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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Come on. Uh huh, I sure will. Good morning everybody
you are listening to the voice, Come on, dig me now.
One and only Steve Harvey got a radio show. Man o,
man o man. I thank God for it. I thank
God for all He's done for me, for all the
(00:23):
little things that I oftentimes failed to thank him for
that I take for granted for you know, I was.
I was talking the other day to a buddy of mine.
We had gotten to this conversation about God and and
and in the conversation we had narrowed it down and
(00:45):
we were talking about changing the way we are as people.
You know that everybody has to change. You know, nothing
stays the same. Everybody changes, and a lot of these
changes can be for the good good and a lot
of them are just They just come with time, you know.
Sometimes it's aging that changes us. But no matter how
(01:07):
old you get, you still have the ability to improve
as a person. You may not have the foot speed
you used to have. You may not be as agile
as you used to be. Your energy level may not
be what it used to be. Your desire to do
(01:30):
some of the things that you used to do may
be gone. The thing that doesn't have to change and
will not change is you you have the ability to
continue to grow as a person, even when far the
(01:52):
time and nature has taken its course. We were talking
about everybody can change and everybody has the right to
reinvent themselves as they get older, and I equated it
(02:14):
to jumping out of an airplane. You know, there are
some people man who get to a certain point in
their life and they and they jump from the airplane.
Is now almost a stunt of some kind. It's almost
like they lifed and got out of control. You ever
seen somebody jump out an airplane and the parachute don't open,
(02:36):
and they life start and it seems like they start
spinning and tumbling and they can't get it together. And
I've seen some mid air rescues before. But then there
are times when you know when it hasn't worked. You know,
you jump out that airplane and at first it's fun.
I've never scot dived before, but I would imagine when
(02:57):
you first jump out of an airplane that they people
describe it as a sense of being free, and it's
exhilarating when you first jump out the plane. But if
you pull that cord and nothing happens, it never happened
to me, But I can only imagine the panic that's
(03:17):
got to set in because no matter how fun it
was a moment ago, the flying over to one another,
the holding hands in the air, the breeze, the descent,
the feeling of all of a sudden, if you reach
for that cord and it's not there, you're suddenly spinning
(03:38):
out of control. And that's what happens in a lot
of people's lives. When you first start your life, you
jump out the plane, you free you young, you ain't
got nothing to worry about it. But then you get
to a certain point in your life when you go, okay,
I'm gonna pull the cord now. And pulling the cord
is an important thing because here's the analogy my friend
(04:01):
gave me. He said, man, use your mind like a parachute.
It works better when it's open. Well, see what happens
with a lot of people is they in life. They
jump out the plane and they having this free fall,
(04:22):
and it's fun for now. But they get to a
certain point in their life where they got themself in
a situation, or they've had a little bit too much fun,
a little bit too long, or you know, they wasn't
open to nothing, and they just did what they wanted
to do, or they started getting involved with drugs or
drinking or started running with the wrong people. See you
jump out the plane. At first you're free falling this
(04:44):
fun but then after a minute, man, something happens and
they realize whoa and they reach for their cord and
the chord don't work. Well. Now you're in the panic
stricken situation. And my suggesting that what I've learned from
the analogy that my friends shared with me is that
we all the sooner we can open our mind to God,
the sooner we could develop that relationship with him. It's
(05:08):
like pulling the chord and opening a parachute. If you
open up your mind to God, God is like a parachute.
You know. God can slow your descent. God can turn
this out of control freefall into a nice ride for you.
(05:28):
See that's what happened to me. I was spinning out
of control. I had gotten myself into a point. Man,
Why I wasn't doing real good. Oh y'all would look
at me and think, man, stevee man, Now I wasn't
doing real good. I had spun out of control. I
(05:50):
was in a free fall, and I reached for the chord,
but I was so far away the chord didn't open.
Then I went to him and I pulled a cord.
When I went to God, I pulled the cord and open,
and he slowed my descent. And this is what I
just believe. I don't believe now that I age as
(06:11):
fast as I was aging, because I got that parachute open. Now,
you know, I take better care of myself, eating, I
work out more. Now you know I'm not out of control.
I have a direction now that win. Then got up
under that parachute a little bit, you know, and now
I'm going You know I'm still getting older, you know so,
(06:32):
but the descent is so slow. Now I'm able to
enjoy the ride. I'm guiding my parachute over. Sometimes we
go over to to a vacation spot over here, we
float back over to it. But you know, I'm still
getting old. I'm still going down. But the descent, because
I've opened my mind to God, the parachute has slowed
(06:55):
my descent. And now I'm rocking back and forth. But
I ain't spending out of control no more. You know,
I'm able to enjoy the view. Now you know, when
you jump out that plane and you pull that cord
and it don't work, you ain't looking at the view
no more. You're thinking of only one thing. How can
I slow this down? Well, now I'm able to enjoy
(07:15):
the view. I'm able to see all the beautiful things
on the horizon that God has for me. I'm able
to see all the beautiful things around me that He's
provided for me over these years because I've slowed my descent.
I use my mind like a parachute. It works better
when it's open. Open your mind to God and so
(07:38):
you can see the view, so you can slow the descent,
so you can stop the out of control free fall
that you've been on. That you can get your life
together and see everything out on the horizon that God
has for you. You know, it turned out to be
a very true statement. Your mind, if you use it
like a parachute, it works better when it's open. Y'all here,
(08:00):
it's the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
Come on. Uh huh, I sure will. Good morning everybody
you are listening to the voice, Come on, dig me now.
One and only Steve Harvey got a radio show. Man o,
man o man. I thank God for it. I thank
God for all He's done for me, for all the
(00:23):
little things that I oftentimes failed to thank him for
that I take for granted for you know, I was.
I was talking the other day to a buddy of mine.
We had gotten to this conversation about God and and
and in the conversation we had narrowed it down and
(00:45):
we were talking about changing the way we are as people.
You know that everybody has to change. You know, nothing
stays the same. Everybody changes, and a lot of these
changes can be for the good good and a lot
of them are just They just come with time, you know.
Sometimes it's aging that changes us. But no matter how
(01:07):
old you get, you still have the ability to improve
as a person. You may not have the foot speed
you used to have. You may not be as agile
as you used to be. Your energy level may not
be what it used to be. Your desire to do
(01:30):
some of the things that you used to do may
be gone. The thing that doesn't have to change and
will not change is you you have the ability to
continue to grow as a person, even when far the
(01:52):
time and nature has taken its course. We were talking
about everybody can change and everybody has the right to
reinvent themselves as they get older, and I equated it
(02:14):
to jumping out of an airplane. You know, there are
some people man who get to a certain point in
their life and they and they jump from the airplane.
Is now almost a stunt of some kind. It's almost
like they lifed and got out of control. You ever
seen somebody jump out an airplane and the parachute don't open,
(02:36):
and they life start and it seems like they start
spinning and tumbling and they can't get it together. And
I've seen some mid air rescues before. But then there
are times when you know when it hasn't worked. You know,
you jump out that airplane and at first it's fun.
I've never scot dived before, but I would imagine when
(02:57):
you first jump out of an airplane that they people
describe it as a sense of being free, and it's
exhilarating when you first jump out the plane. But if
you pull that cord and nothing happens, it never happened
to me, But I can only imagine the panic that's
(03:17):
got to set in because no matter how fun it
was a moment ago, the flying over to one another,
the holding hands in the air, the breeze, the descent,
the feeling of all of a sudden, if you reach
for that cord and it's not there, you're suddenly spinning
(03:38):
out of control. And that's what happens in a lot
of people's lives. When you first start your life, you
jump out the plane, you free you young, you ain't
got nothing to worry about it. But then you get
to a certain point in your life when you go, okay,
I'm gonna pull the cord now. And pulling the cord
is an important thing because here's the analogy my friend
(04:01):
gave me. He said, man, use your mind like a parachute.
It works better when it's open. Well, see what happens
with a lot of people is they in life. They
jump out the plane and they having this free fall,
(04:22):
and it's fun for now. But they get to a
certain point in their life where they got themself in
a situation, or they've had a little bit too much fun,
a little bit too long, or you know, they wasn't
open to nothing, and they just did what they wanted
to do, or they started getting involved with drugs or
drinking or started running with the wrong people. See you
jump out the plane. At first you're free falling this
(04:44):
fun but then after a minute, man, something happens and
they realize whoa and they reach for their cord and
the chord don't work. Well. Now you're in the panic
stricken situation. And my suggesting that what I've learned from
the analogy that my friends shared with me is that
we all the sooner we can open our mind to God,
the sooner we could develop that relationship with him. It's
(05:08):
like pulling the chord and opening a parachute. If you
open up your mind to God, God is like a parachute.
You know. God can slow your descent. God can turn
this out of control freefall into a nice ride for you.
(05:28):
See that's what happened to me. I was spinning out
of control. I had gotten myself into a point. Man,
Why I wasn't doing real good. Oh y'all would look
at me and think, man, stevee man, Now I wasn't
doing real good. I had spun out of control. I
(05:50):
was in a free fall, and I reached for the chord,
but I was so far away the chord didn't open.
Then I went to him and I pulled a cord.
When I went to God, I pulled the cord and open,
and he slowed my descent. And this is what I
just believe. I don't believe now that I age as
(06:11):
fast as I was aging, because I got that parachute open. Now,
you know, I take better care of myself, eating, I
work out more. Now you know I'm not out of control.
I have a direction now that win. Then got up
under that parachute a little bit, you know, and now
I'm going You know I'm still getting older, you know so,
(06:32):
but the descent is so slow. Now I'm able to
enjoy the ride. I'm guiding my parachute over. Sometimes we
go over to to a vacation spot over here, we
float back over to it. But you know, I'm still
getting old. I'm still going down. But the descent, because
I've opened my mind to God, the parachute has slowed
(06:55):
my descent. And now I'm rocking back and forth. But
I ain't spending out of control no more. You know,
I'm able to enjoy the view. Now you know, when
you jump out that plane and you pull that cord
and it don't work, you ain't looking at the view
no more. You're thinking of only one thing. How can
I slow this down? Well, now I'm able to enjoy
(07:15):
the view. I'm able to see all the beautiful things
on the horizon that God has for me. I'm able
to see all the beautiful things around me that He's
provided for me over these years because I've slowed my descent.
I use my mind like a parachute. It works better
when it's open. Open your mind to God and so
(07:38):
you can see the view, so you can slow the descent,
so you can stop the out of control free fall
that you've been on. That you can get your life
together and see everything out on the horizon that God
has for you. You know, it turned out to be
a very true statement. Your mind, if you use it
like a parachute, it works better when it's open. Y'all here,
(08:00):
it's the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
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