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Steps of Faith | Episode #506 · Legacy Living with Dr. Gloria Burgess

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to today's show, Legacy Living, Make your
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  Speaker 1: Life Count. I'm your host, Doctor Gloria. Gloria Burgess, international
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  Speaker 1: leadership expert and trusted advisor. Welcome to Legacy Living, Make
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  Speaker 1: your Life Count. I'm delighted that you joined me. I
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  Speaker 1: want to give a big thank you to those of
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  Speaker 1: you listening today all around the world. I'm delighted and
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  Speaker 1: so grateful that you tuned in. I sure hope you're
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  Speaker 1: enjoying a fabulous day and that you're having a fantastic week,
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  Speaker 1: because you know what, in the grand song of the universe,
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  Speaker 1: life is very very short. It's short and sweet and
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  Speaker 1: very precious. So I hope you're making a difference in
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  Speaker 1: your own life, because when you do, you also make
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  Speaker 1: a difference in someone else's life. Now, a lot of
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  Speaker 1: folks want to make their life count for something, and
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  Speaker 1: they ask me, doctor Gloria, how do you do that. Well,
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  Speaker 1: it's very simple, very simple. You make your life count,
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  Speaker 1: day by day, step by step, moment by moment, every
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  Speaker 1: single day. Three sixty five twenty four seven. That's what
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  Speaker 1: Legacy Living, Make your Life Count is all about. Now
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  Speaker 1: you can learn more about Legacy Living, Make your Life
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  Speaker 1: count by visiting my website, the Gloria Burgess website. That's
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  Speaker 1: g l O R I A B as in boy,
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  Speaker 1: you are g E S S dot com Again, that's
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  Speaker 1: Gloria Burgess dot com. Or you can visit me on
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  Speaker 1: Facebook and you can find me on Facebook right here
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  Speaker 1: at Facebook dot com. Forward slash d R for doctor
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  Speaker 1: d R Gloria Burgess pH D forward Slash. Today, i
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  Speaker 1: want to talk with you about one of my favorite topics,
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  Speaker 1: daring to wear your soul on the outside, daring to
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  Speaker 1: live out loud. Now, specifically, I'm going to focus on
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  Speaker 1: several folks who have stepped up who said, you know what,
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  Speaker 1: I want more in my life. I want to be more,
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  Speaker 1: I want to know more, and I want to serve more.
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  Speaker 1: I hope these stories about people who have transformed their
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  Speaker 1: lives will inspire you as they have inspired me. And
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  Speaker 1: if you are inspired, I will share more about how
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  Speaker 1: you too can make that same kind of shift in
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  Speaker 1: your own life. Later in today's program, I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: share some resources with you so you can do exactly that,
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  Speaker 1: so you can equip yourself to make the kind of
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  Speaker 1: difference in your life that you will hear about in
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  Speaker 1: this inspiring story that I want to share with you today.
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  Speaker 1: So once again, today's focus is dare to wear your
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  Speaker 1: soul on the outside. What does that mean, Well, it
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  Speaker 1: means daring to live out loud. So now it's time
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  Speaker 1: to sit back and relax. Make yourself a cup of
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  Speaker 1: coffee or tea, or get yourself a nice tall glass
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  Speaker 1: of water, put your feet up, relax in your favorite chair,
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  Speaker 1: or put your earbuds on and go for a walk. Right,
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  Speaker 1: and don't forget to take notes, okay, because you're going
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  Speaker 1: to have to take notes today. You're going to get
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  Speaker 1: a lot of great information and we're going to have
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  Speaker 1: an amazing time. Now, before I jump into today's show,
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  Speaker 1: I want to take just a moment to welcome you.
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  Speaker 1: If you're just joining us, I'm your host, doctor Gloria.
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  Speaker 1: This is legacy living, Make your life count. I'd like
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  Speaker 1: to extend a very special welcome to those of you
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  Speaker 1: who are joining my show, or if you're joining Talk
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  Speaker 1: Network Radio for the very first time, you're in for
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  Speaker 1: a real treat. I'm so excited to have you listening
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  Speaker 1: in today and I'm deeply honored that you've allowed me
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  Speaker 1: to be part of your day. So you can be
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  Speaker 1: inspired by the ideas and resources to make your life count.
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  Speaker 1: Today's program again is all about daring to wear your
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  Speaker 1: soul on the outside. Some people say daring to live
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  Speaker 1: out loud a very important topic so you can enjoy
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  Speaker 1: the life you love, a life of joy, and a
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  Speaker 1: life of service. One of my favorite poets, Muriel Rickaiser,
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  Speaker 1: reminds us that the world is not made up of Atams. Oh, no,
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  Speaker 1: the world is not made up of Adams. Well, if
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  Speaker 1: it's not made up of Adams, then what is it
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  Speaker 1: made of Well, I'm so glad you asked right. It's
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  Speaker 1: made up of stories. Our world is made up of stories.
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  Speaker 1: I just love that. Now. Let's just think about that
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  Speaker 1: for a moment. No matter where you live in the world,
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  Speaker 1: you hear stories, right. You hear stories from the time
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  Speaker 1: you're born. You hear stories as a little babe in arms, right.
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  Speaker 1: Stories you hear around the dinner table or around the hearth.
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  Speaker 1: We hear stories when we go to school, stories in
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  Speaker 1: the lunch room, stories when we're ready to leave school,
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  Speaker 1: when we're ready to graduate and perhaps move on to college.
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  Speaker 1: And then when we apply to college, they ask us
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  Speaker 1: to share stories about why we want to go to
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  Speaker 1: college and what we hope to accomplish there. And then
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  Speaker 1: once we arrive at college, we hear stories about the
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  Speaker 1: college or the university that we're attending, and then more
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  Speaker 1: stories as we move through our studies and then into
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  Speaker 1: the workplace, and there we hear story after story after story.
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  Speaker 1: Stories are a very big part of our lives, so
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  Speaker 1: much so we don't even realize their presence or their
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  Speaker 1: power in our lives. Sometimes. Did you know that stories
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  Speaker 1: are how we make meaning, how we make sense of
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  Speaker 1: the world. Stories help us chart and navigate the many
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  Speaker 1: waters of our lives. They help us as we move
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  Speaker 1: through the many moments, hours, and days of our lives.
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  Speaker 1: In cultures all over the world, stories are revered as medicine,
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  Speaker 1: stories as medicine. Now what exactly does that mean. Well,
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  Speaker 1: stories are called medicine and revered as such because they
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  Speaker 1: help to ground us and when we lose our way,
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  Speaker 1: as we often do in our fast paced, ever evolving world.
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  Speaker 1: Stories are the medicine that enable us, that help us
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  Speaker 1: to come back home. Come back home, which means realigning
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  Speaker 1: with ourselves and coming back into harmony with who we
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  Speaker 1: are and whose we are, with who we belong to. Now.
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  Speaker 1: This is true whether we're talking about an individual, a family,
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  Speaker 1: a community, a team, or an organization. I was with
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  Speaker 1: a client just a couple of days ago, and our
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  Speaker 1: specific focus was on team building. Now, the resources we
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  Speaker 1: used to get to team building, to get from here
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  Speaker 1: to there were stories. In other words, we took a
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  Speaker 1: look at what needed to be serviced, meaning what stories
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  Speaker 1: needed to be serviced and made visible to be discussed
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  Speaker 1: so that we could become intentional about doing what was
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  Speaker 1: necessary to become the best team possible. Right, we wanted
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  Speaker 1: to put our best foot forward, so to speak, to
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  Speaker 1: do our best work in serving the organization's stakeholders. So
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  Speaker 1: once again, stories are are powerful. Medicine. Poet and author
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  Speaker 1: Mark Nepo reminds us that stories are small doses of
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  Speaker 1: what matters, and he says, it is the telling that
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  Speaker 1: releases the medicine, the telling that soothes our pain and
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  Speaker 1: shares our joy. I just love that. I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: repeat it. It is in the telling of the stories,
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  Speaker 1: right that releases the medicine, the telling that soothes our
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  Speaker 1: pain and shares our joy. In the key Swahili language,
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  Speaker 1: the words habari gani mean what's the news or what's
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  Speaker 1: happening now. In this podcast and in several others, I
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  Speaker 1: will share with you small doses of what's happening now,
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  Speaker 1: of what matters in the lives of everyday, ordinary people,
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  Speaker 1: including some people who are very close to me. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: I want to share one particular story with you today,
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  Speaker 1: and this story that I will share breathes the timeless,
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  Speaker 1: universal truths of what I call the Seven Sacred Promises.
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  Speaker 1: They are truths that mentor us in ways of being
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  Speaker 1: that are older than time, Truths that breathe just beneath
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  Speaker 1: the surface of our everyday, busy lives. These are the
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  Speaker 1: truths that we make visible in our life. We can
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  Speaker 1: actually draw on them with conscious intention to shape our
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  Speaker 1: daily choices, actions, and decisions. So what are the seven
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  Speaker 1: Sacred Promises? They are gratitude, faith, love, vision, integrity, creative action,
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  Speaker 1: and legacy. Now you hear me talk about all of
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  Speaker 1: these promises frequently on this podcast in one way or another.
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  Speaker 1: Today you will hear more about those sacred promises through
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  Speaker 1: an inspiring story I'm going to share with you. This
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  Speaker 1: story is a small dose of what matters, and it's
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  Speaker 1: taken from some of the big themes in one of
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  Speaker 1: my poems, and that poem is called song to Myself.
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  Speaker 1: Song to Myself. Now, all of the stories that I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to share with you over the next several weeks,
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  Speaker 1: and this story in particular, are about people who are
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  Speaker 1: just like you and me. Now, how is that? Because
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  Speaker 1: we are all people who care. We care about ourselves,
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  Speaker 1: we care about one another, We care about leaving the
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  Speaker 1: world a little better off than the way we found it.
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  Speaker 1: As stewards of the future, we dare to wear our
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  Speaker 1: souls on the outside, to be in right relationship with
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  Speaker 1: ourself and to be in right relationship with the people
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  Speaker 1: around us. As instruments of soul, we sound the way
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  Speaker 1: for others in our immediate circles and beyond. Did you
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  Speaker 1: know that you you are a magnificent story And as
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  Speaker 1: you live life, you are actually painting. You are painting
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  Speaker 1: on the canvas of your soul. Now, at the end
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  Speaker 1: of my sharing these inspiring stories over the next few weeks,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to invite you to give voice to your
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  Speaker 1: own story, so you too can respond to that important
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  Speaker 1: question habari gani, what's happening now? And I want to
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  Speaker 1: inspire you to draw from the deep well spring of
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  Speaker 1: your life and the transformative power of your own true voice.
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  Speaker 1: Until then, I trust that you will be moved by
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  Speaker 1: these stories of hope, radiance, and celebration as you encounter
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  Speaker 1: each individual soul. I want you to feel that sweet
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  Speaker 1: shimmer of your own story and hear the resonance and
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  Speaker 1: powerful medicine of your own true voice. I trust that
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  Speaker 1: you will bask in the joy and inspiration of the stories,
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  Speaker 1: allowing them to illuminate your sacred life path. I also
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  Speaker 1: trust that you will accept the gifts they offer so
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  Speaker 1: that you can pass these stories on and faithfully serve
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  Speaker 1: the people around you by lighting the path for someone else.
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  Speaker 1: So again, I invite you to get cozyes, sip on
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  Speaker 1: a cup of tea or your favorite coffee, and join
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  Speaker 1: me by the hearth, Join me at the fire to
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  Speaker 1: hear the good news. I will begin this story, as
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  Speaker 1: I will other stories, with a brief excerpt from my
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  Speaker 1: poem song to Myself. It doesn't matter to me what
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  Speaker 1: you do or where you are. I want to know
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  Speaker 1: who you are when the sun goes down, and if
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  Speaker 1: you are willing to put everything on the line to
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  Speaker 1: fulfill your soul's desire. Now I want you to meet
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  Speaker 1: someone very near and dear to me, and that person
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  Speaker 1: is my sweet sister, Vera. My sister is a woman
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  Speaker 1: who put everything on the line to fulfill her soul's desire,
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  Speaker 1: not once, not twice, but many, many, many times. In
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  Speaker 1: her own words, Vera would say that she is blessed
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  Speaker 1: beyond measure, for she is a woman who is at
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  Speaker 1: the divine union of her passion and her calling. Now.
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  Speaker 1: This is one of the many stories she has shared
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  Speaker 1: with me over the years. At this particular time, she
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  Speaker 1: was in the early years of homeschooling her daughter and
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  Speaker 1: launching her private practice as a cranial sacral therapist. The
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  Speaker 1: seeds she had sown through her daily acts of service,
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  Speaker 1: expressed through gratitude, faith, love, and the other sacred promises,
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  Speaker 1: are now providing a harvest of blessings for Vera, her daughter,
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  Speaker 1: as well as for her family, her clients, her community,
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  Speaker 1: and the world beyond now. When she started her private practice,
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  Speaker 1: Vera's personal vision was to begin as a solo practitioner
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  Speaker 1: and then over the next few years, build a wellness
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  Speaker 1: community what I'd like to think of as an ensemble
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  Speaker 1: of light hearted practitioners, she said, I want to work
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  Speaker 1: with other therapists as well as doctors, neurosurgeons, nutritionists and
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  Speaker 1: other professionals who care deeply about health and well being
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  Speaker 1: and who really understand that we are designed by God
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  Speaker 1: God's grace to move toward wholeness, toward health. It will
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  Speaker 1: take a few years, and that's where I see myself now.
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  Speaker 1: When I spoke with Vera to hear about what's happening
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  Speaker 1: on her journey, I greeted her with habari GANI, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: what's the news, and as usual, she was beaming with joy.
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  Speaker 1: This past year has been amazing. It's been a steady
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  Speaker 1: stream of miracles, one right after the other. This time
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  Speaker 1: last year, I was dreaming of building a wellness community.
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  Speaker 1: Well today I'm doing it. It's all happening so fast now.
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  Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong. It didn't happen overnight, right, and
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  Speaker 1: I believe that it wouldn't have happened at all if
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  Speaker 1: I hadn't been intentional and one hundred percent committed to
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  Speaker 1: my calling and life path. Gloria, I have learned the
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  Speaker 1: power of gratitude big time, and the power of faith, love,
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  Speaker 1: vision and all the other promises. I've continued to write
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  Speaker 1: my clients thank you notes my notes of gratitude. My
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  Speaker 1: clients are now referring family members and friends to me.
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  Speaker 1: I'm treating people of all ages. This time last year,
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  Speaker 1: I was praying about how to find clients. Now, most
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  Speaker 1: days I'm fully booked now. Vera also told me of
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  Speaker 1: the difficult decision she made to move her office to
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  Speaker 1: a different location. She decided to make the move to
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  Speaker 1: better accommodate the needs of her clients and to support
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  Speaker 1: her vision of building a wellness community. A few months
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  Speaker 1: before my lease was up, I knew it. I just
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  Speaker 1: knew I had to move to a new location. I'm
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  Speaker 1: not sure exactly how or when I knew it. Was
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  Speaker 1: kind of like when I knew I had to leave
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  Speaker 1: my engineering job and open my practice and homeschool my daughter. Well,
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  Speaker 1: when the building owner approached me about my current lease,
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  Speaker 1: I thought, what do I say that I know I
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  Speaker 1: have to leave. I knew I needed to be honest
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  Speaker 1: with him, so I told him about my vision for
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  Speaker 1: expanding my practice and creating a wellness community. He said,
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  Speaker 1: no problem, come see my other building. I want to
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  Speaker 1: keep you as a tenant. You know me. I jumped
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  Speaker 1: for joy and saying bonus. When I saw the offices
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  Speaker 1: on the first level, I thought, hmmm, nice. The top
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  Speaker 1: of the world offices on the second level were magnificent,
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  Speaker 1: but they just didn't feel right. But when I saw
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  Speaker 1: the office space at the basement level, I knew for
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  Speaker 1: an absolute fact that this is what God had intended
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  Speaker 1: for us to have. He planned it long before I arrived.
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  Speaker 1: There are a series of offices with the central space
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  Speaker 1: or reception Now the offices used to be a counseling facility.
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  Speaker 1: She said, So there's extra insulation in the walls for privacy,
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  Speaker 1: and there's a bathroom right next to my daughter's homeschool room.
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  Speaker 1: It's private, so I don't have to worry about her safety. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: better location, plenty of free parking, and there are plenty
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  Speaker 1: of rooms for expansion and growth space for my wellness
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  Speaker 1: community practitioners. It's perfect. And the building owner is holding
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  Speaker 1: the unoccupied offices for me rent free until they fill.
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  Speaker 2: Well.
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  Speaker 1: Things took off from there so rapidly that I know
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  Speaker 1: it's God. It's divine. Via then told me about another
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  Speaker 1: waterfall of unexpected blessings. The carpenter who custom built the
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  Speaker 1: office and homeschool bookshelves for her old office, disassembled them,
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  Speaker 1: and then reconfigured them for her new space for free.
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  Speaker 2: How cool is that?
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  Speaker 1: Then an acquaintance offered Vera all the interior paints she
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  Speaker 1: needed for twenty five bucks, and a group of the
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  Speaker 1: carpenter's friends painted her entire suite of offices in exchange
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  Speaker 1: for Vera's donation to a needy charity. Now here's a
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  Speaker 1: part of Vera's story that allows us to see why
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  Speaker 1: she's so enthusiastic about and grateful that she responded to
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  Speaker 1: her calling to become a cranial sacral healer. A five
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  Speaker 1: year old boy named Lucas not his real name, of course,
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  Speaker 1: came to my office this week for a treatment. He
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  Speaker 1: has a feeding too because he won't eat. His speech
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  Speaker 1: and social skills are at a level below what they
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  Speaker 1: should be for his age. I think he has experienced
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  Speaker 1: some kind of deep trauma, perhaps abuse, and most likely
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  Speaker 1: some psychological damage. His grandmother brought Lucas to my office
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  Speaker 1: after talking with her about some of his challenges, including
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  Speaker 1: his unwillingness to be touched by anyone. I just said,
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  Speaker 1: flat out, I'm expecting a god sized miracle so that
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  Speaker 1: I could treat him. I asked Lucas if it would
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  Speaker 1: be okay for me to touch him. He immediately backed
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  Speaker 1: away from me and said, no, no, time to go home,
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  Speaker 1: Time to go home. I told him I didn't need
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  Speaker 1: to touch him, and he seemed to calm down a little.
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  Speaker 1: I had brought a toy train and Lincoln logs for
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  Speaker 1: him to play with, so we both sat on the
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  Speaker 1: floor and played with the toys. But even as we
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  Speaker 1: played with the toys, Lucas always made sure he was
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  Speaker 1: close to the door. Finally, I just laid back on
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  Speaker 1: the floor and guess what, he came right to me
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  Speaker 1: with me let me touch him, which led to my
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  Speaker 1: being able to treat him. Gloria. It was probably the
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  Speaker 1: most significant treatment I've ever done. The treatment was so
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  Speaker 1: calming that Lucas was sleepy at the end, but when
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  Speaker 1: he stood up he started dancing. Wow, it was incredible.
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  Speaker 1: In addition to the children I work with, I also
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  Speaker 1: like to treat the mother's or the care providers so
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  Speaker 1: that they can do some of this work outside the
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  Speaker 1: office with their own children. Well, guess what, Lucas's grandmother
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  Speaker 1: is coming for her first treatment on Monday. I just
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  Speaker 1: love that story. Vera's miracles keep flowing from the deep
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  Speaker 1: well spring of her saying yes to God's legacy for her.
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  Speaker 1: For Vera, wearing her soul on the outside is as
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  Speaker 1: natural as breathing, for she is so robed in that garment. Gloria,
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  Speaker 1: you know what makes all of this so worthwhile is
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  Speaker 1: the difference I see in my own daughter. A little
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  Speaker 1: over a year ago, I overheard her playing with her
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  Speaker 1: Barbie dolls. In my daughter's imaginary conversation, Barbie said to
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  Speaker 1: one of her girlfriend dolls, I'm busy. I can't go
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  Speaker 1: out tonight. I've got to take a conference call. Hm. Boy,
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  Speaker 1: that grabbed me by the heartstrings. These days, between every client,
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  Speaker 1: Vera and her daughter my niece are together. They're either
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  Speaker 1: engaged in their homeschooling adventures or they're just hanging out together.
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  Speaker 1: We always have lunch together. Sometimes we take a field trip.
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  Speaker 1: As part of our lunch. We sing, we tell stories,
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  Speaker 1: and by helping my daughter with her language lessons, I'm
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  Speaker 1: learning what she's learning. Hey, I'm in seventh heaven and
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  Speaker 1: my daughter, well, she couldn't be happier. Vera shared that
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  Speaker 1: just recently, her daughter researched and wrote a report for
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  Speaker 1: her lesson on international world culture, and in her report
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  Speaker 1: she described a wonderful creativity school in Italy. Italy. That's right,
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  Speaker 1: their school motto is nothing without joy. And then her
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  Speaker 1: daughter said, hey, mom, that sounds like a great model
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  Speaker 1: for our school too.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 1: I began Vera's story with these lines from my poem
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  Speaker 1: song to myself. It doesn't matter to me what you
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  Speaker 1: do or where you work. I want to know who
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  Speaker 1: you are when the sun goes down, and if you
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  Speaker 1: are willing to put everything on the line to fulfill
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  Speaker 1: your soul's desire. You know who we are when the
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  Speaker 1: sun goes down makes all the difference, doesn't it. It's
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  Speaker 1: who we are when no one is looking that really counts,
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  Speaker 1: Because you know what, if we can be true to
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  Speaker 1: ourselves and do what's right when we're alone, when nobody
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  Speaker 1: else is looking or keeping score or keeping track, we
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  Speaker 1: can be that very same person when we are in
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  Speaker 1: the company of others. Well, I certainly hope this story
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  Speaker 1: about Vera and her adventures has inspired you. I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to share my entire poem with you now so that
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  Speaker 1: you can hear how Vera's story fits in within the
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  Speaker 1: overall context of it. Now, you know that I coach
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  Speaker 1: and consult and speak and work with leaders all the time,
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  Speaker 1: and I also focus on leadership. I specifically focus on
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  Speaker 1: values based leadership. My clients love it because very few
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  Speaker 1: other leadership coaches and consultants and speakers do that. And
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  Speaker 1: my clients often ask me to tell them more about
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  Speaker 1: my life, to share more of my own story with them.
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  Speaker 1: I do, and I also share this poem with them
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  Speaker 1: because my story lives and breathes inside of this poem.
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  Speaker 1: I simply tell them, if you really want to know
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  Speaker 1: more about me, just read or listen to this poem.
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  Speaker 1: Let me share it with you. Song to myself, it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't matter to me what you do or where you work.
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  Speaker 1: I want to know who you are when the sun
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  Speaker 1: goes down, and if you are willing to put everything
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  Speaker 1: on the line to fulfill your soul's desire. It doesn't
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  Speaker 1: matter to me how much bread you can afford to
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  Speaker 1: put on your own table. I want to know if
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  Speaker 1: you will need and wait and bake the bread and
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  Speaker 1: share your blessings at somebody else's table. I want to
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  Speaker 1: know if you can look into the eyes of the
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  Speaker 1: young woman who sleeps with fear each night, the one
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  Speaker 1: who dared to walk away from the hands that pummeled her.
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  Speaker 1: I want to know if you can share her pain.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't matter to me what neighborhood you live in
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  Speaker 1: or what kind of car you drive. I want to
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  Speaker 1: know what drives you, what compels you to follow your
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  Speaker 1: soul's longing. I want to know what pierces your heart,
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  Speaker 1: awakens you at night, and inspires you to devote yourself
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  Speaker 1: to whomever or whatever moves you. I want to know
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  Speaker 1: how many times you've opened your heart and extended a
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  Speaker 1: hand to your homeless sister or brother. I want to
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  Speaker 1: know if you will sit in the quiet dark hours
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  Speaker 1: between midnight and dawn listening to another's heart song. It
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  Speaker 1: doesn't matter to me how many unspeakable secrets you have.
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  Speaker 1: I want to know if you will share your secrets
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  Speaker 1: to liberate your demons so they don't devour you or
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  Speaker 1: those you love. I want to know if you will
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  Speaker 1: risk looking foolish to embrace your bliss. I want to
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  Speaker 1: know if you will grasp the sleeve of a nameless
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  Speaker 1: elder stumbling on his way and lead him in from
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  Speaker 1: the cold. I want to know if you will throw
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  Speaker 1: away your cloak and show your heart, if you will
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  Speaker 1: dare to wear your soul on the outside. It doesn't
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  Speaker 1: matter to me how many mountains you've climbed or will climb.
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  Speaker 1: I want to know if you've fallen down in the
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  Speaker 1: valley of despair. I want to know if you've scarred
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  Speaker 1: your knees on the stones of self abandonment. I want
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  Speaker 1: to know how long you've been hidden in the shadows
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  Speaker 1: of hypocrisy, prejudice, addiction, abuse. I want to know if
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  Speaker 1: you will stop to light a candle and pray with
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  Speaker 1: others who will surely wander there. It doesn't matter to
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  Speaker 1: me what you say you will do for others. I
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  Speaker 1: want to know if you will act with courage and conviction,
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  Speaker 1: if you will daily cradle the frail hand of your
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  Speaker 1: mother when she no longer knows your name. I want
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  Speaker 1: to know if you will look into the hazel, gray,
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  Speaker 1: or ebony eyes of a stranger and say yes, yes,
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  Speaker 1: to affirm your sister, your brother, yourself. I want to
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  Speaker 1: know if you will take the time to be still,
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  Speaker 1: call the names and pass the cup to honor the
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  Speaker 1: ancestors who cleared a path and broke new ground for
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  Speaker 1: you and your children. It doesn't matter to me that
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  Speaker 1: you have a past. I want to know if you
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  Speaker 1: will celebrate your present, if you will take a stand,
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  Speaker 1: declare yourself, sing I am boldly and with rejoicing, not
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  Speaker 1: only to the stars at night, but to anyone anywhere,
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  Speaker 1: without apologies or regrets. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we
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  Speaker 1: could all take a stand and declare ourselves, declare ourselves
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  Speaker 1: and sing, I am boldly and with rejoicing, declare ourselves
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  Speaker 1: by lifting up and celebrating the awesome, incredible power of
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  Speaker 1: our own stories, our own true voice. Because you know what,
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  Speaker 1: that's how God made us. That's how God made us.
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  Speaker 1: He did not make us to cower or to hide out,
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  Speaker 1: or to believe what the world would have us, believe
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  Speaker 1: that we're missing something, that we're insufficient, that were not enough.
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  Speaker 1: We are children of the most high. We are made
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  Speaker 1: to stand up and be counted. And when you can
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  Speaker 1: stand up and declare yourself, guess what, you can help
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  Speaker 1: somebody else do the same, because you are actually giving
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  Speaker 1: them permission. When you make that kind of difference in
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  Speaker 1: your own life, you can make that kind of difference
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  Speaker 1: in somebody else's life too. So that's how you do it.
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  Speaker 1: That's how it's done, day by day, step by step,
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  Speaker 1: moment by moment, smile by smile, every single day, three
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  Speaker 1: sixty five, twenty four to seven. Now you can learn
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