July 25, 2024 • 7 mins
Today in Closing Remarks, Big Dog highlights the importance of hanging in there especially when it pertains to staying on YOUR path.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, Steve, here we are. It is the last
break of the day. It's the last break of the day.
Love it, and I know you want to leave us
with some closing remarks, Steve.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
You know, last night when I finished up family Feud,
I was talking to the audience and.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
We were talking about.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Hanging in there, and one of the audience members was
saying that they feel underqualified because they work around and
live around a lot of people with education, and education
is important to a lot of people and in a
lot of fields. And please know, education is really really
great to have. I'm not knocking it in any shape,
(00:46):
form or fashion, so please don't misunderstand me. But I
was asking this person were they good at school? And
they said no, never have been in there. Ask them
just what they want to be in life? Do you
have to go to school? They said not really, And
so that kind of troubled me a little bit because
I was ended up talking to a person who was
(01:08):
trying to shape who they really wanted to be and
who they saw themselves becoming, but were trying to shape
it in the image of other external people on the
outside and around him. And I began to talk to
this guy and I tried to enlighten him to some things.
You know, education is important and you should get as
(01:30):
much as you can, but you can become successful without
an education.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Now, understand something.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
If you want to be a doctor, dentist, lawyer, you
know you want to work in certain branches and the fields.
Of course, you can't be a teacher without an education,
can't be a professor without one, can't be a lawyer, doctor, dentists, scientists.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
There are things that require education.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
But if you imagination has you somewhere else, stop letting
other people try to put you in the box that
they came out of.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
There are some people that no matter how you talk.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
To them, if you don't do it, they weigh then
you ain't doing it the right way. I cannot even
began to tell you how many people have tried to
talk me off of the path I was on when
clearly God had put me on another path.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
I tried to go to college. I did.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
I've never been a great student. Once again, understand me. Now,
I'm not knocking education, because I tell people all the
time I admire people who climb the corporate letter through education,
who climbed the educational field. That is like amazing to
me because that's not a skill set I have. But
(02:54):
I can't tell you how many people have tried to
talk me off.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
My path, do you know?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
No? One time a lady once told me at a
major institution that if you want to rep this institution,
you're gonna have to go back to college.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
And I said, go back to college for what?
Speaker 2 (03:10):
And they said, because it would make a better statement
if you are a college graduate yourself. And I wasn't
being arrogant or anything, but I was looking at this
lady trying to figure out what better statement could I
make than crawling out of homelessness, putting my faith in
trust in God, and asking God to rescue me from
(03:35):
all the mistakes I've made. Watch him do it climb
as where now I may not be up there where
you think I ought to be, and I may not
talk to where you think I ought to talk, But
the God I served delivered me from so many mistakes
I had made, college being one of them. What better testament?
What better story can I tell? Don't let people put
(03:58):
you in the box just because that's the box that
they jumped out of.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
That ain't your box, That ain't your route, that ain't
your journey, That ain't your ticket. You have got to
put your faith in God and understand that all of us.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Are on a different journey in life.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Ain't nobody traveling the exact same path, in the exact
same footsteps as nobody.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
I have admired so many people in this world.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
I have tried to pattern myself after certain people in
this world. But no matter how hard I try, I
have found no one who has taken the exact same
footsteps as me. And that don't make them better than me,
less than me. It just ain't no two people taking
the exact same footsteps.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Look.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
I admired Richer Pride. I admired Muhammad Ali. I admired
Martin Luther King. I admired My Jordan. I admired Gandhi.
I admired Mother Teresa. I admire Bishop td Jakes, I
admire Bishop Getty's. I admire Joe Oldstein. I admire Bishop
(05:14):
Kenneth Omer, I admired Donnie Kirk Kirkley. I admire a
lot of people, but they footsteps ain't mine, not the
exact footsteps. I can learn from something they've all taught me.
I can learn from some things I've watched them do.
But at the end of the day, this is your journey.
(05:35):
Your journey is as unique as your fingerprint.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
And that's how special.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
God made each and every one of us, because we
all got a different finger print. It's billions, over seven
billion people in this world. Ain't no two people got
the same finger print. So how the tour of you
gonna take the same steps? You better, you better listen
to this. It ain't your journey, It ain't your path.
(06:02):
Get on your path, get on your journey, get on
your faith, get on your knees and accomplish your job,
your dreams, make your dreams come true. Follow your heart,
follow your goals, follow your imagination. God is good and
he can get you there. And nowhere does it say
(06:22):
a man without an education shall fail. It says a
man without a dream of vision shall parish. Dust them off,
handle your business. Those are my clothing, maw y'all have.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
From for all Steve Harvey contests. No purchase necessary, void
We're prohibited.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Participants must be legal US residents at least eighteen years old,
unless otherwise stated.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
For complete contest rules, visit Steve Harvey FM dot com.
You're listening Steve Harvey Morning Show,
All right, Steve, here we are. It is the last
break of the day. It's the last break of the day.
Love it, and I know you want to leave us
with some closing remarks, Steve.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
You know, last night when I finished up family Feud,
I was talking to the audience and.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
We were talking about.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Hanging in there, and one of the audience members was
saying that they feel underqualified because they work around and
live around a lot of people with education, and education
is important to a lot of people and in a
lot of fields. And please know, education is really really
great to have. I'm not knocking it in any shape,
(00:46):
form or fashion, so please don't misunderstand me. But I
was asking this person were they good at school? And
they said no, never have been in there. Ask them
just what they want to be in life? Do you
have to go to school? They said not really, And
so that kind of troubled me a little bit because
I was ended up talking to a person who was
(01:08):
trying to shape who they really wanted to be and
who they saw themselves becoming, but were trying to shape
it in the image of other external people on the
outside and around him. And I began to talk to
this guy and I tried to enlighten him to some things.
You know, education is important and you should get as
(01:30):
much as you can, but you can become successful without
an education.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Now, understand something.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
If you want to be a doctor, dentist, lawyer, you
know you want to work in certain branches and the fields.
Of course, you can't be a teacher without an education,
can't be a professor without one, can't be a lawyer, doctor, dentists, scientists.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
There are things that require education.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
But if you imagination has you somewhere else, stop letting
other people try to put you in the box that
they came out of.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
There are some people that no matter how you talk.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
To them, if you don't do it, they weigh then
you ain't doing it the right way. I cannot even
began to tell you how many people have tried to
talk me off of the path I was on when
clearly God had put me on another path.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
I tried to go to college. I did.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
I've never been a great student. Once again, understand me. Now,
I'm not knocking education, because I tell people all the
time I admire people who climb the corporate letter through education,
who climbed the educational field. That is like amazing to
me because that's not a skill set I have. But
(02:54):
I can't tell you how many people have tried to
talk me off.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
My path, do you know?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
No? One time a lady once told me at a
major institution that if you want to rep this institution,
you're gonna have to go back to college.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
And I said, go back to college for what?
Speaker 2 (03:10):
And they said, because it would make a better statement
if you are a college graduate yourself. And I wasn't
being arrogant or anything, but I was looking at this
lady trying to figure out what better statement could I
make than crawling out of homelessness, putting my faith in
trust in God, and asking God to rescue me from
(03:35):
all the mistakes I've made. Watch him do it climb
as where now I may not be up there where
you think I ought to be, and I may not
talk to where you think I ought to talk, But
the God I served delivered me from so many mistakes
I had made, college being one of them. What better testament?
What better story can I tell? Don't let people put
(03:58):
you in the box just because that's the box that
they jumped out of.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
That ain't your box, That ain't your route, that ain't
your journey, That ain't your ticket. You have got to
put your faith in God and understand that all of us.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Are on a different journey in life.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Ain't nobody traveling the exact same path, in the exact
same footsteps as nobody.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
I have admired so many people in this world.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
I have tried to pattern myself after certain people in
this world. But no matter how hard I try, I
have found no one who has taken the exact same
footsteps as me. And that don't make them better than me,
less than me. It just ain't no two people taking
the exact same footsteps.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Look.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
I admired Richer Pride. I admired Muhammad Ali. I admired
Martin Luther King. I admired My Jordan. I admired Gandhi.
I admired Mother Teresa. I admire Bishop td Jakes, I
admire Bishop Getty's. I admire Joe Oldstein. I admire Bishop
(05:14):
Kenneth Omer, I admired Donnie Kirk Kirkley. I admire a
lot of people, but they footsteps ain't mine, not the
exact footsteps. I can learn from something they've all taught me.
I can learn from some things I've watched them do.
But at the end of the day, this is your journey.
(05:35):
Your journey is as unique as your fingerprint.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
And that's how special.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
God made each and every one of us, because we
all got a different finger print. It's billions, over seven
billion people in this world. Ain't no two people got
the same finger print. So how the tour of you
gonna take the same steps? You better, you better listen
to this. It ain't your journey, It ain't your path.
(06:02):
Get on your path, get on your journey, get on
your faith, get on your knees and accomplish your job,
your dreams, make your dreams come true. Follow your heart,
follow your goals, follow your imagination. God is good and
he can get you there. And nowhere does it say
(06:22):
a man without an education shall fail. It says a
man without a dream of vision shall parish. Dust them off,
handle your business. Those are my clothing, maw y'all have.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
From for all Steve Harvey contests. No purchase necessary, void
We're prohibited.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Participants must be legal US residents at least eighteen years old,
unless otherwise stated.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
For complete contest rules, visit Steve Harvey FM dot com.
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