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August 22 – Depending on the Right Source · The Daily Ripples Podcast

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  Hey guys, welcome to the Daily Ripple. Today is August 22nd.
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  Depending on the right source, the stone, lasting emotional stability comes from depending on God
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  rather than expecting other people to meet every need.
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  Ripple 1 practical. Today I will notice where I'm looking to others for approval, security, or validation.
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  People can encourage and support me, but they cannot carry the weight that belongs to God.
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  Peace grows where my expectations become realistic.
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  Ripple 2 spiritual. As I depend on God rather than human approval,
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  the Holy Spirit reminds me that true stability is found in His presence.
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  The Father is the source of the love and security I need most.
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  And Jesus shows me what it looks like to trust God completely.
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  And it's funny because I sat in my car and I recorded this yesterday.
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  And I sent it over to Mike and I was like, hey man.
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  I didn't even say hey man, I just said sit.
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  And he said, hey, you recorded this on July 22nd.
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  The first thing I want to go do is, you know, say no, it is July, but we're really in August.
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  You know, I was thinking about that and, you know, what I do.
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  Like, you know, I mean, this is kind of not a job, but this is like, you know, something me and Pastor Mike do.
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  And this is like, it's my, you know, Pastor Mike puts the expectation of me doing this, right?
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  So, because like, we want to stay consistent and it's a big deal for us and it might not be for you guys, but it's a really big deal.
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  To stay consistent and do this.
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  And so like, you know, it's funny, but my mind always races to where it's you, like immediately.
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  And I've been thinking about, you know, what are like, what are some goals for me?
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  I think one goal for me is when things happen immediately, instead of maybe a cuss word popping up in my head or saying it out loud.
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  I'd like to bring God into it immediately, at once.
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  And the book aligns to that on page 84.
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  It says, you know, we ask God to remove this at once.
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  It's not that God's going to remove it at once.
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  We just ask it.
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  And another thing, and I don't know, this is probably a little bit, uh...
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  This is probably a little bit...
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  Maybe it's obtainable, maybe it's not.
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  But I would...
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  One day I would love to, in every present conversation or every present interaction with every human,
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  and that present time, to know that the person I'm interacting with is God's kid.
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  And I'm just...
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  And if there's not something that I like about them, well, man, they're spiritually sick just like me.
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  See, I can usually see it in the...
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  Before the interaction, if I...
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  Like, if I'm really thinking about it, and...
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  After the interaction.
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  But in the present time, you know, that's a little bit different.
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  Because...
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  And so what we're talking about is like, you know...
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  I don't talk about, like, expectations a lot.
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  Because I don't...
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  I don't know.
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  Because it's not about me, you know, getting what I want out of you.
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  Because, like, that's all I've ever tried to do.
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  And...
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  On page 60...
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  I mean, I do.
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  I mean, obviously, I mean, I'm a human.
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  I put expectations on people.
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  But, like...
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  You know, the 60 through 62...
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  60...
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  I mean, 62 kind of covered that in a very...
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  Big way.
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  You know...
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  It says on page 61...
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  It says...
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  What is his basic trouble?
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  Is he not really a self-seeker, even when trying to be kind?
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  Is he not a victim of the delusion that he can arrest satisfaction and happiness...
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  Out of this world if he only manages well?
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  Like...
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  And it says some other stuff, like, you know...
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  The play never suits me anyways.
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  And then it goes on to say...
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  Admitting he may be somewhat at fault...
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  He is sure other people are more to blame...
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  And that...
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  The house always wins.
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  And...
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  When I come into that...
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  Like, it's like, you know...
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  How...
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  If I come into every situation like I used to...
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  And the whole...
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  This whole deal...
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  If you notice the word attitude...
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  And it's like...
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  You know...
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  It's just my perspective.
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  And so, like...
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  You know...
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  If I come into...
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  Into positions...
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  If I just want to be of love...
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  And caring...
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  To God's kids...
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  Then I'm not looking at what I can get out of you...
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  And I'm not even having to...
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  Like...
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  Because I think this is...
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  We're still talking about trying to, like...
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  Manage what I can get out of you...
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  But when I come into this as love...
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  For some reason...
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  I'll tell you...
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  Like...
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  God...
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  Just...
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  Like...
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  It's a weird thing...
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  Because this whole, like...
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  Managing my expectations...
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  And...
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  Whether it be realistic...
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  And like...
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  I don't know how to do that...
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  Because my expectations of you...
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  Is I want to get what I can out of you...
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  But when I don't come into that viewpoint...
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  And my attitude towards that...
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  Is what I can give to you...
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  Rather than what I can take from you...
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  Or what you can do for me...
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  It's a lot different...
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  It's...
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  You know...
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  And it goes on to say...
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  On page 60...
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  It says...
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  Most people do live by self-propulsion...
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  And I think most people do great at it...
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  But...
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  I mean...
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  Time and time again in this book...
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  Man...
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  And I believe...
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  Like...
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  See...
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  Like...
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  The thing is...
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  I have made a valid effort...
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  A really big effort...
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  To be like most people...
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  After being...
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  You know...
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  After a certain amount of time...
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  Sober...
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  You know...
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  I went back out...
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  Because I thought I could be like most people...
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  And I tried for a long time...
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  I mean...
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  I...
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  You know...
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  I started getting in trouble...
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  When I was 15 years old...
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  Rick...
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  Two cars before I ever turned 16...
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  Oh...
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  You know...
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  And then I got...
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  Three DUIs...
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  When I turned 17...
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  And I didn't get the DUIs...
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  When I was 15...
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  I just got different things for that...
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  But you know...
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  So like...
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  Ah...
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  There were signs...
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  Obviously...
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  There were signs...
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  But like...
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  Oh...
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  On page 30...
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  It says...
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  The delusion...
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  We are like other people...
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  Or presently maybe...
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  And that's the most important...
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  To me...
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  This sentence right here...
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  Is...
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  Very...
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  It's so important to me...
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  Um...
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  It says...
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  The delusion that we are like other people...
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  Or presently maybe...
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  Me right now...
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  Has to be smashed...
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  So like...
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  Me getting into this rhythm of...
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  That I can't think like most people...
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  Well...
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  I mean...
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  Some people can...
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  But...
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  I know I sure can...
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  And...
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  Then on...
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  66...
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  It says...
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  If we were to live...
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  We had to be free of anger...
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  The grouch and the brainstorm...
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  Were not for us...
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  They may be the dubious luxuries...
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  Of normal men...
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  You know what the normal men...
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  Don't do...
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  They're not out here...
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  Hurting their family...
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  They're not out here...
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  Lying and cheating...
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  Stealing from their family...
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  So like...
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  I gotta come at this...
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  With a different approach...
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  And the approach is...
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  Can I bring love...
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  Can I help God's kids...
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  And that's cool...
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  Like you know...
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  I...
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  It's...
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  It's...
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  It's stated in the...
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  You know...
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  On how it works...
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  Right...
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  It says...
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  If you have decided...
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  You want...
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  What we have...
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  You're willing to go to any length...
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  To get it...
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  Then you're ready to take certain steps...
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  Right...
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  If you have decided...
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  You're want...
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  If you want what we have...
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  Are willing to go to any length...
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  Are you willing to go to any length...
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  Or do you still want it to be about you...
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  And I think that's a very big thing...
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  Because if you still want it to be about you...
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  Cool...
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  That's a great thing...
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  I have tried...
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  And I've tried...
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  And tried...
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  And tried...
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  And tried...
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  And tried...
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  And it's a crazy thing to see that...
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  I...
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  Like...
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  You know...
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  I fail...
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  I fail...
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  I fail...
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  And then I come into this thing...
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  And then like...
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  You know...
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  I think I still have some great ideas...
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  Or I want to mix this program...
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  And make it into my own...
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  I want to take this...
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  And I want to create it into this thing...
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  Well that's just my ego anyways...
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  Why don't I just sit down...
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  And do what...
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  It's such a short book...
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  Man...
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  Like you know...
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  I think it was...
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  It's kind of funny...
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  Because I...
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  I was talking in this...
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  Meeting sort of thing one day...
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  And I said...
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  You know man...
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  This thing has turned into a marketing thing...
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  For people coming in...
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  And we're trying to like...
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  Tell them how good this is...
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  And...
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  Trying to like...
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  You know...
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  Just persuade them...
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  Just to try another way of life...
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  I don't...
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  Like you know...
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  I didn't have an option...
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  If you still do...
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  Cool...
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  You still got some wiggle room...
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  Cool...
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  I...
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  You know...
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  When I see someone come in...
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  Man...
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  That's just broken...
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  That gets me excited...
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  Because that's who I was...
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  And like...
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  I know I'm not talking to just people like that...
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  But so like...
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  The opposite of this is...
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  Is like...
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  If I only focus on me...
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  I will only get what I can bring out of it...
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  But like...
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  See...
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  I think the domino effect...
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  Is when I go help God's kid over here...
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  When I go help God's kid over here...
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  When I do this...
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  When I get out of me...
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  Because that's that freedom...
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  That's that freedom from bondage of self...
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  That...
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  Me helping somebody...
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  Me loving on somebody...
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  Not...
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  You know...
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  I...
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  I love what I used to...
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  What I used to...
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  I still see...
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  That's like...
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  You know...
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  Different people...
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  They'll be like...
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  You know...
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  I'm working on me...
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  Phase...
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  Whatever that is...
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  Like on their social medias...
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  Or you know...
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  You talk to them...
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  I'm just working on me...
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  What does that mean?
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  Are you setting...
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  Aside...
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  Things on a piece of paper...
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  Every day...
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  And saying...
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  I'm working on me...
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  What am I going to do for me today?
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  Because you know...
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  The most things...
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  I've ever been able to get out...
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  Of my life...
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  Personally...
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  Is when I help you...
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  Is when I'm of service...
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  To my family...
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  Is when I'm of service...
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  To my job...
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  To my kid...
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  To my...
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  You know...
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  The people around me...
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  And...
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  The book...
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  All I have...
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  Is about perfectly on page...
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  And I'm so glad...
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  Like you know...
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  To some cash of mice...
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  Start doing it like it...
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  Be sure...
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  Just recite this stuff...
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  It's...
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  It's pumping me up...
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  It says...
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  Our real purpose...
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  Is to fit ourselves...
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  To be a maximum of service...
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  To God and the people about us...
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  That's our real purpose...
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  Right?
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  So...
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  When I...
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  I think like...
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  When I hear people...
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  Talk about expectations...
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  Um...
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  What else do we got here?
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  Expectations...
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  And...
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  Uh...
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  Validation...
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  Approval...
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  And security...
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  And all this stuff...
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  You know...
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  I...
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  What am I putting into this relationship?
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  Because like...
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  So for instance...
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  If I'm...
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  If I got security...
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  And...
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  You know...
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  These other issues...
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  In a relationship...
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  Well...
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  What am I putting into the relationship?
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  Am I giving...
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  Enough in this relationship...
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  As it is right now?
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  Why would this person...
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  Am I doing enough...
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  For this person...
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  To even want to stay with me?
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  Because there's been times...
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  In my life...
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  That I haven't...
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  That I have not given...
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  And then the person leaves me...
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  I'm like...
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  What happened?
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  Well...
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  You know...
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  You weren't even there...
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  To have to talk...
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  What are you...
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  What are you...
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  What are we talking about?
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  So...
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  And I think like...
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  Where we kind of...
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  Float that through is...
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  On page 67...
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  You know...
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  They do not...
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  Though we did not like their symptoms...
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  I don't like anybody's symptoms...
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  And the way they disturbed us...
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  Right?
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  So like...
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  I'm not gonna like the way you disturb me...
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  At all...
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  I'll never have...
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  But it goes on to say...
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  They like ourselves...
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  Are sick too...
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  So...
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  If like...
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  We're all spiritually sick...
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  If I can come into one with that...
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  Then I...
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  You know...
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  I can...
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  Do I expect me to do this?
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  Like...
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  Like...
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  I think the whole thing is...
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  Loving each other for where we're at...
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  And if I...
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  If we have the ability to...
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  Um...
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  You know...
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  The only place I have found...
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  You know...
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  It says...
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  Lasting emotional stability...
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  The only place I have found in...
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  This literature...
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  Well...
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  At least the 12...
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  12 and 12...
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  In the big book...
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  Where it's talking about...
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  Anything about emotional...
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  Anything...
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  Well...
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  Emotional sobriety at least...
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  It says...
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  It's on the first page of Step 12 on 106...
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  It says...
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  Here we experience the giving...
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  That asks no rewards...
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  Here we...
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  Here we begin to practice...
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  All 12 steps of the program...
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  In our daily lives...
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  So that we...
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  And those about us...
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  May find emotional sobriety...
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  So when I'm practicing this...
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  And I'm helping other people...
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  And giving this way...
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  I...
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  May find emotional sobriety...
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  When the 12th step is seen...
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  In its full implication...
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  It is really talking about...
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  The kind of love...
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  That has no price tag on it...
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  My sponsor...
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  You know...
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  He's kind of cocky sometimes...
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  And you know...
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  He said one day...
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  He's like...
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  You know...
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  I only sponsor sponsors...
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  And I was like...
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  What?
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  You know...
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  What are you talking about?
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  And you know...
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  I understand that today...
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  You know...
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  And...
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  But I usually take some dude...
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  To the work...
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  Like at some point of the time...
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  I say...
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  Hey...
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  Like you know...
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  The only dudes I'm willing to sponsor...
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  Dudes that were willing to sponsor...
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  Right?
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  Because if you're not willing to sponsor dudes...
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  And you just want to get some cool words...
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  In your head...
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  That's fine...
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  But I don't have the time for that...
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  I have time for the people...
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  That are willing to go to any league...
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  Am I willing to go to any league?
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  Man...
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  I'll tell you...
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  You know...
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  Where I'm sitting at right here...
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  It's at 640...
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  I got pulled up here...
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  About 625...
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  I was running a little bit late this morning...
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  I didn't set my alarm...
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  So I didn't wake up...
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  At 415...
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  I woke up at 515...
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  That's crazy for me...
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  But it's okay...
• 14:07
  So I got a little extra sleep...
• 14:08
  But I got to beat myself up about it...
• 14:09
  So I did my morning stuff...
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  And...
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  I skipped shower...
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  So...
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  But I did take a shower yesterday...
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  So it might be a little stinky...
• 14:21
  But I did take a shower...
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  Like you know...
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  Later in the evening yesterday...
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  But...
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  I'm sitting here...
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  In front of this park...
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  In this lake...
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  Um...
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  Gotta be at work at 7...
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  So like I got 20 minutes...
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  To be at work...
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  And...
• 14:34
  But that's what my morning looks like...
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  Right?
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  You know...
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  I...
• 14:39
  Wrote my significant other...
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  Her note...
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  I wrote it...
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  I...
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  You know...
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  And if you...
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  Like want to know what I do in the morning...
• 14:44
  It's like...
• 14:45
  So my morning looks like...
• 14:45
  I do my prayers...
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  I do my writing...
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  I write my significant other...
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  Or a letter...
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  Every morning...
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  I kiss her...
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  Tell her I love her...
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  Sometimes we have some...
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  Like the baby might wake up...
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  Baby might not...
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  You know...
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  And I'm at...
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  My coffee's made already...
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  I gotta work...
• 15:04
  And you...
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  I send...
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  My morning thing out...
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  To like...
• 15:07
  50 dudes that I talk to...
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  And...
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  50 people...
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  There's some ladies in there...
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  But like...
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  That's what my morning looks like...
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  And like...
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  That's what today looks like...
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  And it's about...
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  Me...
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  Like...
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  Because like...
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  You know...
• 15:19
  I do have a sense of this...
• 15:21
  Being of service to others...
• 15:23
  And like...
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  I think if you're in that thing...
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  And whatever you're doing...
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  I think that's good...
• 15:29
  Like...
• 15:29
  Because I think like...
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  You know...
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  Up until a point...
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  I can go to like...
• 15:33
  These places...
• 15:34
  And you know...
• 15:35
  Say I'm being of service...
• 15:36
  But...
• 15:36
  If there's something deep down inside of me...
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  That says there's more than go for more...
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  You know...
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  I...
• 15:42
  I think God directs me...
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  In every which way I...
• 15:45
  I move...
• 15:46
  Like...
• 15:46
  There...
• 15:46
  There will be times that I make phone calls...
• 15:48
  To people...
• 15:49
  That I have no idea...
• 15:51
  How I made that phone call...
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  Or why...
• 15:53
  And I just do it...
• 15:54
  I just go...
• 15:55
  People's names pop up in my head...
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  I call them...
• 15:58
  I don't care what...
• 15:59
  Like...
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  You know...
• 15:59
  I don't care if I'm bothering them...
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  I...
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  God put those names in there for a reason...
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  So I...
• 16:04
  I act on it...
• 16:06
  And I...
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  I rely on it today...
• 16:08
  And...
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  You know...
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  We start doing that after a while...
• 16:13
  And so...
• 16:14
  If there's anything else...
• 16:16
  Like on this...
• 16:17
  What we're talking about...
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  Like you know...
• 16:19
  Kind of like validation...
• 16:20
  And all this...
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  It's...
• 16:21
  On page 19...
• 16:23
  It's at the bottom...
• 16:24
  Most of us sense that real tolerance...
• 16:25
  Of other people's shortcomings...
• 16:27
  And viewpoints...
• 16:28
  And respect for their opinions...
• 16:29
  Or attitude...
• 16:30
  Which make us more useful to others...
• 16:33
  See you know...
• 16:34
  The only thing...
• 16:35
  You know...
• 16:37
  And it's funny...
• 16:38
  Because I...
• 16:39
  It was...
• 16:39
  Me and...
• 16:40
  Pastor Mike...
• 16:41
  We were arguing about something...
• 16:42
  And...
• 16:43
  He was like...
• 16:44
  Go look it up on AI...
• 16:45
  And I did...
• 16:46
  And I was right...
• 16:48
  You know...
• 16:48
  If this...
• 16:49
  If this...
• 16:50
  This program...
• 16:51
  Had anything in there...
• 16:52
  To do with self-love...
• 16:54
  Then it doesn't...
• 16:56
  Because self-love is...
• 16:58
  Well...
• 16:59
  I mean...
• 16:59
  Just in this program...
• 17:00
  I mean...
• 17:01
  And you don't really have to...
• 17:02
  Like break it down to me...
• 17:03
  Because I'm on a...
• 17:05
  I have an attitude...
• 17:06
  And perspective...
• 17:07
  And I'm willing to listen...
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  To how...
• 17:11
  This...
• 17:11
  Because...
• 17:11
  This is the basic text...
• 17:13
  Of our society...
• 17:13
  Right?
• 17:14
  And it says...
• 17:15
  On the...
• 17:15
  After the...
• 17:16
  On the forward...
• 17:17
  You know...
• 17:17
  To show other alcoholics...
• 17:18
  Precisely how we have recovered...
• 17:19
  Is the main purpose of this book...
• 17:21
  So...
• 17:22
  And then it goes on to say...
• 17:23
  For them...
• 17:24
  We hope these pages...
• 17:25
  Will prove so convincing...
• 17:26
  That no further...
• 17:27
  Authentication will be necessary...
• 17:29
  So like...
• 17:31
  I don't know...
• 17:33
  Where it is...
• 17:34
  But you know...
• 17:35
  Like you know...
• 17:35
  After I love you...
• 17:36
  You know...
• 17:36
  I do love myself...
• 17:38
  You know...
• 17:38
  I think like...
• 17:39
  I listen to talk...
• 17:40
  Listen to read some books...
• 17:41
  They're kind of aligned to this...
• 17:43
  If you don't...
• 17:44
  Like you know...
• 17:45
  If I don't feel...
• 17:46
  Like I'm good enough...
• 17:48
  Well...
• 17:48
  I do more...
• 17:50
  Right?
• 17:51
  Like...
• 17:52
  If I don't make enough money...
• 17:54
  I explore other means to make monies...
• 17:56
  If I don't...
• 17:58
  Feel like I'm doing things...
• 18:00
  You know...
• 18:01
  If I feel...
• 18:02
  Worthless...
• 18:03
  We'll do worthy things...
• 18:05
  And that's kind of like...
• 18:06
  You know...
• 18:06
  A daunting thing...
• 18:07
  Because like...
• 18:07
  You know...
• 18:07
  But I think like...
• 18:10
  If I feel like I'm not of use to others...
• 18:12
  Well...
• 18:13
  Can I be of use to others today?
• 18:14
  Can I make the phone call...
• 18:16
  To say...
• 18:16
  Hey man...
• 18:17
  Like I said...
• 18:17
  Like you know...
• 18:18
  Call and complain about my problems...
• 18:20
  Can I ask about this personally?
• 18:21
  What's going on in your life today?
• 18:24
  But you know...
• 18:24
  I think this whole thing is about love...
• 18:26
  And me showing love to you...
• 18:28
  I...
• 18:31
  I...
• 18:31
  I'm just going to read page 164...
• 18:34
  The bottom paragraph...
• 18:36
  And then I'll...
• 18:37
  End it with a prayer...
• 18:39
  Because I got to get to work too...
• 18:41
  But...
• 18:41
  And I'm sure some of you people...
• 18:42
  Have got some things to do...
• 18:43
  Y'all don't want to listen to me rant all morning...
• 18:45
  It says...
• 18:46
  The last paragraph says...
• 18:47
  Abandon yourself to God...
• 18:49
  As you understand God...
• 18:50
  Ammit your faults to Him...
• 18:52
  And to your fellows...
• 18:54
  Clear away the wreckage of the past...
• 18:56
  And give freely...
• 18:58
  Of what you find...
• 18:59
  And join us...
• 19:00
  We shall be with you...
• 19:02
  In the fellowship of the Spirit...
• 19:04
  And we will...
• 19:05
  And you will surely meet...
• 19:06
  Some of us...
• 19:07
  As you trudge the road...
• 19:08
  Of happy destiny...
• 19:10
  God bless you...
• 19:11
  And keep you until then...
• 19:12
  Thank you guys for letting me rant this morning...
• 19:16
  I might...
• 19:16
  I don't know...
• 19:17
  I don't know what I...
• 19:19
  Thank you...
• 19:21
  You know...
• 19:21
  I'm really grateful for this...
• 19:22
  This way to talk...
• 19:23
  In this way to...
• 19:24
  You know...
• 19:25
  Go through this work...
• 19:26
  And help others...
• 19:27
  And thank you for the privilege to do this...
• 19:29
  And it says...
• 19:30
  Prayer...
• 19:30
  Father God...
• 19:31
  Help me place my trust in you...
• 19:33
  Rather than...
• 19:34
  In the opinions of others...
• 19:36
  Though your Holy Spirit...
• 19:38
  Give me...
• 19:38
  The peace that comes from depending on you...
• 19:41
  Shaping my life through the example of Jesus...
• 19:43
  Amen...
• 19:44
  Hoje on GoodCard, an esses daurem
• 19:48
  Thank you.