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OneLegUpAlex Says ‘Tis the Season To Have One Leg Up On Life · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: And I'm feeling that spirit of the season tonight as
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  Speaker 1: I'm watching all over the city all the Christmas lights,
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  Speaker 1: all the Christmas trees, and and all the fun stuff
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  Speaker 1: New York City has to offer. But I have to say,
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  Speaker 1: you're on the Woman Up Network. Maybe you guys like
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  Speaker 1: when I talk news, talk sports or have adaptive stories.
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  Speaker 1: But I've noticed as well, you don't mind when I
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  Speaker 1: do introspection. So let me do some introspection with you
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  Speaker 1: here on the one Leg Up Network. Because I was
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  Speaker 1: rolling past the New York Stock Exchange Crest Smith Street
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  Speaker 1: yesterday like I always do in the morning, and it
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  Speaker 1: hit me, and I'm gonna get morbid for a minute.
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  Speaker 1: It hit me that as I run on one Loo
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  Speaker 1: up alex dot Com tonight, that I won't be here
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  Speaker 1: to experience Christmas in New York City. You know, one
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  Speaker 1: day I won't be here to experience One day, I
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  Speaker 1: I just won't be here. And you're saying, boy, that's
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  Speaker 1: a morbid thought, and I was thinking about it too,
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  Speaker 1: But I know it's heightened by the fact that this
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  Speaker 1: is now my third Christmas without my dad, and as
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  Speaker 1: you know, he loved Christmas. He loved taking me all
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  Speaker 1: over the place, and he would always carry me on
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  Speaker 1: his shoulder as if I was tiny tim back in
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  Speaker 1: the day. I mean it was a Christmas time was
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  Speaker 1: special for Pops. I could always tell that. But I
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  Speaker 1: know yesterday's feeling of impermanence of this won't be around
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  Speaker 1: forever and I won't be around forever hit me deep,
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  Speaker 1: and it inspire me to write a whole blog about
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  Speaker 1: it on One Leg Up alex dot com because and
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  Speaker 1: in this article, I I wrote about things I've thought
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  Speaker 1: about but never really voiced in the public square. For instance,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's safe to say we are on this
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  Speaker 1: earth for the time allotted by God. See at birth.
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  Speaker 1: I always, I always feel like we are born with
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  Speaker 1: an expiration date and that God's designated that for us.
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  Speaker 1: So we don't know it, but we do know it's there.
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  Speaker 1: That's why we think about the fact that God gets
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  Speaker 1: us up every morning to get it right in this
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  Speaker 1: life and move things forward in this life. We can
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  Speaker 1: have one leg up on life if we know that
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  Speaker 1: God has us here for a reason, but can also
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  Speaker 1: take it away from us at any minute and bring
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  Speaker 1: us back home to Him. Then let's make the best
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  Speaker 1: He's given his row on this earth, while unearthly being,
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  Speaker 1: the impermanence of life should inspire us to inspire to
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  Speaker 1: experience anything and everything we want to right now, right now.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say I'm going tomorrow, or next year
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  Speaker 1: or anytime soon. But what I am telling you is
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  Speaker 1: that by looking at this Christmas tree and realizing I
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  Speaker 1: may not get to see it forever, I won't get
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  Speaker 1: to see it forever, it hit me, hey, keep myself
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  Speaker 1: healthy so that these crutches I wear have an owner,
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  Speaker 1: you know. In a Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens writes that
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  Speaker 1: the ghost of Christmas Present does not see a crutch
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  Speaker 1: with an owner. He writes, he tells Scrooge, I see
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  Speaker 1: a crutch without an owner, a vacant seat, when discussing
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  Speaker 1: the future of tiny Tim who does not die, by
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  Speaker 1: the way, who does not die. But I think of
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  Speaker 1: those words, especially around Christmas time, that I'm so grateful
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  Speaker 1: to have my crutches and that my crutches have an owner.
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  Speaker 1: And I go on to write, I don't know why
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  Speaker 1: it was put into perspective the fragilities of life by
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  Speaker 1: looking at the New York Sock Exchange Christmas tree, But
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  Speaker 1: as I write this as I podcast to you. I'm
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  Speaker 1: thankful it did, because now I'm inspired the next fourteen
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  Speaker 1: days of before Christmas to put all the Christmas lights
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  Speaker 1: stuff on my Instagram because I'm not only impressed by
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  Speaker 1: all the different establishments that have really decked out this
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  Speaker 1: Christmas season. Maybe I'm exploring it more than normal, but
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  Speaker 1: I'm really noticing a lot of establishments decked out, restaurants,
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  Speaker 1: corporate buildings, the Christmas trees, of course. And at the
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  Speaker 1: same time as I'm impressed, I'm even even more blessed
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  Speaker 1: to experience the Christmas lights around New York City because
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  Speaker 1: I've been given that chance by God to do so.
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  Speaker 1: To do so, I go on to write, I am
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  Speaker 1: on a drive to thirty five years on this earth,
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  Speaker 1: and in everything I get to experience, I'll remember that
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  Speaker 1: thought of impermanence, looking at the New York Stock Exchange
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  Speaker 1: Christmas tree and feeling extremely blessed for every opportunity that
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  Speaker 1: comes my way. There are times to be very front
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  Speaker 1: and upfront with you. I'm frustrated, how did I miss
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  Speaker 1: this event? How did I miss that event? Because remember,
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  Speaker 1: my dad was always in tune with every event that
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  Speaker 1: felt like so it was my mom and my stepdad.
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  Speaker 1: But here I am sort of missing events, maybe because
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  Speaker 1: of work, maybe because of this, that and the other,
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  Speaker 1: and it's like I not hear about it. But what
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  Speaker 1: I've also come to realize is God puts in front
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  Speaker 1: of you opportunities that you're meant for. I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I pushed to get that access to see Bob Costas
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  Speaker 1: and be it the Yogi's Big Catch at montclais At
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  Speaker 1: University at Yogi Bear Stadium. But that was an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: God gave me. I feel like to experience that moment
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  Speaker 1: of that Guinness Book of Rural Record, and of course
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  Speaker 1: talking to Bob Costs is one of my heroes really
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  Speaker 1: growing up. And I know Christmas time is not the
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  Speaker 1: best time to talk about not being here forever, because
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  Speaker 1: you want to have a lighter mood, a more festive mood,
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  Speaker 1: a more joyous mood. But if you also think about
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  Speaker 1: that feeling of yeah, we're not here forever, so let's
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  Speaker 1: be happy, let's be excited, let's enjoy the Christmas season
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  Speaker 1: right now, and at the same time break out of
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  Speaker 1: our shelves and let ourselves shine to the world, and yes,
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  Speaker 1: for me, be thankful an owner of these crutches, that
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  Speaker 1: these crutches have an owner. I get a little preachy
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  Speaker 1: here when I say we can also recognize this Christmas
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  Speaker 1: season it could be our time to live out the
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  Speaker 1: purpose He has on He has us on earth for.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. I feel like my own mantra is
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  Speaker 1: having helping people have one leg up on life. But
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  Speaker 1: maybe that is the purpose I'm supposed to be here
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  Speaker 1: for us. I'm still trying to figure that out myself.
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  Speaker 1: A end was saying, tis the season to live life
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  Speaker 1: to the fullest. And I'm personally thankful to my incredible
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  Speaker 1: family and all those around me who are encouraging me
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  Speaker 1: to keep growing in this life. It is true I
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  Speaker 1: looked at that Christmas tree as I said, I will
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  Speaker 1: not be able to see this. There will be time
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  Speaker 1: I won't see it anymore on this earth. So let
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  Speaker 1: me enjoy every moment I can while I'm here. And
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  Speaker 1: of course I want to personally thank Charles Dickens for
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  Speaker 1: that line crutch without an owner, because I feel the
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  Speaker 1: urge to make sure my crutches have an owner each
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  Speaker 1: and every Christmas, each and every day. I mean, I
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  Speaker 1: know I'm sort of reading about reading exactly what I wrote,
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  Speaker 1: but it did send a chill. Like when I lost
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  Speaker 1: my friend Max at age thirty one, It sends a
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  Speaker 1: bit of a chill and its ends up feeling immortality
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  Speaker 1: down my spine when I realize, holy shit, one day
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  Speaker 1: I won't be able to experience those Christmas trees Rockefeller,
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  Speaker 1: New York Stock Exchange. Brian Parkland consenter That day's not
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  Speaker 1: coming anytime soon, believe me, and I'm fired up to
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  Speaker 1: make sure that doesn't come anytime soon. But it's a
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  Speaker 1: moment of introspection and realization that you are here now.
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  Speaker 1: So enjoy being here, Enjoy living it out, Enjoy living
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  Speaker 1: life to your fullest, because yes you may not. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we're all not going to see all this one day.
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  Speaker 1: But while we can see it, enjoy it, embrace it,
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  Speaker 1: love on it, love it, Love the Christmas season, Love
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  Speaker 1: every day you get to live on this earth, even
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  Speaker 1: if it's not the Christmas season, because we only have
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  Speaker 1: this one life and we must treasure that life. And
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  Speaker 1: like my dad treasure is for eighty five years, we
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  Speaker 1: too must truly treasure this moment we're in. Grab life
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  Speaker 1: by the horns. I know it sounds cliche, but it's true.
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  Speaker 1: And then, of course, think of all those people that
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  Speaker 1: raised you, that got you to this moment, that helped
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  Speaker 1: you get to where you are right now, and not
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  Speaker 1: only think of them, but live at life as they
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  Speaker 1: would want you to, Enjoy life as they want you to,
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  Speaker 1: if it's your parents' case, live life as they set
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  Speaker 1: you up for success to, because yeah, we all may
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  Speaker 1: not be here one day, and we won't be here
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  Speaker 1: one day, but while we're here, let's enjoy each other.
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  Speaker 1: Let's love each other. Let's be good neighbors to each other,
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  Speaker 1: Let's be good people to each other. Let's have good
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  Speaker 1: will toward each other, and be grateful that we have
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  Speaker 1: now and that we live out our life as we're
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  Speaker 1: supposed to do now, so that by the time we
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  Speaker 1: reach Saint Peter's Pearly Gates, well, I said, we lived
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  Speaker 1: a great life, an amazing life, a fulfilling life, a
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  Speaker 1: life where we put down the phones and enjoy each
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  Speaker 1: other's company and presence and love. That's how we have
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  Speaker 1: one leg up on life. To just be in the
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  Speaker 1: moment in life. I overthink. I do think about the
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  Speaker 1: future a lot, just like I did yesterday, Like, oh
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  Speaker 1: my god, I will you know, one day we'll be
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  Speaker 1: able to experience this. But then I'm brought down to
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  Speaker 1: the earth and I think, but I'm here to experience it.
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  Speaker 1: So let's enjoy it together. Let's experience it together. Let's
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  Speaker 1: get together. Let's have you know, moments of joy this
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  Speaker 1: holiday season, this Christmas season, this Honka season. This is
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  Speaker 1: a season when were redy celebrate the birth of Christ.
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  Speaker 1: I could consider it a rebirth. Maybe this is the
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  Speaker 1: time you have your own rebirth in life, your new
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  Speaker 1: journey started. I don't know what twenty twenty six brings,
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  Speaker 1: but I know right now I'm on my drive to
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  Speaker 1: thirty five, and that is firing me up to get
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  Speaker 1: to thirty five years of life, and then we go
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  Speaker 1: from there, however possible we get there. That's what I'm
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  Speaker 1: focused on. I'm driven to get to thirty five, cause
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  Speaker 1: thirty five years of life would be such an accomplishment,
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  Speaker 1: an a tribute to my mom and my dad and
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  Speaker 1: my stepdad and my grandma forgetting me here to thirty
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  Speaker 1: five years, and then to myself it would be like, wow,
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  Speaker 1: I did everything I could, even though I was stupid
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  Speaker 1: sometimes if by twenties and went out a little too much. Well,
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  Speaker 1: I'm finally waking up and not going out and going crazy.
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  Speaker 1: I now feel like I'm in a position where I
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  Speaker 1: just survive almost every day and do things to fight
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  Speaker 1: to be here. To fight to make sure my kidney
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  Speaker 1: doesn't blowout, you know, to fight to make sure my
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  Speaker 1: esophagus is cleared out, to fight to make sure my
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  Speaker 1: stomach is regulated. These are all things I feel like
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  Speaker 1: I have to and maneuver and get through. And I
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  Speaker 1: have support from a lot of incredible people, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of incredible people, and they all mean a lot, you know,
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  Speaker 1: so much to me. And so maybe you don't think
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  Speaker 1: this deeper, this introspectively, that yeah, we won't be here
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  Speaker 1: one day, but while we are here, let us be
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  Speaker 1: grateful and thankful and truly live out how He wants
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  Speaker 1: us to live our lives. However that might look like
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  Speaker 1: in your life. However that might look like in your life.
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  Speaker 1: But if we can come at it as I'm not
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  Speaker 1: taking this day for granted, we can have one leg
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  Speaker 1: up on life every single day. And is that the
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  Speaker 1: point of this podcast? How people have one look up
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  Speaker 1: on life? To make sure we get people to have
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  Speaker 1: one look up on life. Well, that's how you do it.
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  Speaker 1: Don't take life for granted and enjoy every moment. Tis
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  Speaker 1: the season for our families, for our loved ones, for everyone,
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  Speaker 1: And tis the season, as I wrote on one look
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  Speaker 1: Up alex dot com, to live life to the fullest
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  Speaker 1: and have one lig up on life. Here on the
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  Speaker 1: One look Up Network, I'm Alex Garrett.