe
• 3:45
  you've
• 3:45
  experienced
• 3:46
  a
• 3:46
  period
• 3:46
  of
• 3:47
  mental
• 3:47
  illness
• 3:48
  or
• 3:48
  other
• 3:49
  emotional
• 3:49
  trials
• 3:49
  that
• 3:49
  made
• 3:50
  it
• 3:50
  very,
• 3:50
  very
• 3:50
  difficult
• 3:51
  to
• 3:51
  wake
• 3:51
  up
• 3:51
  with
• 3:51
  a
• 3:51
  smile
• 3:52
  on
• 3:52
  your
• 3:52
  face.
• 3:53
  Any
• 3:53
  of
• 3:53
  these
• 3:54
  and
• 3:54
  other
• 3:55
  difficult
• 3:55
  experiences
• 3:56
  very
• 3:56
  often
• 3:57
  are
• 3:57
  like
• 3:58
  the
• 3:58
  night
• 3:58
  before
• 3:58
  the
• 3:59
  dawn,
• 3:59
  the
• 3:59
  storm
• 4:00
  before
• 4:01
  the
• 4:01
  sunshine.
• 4:02
  When
• 4:02
  you
• 4:02
  come
• 4:03
  out
• 4:03
  of
• 4:03
  those
• 4:03
  trials
• 4:04
  and
• 4:04
  those
• 4:04
  hard
• 4:04
  things,
• 4:04
  very
• 4:05
  often
• 4:05
  the
• 4:05
  joy
• 4:06
  is
• 4:06
  so
• 4:06
  much
• 4:07
  greater.
• 4:08
  Why
• 4:08
  is
• 4:08
  that?
• 4:09
  Well,
• 4:09
  I
• 4:09
  think
• 4:09
  there's
• 4:10
  a
• 4:10
  lot
• 4:10
  of
• 4:10
  reasons,
• 4:10
  but
• 4:10
  the
• 4:10
  main
• 4:11
  one
• 4:11
  being
• 4:12
  we
• 4:12
  understand
• 4:12
  just
• 4:13
  how
• 4:13
  hard
• 4:13
  life
• 4:13
  can
• 4:14
  get,
• 4:14
  and
• 4:14
  so
• 4:14
  when
• 4:14
  it
• 4:14
  gets
• 4:15
  easier
• 4:15
  and
• 4:16
  better,
• 4:16
  we
• 4:16
  are
• 4:17
  so
• 4:17
  much
• 4:17
  more
• 4:18
  grateful
• 4:18
  for
• 4:19
  it.
• 4:19
  So
• 4:20
  like
• 4:20
  I
• 4:20
  said,
• 4:20
  we
• 4:20
  currently
• 4:21
  live
• 4:21
  in
• 4:21
  a
• 4:21
  world
• 4:21
  that
• 4:21
  really
• 4:22
  wants
• 4:22
  us
• 4:22
  to
• 4:22
  avoid
• 4:23
  those
• 4:23
  hard
• 4:23
  things.
• 4:24
  Every
• 4:24
  technological
• 4:24
  advancement
• 4:25
  makes
• 4:25
  life
• 4:26
  easier
• 4:26
  for
• 4:26
  us.
• 4:27
  But
• 4:27
  God
• 4:28
  often
• 4:28
  leads
• 4:29
  us
• 4:29
  or
• 4:29
  allows
• 4:29
  us
• 4:30
  to
• 4:30
  go
• 4:30
  through
• 4:30
  challenges,
• 4:31
  not
• 4:31
  as
• 4:31
  a
• 4:31
  punishment,
• 4:32
  but
• 4:33
  so
• 4:33
  that
• 4:33
  we
• 4:33
  can
• 4:34
  grow
• 4:34
  and.
• 4:35
  Experience
• 4:36
  deeper
• 4:36
  joy.
• 4:37
  The
• 4:37
  growth
• 4:38
  is
• 4:38
  not
• 4:38
  punishment.
• 4:39
  The
• 4:39
  growth
• 4:39
  is
• 4:39
  to
• 4:40
  lead
• 4:40
  us
• 4:40
  into
• 4:40
  greater
• 4:41
  joy.
• 4:42
  Now,
• 4:42
  I'm
• 4:42
  gonna
• 4:42
  give
• 4:42
  you
• 4:42
  a
• 4:42
  few
• 4:43
  examples
• 4:43
  in
• 4:43
  this
• 4:43
  episode
• 4:44
  of
• 4:44
  hard
• 4:44
  things
• 4:44
  that
• 4:45
  I've
• 4:45
  either
• 4:45
  chosen
• 4:45
  to
• 4:45
  go
• 4:46
  through
• 4:46
  or
• 4:46
  I
• 4:46
  have
• 4:46
  been
• 4:47
  put
• 4:47
  through.
• 4:48
  And
• 4:48
  the
• 4:48
  subsequent
• 4:49
  joy
• 4:49
  that
• 4:49
  comes
• 4:50
  afterwards.
• 4:50
  In
• 4:50
  this
• 4:51
  episode,
• 4:51
  I'm
• 4:51
  also
• 4:51
  gonna
• 4:51
  share
• 4:52
  quite
• 4:52
  a
• 4:52
  few
• 4:52
  scriptures
• 4:53
  because
• 4:54
  I
• 4:54
  think
• 4:54
  it
• 4:54
  helps
• 4:54
  us
• 4:54
  to
• 4:55
  understand
• 4:55
  what
• 4:56
  God's
• 4:56
  stance
• 4:56
  is
• 4:57
  on
• 4:57
  hard
• 4:57
  things.
• 4:58
  And
• 4:58
  one
• 4:58
  of
• 4:58
  my
• 4:59
  favorites
• 4:59
  comes
• 4:59
  from
• 4:59
  second
• 5:00
  Nephi
• 5:00
  chapter
• 5:00
  two,
• 5:01
  and
• 5:01
  it
• 5:02
  says,
• 5:02
  for
• 5:02
  it
• 5:02
  must
• 5:02
  needs
• 5:03
  be
• 5:03
  that
• 5:03
  there
• 5:03
  is
• 5:03
  an
• 5:03
  opposition
• 5:04
  in
• 5:04
  all
• 5:05
  things.
• 5:06
  If
• 5:06
  not
• 5:06
  so
• 5:06
  righteousness
• 5:07
  could
• 5:07
  not
• 5:07
  be
• 5:07
  brought
• 5:07
  to
• 5:07
  pass.
• 5:08
  Neither
• 5:08
  wickedness,
• 5:09
  neither
• 5:09
  holiness
• 5:10
  nor
• 5:10
  misery.
• 5:11
  Neither
• 5:11
  good
• 5:11
  nor
• 5:12
  bad.
• 5:12
  And
• 5:12
  then
• 5:13
  he
• 5:13
  goes
• 5:13
  on
• 5:13
  to
• 5:13
  say,
• 5:13
  Adam
• 5:14
  fell
• 5:14
  that
• 5:14
  men
• 5:14
  might
• 5:15
  be,
• 5:15
  and
• 5:15
  men
• 5:16
  are,
• 5:16
  that
• 5:16
  they
• 5:16
  might
• 5:16
  have
• 5:17
  joy.
• 5:18
  Good
• 5:18
  and
• 5:18
  bad
• 5:19
  are
• 5:19
  intrinsically
• 5:20
  connected,
• 5:21
  happiness
• 5:22
  and
• 5:22
  misery,
• 5:23
  intrinsically
• 5:23
  connected.
• 5:24
  You
• 5:24
  cannot
• 5:25
  have
• 5:25
  one
• 5:26
  without
• 5:26
  the
• 5:26
  other.
• 5:27
  Again,
• 5:27
  this
• 5:27
  is
• 5:27
  not
• 5:28
  just
• 5:28
  a
• 5:28
  fun
• 5:28
  idea.
• 5:29
  This
• 5:29
  is
• 5:29
  an
• 5:29
  eternal
• 5:30
  principle.
• 5:30
  It
• 5:31
  exists
• 5:31
  in
• 5:31
  this
• 5:31
  life,
• 5:32
  and
• 5:32
  I
• 5:32
  have
• 5:32
  to
• 5:32
  believe
• 5:33
  in
• 5:33
  the
• 5:33
  next
• 5:33
  life
• 5:33
  as
• 5:33
  well.
• 5:34
  God
• 5:35
  designed
• 5:35
  it
• 5:36
  so
• 5:36
  that
• 5:36
  joy
• 5:37
  would
• 5:37
  be
• 5:37
  inseparably
• 5:38
  linked
• 5:39
  with
• 5:39
  both
• 5:39
  challenge
• 5:40
  and
• 5:40
  opposition.
• 5:41
  Think
• 5:42
  about
• 5:42
  that
• 5:42
  for
• 5:42
  a
• 5:42
  minute,
• 5:43
  so
• 5:43
  the
• 5:43
  next
• 5:44
  time
• 5:44
  you
• 5:44
  wish
• 5:44
  away
• 5:45
  the
• 5:45
  hard
• 5:45
  things
• 5:46
  in
• 5:46
  your
• 5:46
  life.
• 5:47
  What
• 5:47
  else
• 5:47
  are
• 5:47
  you
• 5:48
  wishing
• 5:48
  away?
• 5:49
  Are
• 5:49
  you
• 5:49
  also
• 5:50
  maybe
• 5:50
  wishing
• 5:50
  away
• 5:50
  some
• 5:50
  of
• 5:50
  the
• 5:51
  growth
• 5:51
  that
• 5:51
  comes
• 5:51
  with
• 5:51
  it,
• 5:51
  some
• 5:52
  of
• 5:52
  the
• 5:52
  joy
• 5:53
  that
• 5:53
  comes
• 5:53
  with
• 5:53
  it?
• 5:54
  That's
• 5:54
  a
• 5:55
  hard
• 5:55
  thing
• 5:55
  to
• 5:55
  think
• 5:55
  about
• 5:56
  because
• 5:56
  we
• 5:56
  just
• 5:56
  want
• 5:57
  to
• 5:57
  be
• 5:57
  delivered
• 5:57
  from
• 5:58
  our
• 5:58
  trials.
• 5:58
  We
• 5:58
  just
• 5:58
  want
• 5:59
  them
• 5:59
  to
• 5:59
  go
• 5:59
  away.
• 6:00
  We
• 6:00
  don't
• 6:01
  think
• 6:01
  about
• 6:01
  how
• 6:02
  it
• 6:02
  might
• 6:02
  affect
• 6:03
  the
• 6:03
  joy
• 6:03
  that
• 6:03
  is
• 6:03
  coming
• 6:04
  to
• 6:04
  us
• 6:04
  as
• 6:04
  well.
• 6:05
  Now
• 6:05
  I
• 6:06
  have
• 6:06
  quite
• 6:06
  a
• 6:06
  few
• 6:06
  kids
• 6:07
  that
• 6:07
  are
• 6:07
  really
• 6:07
  into
• 6:07
  video
• 6:08
  games,
• 6:08
  to
• 6:08
  my
• 6:09
  chagrin,
• 6:09
  and
• 6:10
  they're
• 6:10
  always
• 6:11
  telling
• 6:11
  me
• 6:11
  about
• 6:11
  the
• 6:11
  different
• 6:11
  levels
• 6:12
  that
• 6:12
  they
• 6:12
  achieve
• 6:12
  in
• 6:13
  a
• 6:13
  video
• 6:13
  game,
• 6:13
  and
• 6:13
  as
• 6:14
  we
• 6:14
  know,
• 6:14
  as
• 6:14
  the
• 6:14
  levels
• 6:15
  get
• 6:15
  harder,
• 6:16
  then
• 6:16
  the
• 6:17
  reward
• 6:17
  is
• 6:17
  greater,
• 6:17
  right?
• 6:17
  They
• 6:18
  get
• 6:18
  to
• 6:18
  tell
• 6:18
  their
• 6:18
  friends,
• 6:19
  maybe
• 6:19
  they
• 6:19
  get,
• 6:19
  I
• 6:20
  don't
• 6:20
  know,
• 6:20
  whatever
• 6:20
  rewards
• 6:21
  you
• 6:21
  get
• 6:21
  on
• 6:21
  these
• 6:21
  video
• 6:21
  games,
• 6:22
  some
• 6:22
  new
• 6:22
  skin
• 6:22
  or
• 6:23
  something.
• 6:24
  The
• 6:24
  goal
• 6:24
  is
• 6:24
  to
• 6:24
  constantly
• 6:25
  conquer
• 6:25
  these
• 6:26
  levels
• 6:26
  and
• 6:26
  get
• 6:27
  higher
• 6:27
  and
• 6:27
  higher
• 6:27
  so
• 6:28
  that
• 6:28
  the
• 6:28
  rewards
• 6:28
  are
• 6:29
  greater.
• 6:29
  And
• 6:30
  I
• 6:30
  think
• 6:30
  that
• 6:30
  in
• 6:30
  life
• 6:31
  it's
• 6:31
  the
• 6:31
  same
• 6:32
  way.
• 6:33
  We
• 6:33
  can
• 6:33
  stay
• 6:34
  on
• 6:34
  that
• 6:34
  beginner
• 6:34
  like
• 6:35
  tutorial
• 6:35
  level
• 6:36
  forever
• 6:36
  if
• 6:36
  we
• 6:36
  choose
• 6:37
  to,
• 6:37
  but
• 6:38
  no
• 6:38
  one
• 6:38
  gets
• 6:38
  satisfaction
• 6:39
  from
• 6:39
  that
• 6:39
  forever.
• 6:40
  Have
• 6:40
  you
• 6:40
  ever
• 6:41
  played
• 6:41
  a
• 6:41
  game
• 6:41
  on
• 6:41
  your
• 6:41
  phone
• 6:42
  in
• 6:42
  the
• 6:42
  first
• 6:42
  couple
• 6:42
  levels?
• 6:42
  You're
• 6:42
  like,
• 6:43
  oh,
• 6:43
  that's
• 6:43
  so
• 6:43
  easy.
• 6:44
  And
• 6:44
  then
• 6:45
  a
• 6:46
  month
• 6:46
  later
• 6:46
  you're
• 6:46
  going,
• 6:46
  oh,
• 6:47
  this
• 6:47
  game
• 6:47
  is
• 6:47
  hard
• 6:47
  now.
• 6:48
  It
• 6:48
  requires
• 6:49
  you
• 6:49
  to
• 6:49
  level
• 6:49
  up
• 6:49
  on
• 6:50
  purpose
• 6:50
  so
• 6:50
  that
• 6:50
  it's
• 6:50
  more
• 6:51
  challenging
• 6:51
  and
• 6:51
  the
• 6:51
  reward
• 6:52
  is
• 6:52
  greater.
• 6:53
  And
• 6:53
  spiritually
• 6:54
  it's
• 6:54
  the
• 6:54
  same
• 6:54
  way.
• 6:55
  God
• 6:55
  actually
• 6:56
  invites
• 6:56
  us
• 6:56
  to
• 6:56
  like
• 6:57
  level
• 6:57
  up
• 6:58
  our
• 6:58
  faith,
• 6:58
  our
• 6:58
  capacity,
• 6:59
  our
• 7:00
  strength
• 7:01
  by
• 7:01
  giving
• 7:02
  us
• 7:02
  bigger
• 7:02
  challenges.
• 7:03
  It's
• 7:03
  just
• 7:03
  like
• 7:03
  a
• 7:03
  child.
• 7:04
  One
• 7:05
  day
• 7:05
  your
• 7:05
  baby
• 7:05
  stands
• 7:06
  up
• 7:06
  and
• 7:06
  starts
• 7:06
  to
• 7:06
  walk,
• 7:07
  and
• 7:07
  the
• 7:07
  next
• 7:08
  day,
• 7:08
  it
• 7:08
  seems
• 7:08
  like
• 7:08
  the
• 7:08
  next
• 7:09
  day
• 7:09
  your
• 7:09
  baby
• 7:09
  is
• 7:09
  driving
• 7:09
  a
• 7:10
  car.
• 7:11
  The
• 7:11
  challenges
• 7:11
  get
• 7:12
  greater
• 7:12
  as
• 7:12
  they
• 7:13
  grow,
• 7:13
  and
• 7:13
  we
• 7:13
  are
• 7:13
  the
• 7:14
  exact
• 7:14
  same
• 7:14
  way,
• 7:15
  but
• 7:15
  remember.
• 7:16
  The
• 7:16
  joy
• 7:16
  that
• 7:17
  comes
• 7:17
  with
• 7:17
  it
• 7:17
  is
• 7:18
  also
• 7:18
  greater.
• 7:18
  It's
• 7:19
  not
• 7:19
  just
• 7:19
  a
• 7:19
  matter
• 7:19
  of
• 7:19
  having
• 7:20
  harder
• 7:20
  and
• 7:20
  harder
• 7:21
  things
• 7:22
  in
• 7:22
  fact,
• 7:22
  one
• 7:22
  of
• 7:22
  my
• 7:22
  favorite
• 7:23
  concepts
• 7:23
  to
• 7:23
  remember
• 7:24
  is
• 7:24
  this,
• 7:25
  when
• 7:25
  life
• 7:26
  feels
• 7:26
  difficult,
• 7:27
  it
• 7:27
  is
• 7:27
  not
• 7:28
  a
• 7:28
  sign
• 7:28
  of
• 7:28
  being
• 7:29
  off
• 7:29
  course.
• 7:30
  Lemme
• 7:30
  say
• 7:30
  this,
• 7:31
  it
• 7:31
  is
• 7:31
  not
• 7:31
  necessarily
• 7:32
  a
• 7:32
  sign
• 7:32
  of
• 7:32
  being
• 7:33
  off
• 7:33
  course
• 7:33
  because
• 7:33
  life
• 7:33
  does
• 7:34
  get
• 7:34
  difficult
• 7:34
  when
• 7:34
  you
• 7:35
  are
• 7:35
  off
• 7:35
  track,
• 7:35
  when
• 7:36
  you
• 7:36
  are
• 7:36
  not
• 7:37
  being
• 7:37
  obedient
• 7:37
  and
• 7:37
  you
• 7:37
  are
• 7:38
  not.
• 7:38
  Living
• 7:38
  God's
• 7:39
  law,
• 7:39
  but
• 7:40
  very
• 7:40
  often
• 7:41
  a
• 7:41
  difficult
• 7:41
  life
• 7:41
  is
• 7:41
  just
• 7:42
  a
• 7:42
  sign
• 7:42
  that
• 7:42
  you
• 7:42
  are
• 7:42
  on
• 7:43
  the
• 7:43
  right
• 7:43
  track,
• 7:44
  that
• 7:44
  God
• 7:44
  trusts
• 7:45
  you
• 7:45
  enough
• 7:46
  to
• 7:46
  give
• 7:46
  you
• 7:46
  additional
• 7:47
  challenges.
• 7:47
  Think
• 7:47
  about
• 7:47
  that.
• 7:48
  That
• 7:49
  brings
• 7:49
  me
• 7:49
  so
• 7:49
  much
• 7:50
  peace
• 7:50
  when
• 7:50
  I
• 7:50
  think,
• 7:51
  what
• 7:51
  am
• 7:51
  I
• 7:51
  doing
• 7:51
  wrong?
• 7:52
  Why
• 7:52
  are
• 7:52
  my
• 7:52
  kids
• 7:53
  such
• 7:53
  psychos?
• 7:54
  Why
• 7:54
  is
• 7:54
  business
• 7:54
  so
• 7:55
  hard?
• 7:55
  Why?
• 7:56
  Do
• 7:57
  I
• 7:57
  have
• 7:57
  these
• 7:57
  bodily
• 7:58
  aches
• 7:58
  and
• 7:58
  pains?
• 7:58
  Why
• 7:59
  do
• 7:59
  I
• 7:59
  have
• 7:59
  these
• 7:59
  financial
• 8:00
  woes?
• 8:01
  Not
• 8:01
  necessarily
• 8:02
  because
• 8:02
  I'm
• 8:02
  doing
• 8:02
  something
• 8:02
  wrong,
• 8:03
  but
• 8:03
  because
• 8:03
  we
• 8:04
  live
• 8:04
  in
• 8:04
  a
• 8:04
  mortal,
• 8:05
  fallen
• 8:05
  world
• 8:05
  and
• 8:06
  life
• 8:06
  is
• 8:06
  just
• 8:06
  difficult
• 8:07
  and
• 8:07
  the
• 8:07
  Lord
• 8:07
  constantly
• 8:08
  invites
• 8:09
  us
• 8:09
  to
• 8:10
  grow
• 8:10
  through
• 8:10
  these
• 8:10
  challenges.
• 8:11
  I
• 8:11
  want
• 8:12
  to
• 8:12
  tell
• 8:12
  you
• 8:12
  guys
• 8:12
  a
• 8:12
  little
• 8:12
  story
• 8:13
  of
• 8:13
  what
• 8:13
  I
• 8:13
  did
• 8:13
  last
• 8:14
  week
• 8:14
  with
• 8:14
  two
• 8:14
  of
• 8:15
  my
• 8:15
  oldest
• 8:15
  daughters.
• 8:16
  I
• 8:16
  decided
• 8:16
  to
• 8:16
  take
• 8:16
  them
• 8:17
  hiking
• 8:17
  the
• 8:17
  Grand
• 8:17
  Canyon.
• 8:18
  Now
• 8:18
  there
• 8:18
  are
• 8:18
  a
• 8:18
  lot
• 8:18
  of
• 8:18
  different
• 8:19
  paths
• 8:20
  you
• 8:20
  can
• 8:20
  take
• 8:20
  to
• 8:20
  hike
• 8:20
  the
• 8:20
  Grand
• 8:21
  Canyon,
• 8:21
  but
• 8:21
  the
• 8:21
  one
• 8:21
  we
• 8:21
  chose
• 8:22
  is
• 8:22
  called
• 8:22
  have
• 8:23
  a
• 8:23
  Supai.
• 8:23
  And
• 8:24
  the
• 8:24
  reason
• 8:24
  we
• 8:24
  chose
• 8:24
  this
• 8:25
  one
• 8:25
  is
• 8:25
  because
• 8:25
  it
• 8:25
  takes
• 8:25
  you
• 8:26
  down
• 8:26
  into
• 8:26
  a
• 8:26
  little
• 8:26
  Native
• 8:27
  American
• 8:27
  village
• 8:27
  that
• 8:28
  is
• 8:28
  to
• 8:28
  die
• 8:29
  for
• 8:29
  gorgeous.
• 8:29
  You've
• 8:30
  probably
• 8:30
  seen
• 8:30
  pictures
• 8:31
  of
• 8:31
  the
• 8:31
  turquoise
• 8:32
  waterfalls
• 8:33
  that
• 8:33
  abound
• 8:34
  in
• 8:34
  this
• 8:34
  area
• 8:34
  is.
• 8:35
  Absolutely
• 8:36
  a
• 8:36
  one
• 8:36
  in
• 8:36
  a
• 8:36
  lifetime
• 8:36
  chance
• 8:37
  to
• 8:38
  go
• 8:38
  visit
• 8:38
  this
• 8:38
  thing.
• 8:39
  And
• 8:39
  we
• 8:39
  were
• 8:39
  just
• 8:40
  so
• 8:40
  thrilled
• 8:40
  to
• 8:40
  go,
• 8:41
  but
• 8:41
  it
• 8:41
  was
• 8:41
  not
• 8:41
  an
• 8:42
  easy
• 8:42
  experience.
• 8:43
  We
• 8:43
  were
• 8:43
  required
• 8:44
  to
• 8:44
  hike
• 8:44
  10
• 8:45
  miles
• 8:45
  down
• 8:46
  into
• 8:46
  this
• 8:46
  canyon,
• 8:47
  and
• 8:47
  guess
• 8:48
  what?
• 8:48
  We,
• 8:49
  three
• 8:49
  days
• 8:49
  later,
• 8:49
  we
• 8:49
  had
• 8:50
  to
• 8:50
  hike
• 8:50
  10
• 8:50
  miles
• 8:51
  out
• 8:51
  of
• 8:51
  the
• 8:51
  canyon.
• 8:52
  And
• 8:52
  the
• 8:52
  interesting
• 8:52
  thing
• 8:52
  about
• 8:53
  the
• 8:53
  Grand
• 8:53
  Canyon,
• 8:53
  it's
• 8:54
  reverse
• 8:54
  hiking,
• 8:54
  right?
• 8:55
  Instead
• 8:55
  of
• 8:55
  going
• 8:55
  up
• 8:55
  a
• 8:55
  mountain
• 8:56
  and
• 8:56
  then
• 8:56
  being
• 8:56
  able
• 8:56
  to
• 8:56
  relax
• 8:57
  on
• 8:57
  the
• 8:57
  way
• 8:57
  down.
• 8:58
  We
• 8:58
  did
• 8:58
  the
• 8:58
  easier
• 8:58
  hike
• 8:59
  on
• 8:59
  the
• 8:59
  way
• 8:59
  in.
• 8:59
  And
• 9:00
  then
• 9:00
  when
• 9:00
  we
• 9:00
  were
• 9:00
  tired
• 9:01
  and
• 9:01
  kind
• 9:02
  of
• 9:02
  overwhelmed,,
• 9:03
  tired
• 9:03
  of
• 9:03
  eating.
• 9:04
  Freeze
• 9:04
  dried
• 9:05
  food
• 9:05
  and
• 9:05
  sleeping
• 9:05
  on
• 9:05
  the
• 9:05
  ground.
• 9:06
  Then
• 9:06
  we
• 9:06
  had
• 9:06
  to
• 9:06
  hike
• 9:06
  out
• 9:06
  of
• 9:06
  the
• 9:07
  thing.
• 9:07
  So
• 9:07
  it
• 9:07
  was
• 9:07
  very
• 9:08
  much
• 9:08
  a
• 9:08
  difficult
• 9:09
  experience,
• 9:09
  especially
• 9:10
  for
• 9:10
  my
• 9:10
  teenage
• 9:10
  daughters.
• 9:11
  It
• 9:11
  required
• 9:12
  work,
• 9:12
  it
• 9:12
  required
• 9:13
  training
• 9:13
  ahead
• 9:13
  of
• 9:13
  time,
• 9:14
  and
• 9:14
  it
• 9:14
  required
• 9:15
  perseverance
• 9:16
  because
• 9:16
  they
• 9:16
  could
• 9:16
  not
• 9:17
  quit.
• 9:17
  There
• 9:17
  was
• 9:18
  no
• 9:18
  rescue
• 9:18
  to
• 9:18
  be
• 9:18
  had.
• 9:19
  I
• 9:19
  guess
• 9:19
  if
• 9:20
  something
• 9:20
  really
• 9:20
  bad
• 9:20
  had
• 9:21
  happened,
• 9:21
  we
• 9:21
  could
• 9:21
  have
• 9:22
  taken
• 9:22
  a
• 9:22
  helicopter
• 9:22
  out.
• 9:23
  But
• 9:23
  the
• 9:24
  struggle
• 9:24
  was
• 9:25
  real,
• 9:25
  and
• 9:25
  we
• 9:25
  had
• 9:26
  quite
• 9:26
  a
• 9:26
  few
• 9:26
  great
• 9:27
  conversations
• 9:27
  on
• 9:28
  this
• 9:28
  trip
• 9:28
  about
• 9:28
  how
• 9:29
  the
• 9:29
  level
• 9:29
  of
• 9:29
  struggle
• 9:30
  that
• 9:30
  this
• 9:30
  trip
• 9:31
  brought
• 9:31
  was
• 9:32
  in
• 9:32
  direct
• 9:32
  correlation
• 9:32
  to
• 9:33
  the
• 9:33
  amount
• 9:33
  of
• 9:33
  joy
• 9:33
  we
• 9:33
  were
• 9:33
  gonna
• 9:34
  have.
• 9:35
  The
• 9:35
  work
• 9:35
  it
• 9:35
  took
• 9:35
  to
• 9:35
  get
• 9:36
  down
• 9:36
  there
• 9:36
  allowed
• 9:37
  us
• 9:37
  to
• 9:37
  see
• 9:37
  some
• 9:38
  views
• 9:38
  that
• 9:38
  some
• 9:38
  people
• 9:39
  will
• 9:39
  never
• 9:39
  see
• 9:40
  to
• 9:40
  experience
• 9:41
  things.
• 9:41
  That,
• 9:42
  like
• 9:42
  I
• 9:42
  said,
• 9:42
  we're
• 9:42
  a
• 9:42
  once
• 9:42
  in
• 9:43
  a
• 9:43
  lifetime
• 9:43
  experience
• 9:43
  because
• 9:44
  we
• 9:44
  were
• 9:44
  willing
• 9:44
  to
• 9:44
  do
• 9:45
  this
• 9:45
  hard
• 9:45
  thing.
• 9:46
  Now,
• 9:46
  some
• 9:46
  people
• 9:46
  might
• 9:46
  say,
• 9:47
  I
• 9:47
  don't
• 9:47
  care
• 9:47
  how
• 9:47
  beautiful
• 9:48
  it
• 9:48
  is.
• 9:48
  I
• 9:48
  would
• 9:48
  never
• 9:48
  do
• 9:48
  that.
• 9:49
  Okay,
• 9:49
  that's
• 9:49
  okay.
• 9:50
  But
• 9:51
  I
• 9:51
  want
• 9:51
  my
• 9:51
  family
• 9:52
  and
• 9:52
  myself
• 9:53
  to
• 9:53
  be
• 9:53
  the
• 9:53
  type
• 9:53
  of
• 9:53
  people
• 9:54
  that
• 9:54
  are
• 9:54
  willing
• 9:54
  to
• 9:54
  do
• 9:55
  hard
• 9:55
  things,
• 9:55
  even
• 9:56
  unnecessarily
• 9:57
  hard
• 9:57
  to
• 9:57
  experience
• 9:58
  an
• 9:58
  upleveling
• 10:00
  of
• 10:00
  joy
• 10:00
  and
• 10:00
  contentment,
• 10:01
  and
• 10:01
  this
• 10:02
  was
• 10:02
  one
• 10:02
  of
• 10:02
  those
• 10:02
  experiences.
• 10:03
  It
• 10:03
  was
• 10:03
  amazing
• 10:04
  when
• 10:04
  we
• 10:04
  have
• 10:04
  to
• 10:04
  exert
• 10:05
  a
• 10:05
  lot
• 10:05
  of
• 10:05
  effort
• 10:06
  for
• 10:06
  something,
• 10:07
  the
• 10:07
  joy
• 10:08
  is
• 10:08
  always
• 10:08
  sweeter,
• 10:09
  and
• 10:09
  I
• 10:09
  know
• 10:09
  you
• 10:10
  can
• 10:10
  probably
• 10:10
  find
• 10:10
  experiences
• 10:11
  like
• 10:11
  that
• 10:11
  in
• 10:11
  your
• 10:12
  own
• 10:12
  life
• 10:12
  as
• 10:12
  well.
• 10:13
  Another
• 10:14
  personal
• 10:14
  example
• 10:15
  I
• 10:15
  wanna
• 10:15
  share
• 10:15
  really
• 10:15
  quickly
• 10:16
  is
• 10:16
  that
• 10:16
  of
• 10:16
  natural
• 10:17
  childbirth?
• 10:17
  I
• 10:17
  don't
• 10:18
  like
• 10:18
  to
• 10:18
  talk
• 10:18
  about
• 10:18
  this
• 10:18
  too
• 10:18
  much
• 10:19
  because.
• 10:19
  There's
• 10:19
  like
• 10:20
  this
• 10:20
  toxic
• 10:20
  culture
• 10:21
  of
• 10:21
  mom
• 10:21
  shaming
• 10:22
  and
• 10:22
  comparing
• 10:23
  birth
• 10:23
  stories
• 10:23
  and
• 10:24
  it's
• 10:24
  unnecessary.
• 10:25
  But
• 10:25
  I've
• 10:25
  had
• 10:25
  10
• 10:26
  children
• 10:26
  and
• 10:26
  I've
• 10:27
  had
• 10:27
  pretty
• 10:27
  much
• 10:27
  every
• 10:28
  birth
• 10:28
  you
• 10:28
  can
• 10:28
  imagine.
• 10:29
  I've
• 10:29
  had
• 10:29
  an
• 10:29
  emergency
• 10:30
  c-section
• 10:30
  and
• 10:31
  I've
• 10:31
  had,
• 10:32
  uh,
• 10:32
  home
• 10:32
  birth
• 10:33
  vbac
• 10:33
  and
• 10:33
  I've
• 10:33
  had
• 10:33
  natural
• 10:34
  births,
• 10:34
  and
• 10:34
  I've
• 10:34
  had
• 10:34
  medicated
• 10:35
  births,
• 10:35
  and
• 10:35
  I've
• 10:35
  had
• 10:35
  all
• 10:35
  the
• 10:35
  things.
• 10:37
  And
• 10:37
  so
• 10:37
  I
• 10:37
  think
• 10:38
  I'm
• 10:38
  in
• 10:38
  a
• 10:38
  unique
• 10:38
  position
• 10:39
  to
• 10:39
  compare
• 10:41
  a
• 10:41
  birth
• 10:41
  that
• 10:41
  was
• 10:41
  highly
• 10:42
  medicalized
• 10:43
  and
• 10:43
  one
• 10:43
  that
• 10:43
  had
• 10:44
  no
• 10:44
  medical
• 10:44
  interventions
• 10:45
  at
• 10:45
  all.
• 10:46
  And
• 10:46
  I
• 10:46
  will
• 10:46
  tell
• 10:47
  you
• 10:47
  that
• 10:47
  there's
• 10:47
  definitely
• 10:47
  no
• 10:48
  right
• 10:48
  or
• 10:48
  wrong
• 10:48
  way
• 10:48
  to
• 10:48
  have
• 10:49
  a
• 10:49
  baby.
• 10:49
  Each
• 10:49
  one
• 10:49
  was
• 10:50
  just
• 10:50
  very
• 10:50
  different.
• 10:51
  But
• 10:51
  I
• 10:51
  will
• 10:51
  say
• 10:52
  that
• 10:52
  the
• 10:52
  ones
• 10:52
  where
• 10:53
  I
• 10:53
  felt
• 10:54
  everything,
• 10:54
  there
• 10:55
  was
• 10:55
  no
• 10:55
  numbing
• 10:56
  of
• 10:56
  emotion
• 10:57
  or
• 10:57
  pain.
• 10:58
  The
• 10:58
  joy
• 10:59
  and
• 10:59
  contentment
• 11:00
  after
• 11:00
  the
• 11:00
  birth
• 11:01
  was
• 11:01
  so
• 11:02
  much
• 11:02
  greater,
• 11:03
  and
• 11:03
  I
• 11:03
  hope
• 11:04
  that
• 11:04
  doesn't
• 11:04
  hurt
• 11:04
  anyone's
• 11:04
  feelings
• 11:05
  or
• 11:05
  make
• 11:05
  it
• 11:05
  sound
• 11:05
  like,
• 11:06
  like
• 11:06
  those
• 11:06
  are
• 11:06
  better
• 11:06
  births.
• 11:07
  They're
• 11:07
  not.
• 11:08
  They're
• 11:08
  just
• 11:09
  different,
• 11:10
  It's
• 11:10
  the
• 11:10
  difference
• 11:10
  between
• 11:11
  hiking
• 11:11
  down
• 11:11
  the
• 11:11
  Grand
• 11:11
  Canyon
• 11:12
  and
• 11:12
  taking
• 11:12
  a
• 11:12
  helicopter.
• 11:13
  Both
• 11:13
  are
• 11:13
  incredible
• 11:14
  experiences,
• 11:15
  but
• 11:15
  one
• 11:15
  requires
• 11:15
  a
• 11:16
  considerable
• 11:16
  more
• 11:17
  amount
• 11:17
  of
• 11:17
  effort.
• 11:18
  And
• 11:18
  the
• 11:18
  question
• 11:19
  is,
• 11:19
  which
• 11:19
  path
• 11:19
  do
• 11:19
  you
• 11:20
  wanna
• 11:20
  take?
• 11:21
  Again,
• 11:21
  not
• 11:21
  a
• 11:21
  right
• 11:22
  one
• 11:22
  or
• 11:22
  a
• 11:22
  wrong
• 11:22
  one,
• 11:23
  but
• 11:23
  the
• 11:23
  level
• 11:23
  of
• 11:24
  joy
• 11:24
  available
• 11:25
  to
• 11:25
  you
• 11:25
  is
• 11:26
  different.
• 11:27
  Depending
• 11:27
  on
• 11:28
  the
• 11:28
  effort
• 11:28
  you
• 11:28
  put
• 11:28
  in.
• 11:29
  So
• 11:29
  sometimes
• 11:30
  I
• 11:30
  was
• 11:31
  in
• 11:31
  a
• 11:31
  place
• 11:32
  mentally,
• 11:32
  physically,
• 11:32
  emotionally,
• 11:33
  where
• 11:33
  I
• 11:33
  was
• 11:33
  like,
• 11:33
  I
• 11:34
  want
• 11:34
  the
• 11:34
  challenge.
• 11:35
  And
• 11:35
  so
• 11:35
  I
• 11:35
  went
• 11:35
  into
• 11:36
  the
• 11:36
  birth
• 11:37
  ready
• 11:37
  to
• 11:37
  have
• 11:37
  it
• 11:37
  naturally,
• 11:38
  and
• 11:38
  there
• 11:38
  was
• 11:39
  blood
• 11:39
  and
• 11:39
  sweat
• 11:39
  and
• 11:39
  tears
• 11:40
  and
• 11:40
  it
• 11:40
  was
• 11:40
  so
• 11:41
  hard,
• 11:41
  but
• 11:42
  the
• 11:42
  level
• 11:42
  of
• 11:42
  payoff
• 11:43
  was
• 11:43
  so
• 11:43
  much
• 11:44
  greater.
• 11:44
  And
• 11:44
  there
• 11:44
  were
• 11:44
  other
• 11:44
  times
• 11:45
  I
• 11:45
  was
• 11:45
  not
• 11:45
  prepared
• 11:45
  for
• 11:45
  that.
• 11:46
  And
• 11:46
  I
• 11:46
  went
• 11:46
  to
• 11:46
  the
• 11:46
  hospital
• 11:47
  and
• 11:47
  I
• 11:47
  got
• 11:47
  medicated
• 11:47
  for
• 11:48
  that
• 11:48
  birth
• 11:48
  because
• 11:48
  I
• 11:48
  wasn't
• 11:49
  in
• 11:49
  a
• 11:49
  position
• 11:49
  to
• 11:49
  handle
• 11:50
  that
• 11:50
  trial
• 11:50
  and
• 11:50
  that
• 11:51
  challenge,
• 11:51
  and
• 11:52
  I'll
• 11:52
  just
• 11:52
  say
• 11:52
  that
• 11:52
  the
• 11:52
  payoff
• 11:53
  was
• 11:53
  just
• 11:53
  not
• 11:53
  quite
• 11:54
  as
• 11:54
  great.
• 11:54
  You
• 11:54
  still
• 11:54
  get
• 11:54
  a
• 11:54
  baby,
• 11:55
  so
• 11:56
  the
• 11:56
  upside
• 11:56
  is
• 11:56
  you
• 11:56
  still
• 11:57
  get
• 11:57
  a
• 11:57
  baby
• 11:57
  no
• 11:57
  matter
• 11:57
  what,
• 11:58
  but
• 11:58
  I
• 11:58
  just
• 11:58
  found
• 11:58
  that
• 11:59
  so
• 11:59
  interesting
• 12:00
  that
• 12:00
  the
• 12:00
  payoff
• 12:01
  was
• 12:02
  different.
• 12:03
  Now
• 12:03
  last
• 12:03
  personal
• 12:04
  story
• 12:04
  I
• 12:04
  wanna
• 12:04
  share.
• 12:05
  I
• 12:05
  mentioned
• 12:06
  we
• 12:06
  have
• 12:06
  10
• 12:06
  kids.
• 12:07
  Choosing
• 12:08
  to
• 12:08
  have
• 12:08
  a
• 12:08
  large
• 12:08
  family
• 12:09
  has
• 12:09
  also
• 12:10
  been
• 12:11
  an
• 12:11
  intentional
• 12:12
  act
• 12:12
  of
• 12:12
  choosing
• 12:13
  the
• 12:13
  harder
• 12:14
  way.
• 12:14
  I
• 12:14
  don't
• 12:14
  think
• 12:15
  anyone
• 12:15
  can
• 12:15
  argue
• 12:15
  that
• 12:16
  10
• 12:16
  kids
• 12:16
  is
• 12:16
  harder
• 12:16
  than
• 12:16
  three
• 12:17
  kids.
• 12:17
  It
• 12:17
  just
• 12:18
  is.
• 12:18
  It's
• 12:18
  a
• 12:18
  lot
• 12:19
  of
• 12:19
  work.
• 12:19
  Again,
• 12:20
  not
• 12:20
  better
• 12:20
  or
• 12:20
  worse,
• 12:21
  there's
• 12:21
  a
• 12:21
  different
• 12:21
  path
• 12:21
  for
• 12:22
  everyone,
• 12:23
  but
• 12:23
  my
• 12:23
  husband
• 12:23
  and
• 12:23
  I
• 12:24
  always
• 12:24
  felt
• 12:24
  like.
• 12:25
  Our
• 12:25
  path
• 12:25
  was
• 12:25
  to
• 12:25
  have
• 12:26
  a
• 12:26
  lot
• 12:26
  of
• 12:26
  kids.
• 12:27
  And
• 12:27
  I
• 12:27
  will
• 12:27
  tell
• 12:27
  you
• 12:27
  that
• 12:27
  every
• 12:28
  time
• 12:28
  we
• 12:28
  made
• 12:28
  the
• 12:28
  decision
• 12:29
  to
• 12:29
  have
• 12:29
  a
• 12:29
  kid,
• 12:29
  it
• 12:29
  was
• 12:30
  scary
• 12:30
  and
• 12:30
  it
• 12:31
  required
• 12:31
  faith
• 12:31
  and
• 12:32
  it
• 12:32
  was
• 12:32
  hard.
• 12:33
  And
• 12:33
  every
• 12:33
  pregnancy
• 12:33
  was
• 12:34
  hard,
• 12:34
  and
• 12:34
  every
• 12:34
  birth
• 12:34
  was
• 12:34
  hard,
• 12:35
  and
• 12:35
  every
• 12:35
  toddler
• 12:35
  was
• 12:36
  hard.
• 12:36
  It
• 12:36
  was
• 12:36
  all
• 12:37
  hard.
• 12:38
  In
• 12:38
  fact,
• 12:38
  someone
• 12:38
  asked
• 12:38
  me
• 12:39
  recently,
• 12:40
  how
• 12:40
  is
• 12:40
  life
• 12:40
  with
• 12:40
  a
• 12:40
  lot
• 12:41
  of
• 12:41
  kids?
• 12:41
  And
• 12:41
  I
• 12:41
  said,
• 12:41
  in
• 12:42
  one
• 12:42
  word,
• 12:42
  it's
• 12:42
  hard.
• 12:43
  It
• 12:43
  is
• 12:44
  a
• 12:44
  lot
• 12:44
  of
• 12:44
  hard,
• 12:45
  okay,
• 12:45
  I
• 12:45
  don't
• 12:45
  know
• 12:45
  how
• 12:45
  many
• 12:45
  times
• 12:45
  I
• 12:46
  can
• 12:46
  say
• 12:46
  that
• 12:46
  word,
• 12:46
  but
• 12:46
  it
• 12:46
  is.
• 12:47
  And
• 12:48
  it
• 12:48
  is
• 12:49
  an
• 12:49
  unbelievable
• 12:50
  amount
• 12:51
  of
• 12:51
  joy.
• 12:53
  If
• 12:53
  you
• 12:53
  are
• 12:53
  a
• 12:53
  parent,
• 12:53
  then
• 12:54
  you
• 12:54
  two
• 12:54
  know
• 12:55
  the.
• 12:56
  Insane
• 12:57
  depths
• 12:58
  of
• 12:58
  joy
• 12:59
  and
• 12:59
  happiness
• 12:59
  that
• 12:59
  come
• 13:00
  from
• 13:00
  watching
• 13:00
  a
• 13:00
  child
• 13:00
  grow
• 13:01
  up.
• 13:01
  Imagine
• 13:02
  that
• 13:02
  multiplied
• 13:02
  by
• 13:02
  10.
• 13:03
  That's
• 13:03
  the
• 13:03
  payoff
• 13:04
  that
• 13:04
  we
• 13:04
  have
• 13:04
  gotten
• 13:05
  from
• 13:05
  our
• 13:05
  family.
• 13:05
  Again,
• 13:06
  not
• 13:06
  better
• 13:07
  or
• 13:07
  worse
• 13:07
  to
• 13:07
  have
• 13:07
  a
• 13:08
  large
• 13:08
  family,
• 13:08
  but
• 13:09
  as
• 13:09
  we
• 13:09
  have
• 13:09
  put
• 13:10
  in
• 13:10
  the
• 13:10
  work
• 13:10
  and
• 13:11
  done
• 13:11
  the
• 13:11
  hard
• 13:12
  things
• 13:12
  of
• 13:13
  raising
• 13:13
  each
• 13:13
  one
• 13:13
  of
• 13:13
  these
• 13:13
  children,
• 13:14
  the
• 13:14
  joy
• 13:15
  has
• 13:15
  come
• 13:15
  back.
• 13:16
  Exponentially
• 13:17
  joy,
• 13:18
  love,
• 13:18
  laughter,
• 13:19
  and
• 13:20
  honestly,
• 13:20
  a
• 13:20
  sanctification
• 13:21
  process.
• 13:22
  As
• 13:22
  we
• 13:23
  raise
• 13:23
  each
• 13:23
  one
• 13:23
  of
• 13:23
  these
• 13:24
  kids,
• 13:25
  God
• 13:25
  has
• 13:25
  expanded
• 13:26
  our
• 13:26
  capacity
• 13:27
  for
• 13:27
  joy
• 13:27
  and
• 13:27
  for
• 13:27
  love,
• 13:28
  if
• 13:28
  you've
• 13:28
  had
• 13:28
  more
• 13:28
  than
• 13:28
  one
• 13:29
  kid,
• 13:29
  you've
• 13:29
  probably
• 13:30
  thought,
• 13:30
  how
• 13:30
  could
• 13:30
  I
• 13:30
  ever
• 13:30
  love
• 13:31
  another
• 13:31
  human
• 13:31
  being
• 13:31
  as
• 13:31
  much
• 13:32
  as
• 13:32
  this
• 13:32
  first
• 13:32
  baby?
• 13:32
  And
• 13:33
  then
• 13:33
  you
• 13:33
  have
• 13:33
  a
• 13:33
  second
• 13:33
  one,
• 13:33
  you're
• 13:33
  like,
• 13:33
  oh,
• 13:34
  my
• 13:34
  capacity
• 13:35
  has
• 13:35
  grown.
• 13:36
  And
• 13:36
  I
• 13:36
  firmly
• 13:37
  believe
• 13:37
  our
• 13:37
  capacity
• 13:38
  for
• 13:38
  struggle
• 13:38
  and
• 13:39
  for
• 13:39
  trials
• 13:39
  has
• 13:39
  grown
• 13:40
  as
• 13:40
  well.
• 13:41
  Younger
• 13:41
  moms
• 13:41
  will
• 13:42
  ask
• 13:42
  me,
• 13:42
  how
• 13:42
  in
• 13:42
  the
• 13:42
  world
• 13:42
  do
• 13:43
  you
• 13:43
  handle
• 13:43
  all
• 13:43
  that
• 13:43
  chaos?
• 13:44
  And
• 13:44
  I
• 13:44
  say,
• 13:44
  well,
• 13:44
  I
• 13:45
  couldn't
• 13:45
  handle
• 13:45
  it
• 13:45
  15
• 13:46
  years
• 13:46
  ago,
• 13:46
  but
• 13:47
  day
• 13:47
  by
• 13:47
  day,
• 13:47
  minute
• 13:48
  by
• 13:48
  minute,
• 13:48
  I
• 13:48
  learned
• 13:48
  to
• 13:49
  handle
• 13:49
  it
• 13:49
  better
• 13:49
  and
• 13:50
  better
• 13:50
  and
• 13:50
  better.
• 13:50
  And
• 13:51
  as
• 13:51
  that
• 13:51
  depth
• 13:51
  of
• 13:51
  capacity
• 13:52
  for
• 13:52
  hard
• 13:52
  grows,
• 13:54
  the
• 13:54
  depth
• 13:54
  of
• 13:54
  my
• 13:54
  capacity
• 13:55
  for
• 13:55
  joy
• 13:56
  grows
• 13:56
  as
• 13:56
  well.
• 13:57
  It
• 13:57
  is
• 13:57
  beautiful.
• 13:58
  It
• 13:58
  is
• 13:58
  almost
• 13:59
  like
• 13:59
  the
• 13:59
  window
• 13:59
  coverings
• 14:00
  on
• 14:00
  a
• 14:00
  big
• 14:00
  window
• 14:00
  in
• 14:01
  your
• 14:01
  living
• 14:01
  room.
• 14:01
  We
• 14:01
  recently
• 14:02
  replaced
• 14:02
  the
• 14:02
  curtains
• 14:03
  in,
• 14:03
  the
• 14:03
  front
• 14:04
  room
• 14:04
  of
• 14:04
  our
• 14:04
  home,
• 14:05
  and
• 14:05
  before
• 14:05
  they
• 14:05
  were
• 14:06
  white
• 14:06
  and
• 14:07
  I
• 14:07
  loved
• 14:07
  that
• 14:07
  they
• 14:07
  let
• 14:08
  in
• 14:08
  so
• 14:08
  much
• 14:08
  light,
• 14:09
  but
• 14:09
  they
• 14:09
  also
• 14:09
  let
• 14:09
  in
• 14:10
  a
• 14:10
  lot
• 14:10
  of
• 14:10
  heat.
• 14:10
  And
• 14:11
  so
• 14:11
  in
• 14:11
  the
• 14:11
  middle
• 14:11
  of
• 14:11
  the
• 14:11
  summer,
• 14:12
  we
• 14:12
  decided
• 14:12
  to
• 14:12
  replace
• 14:13
  them
• 14:13
  with
• 14:14
  some
• 14:14
  darker
• 14:14
  color.
• 14:15
  Curtains,
• 14:15
  let's
• 14:16
  still
• 14:16
  let
• 14:16
  it
• 14:16
  in
• 14:16
  a
• 14:16
  little
• 14:16
  bit
• 14:16
  of
• 14:16
  light.
• 14:17
  And
• 14:17
  now
• 14:17
  what
• 14:18
  I've
• 14:18
  noticed
• 14:18
  is,
• 14:18
  yes,
• 14:18
  the
• 14:18
  room
• 14:19
  is
• 14:19
  much
• 14:19
  cooler
• 14:20
  so
• 14:20
  that
• 14:20
  that
• 14:21
  hardship
• 14:21
  of
• 14:21
  having
• 14:21
  a
• 14:21
  hot
• 14:22
  room
• 14:22
  is
• 14:22
  lessened.
• 14:23
  But
• 14:23
  guess
• 14:23
  what?
• 14:24
  The
• 14:24
  light
• 14:25
  is
• 14:25
  also
• 14:25
  lessened.
• 14:26
  We
• 14:26
  don't
• 14:26
  have
• 14:26
  as
• 14:27
  much
• 14:27
  beautiful
• 14:27
  sunlight
• 14:27
  pouring
• 14:28
  in.
• 14:29
  One
• 14:29
  is
• 14:29
  not
• 14:30
  better
• 14:30
  than
• 14:30
  the
• 14:30
  other.
• 14:31
  It's
• 14:31
  just
• 14:32
  a
• 14:32
  different
• 14:32
  amount
• 14:32
  of
• 14:32
  intensity,
• 14:33
  what
• 14:34
  level
• 14:34
  of
• 14:34
  intensity
• 14:35
  are
• 14:35
  you
• 14:35
  looking
• 14:35
  for
• 14:36
  in
• 14:36
  your
• 14:36
  life?
• 14:36
  And
• 14:37
  there's
• 14:37
  no
• 14:37
  right
• 14:37
  answer.
• 14:38
  There
• 14:38
  are
• 14:38
  certain
• 14:38
  phases
• 14:39
  of
• 14:39
  life
• 14:39
  where
• 14:39
  I
• 14:39
  have
• 14:39
  chosen
• 14:40
  the
• 14:40
  least
• 14:41
  amount
• 14:41
  of
• 14:41
  intensity.
• 14:41
  Like
• 14:42
  I
• 14:42
  just
• 14:42
  cannot
• 14:42
  handle
• 14:43
  anything
• 14:43
  intense
• 14:43
  right
• 14:43
  now.
• 14:44
  Not
• 14:44
  a
• 14:44
  lot
• 14:44
  of
• 14:44
  intense
• 14:45
  pain,
• 14:45
  not
• 14:46
  a
• 14:46
  lot
• 14:46
  of
• 14:46
  intense
• 14:46
  joy.
• 14:47
  Just
• 14:47
  keep
• 14:47
  me
• 14:47
  at
• 14:47
  level
• 14:48
  one
• 14:48
  for
• 14:48
  right
• 14:48
  now,
• 14:49
  yet
• 14:49
  many
• 14:49
  other
• 14:50
  times
• 14:50
  I
• 14:50
  have
• 14:50
  chosen
• 14:51
  to
• 14:51
  opt
• 14:51
  in
• 14:51
  for
• 14:51
  the
• 14:52
  level
• 14:52
  8,
• 14:52
  9,
• 14:53
  10,
• 14:53
  because
• 14:54
  I
• 14:54
  want
• 14:54
  that
• 14:54
  level
• 14:55
  of
• 14:55
  joy,
• 14:55
  even
• 14:56
  though
• 14:56
  the
• 14:56
  pain
• 14:56
  and
• 14:57
  the
• 14:57
  struggle
• 14:57
  is
• 14:57
  sometimes
• 14:58
  excruciating.
• 14:59
  That
• 14:59
  is
• 14:59
  what
• 14:59
  life
• 15:00
  is
• 15:00
  all
• 15:00
  about
• 15:01
  When
• 15:01
  we
• 15:01
  say
• 15:02
  yes
• 15:02
  to
• 15:02
  the
• 15:02
  bigger
• 15:03
  assignments
• 15:03
  that
• 15:03
  God
• 15:04
  sends
• 15:04
  us,
• 15:04
  he
• 15:05
  multiplies
• 15:05
  the
• 15:05
  work,
• 15:06
  but
• 15:06
  he
• 15:07
  also
• 15:07
  multiplies
• 15:08
  the
• 15:08
  blessings
• 15:09
  every
• 15:10
  single
• 15:10
  time.
• 15:11
  Now
• 15:11
  I
• 15:12
  wanna
• 15:12
  ask
• 15:12
  you
• 15:12
  to
• 15:12
  just
• 15:12
  think
• 15:13
  about
• 15:13
  some
• 15:13
  of
• 15:13
  these
• 15:13
  stories
• 15:13
  in
• 15:14
  your
• 15:14
  own
• 15:14
  life.
• 15:15
  What
• 15:15
  hard
• 15:15
  things
• 15:16
  have
• 15:16
  you
• 15:16
  endured
• 15:17
  that
• 15:17
  has
• 15:17
  brought
• 15:17
  you
• 15:18
  so
• 15:19
  much
• 15:19
  joy?
• 15:20
  And
• 15:21
  maybe
• 15:21
  even
• 15:21
  more
• 15:21
  importantly,
• 15:22
  where
• 15:22
  might
• 15:23
  God
• 15:23
  be
• 15:23
  inviting
• 15:23
  you
• 15:24
  to
• 15:24
  step
• 15:24
  into
• 15:24
  a
• 15:24
  harder
• 15:25
  but
• 15:26
  a
• 15:26
  more
• 15:26
  joyful
• 15:27
  path,
• 15:27
  especially
• 15:28
  when
• 15:28
  it
• 15:28
  comes
• 15:29
  to
• 15:29
  your
• 15:29
  business?
• 15:30
  So
• 15:30
  we
• 15:31
  always
• 15:31
  bring
• 15:31
  these
• 15:31
  lessons
• 15:32
  back
• 15:32
  to
• 15:32
  our
• 15:32
  business.
• 15:33
  What
• 15:33
  is
• 15:33
  the
• 15:34
  hard
• 15:34
  path?
• 15:34
  There
• 15:35
  might
• 15:35
  be
• 15:35
  something
• 15:35
  that
• 15:35
  you're
• 15:36
  kind
• 15:36
  of
• 15:36
  avoiding
• 15:36
  right
• 15:36
  now.
• 15:37
  Maybe
• 15:37
  God
• 15:38
  is
• 15:38
  calling
• 15:38
  you
• 15:38
  to
• 15:39
  start
• 15:39
  putting
• 15:40
  out
• 15:40
  video
• 15:40
  that
• 15:41
  feels
• 15:41
  terrifying
• 15:42
  or
• 15:42
  to
• 15:42
  change
• 15:43
  your
• 15:43
  niche
• 15:43
  a
• 15:43
  little
• 15:44
  bit,
• 15:44
  or
• 15:44
  to
• 15:45
  write
• 15:45
  a
• 15:45
  book
• 15:46
  or
• 15:46
  to
• 15:46
  be
• 15:46
  a
• 15:46
  public
• 15:47
  speaker
• 15:47
  or
• 15:48
  do
• 15:48
  something
• 15:48
  that
• 15:48
  sounds
• 15:49
  so
• 15:49
  hard
• 15:49
  and
• 15:49
  impossible.
• 15:50
  You
• 15:50
  wanna
• 15:51
  just
• 15:51
  cry
• 15:51
  thinking
• 15:52
  about
• 15:52
  it.
• 15:52
  But
• 15:52
  what
• 15:53
  if
• 15:53
  the
• 15:53
  amount
• 15:53
  of
• 15:53
  joy
• 15:54
  that's
• 15:54
  waiting
• 15:54
  for
• 15:54
  you
• 15:55
  on
• 15:55
  the
• 15:55
  other
• 15:55
  side
• 15:56
  is
• 15:56
  just
• 15:56
  inconceivable?
• 15:57
  How
• 15:57
  cool
• 15:58
  would
• 15:58
  that
• 15:58
  be?
• 15:59
  So
• 15:59
  if
• 15:59
  you
• 15:59
  have
• 16:00
  a
• 16:00
  minute,
• 16:00
  when
• 16:00
  you're
• 16:00
  done
• 16:00
  listening
• 16:00
  to
• 16:01
  this
• 16:01
  podcast,
• 16:02
  write
• 16:02
  down
• 16:02
  those
• 16:02
  two
• 16:02
  questions.
• 16:03
  Where
• 16:03
  have
• 16:03
  you
• 16:03
  seen
• 16:04
  God
• 16:04
  use
• 16:04
  hardships
• 16:05
  to
• 16:05
  grow
• 16:05
  your
• 16:06
  joy?
• 16:06
  And
• 16:07
  what
• 16:07
  challenge
• 16:07
  might
• 16:07
  he
• 16:08
  be
• 16:08
  calling
• 16:08
  you
• 16:08
  to
• 16:09
  next?
• 16:09
  Or
• 16:09
  right
• 16:10
  now?
• 16:10
  Have
• 16:10
  you
• 16:11
  been
• 16:11
  putting
• 16:11
  something
• 16:11
  off
• 16:11
  thinking,
• 16:12
  I
• 16:12
  don't
• 16:13
  know
• 16:13
  if
• 16:13
  I
• 16:13
  could
• 16:13
  do
• 16:13
  that.
• 16:14
  And
• 16:14
  are
• 16:14
  you
• 16:15
  also
• 16:15
  putting
• 16:15
  off
• 16:16
  an
• 16:16
  increase
• 16:16
  in
• 16:16
  joy
• 16:17
  that
• 16:17
  could
• 16:17
  be
• 16:17
  coming
• 16:17
  with
• 16:17
  it?
• 16:18
  I
• 16:18
  wanna
• 16:18
  share
• 16:18
  one
• 16:19
  last
• 16:19
  scripture
• 16:19
  with
• 16:19
  you,
• 16:19
  and
• 16:20
  that
• 16:20
  is
• 16:20
  in
• 16:20
  Alma
• 16:21
  36.
• 16:22
  Alma
• 16:22
  was
• 16:23
  a
• 16:23
  pretty
• 16:24
  bad
• 16:24
  dude,
• 16:24
  right?
• 16:25
  He
• 16:26
  went
• 16:26
  around.
• 16:27
  I
• 16:27
  trying
• 16:27
  to
• 16:28
  destroy
• 16:28
  God's
• 16:28
  church,
• 16:29
  making
• 16:29
  a
• 16:29
  mockery
• 16:30
  of
• 16:30
  it,
• 16:30
  poking
• 16:31
  fun
• 16:31
  at
• 16:31
  the
• 16:31
  Saints
• 16:32
  and.
• 16:33
  Eventually
• 16:34
  he
• 16:34
  had
• 16:34
  a
• 16:34
  very
• 16:34
  spiritual
• 16:35
  experience
• 16:35
  that
• 16:35
  helped
• 16:36
  his
• 16:36
  own
• 16:36
  conversion.
• 16:37
  And
• 16:38
  in
• 16:38
  chapter
• 16:38
  36,
• 16:39
  he
• 16:39
  says,
• 16:39
  but
• 16:39
  I
• 16:40
  was
• 16:40
  wracked
• 16:40
  with
• 16:41
  eternal
• 16:41
  torment.
• 16:42
  My
• 16:42
  soul
• 16:42
  was
• 16:42
  heralded
• 16:43
  up
• 16:43
  to
• 16:43
  the
• 16:43
  greatest
• 16:44
  degree
• 16:44
  and
• 16:44
  wracked
• 16:45
  with
• 16:45
  all
• 16:45
  my
• 16:45
  sins.
• 16:46
  Yay.
• 16:47
  I
• 16:47
  did
• 16:47
  remember
• 16:47
  all
• 16:47
  my
• 16:48
  sins
• 16:48
  and
• 16:48
  and
• 16:48
  inequities
• 16:49
  for
• 16:49
  which
• 16:50
  I
• 16:50
  was
• 16:50
  tormented
• 16:50
  with
• 16:51
  the
• 16:51
  pains
• 16:51
  of
• 16:51
  hell.
• 16:52
  And
• 16:53
  then
• 16:53
  he
• 16:53
  says,
• 16:54
  yay.
• 16:54
  I
• 16:55
  say
• 16:55
  unto
• 16:55
  you,
• 16:55
  my
• 16:55
  son.
• 16:55
  There
• 16:56
  could
• 16:56
  be
• 16:56
  nothing
• 16:56
  so
• 16:56
  exquisite
• 16:57
  and
• 16:57
  so
• 16:57
  bitter
• 16:57
  as
• 16:58
  were
• 16:58
  my
• 16:58
  pains.
• 16:59
  Yay.
• 16:59
  And
• 16:59
  again,
• 16:59
  I
• 16:59
  say
• 17:00
  unto
• 17:00
  you,
• 17:00
  my
• 17:00
  son,
• 17:01
  that
• 17:01
  on
• 17:01
  the
• 17:01
  other
• 17:01
  hand,
• 17:02
  there
• 17:02
  can
• 17:02
  be
• 17:02
  nothing
• 17:03
  so
• 17:03
  exquisite
• 17:04
  and
• 17:04
  sweet,
• 17:05
  as
• 17:05
  was
• 17:05
  my
• 17:05
  joy.
• 17:06
  So
• 17:06
  back
• 17:07
  to
• 17:07
  second
• 17:07
  Nephi
• 17:07
  too.
• 17:08
  He's
• 17:08
  telling
• 17:08
  us
• 17:09
  there
• 17:10
  was
• 17:10
  nothing
• 17:10
  worse
• 17:11
  than
• 17:11
  his
• 17:11
  suffering.
• 17:12
  And
• 17:13
  the
• 17:13
  consequence
• 17:14
  of
• 17:14
  letting
• 17:15
  go
• 17:15
  of
• 17:15
  that
• 17:15
  suffering
• 17:15
  and
• 17:16
  accepting
• 17:16
  Jesus
• 17:16
  was
• 17:17
  the
• 17:17
  greatest
• 17:17
  joy
• 17:18
  he
• 17:18
  has
• 17:18
  ever
• 17:19
  known.
• 17:19
  You
• 17:20
  might
• 17:20
  be
• 17:20
  feeling
• 17:20
  fear,
• 17:21
  you
• 17:21
  might
• 17:21
  be
• 17:21
  feeling
• 17:21
  doubt.
• 17:22
  You
• 17:22
  might
• 17:22
  be
• 17:22
  hesitating
• 17:23
  about
• 17:24
  some
• 17:24
  hard
• 17:24
  thing
• 17:24
  in
• 17:24
  your
• 17:24
  life.
• 17:25
  And
• 17:26
  when
• 17:26
  you
• 17:26
  go
• 17:26
  through
• 17:26
  the
• 17:26
  hard
• 17:27
  thing,
• 17:27
  it
• 17:27
  is
• 17:27
  painful
• 17:28
  and
• 17:28
  messy
• 17:28
  and
• 17:28
  exhausting
• 17:29
  and
• 17:29
  overwhelming.
• 17:30
  But
• 17:31
  afterwards
• 17:32
  is
• 17:32
  when
• 17:32
  we
• 17:33
  can
• 17:33
  look
• 17:33
  back
• 17:33
  and
• 17:33
  see
• 17:33
  the
• 17:34
  growth.
• 17:34
  We
• 17:35
  receive
• 17:35
  the
• 17:35
  blessings,
• 17:36
  and
• 17:36
  we
• 17:36
  bask
• 17:37
  in
• 17:37
  the
• 17:37
  joy
• 17:38
  of
• 17:38
  making
• 17:38
  it
• 17:38
  through
• 17:38
  this
• 17:39
  hard
• 17:39
  thing
• 17:39
  with
• 17:39
  God's
• 17:40
  help.
• 17:40
  So
• 17:40
  I
• 17:40
  want
• 17:41
  you
• 17:41
  to
• 17:41
  remember
• 17:41
  this
• 17:41
  one
• 17:41
  thing.
• 17:41
  My
• 17:42
  friends,
• 17:42
  hard
• 17:42
  things
• 17:42
  are
• 17:43
  not
• 17:43
  obstacles
• 17:44
  to
• 17:44
  your
• 17:44
  joy.
• 17:45
  They
• 17:45
  are
• 17:45
  the
• 17:45
  doorway
• 17:46
  to
• 17:47
  your
• 17:47
  greatest
• 17:47
  joy.
• 17:48
  And
• 17:48
  if
• 17:48
  we
• 17:48
  can
• 17:48
  just
• 17:48
  have
• 17:49
  the
• 17:49
  courage
• 17:49
  to
• 17:49
  step
• 17:49
  through,
• 17:50
  the
• 17:50
  blessings
• 17:51
  are
• 17:51
  unbelievable.
• 17:52
  If
• 17:53
  this
• 17:53
  episode
• 17:53
  was
• 17:53
  helpful
• 17:53
  to
• 17:54
  you
• 17:54
  today,
• 17:54
  please
• 17:54
  share
• 17:54
  it
• 17:55
  or
• 17:55
  leave
• 17:55
  me
• 17:55
  a
• 17:55
  review.
• 17:56
  Every
• 17:56
  share
• 17:56
  and
• 17:56
  review
• 17:57
  helps
• 17:57
  me
• 17:57
  find
• 17:57
  new
• 17:57
  listeners
• 17:58
  to
• 17:58
  grow
• 17:58
  my
• 17:59
  business
• 17:59
  and
• 17:59
  help
• 18:00
  change
• 18:00
  lives.
• 18:00
  Thanks
• 18:01
  so
• 18:01
  much,
• 18:01
  friends.
• 18:01
  Talk
• 18:01
  to
• 18:01
  you
• 18:01
  next
• 18:02
  week.
• 18:03
  Are
• 18:03
  you
• 18:04
  ready
• 18:04
  to
• 18:04
  start
• 18:04
  or
• 18:04
  grow
• 18:05
  your
• 18:05
  dream
• 18:05
  business?
• 18:06
  Click
• 18:06
  the
• 18:06
  link
• 18:06
  in
• 18:06
  the
• 18:06
  show
• 18:07
  notes
• 18:07
  to
• 18:07
  download
• 18:07
  the
• 18:07
  free
• 18:08
  starter
• 18:08
  guide
• 18:08
  to
• 18:08
  building
• 18:09
  a
• 18:09
  business
• 18:09
  or
• 18:09
  to
• 18:10
  schedule
• 18:10
  a
• 18:10
  free
• 18:10
  coaching
• 18:10
  call
• 18:11
  with
• 18:11
  me.
• 18:11
  And
• 18:12
  if
• 18:12
  you
• 18:12
  loved
• 18:12
  this
• 18:12
  episode.
• 18:13
  Don't
• 18:13
  forget
• 18:13
  to
• 18:13
  leave
• 18:14
  a
• 18:14
  review
• 18:14
  and
• 18:14
  share
• 18:14
  it
• 18:14
  with
• 18:15
  a
• 18:15
  friend
• 18:15
  who
• 18:15
  might
• 18:16
  be
• 18:16
  feeling
• 18:16
  the
• 18:16
  call
• 18:16
  to
• 18:17
  burn
• 18:17
  a
• 18:17
  little
• 18:18
  brighter.