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Inspire Your Life | Episode #360 · Legacy Living with Dr. Gloria Burgess

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