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Unplanned Moments, Unforgettable Stories: Everything Happens For a Reason · D-constructing Topics

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  What's going on everybody and welcome to the
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  deconstructing topic podcast my name
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  is david and i'm your legendary host of
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  this beautiful legendary podcast hope we are doing well hope hopefully you was
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  able to kind of uh not put this on the highs of all the highs volume when i
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  start to talk or when i do my intro because yeah either i'm gonna get you hype
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  i'm gonna get you I'm going to just rock some emotions.
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  Let's get it. Welcome to my podcast, my beautiful podcast.
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  And once again, my name is David, and I'm your host of this wonderful podcast.
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  And today's episode, once again, a little impromptu.
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  This is why I love doing the little podcast on my app, The Pop Beam,
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  because I could get to do a podcast on the fly, on the go, wherever I'm at,
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  whatever it is that I'm doing.
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  And, you know, lately, for some reason, you know, I've been on a mission.
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  So when I'm on a mission, it's like everything happens for a reason, right?
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  And today's little episode, it's kind of like a little one of those things that
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  a reminder about how human we are,
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  how emotional we get, and how little subtle things could change somebody's life
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  and even could change somebody's day, for sure.
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  And one of those things that I, you know, I just want to share a couple of stories
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  here. Because once again, I'm told people I'm on a mission.
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  This is my 20th year anniversary being in a car accident.
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  You already know for those people that know me. And for those people that are
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  listening to my podcast, feel
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  free to share, like, comment, all that good stuff. We got some good stuff.
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  And, you know, if you're in a train or whatever, wherever you are driving,
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  wherever you are. But if you see this nice Puerto Rican man kind of stop you
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  and say, hey, you okay? You doing all right?
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  Maybe that's me. That's the Deconstructing Talbot Podcast.
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  See, I'm a people's people. And one of the things that I've learned and I know
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  in life that sometimes what happens is that when people, you know,
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  people are hesitant to tell stories.
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  And I'm one of the mindset, like the late Kobe Bryant basketball player,
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  who always kind of emphasized the art of storytelling.
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  Because sometimes in life we just don't know.
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  Tomorrow is never guaranteed, that's for sure. But what's interesting about
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  those situations is that it's basically,
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  sometimes when you start to open up, even if you are an introvert or whatever
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  it is, you start to open up, then you're telling a story and you're changing somebody's life.
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  And a shout out to a couple of things, a couple of little scenarios here that happened to me lately.
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  And then it was not too long ago.
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  I'm over here, New York City. Let's go, New York. Ow!
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  In the Flatiron District, you already know, 20-something street,
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  whatever it is, 5th, 6th Avenue.
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  As I'm walking down, you know, just finished doing a little gym workout,
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  like, cool, you know, doing my thing, boom, boom.
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  Heading to work, as you already know.
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  I'm here, I'm here, I'm at work doing my thing, and I'm always doing a thing of a think-thing.
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  Then I see this beautiful young brother.
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  And I, you know, I tell me, you know, it's funny because the other day there
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  was somebody that was doing construction. I'm like, I'll be careful out there, young brother.
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  And the individual looks at me and like, well, you know, just to let you know,
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  you know, I'm actually, you know, pretty old.
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  And I'm like looking at the person and I'm like, tell me, everybody's young,
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  young brother, young sister, whatever it is.
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  Because remember, my name is David and I'm the host of Deconstruct and Topper Podcast.
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  And I carry a hat as I'm a teacher
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  and you're getting an education so it doesn't matter what
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  walk of life and how long you have experienced this
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  world that's the way I see it and I saw
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  this young brother sweating little polo
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  shirt something going on and he stops in a corner and I'm like damn it's he
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  okay is that person gonna get a little heart attack or something to that effect
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  because I'm looking at him and you know the end of it just like I cannot say
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  uh sweating profusely And I'm like, you all right, brother?
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  It's like, yeah, we're his acting. Like, yeah, brother, thanks for acting me.
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  Just, you know, my left foot. And I'm like, what?
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  And we started talking because, hey, listen, I got little issues with my left
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  foot. I got three screws on my left foot because of the car accident.
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  And we over here sharing stories on how, you know, about each other.
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  And I'm like telling him, yo, you looked like you was about to have a stroke.
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  I'm like, no, no, just a little pain, but I'm good. Don't worry.
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  Don't worry. I appreciate you. And he had this heavy little accent.
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  But I still was able to kind of tell. And he was like, okay,
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  you know, good brother, you know. And I'm like, hey, okay, where you from?
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  There's that guy from Africa. And I'm looking at him like, yeah, okay, come on.
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  Africa, really? Like, you know, that's like 10,000 countries.
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  Come on, put me on here. And he told me he's from the Ivory Coast.
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  And then we started laughing because it's like, you know, I get it.
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  I get it. You know what I mean?
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  Sometimes in life, you know, some people just don't know.
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  You know, they know Africa, but
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  they just won't know certain countries in Africa. So I get it. I get it.
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  But not me. Come on, man. I'm ready to reverse.
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  Started talking a little bit of history. And, you know, he was laughing. I already know.
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  Networking with the young brother. His young brother, he looked a little bit,
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  as he lived life a little bit longer than me, more experienced.
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  But hey, and just the fact those little things, and I'm not telling people that
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  when you see somebody distressed or anybody, but sometimes in life,
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  this little acts of randomness that could help people, you know what I'm saying?
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  That could change the whole view on how that person sees the day.
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  And it leads me to a little another interesting story. Because everything happens
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  for a reason, and that's, like, the reason I kind of did this little podcast.
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  Because sometimes I just want to remind people that we're not guaranteed the next day, man.
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  Stop fooling around. Stop messing around. Stop playing with people's emotions. Just make it happen.
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  Stay positive. Do positive things. Let's do something productive.
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  You know what I'm saying?
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  So normally, you know, as I do my routine at work Whatever the case might be
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  I take a little bit of a lunch break A little bit early because I'm up early
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  Do my gym thing at 4, you know At 5,
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  5.40 I'm already starting in the gym,
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  So I'm kind of eating lunch. So, you know, I decided yesterday that I,
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  let me change my lunch hour.
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  You know, let me just go outside and pick up something. Because normally I'm
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  like, you know, I'm in New York City.
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  After 12, the streets get flooded. I guess everybody who's everybody in whatever
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  work that you do, construction, office, window cleaning, whatever cleaning.
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  For the most part, there's a lot of offices here in New York City, man.
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  And it seems that after 12, everybody takes their lunch.
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  So between 12 to 1 to 1.30, yeah, you could tell who's out to lunch, right?
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  So as I'm out to lunch, picking up a little in a Spanish restaurant,
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  I did my order and I sit down.
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  And I see this beautiful young lady, you know, kind of going,
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  getting up, going back and forth. And I'm like, okay, is she okay? You know?
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  And I start a conversation. And that's just me.
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  You know, that's deconstructing everywhere I go. If I see like somebody is a
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  little bit distressed at all, I'm saying is this.
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  If you care for people, you do something random. That's just me.
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  Sometimes I'm like a little bit cautious on what it is. But,
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  you know, sometimes for those people that know me, that work with me,
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  sometimes I go around the office where I work at in a whole block,
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  visiting almost every department saying good morning, how you doing? That's just me.
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  So I see this individual just going back and forth. And I'm like,
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  is she okay? And, you know, then I guess she gets a phone call.
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  And she gets a little bit of hype. And I'm like, hey, you know,
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  everything okay? You know, it's one of those days.
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  And we started striking a conversation. And you already know me.
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  Just like the young brother that was walking down the street,
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  just like everybody, when I start talking, I always like to input a little story
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  and then networking. Hey, listen, I got a podcast. Let's make it happen.
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  So as we talk, and then I start to kind of like, because it was a little bit
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  busy, like my food is taking a little bit long.
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  So then, you know, I told the individual, hey, sister, you know,
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  I'm doing my 20-year anniversary. I survived in a car accident.
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  And I told her the story.
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  And as she's looking at me, she got her eyes wide open. And I'm like, okay.
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  So, you know, I'm just telling the story of whatever the case might be.
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  And, you know, it's crazy how life is because we both kind of had that similar
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  sentiment where sometimes asking somebody how they're doing,
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  it could change the whole day for that person.
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  Always remember that. And if you are in the receiving end of somebody asking
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  you how you're doing, don't take it the wrong way as if, well,
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  there's something wrong with me.
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  And there's people like that, sadly.
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  Take it that perhaps there's somebody out there that cares. You know what I'm saying?
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  And if I'm asking you how you're doing, that means that I care.
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  I truly care and want to listen.
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  You don't got to tell me the story, but I'm listening.
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  So as I'm over here sitting down talking about that story, I'm talking about
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  my car accident and all that, and I see this beautiful young sister looking
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  at me, eyes wide open, whatever the case might be.
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  She's like, yeah, I'm following you. She's a little bit hype.
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  I'm a little bit hype, but there's something missing.
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  It's like something.
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  Now, she did mention that her brother passed away, but what's crazy before she
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  left is like, hey, my brother passed away from a car accident. And I'm like, wow.
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  I'm over here telling a story of survival, and wow, I see why she got like that.
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  And hopefully, I will definitely come across, and hey, listen,
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  next time I come across you, give a little hug because I feel that pain.
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  You know what I mean? And that's why I created a pocket.
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  So I could find ways, different platforms, so I could talk to people.
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  Because I always tell people, look, listen, everybody's different.
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  Everybody offers something different, but I would guarantee you when I would
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  tell you a story, that's why you got to share my channel.
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  You got to subscribe because there's a crazy story, a little secret that not
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  a lot of people know, but I'm going to start talking about it.
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  That's why you got to follow and all that good stuff. But
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  I spent half a decade keeping somebody
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  alive Not only I just saved
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  that person's life But I kept that person alive That's
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  correct That's me That's Deconstructing Topic Podcast That's what I did That's
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  what when you see me You start to see that little business card that says Deconstructing
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  Topic Podcast Don't think that it was a coincidence Everything is happening
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  for a reason And if I'm in that spot,
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  that means that you were meant to come across me.
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  And that's why I say we're on a mission. So if we all want to get on board and
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  we all want to help each other, because at the end of the day,
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  that's all we have is each other. It doesn't matter.
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  The elites are doing the elite stuff. The politicians are doing the politician stuff.
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  The people with money are doing the things with money. And guess what? We only have.
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  We have only each other. And we only have emotions.
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  And we can only become wealthy with bad things in our place.
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  It ain't all about the money.
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  Being wealthy is not all about it. It's all about that love and caring to know
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  that there's people out there who do care.
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  So if you ever see somebody that, you know, you might think,
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  sometimes don't be hesitant.
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  Hey, listen, at the end of the day, if they're having a bad day and they come
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  with a little attitude, hey, that's not on you.
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  But what's in your conscience is that what you did is constantly that you extend
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  a hand to that person by all means.
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  And when I saw the young brother and then yesterday, the young sister,
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  hey, listen, we are here today and we are about to tell that story.
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  But we making it happen once again.
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  I'm going to ask everybody when you listen to this podcast, it's how you doing. And I'm here.
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  And this is the Deconstructing Topping Podcast. And I'm out of here Must love Peace I'm out.