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Start Here | Episode #523 · Legacy Living with Dr. Gloria Burgess

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to today's show, Legacy Living, Make Your
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  Speaker 1: Life Count. I'm your host, Dr. Gloria, Gloria Burgess, international
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  Speaker 1: leadership expert and trusted advisor. Welcome to Legacy Living, Make
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  Speaker 1: Your Life Count. I'm delighted that you joined me today.
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  Speaker 1: Today's episode is about making a fresh start. That's right.
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  Speaker 1: So if you're feeling stuck or you've hit a wall,
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  Speaker 1: today's show is just for you. Now, before we dive
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  Speaker 1: in today, I want to give a big thank you
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  Speaker 1: to those of you listening in. I also want to
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  Speaker 1: give a great big shout out to all of you
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  Speaker 1: listening around the world. I'm delighted and so grateful that
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  Speaker 1: you tuned in. I sure hope you're enjoying a fabulous
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  Speaker 1: day and that you're having a fantastic week. Because you
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  Speaker 1: know what? In the grand song of the universe, life
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  Speaker 1: is so very short. Short, sweet, and very precious. So,
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  Speaker 1: I hope you're making a difference in your own life
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  Speaker 1: because when you do, you also make a difference in
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  Speaker 1: someone else's life. Now, a lot of folks... really want
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  Speaker 1: to make their life count for something, but they don't
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  Speaker 1: know how to do it, or it seems so big
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  Speaker 1: to them, they just don't know how or where to begin.
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  Speaker 1: So they ask me, Dr. Gloria, how do you do that?
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  Speaker 1: How do you make your life count? Well, it's really
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  Speaker 1: very simple. Very simple. If you love people like I do,
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  Speaker 1: you can do something for them. Now, some folks call
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  Speaker 1: this random acts of kindness or random acts of beauty.
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  Speaker 1: I don't. There is nothing random about kindness. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: kindness is a choice, a choice you can make every
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  Speaker 1: single day. Being kind, serving others, passing on your blessings,
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  Speaker 1: it's all part of legacy living. When I write notes
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  Speaker 1: to people, like a handwritten note of some kind, a
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  Speaker 1: thank you note, a birthday card, an anniversary card, I
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  Speaker 1: usually tuck in something small like a tea bag or
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  Speaker 1: those little packets of coffee. Sometimes I even include a
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  Speaker 1: page of postage stamps. When I'm at the grocery store,
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  Speaker 1: I sometimes pick up something nourishing that I can give
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  Speaker 1: to our local food bank. And I always try to remember...
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  Speaker 1: to look into the eyes of the person who is
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  Speaker 1: ringing up my groceries, and I ask them how they're doing,
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  Speaker 1: or how their day is going, or I simply wish
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  Speaker 1: them a blessed day. Now, if I'm in a hurry,
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  Speaker 1: I may not always remember, but I do try. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I also smile a lot. Not a goofy kind of smile, though.
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  Speaker 1: I do have one of those, but I just simply smile.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes I don't even know I'm smiling until someone says, wow,
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  Speaker 1: I just love your smile. You know what? In our culture,
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  Speaker 1: especially northern western hemisphere culture, we often say that time
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  Speaker 1: is money. Well, I'm not so sure about that. Why?
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  Speaker 1: Because a smile doesn't cost a thing. It doesn't cost
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  Speaker 1: a single dime. Yet the value of your smile to
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  Speaker 1: you and to the other person is positively priceless. And
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  Speaker 1: you know what? You never know. You never know who
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  Speaker 1: might need the warmth, the beauty, the kindness, the radiance
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  Speaker 1: of your smile. You never know what's going on in
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  Speaker 1: someone else's life. You don't know whether they're a sister
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  Speaker 1: or brother or neighbor or or son or daughter just
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  Speaker 1: said to them, right? You don't know what kind of
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  Speaker 1: news their doctor might have just given them. So if
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  Speaker 1: you want to know how to make a difference, that's
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  Speaker 1: how you do it. You make a difference by your everyday, small, big,
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  Speaker 1: doesn't matter about size, but by your genuine acts of love, compassion,
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  Speaker 1: Kindness and generosity. You know what? Even our thoughts, our
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  Speaker 1: thoughts can make a difference. Because our thoughts are made
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  Speaker 1: up of what? Of words and images. And words and
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  Speaker 1: images are made up of energy. You know that little
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  Speaker 1: saying we all learned when we were little? It goes
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  Speaker 1: something like sticks and stones may break my bones, but
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  Speaker 1: Words can never hurt me. Well, let me tell you something.
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  Speaker 1: That is a lie. You know as well as I do,
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  Speaker 1: and you've heard me say it before, words have energy, vitality,
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  Speaker 1: and soul. Words have the power to bless or to blaspheme.
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  Speaker 1: They have the power to hurt or to heal. So
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  Speaker 1: take good care to send thoughts of love and healing,
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  Speaker 1: thoughts of hospitality and generosity. Now, I truly believe that
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  Speaker 1: we are here to love one another and to serve
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  Speaker 1: one another. So that's how you do it. You make
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  Speaker 1: your life count day by day. step by step, moment
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  Speaker 1: by moment, every single day, 365-24-7. That's what Legacy Living
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  Speaker 1: Make Your Life Count is all about. You can learn
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  Speaker 1: more about Legacy Living Make Your Life Count by visiting
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  Speaker 1: my website. That's the Gloria Burgess website. And hey, You
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  Speaker 1: can even sign up for my weekly inspirations. You just
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  Speaker 1: scroll down on the website, on the homepage, just scroll
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  Speaker 1: down a bit and look on the right-hand side for
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  Speaker 1: the sidebar for my weekly inspiration and just put your
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  Speaker 1: email address right there in that little slot and that's it.
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  Speaker 1: That's all you need to do. And each week... Every
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  Speaker 1: Monday morning, you'll receive a lovely, inspiring image and a
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  Speaker 1: few words to get your week off to a marvelous start. Now,
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  Speaker 1: today's episode is about making a fresh start. So what
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  Speaker 1: does that mean? And what does it take to make
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  Speaker 1: a fresh start? To get out of your routine, to
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  Speaker 1: break out of your comfort zone. Today, I want to
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  Speaker 1: share a little secret with you. You can do it.
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  Speaker 1: I can do it. Everyone can make a fresh start.
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  Speaker 1: Every single one of us can make a new beginning. Now,
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  Speaker 1: before we jump in today, I want to take a
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  Speaker 1: moment to welcome you, my listeners. If you're just joining us,
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  Speaker 1: I'm your host, Dr. Gloria, Gloria Burgess. And this is
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  Speaker 1: Legacy Living. Make your life count. And I'd like to
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  Speaker 1: extend a very special welcome to those of you who
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  Speaker 1: are joining my podcast or if you're joining Talk Network
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  Speaker 1: Radio for the very first time. You are in for
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  Speaker 1: a real treat. I'm excited to have you listening in today,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm deeply honored that you've allowed me to be
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  Speaker 1: part of your day so you can be inspired by
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  Speaker 1: ideas and resources to make your life count. Again, today's
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  Speaker 1: program is all about getting unstuck, beginning again. My specific
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  Speaker 1: focus today is about making a fresh start. You can
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  Speaker 1: make a new beginning. Now, my favorite book says there
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  Speaker 1: is a time for everything. There is a time for everything.
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  Speaker 1: This scripture from Ecclesiastes says there is a time and
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  Speaker 1: a season for every activity under the heavens. A time
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  Speaker 1: to be born and a time to die. A time
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  Speaker 1: to plant and a time to uproot.
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  Speaker 1: stones. And
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  Speaker 1: a time to gather them. A time to embrace. And
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  Speaker 1: a time to refrain from embracing. A time to search.
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  Speaker 1: And a time to give up. A time to keep.
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  Speaker 1: And a time to throw away.
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  Speaker 1: Now, I just love that passage. So
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  Speaker 1: I want you to ask yourself, What season are you in?
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  Speaker 1: Are you in a season where you are looking to
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  Speaker 1: break out of your comfort zone? A season where you're
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  Speaker 1: looking to take a fresh new approach? Are you in
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  Speaker 1: a season where you are ready to begin again, but
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  Speaker 1: you don't know how to do that, or maybe you
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  Speaker 1: need a little encouragement? Well, good for you. I want
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  Speaker 1: you to listen up. Help is on the way. And
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  Speaker 1: I don't want you to think you're all alone. You
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  Speaker 1: are not alone. You know what? All of us get
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  Speaker 1: to a point in our life where we're simply tired.
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  Speaker 1: We just get tired of the same old, same old, right?
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  Speaker 1: The same old thing. We get tired of our situation
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  Speaker 1: at work or at home or in our relationships. Sometimes
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  Speaker 1: we even get tired of being in the same place physically, mentally, emotionally,
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  Speaker 1: or spiritually. When we get to that point where we say,
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  Speaker 1: I have had it. I'm done. Enough is enough. When
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  Speaker 1: we get to this point, it is definitely time to
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  Speaker 1: let go. To let go and to start fresh. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: letting go and starting over can be the absolute best
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  Speaker 1: thing for you to do. You can get inspiration. to
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  Speaker 1: begin again, right where you are. You don't have to
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  Speaker 1: go anyplace, right? You can get inspiration from the world
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  Speaker 1: around you. Now think about it. Just think about this.
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  Speaker 1: When we ring in the new year, that's a very
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  Speaker 1: natural time to reflect on your life, right? To think
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  Speaker 1: about what's going well, what's not working so well, or
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  Speaker 1: at least as well as we would like. So you
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  Speaker 1: can find inspiration just by thinking about that particular time
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  Speaker 1: of the year. Now, I live in the Pacific Northwest
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  Speaker 1: in the United States. And in this geographic area, our
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  Speaker 1: year begins during the winter months, right? Now, typically, during
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  Speaker 1: this time of the year, we have had weeks and weeks,
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  Speaker 1: if not several months, of rainy, cold weather. But if
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  Speaker 1: you look at the ground floor, If you look very closely,
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  Speaker 1: you can actually see some very early signs of spring.
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  Speaker 1: You can see very early signs of new life. Early
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  Speaker 1: signs of new beginnings. Maybe there are a few lovely
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  Speaker 1: crocus buds pushing their way up and out of the ground.
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  Speaker 1: Or those beautiful little grape hyacinth, right? And if you
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  Speaker 1: pay close attention to the birds... you'll see red-breasted robins
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  Speaker 1: digging into the earth. What are they digging for? Well,
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  Speaker 1: they're digging for food. They're digging for worms. Nature has
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  Speaker 1: so many wonderful telltale signs of making a fresh start.
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  Speaker 1: Another sign of nature's new beginnings are the trees. In
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  Speaker 1: my yard, My husband and I have lots of flowering
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  Speaker 1: trees around our house, including several varieties of rhododendrons. And
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  Speaker 1: all of these rhodes, all of these rhododendrons have such
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  Speaker 1: beautiful names. Names like White Angel, Mount Everest, Windsong, and
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  Speaker 1: Christmas Cheer. So, when I've had enough of the cloudy, rainy,
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  Speaker 1: cold days, I look back. into our front yard for
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  Speaker 1: our Christmas cheer rhododendrons. I can count on the flower
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  Speaker 1: buds to be fat and full and a very beautiful
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  Speaker 1: delicate shade of pink. And when I see those beautiful
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  Speaker 1: pink buds that are just about to pop into full bloom,
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  Speaker 1: that's when I remember why this beautiful bush is called
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  Speaker 1: Christmas cheer. Because their lovely flowers bring smiles full of joy,
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  Speaker 1: just like the very special season of Christmas. When I
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  Speaker 1: meditate on this season, I quickly begin to think about
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  Speaker 1: what I'm grateful for, especially during the many long weeks
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  Speaker 1: of gray, overcast, cold days. And as I think about
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  Speaker 1: the flowering roadies, the sure-footed robins, and those tiny, brave
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  Speaker 1: little crocus buds, guess what? I'm also reminded of spring,
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  Speaker 1: another wonderful season of new beginnings. I like to think
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  Speaker 1: of spring as the queen of making a fresh start.
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  Speaker 1: Think about this. If spring were a person, she would
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  Speaker 1: ask you, what gives you life? What gives you life?
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  Speaker 1: What satisfies you? She might also ask, where can you
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  Speaker 1: make room for more satisfaction in your life? Where can
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  Speaker 1: you make more room for more satisfaction in your life?
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  Speaker 1: Another question she might ask is, what do you need
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  Speaker 1: to let go of in order to make room for
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  Speaker 1: what you want more of in your life? Now that's
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  Speaker 1: a great question. What do you need to let go
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  Speaker 1: of in order to make room for what you want
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  Speaker 1: more of in your life. What's on your to-do list
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  Speaker 1: that you need to simply say no to? That's a
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  Speaker 1: good question for me. So what do you need to
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  Speaker 1: say no to? Another question is, what no longer serves
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  Speaker 1: you in this particular season of your life? You can
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  Speaker 1: also ask yourself, Where do I want to be? Now
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  Speaker 1: that's a great question, isn't it? Most folks just sort
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  Speaker 1: of wander through life without asking any questions of themselves
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  Speaker 1: at all. They just accept the hand that life deals out.
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  Speaker 1: But if you want your life to be different, you
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  Speaker 1: know what? You have to act differently. And one key step,
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  Speaker 1: one key step is to ask yourself two questions. Good questions.
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  Speaker 1: And the questions are, where am I now? Where am
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  Speaker 1: I now? And where do I want to be? Both
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  Speaker 1: of these questions are about vision. Now, as a leadership
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  Speaker 1: coach and consultant, I have supported many people for many,
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  Speaker 1: many years who asked the very same questions. Where am
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  Speaker 1: I now? And where do I want to be? Before that,
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  Speaker 1: before I became a consultant and started my own business,
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  Speaker 1: I was a leader in corporate America, right? And I
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  Speaker 1: supported people on my team using these very same questions.
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  Speaker 1: Where are you now? And where do you want to be?
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  Speaker 1: Where do you want to go? These very simple questions
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  Speaker 1: can yield incredible, life-changing results. Pretty amazing, isn't it? So
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  Speaker 1: whether you're working on organizational strategy or building a better
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  Speaker 1: team or Building a better you, these questions will help
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  Speaker 1: you move in the direction you want to go. As
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  Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier, these questions are all about vision. Having
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  Speaker 1: a vision is key to making a fresh start. Having
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  Speaker 1: a vision or having a dream, having something in front
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  Speaker 1: of you, something to strive for, something to guide your
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  Speaker 1: actions is and guide your choices is absolutely essential to
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  Speaker 1: creating the life you want. So let's put first things first.
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  Speaker 1: To make a new start, you've got to have a dream, right?
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  Speaker 1: You have to have a vision. And once you have
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  Speaker 1: that dream, you can visualize and pray about your dream.
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  Speaker 1: You can meditate and and recite daily affirmations about your dream.
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  Speaker 1: You can even set goals and create action plans. All
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  Speaker 1: of these strategies will move you closer to achieving your dreams.
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  Speaker 1: But to make your dreams become a reality, to make
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  Speaker 1: your vision manifest, to make them come true, one thing
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  Speaker 1: is a must-do. You have to act on that. your goals.
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  Speaker 1: You have to act on your action plans. That's right.
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  Speaker 1: You've got to act. Because when you do, when you
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  Speaker 1: take that first step, then guess what? Providence moves too
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  Speaker 1: to support you in making your dreams a reality. One
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  Speaker 1: of my many inspirations for this podcast is my daughter.
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  Speaker 1: As a little girl, she was very clear about what
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  Speaker 1: she wanted. Now, she didn't have her life all planned
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  Speaker 1: out at that young age, but I remember when she
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  Speaker 1: was in her early teens, she was about maybe 13,
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  Speaker 1: 14 years old, and one day she declared, she said,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I do not want to go to college
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  Speaker 1: here in this state of Washington. Now, her declaration seemed
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  Speaker 1: to come out of the blue, but clearly, She'd been
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  Speaker 1: thinking about this for quite some time. She had been
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  Speaker 1: considering what she wanted for her life. And at that
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  Speaker 1: young age, she set her sights on going to college
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  Speaker 1: on the East Coast. She wanted a different experience and
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  Speaker 1: a different life. She wanted to branch out, to expand
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  Speaker 1: her horizons, to enhance her learning opportunities. In short, she
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  Speaker 1: wanted to make a fresh start. for herself. And several
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  Speaker 1: years later, when the time was right, she applied to
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  Speaker 1: and was accepted at a number of colleges on the
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  Speaker 1: East Coast, several thousand miles away. Now, my husband and
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  Speaker 1: I took her to visit several colleges, and when she
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  Speaker 1: found the one that felt like home, she was ready
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  Speaker 1: to begin again. Without knowing a single soul, my daughter
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  Speaker 1: was moved across the country, and made a new start,
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  Speaker 1: a new beginning. She made a new life for herself,
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  Speaker 1: not once, not twice, but several times during the past decade.
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  Speaker 1: And you know what? When I think about others in
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  Speaker 1: my family, there are so many stories about people making
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  Speaker 1: a fresh start. For example, I've shared with you that
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  Speaker 1: my immediate family is part of what we call the
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  Speaker 1: Great Migration, that mass exodus of African Americans leaving the
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  Speaker 1: southern states to make a fresh start in the northern states.
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  Speaker 1: And even before the stories about the Great Migration, there
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  Speaker 1: are stories I remember hearing when I was a little girl,
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  Speaker 1: stories that came through my elders, those who remember relatives
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  Speaker 1: who had a memory of stories about slavery, who had
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  Speaker 1: a memory of their fathers and mothers making a new start,
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  Speaker 1: in a totally different culture and place 10,000 miles away
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  Speaker 1: from their homeland of Africa. And you know what? When
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  Speaker 1: I think about my own life, I've made a fresh
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  Speaker 1: start many, many times. Like my daughter, I also wanted
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  Speaker 1: to attend an East Coast college. And I was accepted,
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  Speaker 1: but you know what? We just didn't have the money.
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  Speaker 1: My parents could not afford to pay for me to attend.
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  Speaker 1: So I attended a local college. In fact, I attended
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  Speaker 1: the fabulous University of Michigan. And I got a job
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  Speaker 1: during my time there to help my parents out with
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  Speaker 1: my expenses. When I went to graduate school, I attended
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  Speaker 1: on scholarship. And just like my own daughter, I also
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  Speaker 1: left home to attend USC. I moved from Michigan to
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  Speaker 1: California to attend university with no network to speak of,
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  Speaker 1: no prospects for work, And yet I was able to
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  Speaker 1: make a fresh start. What I know is that when
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  Speaker 1: you want to begin again, one of the most helpful
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  Speaker 1: things you can have is a vision for what's possible. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I want to be sure you heard what I just said.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't say you have to have a goal or
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  Speaker 1: even a plan. I said you have to have a
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  Speaker 1: vision for what's possible. And along with your vision, you
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  Speaker 1: need to have one sure thing. One sure thing. And
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  Speaker 1: that one thing is commitment. Commitment. William H. Murray, a
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  Speaker 1: Scottish mountaineer and writer, says this about commitment. Until one
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  Speaker 1: is committed, there is hesitancy. The chance to draw back. Always. ineffectiveness.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to repeat that. Until one is committed, there
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  Speaker 1: is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. He
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  Speaker 1: goes on to say, concerning all acts of initiative and creation,
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  Speaker 1: there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills
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  Speaker 1: countless ideas and splendid plans. that the moment one definitely
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  Speaker 1: commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things
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  Speaker 1: occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.
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  Speaker 1: A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising
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  Speaker 1: in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings
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  Speaker 1: and material assistance which no man knows. or woman for
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  Speaker 1: that matter, could have dreamed would have come their way.
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  Speaker 1: Murray says, I have learned a deep respect for one
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  Speaker 1: of Goethe's couplets. Whatever you can do or dream you can,
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  Speaker 1: begin it. Begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic.
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  Speaker 1: So in other words, action plus commitment equals magic and genius, right?
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  Speaker 1: Action plus commitment equals magic and genius. When you begin,
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  Speaker 1: when you commit, it is as if all of a
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  Speaker 1: sudden the universe changes. just starts to cooperate with you.
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  Speaker 1: But it's not all of a sudden. It seems all
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  Speaker 1: of a sudden, but it isn't. The reason that it
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  Speaker 1: seems all of a sudden is because we've begun. We've committed.
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  Speaker 1: And when we do, when we begin, when we commit,
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  Speaker 1: God moves too. That's what Murray means by providence. Know this.
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  Speaker 1: Providence will move only when you do. Now, if you
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  Speaker 1: still doubt in some way, if you only act some
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  Speaker 1: of the time, or if you work on plan A
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  Speaker 1: and plan B at the same time because you're afraid
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  Speaker 1: that plan A will fail, guess what? Success might very
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  Speaker 1: well slip right through your fingers. It will escape you.
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  Speaker 1: But once you really commit to Once you let go
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  Speaker 1: and really say goodbye to what's behind you, and you
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  Speaker 1: really go for it, that's when magic begins to happen. So,
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  Speaker 1: what are you waiting for? Go for it! Jump! Now!
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  Speaker 1: Stop procrastinating. Begin today. Now, there are so many folks
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  Speaker 1: out there who know the value of going for it.
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  Speaker 1: who know the benefit of commitment. But for whatever reason,
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  Speaker 1: fear stops them. Does that sound like you? You might
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  Speaker 1: make a tiny step, but fear stops you from taking
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  Speaker 1: the next step or stops you from following through. Sometimes
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  Speaker 1: your fear is so strong, so powerful, it can actually
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  Speaker 1: stop you cold, can stop you dead in your tracks,
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  Speaker 1: so you don't even begin. You don't even start. Here's
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  Speaker 1: the thing. You must not let fear or anything else
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  Speaker 1: rule you anymore. You must not let fear or anything
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  Speaker 1: else stop you in your tracks. You must begin. Begin
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  Speaker 1: with a burning desire. You must begin with a fire
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  Speaker 1: in your heart, a fire in your soul to make
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  Speaker 1: a difference. First, in your own life. so that you
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  Speaker 1: can make a difference in the lives of someone else.
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  Speaker 1: so when you let go of that fear when you
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  Speaker 1: can say no to fear ruling your life you can
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  Speaker 1: actually create you make the space in your life you
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  Speaker 1: clear the decks so that you can live into your
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  Speaker 1: highest and best self you can live into your God-given gifts.
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  Speaker 1: And when you do, you actually make an agreement with
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  Speaker 1: God to become the inspired, passionate person he designed you
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  Speaker 1: to be. You can actually draw strength from so many people,
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  Speaker 1: knowing if they can do it, if they can make
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  Speaker 1: a fresh start, you can do it too. You can
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  Speaker 1: begin again. just like anybody else. Now, you all know
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  Speaker 1: that I'm a writer, and a lot of writers get
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  Speaker 1: tripped up. They get stuck by what we call writer's block. Well,
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  Speaker 1: I don't. I don't even believe in writer's block. Why?
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  Speaker 1: Because I just look at all the books on my bookshelves.
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  Speaker 1: In every room, I have books, books, everywhere, right? And
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  Speaker 1: I draw inspiration from the writers all around me. If
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  Speaker 1: they could do it, I can do it too. As
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  Speaker 1: you make your fresh start, be sure to focus. Focus
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  Speaker 1: your vision on your future self. Also, be sure to
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  Speaker 1: surround yourself with people who love you. People who lift
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  Speaker 1: you up, not push you down, but people who lift
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  Speaker 1: you up. People who have only your best interest at heart.
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  Speaker 1: One more thing. I love listening to inspiring music or
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  Speaker 1: reading an inspiring book or an inspiring scripture. Or sometimes
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  Speaker 1: I just take in inspiring quotes and images. So be
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  Speaker 1: sure to choose something that inspires you and make it
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  Speaker 1: a part of your day. Here are a few words
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  Speaker 1: to encourage you as you make a fresh start in
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  Speaker 1: your life. This first one is from Plato. Almost 2,500
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  Speaker 1: years ago, Plato says, the beginning is the most important
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  Speaker 1: part of the work. I love that. The beginning is
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  Speaker 1: the most important part of the work. Muriel Rukeyser is
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  Speaker 1: one of my favorite poets. And she says, nourish beginnings.
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  Speaker 1: Let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blessed, but
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  Speaker 1: the seeds of all things are blessed. The blessing is
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  Speaker 1: in the seed. Here's what Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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  Speaker 1: says about beginning. He says, take the first step in faith.
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  Speaker 1: You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take
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  Speaker 1: the first step. Take the first step in faith. You
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  Speaker 1: don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the
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  Speaker 1: first step. It's been said that change can be scary.
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  Speaker 1: But you know what's scarier? Allowing fear to stop you
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  Speaker 1: from growing, evolving, and progressing. What's scarier than change is
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  Speaker 1: allowing fear to stop you from growing, evolving, and progressing.
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  Speaker 1: Now remember the scripture I shared earlier which says, there
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  Speaker 1: is a time for everything and a season for every
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  Speaker 1: activity under the heavens. A time to be born and
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  Speaker 1: a time to die. A time to plant and a
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  Speaker 1: time to uproot. A time to kill and a time
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  Speaker 1: to heal. A time to tear down and a time
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  Speaker 1: to build. A time to weep and a time to laugh.
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  Speaker 1: A time to mourn and a time to dance. A
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  Speaker 1: time to scatter stones and a time to gather them.
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  Speaker 1: A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing.
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  Speaker 1: A time to search and a time to give up.
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  Speaker 1: A time to keep and a time to throw away.
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  Speaker 1: A time to tear and a time to mend. A
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  Speaker 1: time to be silent and a time to speak. A
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  Speaker 1: time to love and a time to hate. A time
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  Speaker 1: for war and a time for for peace. And I
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  Speaker 1: want you to know this. No matter what time it is,
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  Speaker 1: what season it is, remember these words from writer F.
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  Speaker 1: Scott Fitzgerald. He says, it's never too late to become
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  Speaker 1: who you want to be. It's never too late to
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  Speaker 1: become who you want to be. I hope you live
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  Speaker 1: a life that you're proud of. And if you find
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  Speaker 1: that you're not, I hope you have the strength to
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  Speaker 1: start over. As one of my friends and colleagues says,
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  Speaker 1: it's never too late to have a second childhood. Right? Okay. Now,
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  Speaker 1: if you missed last week's episode or any part of
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  Speaker 1: That's talknetworkradio.com forward slash hosts forward slash Legacy Living. You
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  Speaker 1: can learn more about my work and Legacy Living Make
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  Speaker 1: Your Life Count by visiting the Gloria Burgess website. And
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  Speaker 1: as I've mentioned before, if you love to be inspired,
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  Speaker 1: you can actually subscribe to my inspirations right on my website.
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  Speaker 1: Just scroll down a little bit, look on the right
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  Speaker 1: Each week, you get a lovely photograph and a short
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  Speaker 1: quotation that inspires you. You can also find me on
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  Speaker 1: the TEDx site and listen to one of my TED Talks.
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  Speaker 1: Just type in my name to find me there. Before
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  Speaker 1: I close today, I want to thank each of you
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  Speaker 1: for tuning in, for allowing me to share a bit
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  Speaker 1: about my journey with what legacy living is all about.
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  Speaker 1: Not just living and learning, but living and learning and
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  Speaker 1: serving so that you make a difference in your own
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  Speaker 1: life and in the lives of others. It's about being
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  Speaker 1: on purpose every single day. 365-24-7. Legacy living is a
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  Speaker 1: powerful way to make your life count. I'm your host, Dr. Gloria,
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  Speaker 1: Gloria Burgess, and this is Legacy Living, Make Your Life Count.
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  Speaker 1: Please join me again next time right here for another
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  Speaker 1: episode of Legacy Living, Make Your Life Count. Don't just
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  Speaker 1: count the days in your life. Make the days in
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  Speaker 1: your life count. That's what Legacy Living is. is all about.
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  Speaker 1: Have a fantastic day, and remember, make the days in
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  Speaker 1: your life count. God bless you. That's our show today.
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  Speaker 1: I'm your host, Dr. Gloria, Gloria Burgess. I hope you'll
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  Speaker 1: join me again next time. Until then, don't just count
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  Speaker 1: the days in your life. Make the days in your
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  Speaker 1: life count. That's what legacy living is all about. Here's
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  Speaker 1: to you. Have a fantastic day and be sure to
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  Speaker 1: make it a yes kind of day. Remember to celebrate
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  Speaker 1: the music of your life. Make the days count. In
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  Speaker 1: your life, count.