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S7 Ep: 1982 The Power of Kindness: A Heartfelt Conversation with Dr. E · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Three, two, one. So in the past, we have talked about when you don't feel well,
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  you end up saying, I think I've got this.
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  And the last time we did this, it was part one. Where what did we do? We did the worst thing.
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  We went on the internet and we tried to self-diagnose ourselves.
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  We're going to take a step to the side now. When was the last time you self-diagnosed
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  yourself with the last time you did one random act of kindness?
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  What have you done lately to put smiles on other people's faces?
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  Dr. E is back, and it's another edition of Have Faith, Let It Begin, and it starts right now.
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  It's Monday, and you know what that means. Welcome to Have Faith.
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  Let it begin podcast of inspiration.
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  It's a podcast of hope. It's a podcast of faith and it's a podcast of friendship.
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  Here is your host, Angel Santana and special co-host Dr. E.
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  We're a three podcast time. That's it, man. Let's rock and roll in three, two, one.
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  Dr. E, welcome back, my friend. It's Have Faith, Let It Begin. How are you, buddy?
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  Man, I'm missing you. I'm missing my have faith colleagues and friends and crime,
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  and I'm hoping all is well, and I hope you guys are all feeling great.
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  Spring is here. I wish the rain would leave, but I'm not complaining because
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  it's not sleeting, and it's not icy. It's not cold, although it is cold and
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  windy and wet, but I'll take it over January, February, November, December for sure.
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  And I have to bring this up because we haven't had a chance to talk,
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  you and I, because we've had really busy schedules.
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  But the last time that we spoke on a personal level, you knew that my refrigerator broke.
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  And I did an episode on that. And what you didn't probably get a chance to get
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  to, and I want to hear your reaction to it. I've been dying to do this to you.
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  The gentleman who I hired, thanks to my wife, because let's be honest, the wife did it.
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  And his name is Alan. He's the appliance whisperer, and that's what he listed on his business card.
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  Not only did he fix my refrigerator, do you know he fixed the frigid air microwave?
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  I love it. As a matter of fact, I think that we should maybe anoint him to sainthood,
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  this St. Alan. It's still working.
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  And it's a beautiful thing. Anyway, so I know when I heard that,
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  I said, what I have to laugh about is you've had this drama with this,
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  with this microwave that probably cost you $75.
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  No, the microwave cost us 400. It was overpriced and we had so much drama with
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  it that this guy took him literally, no lie, two minutes to diagnose it and fix it.
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  And you know what? It was a sane hood. My refrigerator had to break in order
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  for him to be there to fix that microwave.
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  But I don't want to get off topic.
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  What would you say, because I know, Dr. E, we just did a podcast that aired
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  this past Sunday and I encourage everybody to check it out.
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  But what have you done lately in your either personal life or in your career
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  that would you say put a smile on somebody's face? Can you think of anything off the top of your head?
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  Actually, I think I did. I had a wonderful, wonderful woman that I saw this
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  week and she was accompanied by her daughter who was developmentally disabled.
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  And before I even started talking to the patient, I spent about a half hour
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  kind of just getting to know her daughter and asking her questions about her life.
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  And she was about to start the special Olympics and just getting her like involved in her mom's care.
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  You know, she didn't understand what was going on really, but it was just so,
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  you know, it made my heart swell with delight to be able to see her smile and see her laugh.
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  And then when I, then when I went to business and I went to work and I took
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  care of the mom and did what I had to do when I left,
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  you know, her and her husband, like they hugged me and they said,
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  you know, we've been to many doctors in this process with our,
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  with our breast cancer situation.
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  And no one has ever taken even a second to not only talk to our daughter,
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  but even acknowledge that she's in the room.
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  And they wanted to thank me for that. And I thought, my gosh, that's like so natural.
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  Obviously, this is a very strong person and a very strong family.
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  We look at our children, if we happen to be lucky enough and blessed to have
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  children that are not developmentally disabled and that are living normal, you know,
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  normal lives, fulfilling lives, happy lives, successful lives.
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  And then we look at a family that has, has had to raise an adult,
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  a child to an adulthood, you know, who is significantly, you know,
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  burdened with all of these disabilities and, you know, not just,
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  you know, intellectual disabilities, but physical disabilities and whatnot.
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  And, and all the challenges of having to, you know, to, to deal with all the
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  things they must have to deal with.
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  I thought it just so natural to spend a few minutes to acknowledge that and
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  to also pay respect to that by being respectful to their kid.
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  And I think that would be my answer.
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  That's what I think I did this week to put a smile on someone's face.
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  And if you know Dr. E like I do, this is not something that he does just to
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  do it. It just comes natural.
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  He will walk into a room and he'll acknowledge everyone in the room.
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  If it takes an extra 15 minutes to shake everyone's hand, he's going to do it.
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  So I'm not shocked by that story. And I think that's a really awesome and touching story.
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  I think for me, just this past week, I received a phone call at the job from
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  an individual who reached out to me.
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  The patient wasn't even there anymore, but wanted to thank me for just making her feel special.
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  Meaning where, and you know, here's a woman that's calling about her daughter
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  who was going through a lot and dealing with a lot of issues and,
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  you know, the family's going through it.
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  But every time she would get me on the phone, she felt at peace before she was
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  able to be transferred to the doctor, transferred to the daughter.
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  So, you know, it made me realize that, you know, we're not just switchboard operators.
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  We're not just 911 operators at the hospital. We are, we're people too.
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  And, and we don't know just because people call you, whether it is on your home
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  phone or whatever, we don't know where people are coming from.
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  We don't know what, what their challenges are. We don't know what their struggles are.
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  And if we can just take a few seconds to welcome them and, and,
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  and, and ask them how their day is, it, it just puts people at ease and it,
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  and it, it sets the tone and allows people to just understand that,
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  that we are, we all go through it at one point or another.
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  I love that story. I appreciate that. And if anybody who is in our half faith,
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  let it be, you know, family that works at the hospital, come by my office because
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  there's really cool artwork on my door for my new friend.
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  Absolutely. Listen, on behalf of all of us here at half faith,
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  let it begin. I want to take the opportunity to challenge you.
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  We all know that this month is autism awareness month.
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  We all know that there's people out there that can use a hug,
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  a phone call, a prayer, even a friendly hello, a wave, a nod,
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  whatever, a wink, a good wink, and a good smile.
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  Anything and everything goes a long way. And it all starts with us.
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  Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you for today's episode of Have Faith Let It Begin.
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  We thank you for Dr. E who always takes the time to be on this show once a week.
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  And we thank him for his podcast that is doing so many different things and inspiring so many.
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  The Crock Podcast is just another great opportunity for all of us to learn more
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  about cancer and survivors and all things that we don't even know about.
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  And it's just taking a few minutes.
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  One random act of kindness can easily change somebody else's day,
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  life, and maybe give them a little bit of hope. So we're asking you to try that as well.
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  May God be with you. May he shine his light upon you and grant each and every
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  single one of you peace on earth.
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  And never forget, have faith, let it begin, baby. See you guys later.
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  Music.