December 31, 2024 • 35 mins
The episode explores the crucial theme of accountability, examining its role in personal development and relationship dynamics. I share personal stories and insights, urging listeners to take immediate action towards self-improvement and embrace accountability to foster better connections in their lives.
Throughout this journey, we delve into the intricate dynamics of relationships, highlighting the importance of choosing accountability over the need to always be right. Inspired by Philippians chapter two, we explore how esteeming others and prioritizing empathy can lead to deeper understanding and enhanced communication. However, we also acknowledge the limits of this approach, especially in situations of abuse, while emphasizing its general applicability in everyday life. This mindset encourages us to act as both listeners and leaders in our relationships, fostering a culture of integrity and respect.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Grace and peace everybody! Grace and peace world
.
Welcome to another rendition ofthe moral compass chronicles.
I am your host, Eyon Johnson,and at this point you already
know where you can find me.
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You can find me on youtube atEyon Johnson, and I am just
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super grateful to be here.
Yet again, man.
Yet again, another chronicle.
Another day, another chronicle.
Another week, another chronicle, and we are embarking on a new
year.
Christmas has passed For thosethat celebrate Hanukkah and
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Kwanzaa and Thanksgiving, andthe list goes on and on.
They've all passed.
They have all passed and we areabout to cross over into a new
year.
And I don't know about you, butI'm grateful.
I'm grateful for a lot ofdifferent things.
I am grateful for where God hasbrought me from and what he has
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brought me into.
I am grateful.
I am grateful for the fact thatI didn't wait until the new
year to really really lock in onthe things that I wanted to and
have been working toward.
You know what I'm saying.
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A lot of us, a lot of times, wedo that and we make things a
new year's resolution when, inactuality, I can start now.
And so I have been working onthis podcast for months now and
you all have seen the result ofthat, and I'm grateful.
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I'm grateful for those who haveseen the results, I'm grateful
for those who have madethemselves a part of this
journey, and the subscribers areclimbing and the downloads and
the views they're climbing, andI'm just here to be a vessel man
that the Lord can use, and I'mgoing to speak the wisdom in
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which he has bestowed upon me,however little or however much
that may be, I'm here to impartthat wisdom.
And so, as we embark on thisnew year I mean by the time we
hear this, we might be crossedover into the new year and so
just get started, get started,man, get started, get started,
get started.
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Whatever it is, whatever it is,start now.
If you're listening to this, ifyou're watching this, start
right now.
It may be the new year already,but that's okay, all right,
start now.
Start now and get going andkeep going, get going and keep
going A lot of times.
Well, we know this, we've alldone it at some point in our
lives.
One of the worst things we cando is to start and then stop,
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because now I got to start againand it's tough.
It's tough going to the gym fora few months, stopping for a
year, and then now I got to workmyself back up to going back
and starting again.
It's tough.
So don't do that to yourselfthis year 2025.
Let's lock in, man, and let's dothe things that we know and
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believe that we are called to do.
All right, and as for me and myhouse, we're going to serve the
Lord.
And as for me, I'm going to getout these podcasts.
You feel me, you're going toget these podcasts, man, you're
going to get these episodes.
Bro, Y'all going to get thisinformation, whatever it may be.
You're going to get my opinions, all right, and you know, for
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those that don't want it, youknow, you already know what you
got to do.
You know what I'm saying.
You already know what you gotto do.
Cut it off.
But for those that's rockingwith me, I am grateful for you,
man, for those that are with meon this journey, I'm grateful
for you.
I love you, I appreciate you.
No-transcript can reach themasses and that it can help
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somebody.
Um, because accountability ismissing.
Accountability, responsibility,these things are missing in um,
today's society, man and um.
There's a quote that says uh,um, what was it?
Was it?
The person who is complainingabout how the ball bounces is
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more than likely the person thatdropped it bounces.
And you ever see a?
I won't even go into that, butthe person who complains about
how the ball bounces is morethan likely the person who
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dropped the ball and so put thatin your pipe and smoke it.
I don't remember who that quotewas from, but accountability,
excuse me, accountability ismissing in our society.
It's lacking in our society.
Why, why, why do?
Why do I say that?
And I have some?
I wrote some definitions ofaccountability down.
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I'll get into that in a second.
But why, man?
Why?
I think that's a good question.
I wonder you know what you guysthink about that why?
And maybe take a moment andthink.
Let's think together for asecond why is it that
accountability is lacking somuch in today's society?
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Nobody wants to, and let me notsay nobody because you, I know
you may, you may be okay, takingaccountability right, whoever
you are, and shout out to youbecause you know the steps that
you have taken throughout yourlife to get to this place you
are in right now, where you aretaking accountability for your
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actions and you are holdingyourself responsible.
You know right.
You know right.
But why is it that this worldwe are living in there are so
many people who do not want tobe held accountable?
Well, I believe it's because,quite frankly, it doesn't feel
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good.
Let's call it what it is.
Let's be honest with ourselvesfor a second.
Taking accountability is notfun.
Being held accountable, like,especially when you're wrong,
bro, like anybody ever been loudand wrong?
You ever been loud and wrong.
Listen, I have been loud andwrong many times in my life.
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And that moment when yourealize that you were wrong and
somebody has been telling youthat you were wrong, bro, and
now you have to admit thatyou're wrong and like didn't
like to make matters worse, youmay even have to apologize now,
like, depending on what it is.
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So you had to, you had to you.
You were loud and wrong, man.
I mean like very wrong, like aswrong as you could be about
whatever it is.
I hope somebody getting a laughout of this too.
You were as loud, you were asloud and wrong as possible.
Then you had to have that thatmoment of realization where you
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were like you thought you wereright and now you realize that
you were wrong, whether it'sbecause there were receipts or
whatever it may be right.
Then you had to admit that youwere wrong and then you had to
apologize for it.
That's tough, bro.
That is tough.
That's not easy.
I feel like that's one of thebiggest reasons.
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Those things I just listed,those are some of the reasons
people don't like to takeaccountability and that's a
reason why, when somebody iswrong and they get proven wrong,
there are people who arewilling to die on the hill of
being wrong.
Bro, being loud and wrong.
I saw a video of this ladycoming down a one-way street
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come.
I mean literally coming down aone-way street or maybe it was a
parking garage or somethingcoming down a one-way and there
were several cars going theright direction and they
obviously came to a standstill.
They came to a point wheretheir cars are head to head and
the lady is getting out theircar.
I mean cursing bro out and I'veseen several instances of this,
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but cursing bro out and and theguy is like yo, like you,
you're.
You're coming down a one waystreet, bro, you are coming down
.
And at one point I heard herlegitimately say I don't care if
it's a one way street, moveover.
So, like man, I I know for afact, and me, as somebody who,
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as I mentioned I, have been loudand wrong many times in my life
, I remember a time in my lifewhere I was not okay, admitting
I was wrong.
I was not okay, and it's noteven so much that.
Let me not even say that,because I've never necessarily
had a problem saying I was sorry, but it was more so that in the
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heat of battle or in the heatof a conversation, I was more
inclined to point fingers at theother person involved because
they also did something wrong.
You know what I'm saying.
That was more so me, that wasmy issue when, instead of taking
accountability for what thisperson is telling me right, eon,
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you told me two plus two wasfive, and I may have done that
right Instead of takingaccountability for that, I'm
telling them well, you know,yesterday you told me that five
plus five was 11.
So now, even though two thingsare true here.
Instead of me being willing totake accountability right now
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for what I just did, I wasinclined and more inclined.
I was the type of person who Iwanted to point out your wrong
as well first and, whatevercomplex it was, whatever issues
I had, it led me to want topoint out your shortcomings
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first before being able to lookin the mirror at my own.
And, quite frankly, I hadgotten that wrong so many times
that I had finally gotten to aplace in my life where there was
another relationship ruined andthat didn't work out.
And I had to like legitimatelytake a step back and like look
back at my past, like situations, whether it was with friends,
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jobs, relationships, whatever itmay have been and say, yo,
there's a common denominatorhere, bro, and that common
denominator is me, and I guessthis is just a little bit of a
moment of transparency here, butI had to really like take note
of that.
And that was the moment and theday that I decided to change
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things and change how I wentabout my conversations and my
relationships and my friendshipsand how I would speak on the
job and so on and so forth, andI have noticed a major shift in
my life.
I have noticed a major shift inmy communication skills, so
much so that I have started tostudy certain forms of
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communication and trying tolearn how to better communicate.
And then now how to teachpeople and how to help people
communicate, how to mediatebetween people.
That's something that hasbecome a big part of my life.
You know, and so I recognize.
They say it takes one to knowone, so that's why I feel like I
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know how tough it is, becausethat was me.
That was me at one point.
That was me at one point, and Iactively try to not be that
person anymore.
I actively try to takeaccountability, even if I see
where someone else is goingwrong.
Also, like you know what, letme take accountability first for
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what I've done wrong.
Let me look in the mirror first, and this is on the last
episode.
You heard me talking aboutlooking in the mirror.
You heard me talking abouttaking accountability and things
of that nature, and this is onthe last episode.
You heard me talking aboutlooking in the mirror.
You heard me talking abouttaking accountability and things
of that nature, and this is theaccountability series.
It's sort of just continuing.
I am now in that place where Isee the benefit.
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I see now how beneficial it isfor me in the heat of a
conversation or a disagreementor an argument or whatever it
may be, I see how beneficial itis for one party, whoever that
party may be.
Call it the bigger person, right, that's what we say.
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Oh, you got to be the biggerperson.
And a lot of people don't wantto be the bigger person.
A lot of people want to beright and I thank God for you
who's watching this and who'slistening to this.
You may not be that person whois so much concerned with being
right, but there are a lot ofpeople in this world who want to
be right, period, whether theyhave some wrong doing as well in
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this situation, they want to beright and they want to be heard
and they want to tell you thatyou were wrong and how wrong you
were.
But they don't want to takeaccountability for where they
have gone wrong.
And I have an unpopular opinion.
We remember Eon's unpopularopinions.
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I think we should all start toesteem each other higher than
ourselves.
That is what the word of Godtells me.
I believe it's in Philippians,chapter two.
Go read it.
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It talks about esteeming oneanother higher than ourselves
and in a sense of lowliness,with a mind of lowliness.
When I think, when I see thatword lowliness, I think about
meekness, I think abouttemperance, I think about the
fruit of the spirit, I thinkabout these different elements
that, uh, quite frankly,describe the mind of Christ,
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which ought to be in each andevery single one of us.
Let this mind be in you.
That was also in who right?
Christ Jesus and so I, and thatmay be an unpopular opinion in
today's day and age and intoday's society, but that's all
right.
I am a man of unpopular opinionsand I believe that we should be
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esteeming one another higherthan ourselves.
How do I relate that toaccountability?
So, if I'm in a position whereI'm in a heated argument, I'm in
a disagreement with someone, adispute of some sort, I believe
that if everybody were to esteemeach other higher than
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themselves, we would all belooking in the mirror at
ourselves first to see where wehave gone wrong, which would
enable us to apologize a littlebit faster.
It would enable us to hear theother person out a little bit
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more.
It would put me in a positionwhere I am now, instead of
yelling back at you as you areyelling at me.
I am now able to take aposition of silence.
I am able now to listen.
If I'm esteeming you higherthan I am esteeming myself, I am
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now looking to hear you outinstead of being so quick to
want to be heard.
That may be a very unpopularopinion in today's day and age,
but you know, I believe it'sbeneficial.
It would be beneficial for usto do that, especially if we we,
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if we're as good of people aswe say we are a lot of, we all,
we like to talk about the factthat we're good people.
If you were to take a poll andask people, like if they're a
good person, I feel like morepeople would say yes than no.
If it was anonymous, I feellike people would tell people.
More people would tell thetruth, probably.
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But, like if you were askingpeople on the spot, I feel like
more people would say yes, I'm agood person.
Well, you know what if we're,if you are a good person, well,
you know what If we're, if youare a good person, this is
something that you wouldconsider esteeming someone else
higher than yourself, especiallyin a moment of dispute or
disagreement.
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It's one thing for me to quotethat word, that chapter, that
verse in the word of God, it'sanother thing.
And so now I guess maybe thisis to my believers, my believers
, my fellow believers.
I know many people are not, butyou know what You're going to
get.
This too, if you're not right.
It's one thing for us to readthat and quote it, but how about
implementing it into our dailylives?
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That is where it gets tougher.
That's where it gets tough.
That's where it gets tough, bro.
That's where it gets tough.
Because now, in the heat ofargument, in the heat of dispute
and disagreement, me being ableto now esteem you higher than
myself, think about yourfeelings and put your feelings
over mine.
And obviously, guys, listen, Iknow there's a lot of gray area
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in that because, depending onthe situation, that determines
whether or not you're able to dothat right, um, but I'm
speaking more on a general leveland I'm speaking more about a
way of life as opposed to aspecific situation.
You know, I know there's a lotof situations where abusive
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situations and things of thatnature I don't want to go too
much into that, but obviously,if I am being physically abused,
I cannot esteem you.
My abuse are higher than myselfin that situation.
I've got to get myself out ofthere.
I have to defend myself.
You know what I mean.
So, of course, there are manydifferent scenarios in which
this does not apply.
But I'm speaking on a generallevel and you, my listeners, my
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watchers, my brothers andsisters, you're all very smart,
you are all adults, you aresmart people and you know what I
mean.
You know the situations inwhich this applies to and the
ones in which it doesn't.
And if you don't know, let'shave a conversation about it.
I am more than willing to speakto you on a personal level so
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we can sort of gain someunderstanding and I can help if
possible and we're needed,because there are many scenarios
where taking accountability isnot on you, it is on the other
person.
You know what I'm saying, butI'm talking about situations
where you know what other person.
You know what I'm saying, butI'm talking about situations
where you know what the otherperson is telling some truth
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also.
The other person is right aboutthis thing also.
Yes, they're wrong about this.
Yes, they're wrong about that,but you know what, bro?
They are right about this thingright here, and this thing they
said over here was the truth.
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You know what I'm saying.
And like, if it's 60-40, thatperson is 60% at fault and I'm
40%.
And so, like I'm talking to you, who's 40% wrong, who feels
like yo, nah, nah, nah, nah, theother person is more wrong, the
other person is wrong, theother person is wrong, the other
person did this, the otherperson did that.
Well, I am talking to youbecause you are the one who, in
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the long run, will benefit themost from taking accountability
as well.
They say you can't fight firewith fire, and there's a lot of
fire in this world.
Quite frankly, I won't even gothere.
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There's a lot of fire in thisworld, literally, figuratively,
spiritually, and I won't even gothere.
There's a lot of fire in thisworld, literally, figuratively,
spiritually.
And fighting fire with firejust creates more fire, bro.
It creates more chaos, itcreates more destruction.
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And, bro, taking accountabilityclears your heart.
I heard david david asking god,created me a clean heart, renew
the right spirit within me.
Listen, listen, my brother, my,my sister.
I know that you may not be mostin the wrong in these different
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situations in your life, inthese different disagreements
with your family member, yourspouse, whatever the case may be
.
Whatever the case may be yourbest friends, your colleagues, I
know I know they're more in thewrong.
I know, I know, I know I hearyou, I feel you, I do.
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But if we as a people, and allof us, were to just look in the
mirror at ourselves, as I saidbefore, we would be more willing
to stop pointing fingers ateverybody else.
And if it's me and you in thisdispute, if it's me and you who
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are having this argument, and weboth stop pointing fingers at
each other, so like I know it'sfor 60 40 right, where I'm 60
wrong and you're 40 wrong, I getit right.
I'm more wrong than you are.
I get it.
I get it.
But what happens if both of usstop pointing fingers, bro?
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The argument would be over likethat.
The yelling would stop, thefighting would stop, the wars
would stop, the killing wouldstop, bro, oh my God.
The killing would stop and andconversation would be had,
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constructive criticism wouldstart to.
We would finally be in a placewhere constructive criticism can
be given and it can be accepted.
It'll it's now able to bereceived on both sides, because
I'm no longer pointing my fingerat you, I'm now pointing my
finger at myself.
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I'm looking in the mirror atmyself to see where I went wrong
.
Now you don't, even now I cancome to you you who is 40% wrong
, me who is 60, right.
I can now come to you andapologize to you.
I can tell you hey, listen, Iknow I said this, I know I said
this and that and I know ithurts your feelings and I am so
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sorry, man, I'm so sorry that Isaid that.
I'm so sorry I did that.
I'm so sorry I hurt you withthis and that, and you'll be
able to receive that.
And then now you're gonna turnaround and tell me but you know
what, you're right, but I alsodid this and I also did that.
I said this, I said that and Iknow that hurt you also and I'm
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sorry, bro, the fight's not done.
Right there, the the fightingis over.
Imagine a world where we allwere willing to do that.
Imagine a world where we wereall willing to take that route.
You know, this is not evenwhere I intended.
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Like I be coming to thesepodcasts with a whole outline
and stuff, bro, I haven't lookedat it once.
Like is from my heart, bro.
This is in my heart.
Accountability, each one, teachone and each one take
accountability.
That's in my heart, bro, that'sthat.
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That's a part of the, themakeup of my very being.
It's who I've become.
It's not who I've always been,but it is who I have become.
I have I'm personally.
I got tired of things, ofruining good things, friendships
, good jobs, good relationships,friendships, good jobs, good
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relationships.
I got tired of being a part ofwhat ruined a good thing.
So many of us are not talking toeach other and I said this in
the last episode as well, thelast chronicle so many of us are
not talking to each other.
So many of us are not speakingto one another.
So many of us have decided togo our separate ways.
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And yes, I know, a lot of timesit's warranted and I know not
everybody is meant to be in yourlife forever.
Not everybody, right?
I mean, how many friends do youstill have from college, right?
How many friends are stillclose with you?
Best friends that you had inhigh school are still your best
friend?
You know, not all of them,right?
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Maybe you got a few, but howmany good things have we walked
away from because we justdecided to agree to disagree,
and a lot of times it wasn'teven an agreement to disagree.
A lot of times it was a blow upthat led to the breakup, right?
But what if we all decided tochange how we went about this
and how we looked at it, how weviewed it?
What if we all did that?
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We would be living in a muchbetter world.
I promise you that we'd beliving in a much better world.
Accountability the fact orcondition of taking
responsibility worldAccountability the fact or
condition of takingresponsibility.
Accountability is the qualityor state of being accountable,
or the obligation or willingnessto accept the responsibility.
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How many of us are willing?
We may see how beneficial itcan be, but are we willing to
put it into action on aday-to-day basis?
Am I willing to now look at, amI listening to this now?
Am I moved by this enough to bethe bigger person who reaches
out to that other person?
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You know, if you were to takeaccountability and the other
person is not willing to do it,that's okay, bro.
Clear your heart, clear yourconscious.
Clear your mind, man.
Clear your mind, clear yourheart.
God is not going to judge youfor what they do to you.
God is not going to judge youfor how you treat them and how
you have dealt with them.
God is not going to judge youfor whether or not they took
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accountability for their actions.
He's going to look at you forwhat you did.
He's going to deal with you forhow you dealt with them.
So let's keep that in mind.
I have a quote, a last quote Ihave here Take accountability,
because blame is the water inwhich many dreams and
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relationships have drowned.
Drowned, blame is the water inwhich many dreams and
relationships have drowned.
I think about the dreams that alot of us have had the visions,
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man, the plans, the ideas, andmaybe you were partnered with
someone else or whatever thecase may be, the relationships,
all the different, all thesedifferent things that have gone
down the drain.
They have been drowned, theyhave been ruined, because I was
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too concerned with blaming youand you were too concerned with
blaming you and you were tooconcerned with blaming me, when,
in actuality, if we could havejust both taken accountability
for our wrong man, we couldstill be brother and sister.
You and that person could stillbe together.
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You know that one that got away.
Bro, I'm married, you know, andwe, but we all have that right.
My wife has that.
You know what I'm saying.
You have that, I have that.
We all have been through that.
And, yes, I know a lot of thingsaren't meant to be, and so on,
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so forth.
We get.
You know, I know a lot ofpeople think like that, but you
know what?
We're all given a choice, bro,and god is he's not god is
giving us the choice to do thethings that we want to do.
I always say, bro, you letpeople do what they want to do.
That way, they show you whatthey rather do.
People will show you who theyare.
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They will show you what theywant to do.
Somebody wants you in theirlife.
They'll show you.
This is a good way to um, keepthese good things that we have
being willing to takeaccountability, being able to
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look in the mirror, because itstarts with us.
It starts with us.
It starts with us.
I believe it starts with us.
Maybe that's an unpopularopinion, but, my brother, my
sister, your day, your day, yourday starts and it ends with you
.
It starts and it ends with youand it's up to you to be the
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captain of your life.
And I talked about the factthat our moral compass,
everybody's moral compass isdriven and it's steered by
something right or someone andthe different values and
principles and things that wehold dear to us.
That's what.
That's what makes up our moralcompass, our inner guide, right?
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I just wanted to encouragesomebody.
This is the Moral CompassChronicles and this is the
Accountability Series.
I'm not even sure if I need todo another one specifically on
accountability, but I guess, ifI'm led to speak a little bit
further on it, I will.
But this right here, man, thisis.
I pray this can be an eyeopener for somebody because it
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can truly change your life.
This perspective shift cantruly change your life, change
your perspective.
You'll change your life.
It's going to change how youdeal with people on a day-to-day
basis.
It's going to change how youdisagree with people.
It's gonna change how youcommunicate during disagreements
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, during disputes, when somebodyhurts you, when you hurt
someone else.
This changes, this perspectivechanges how you deal with that.
This can be the differencebetween you and your mother, who
you haven't spoken to, huggingeach other for the first time in
years.
This can be the differencebetween you and your spouse, who
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just can't seem to figure itout together.
This will solve that problem,bro.
This will solve that problem.
I blame you, you blame me, thissolves that problem.
I blame you, you blame me, thissolves that problem.
And so I pray somebody isencouraged by this man.
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This is the Moral CompassChronicles, and let's just stay
on this journey together.
Let's stay on this journeytogether and if you don't have
anything or anyone who's leadingyou in the right direction, to
sort of be a part of the rightthings and keep your mind in the
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right pointed, in the rightdirection, going, you know, to
make the decisions and and sortof help you make the decisions
that don't just benefit you butbenefit everybody around you,
which in turn benefits you, juststick with me.
Stick with me because I'm nevergoing to give anybody any
advice, and I always say this tomy little brothers and sisters
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bro, like, have I ever saidanything that's going to lead
you astray?
Bro, have I ever said anythingand told you to do anything
that's going to hurt you forreal?
No, absolutely not.
And if you esteem someone higherthan yourself and they decide
to take advantage of that,that's on them, that's not on
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you.
You're doing what you'resupposed to do, and if you do
that and you notice that that'sa person who's unwilling to
change.
Now you can you know, you canknow that you did your part, and
then you move on accordingly.
That's, quite frankly, what itcomes down to.
I love you guys.
I appreciate each and every oneof you.
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If you're still listening, Iappreciate you and every one of
you.
If you're still listening, Iappreciate you, and until next
time.
It's the moral compassChronicles.
Grace and peace everybody! Grace and peace world
.
Welcome to another rendition ofthe moral compass chronicles.
I am your host, Eyon Johnson,and at this point you already
know where you can find me.
You can find me on just aboutevery podcast platform.
Just search up the moralcompass chronicles.
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You can find me on just aboutevery social media outlet
instagram, tiktok, um, what elsewe got?
Twitter all at eyonjayy e y o nj a y y two y's at the end.
You can find me on youtube atEyon Johnson, and I am just
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super grateful to be here.
Yet again, man.
Yet again, another chronicle.
Another day, another chronicle.
Another week, another chronicle, and we are embarking on a new
year.
Christmas has passed For thosethat celebrate Hanukkah and
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Kwanzaa and Thanksgiving, andthe list goes on and on.
They've all passed.
They have all passed and we areabout to cross over into a new
year.
And I don't know about you, butI'm grateful.
I'm grateful for a lot ofdifferent things.
I am grateful for where God hasbrought me from and what he has
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brought me into.
I am grateful.
I am grateful for the fact thatI didn't wait until the new
year to really really lock in onthe things that I wanted to and
have been working toward.
You know what I'm saying.
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A lot of us, a lot of times, wedo that and we make things a
new year's resolution when, inactuality, I can start now.
And so I have been working onthis podcast for months now and
you all have seen the result ofthat, and I'm grateful.
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I'm grateful for those who haveseen the results, I'm grateful
for those who have madethemselves a part of this
journey, and the subscribers areclimbing and the downloads and
the views they're climbing, andI'm just here to be a vessel man
that the Lord can use, and I'mgoing to speak the wisdom in
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which he has bestowed upon me,however little or however much
that may be, I'm here to impartthat wisdom.
And so, as we embark on thisnew year I mean by the time we
hear this, we might be crossedover into the new year and so
just get started, get started,man, get started, get started,
get started.
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Whatever it is, whatever it is,start now.
If you're listening to this, ifyou're watching this, start
right now.
It may be the new year already,but that's okay, all right,
start now.
Start now and get going andkeep going, get going and keep
going A lot of times.
Well, we know this, we've alldone it at some point in our
lives.
One of the worst things we cando is to start and then stop,
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because now I got to start againand it's tough.
It's tough going to the gym fora few months, stopping for a
year, and then now I got to workmyself back up to going back
and starting again.
It's tough.
So don't do that to yourselfthis year 2025.
Let's lock in, man, and let's dothe things that we know and
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believe that we are called to do.
All right, and as for me and myhouse, we're going to serve the
Lord.
And as for me, I'm going to getout these podcasts.
You feel me, you're going toget these podcasts, man, you're
going to get these episodes.
Bro, Y'all going to get thisinformation, whatever it may be.
You're going to get my opinions, all right, and you know, for
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those that don't want it, youknow, you already know what you
got to do.
You know what I'm saying.
You already know what you gotto do.
Cut it off.
But for those that's rockingwith me, I am grateful for you,
man, for those that are with meon this journey, I'm grateful
for you.
I love you, I appreciate you.
No-transcript can reach themasses and that it can help
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somebody.
Um, because accountability ismissing.
Accountability, responsibility,these things are missing in um,
today's society, man and um.
There's a quote that says uh,um, what was it?
Was it?
The person who is complainingabout how the ball bounces is
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more than likely the person thatdropped it bounces.
And you ever see a?
I won't even go into that, butthe person who complains about
how the ball bounces is morethan likely the person who
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dropped the ball and so put thatin your pipe and smoke it.
I don't remember who that quotewas from, but accountability,
excuse me, accountability ismissing in our society.
It's lacking in our society.
Why, why, why do?
Why do I say that?
And I have some?
I wrote some definitions ofaccountability down.
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I'll get into that in a second.
But why, man?
Why?
I think that's a good question.
I wonder you know what you guysthink about that why?
And maybe take a moment andthink.
Let's think together for asecond why is it that
accountability is lacking somuch in today's society?
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Nobody wants to, and let me notsay nobody because you, I know
you may, you may be okay, takingaccountability right, whoever
you are, and shout out to youbecause you know the steps that
you have taken throughout yourlife to get to this place you
are in right now, where you aretaking accountability for your
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actions and you are holdingyourself responsible.
You know right.
You know right.
But why is it that this worldwe are living in there are so
many people who do not want tobe held accountable?
Well, I believe it's because,quite frankly, it doesn't feel
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good.
Let's call it what it is.
Let's be honest with ourselvesfor a second.
Taking accountability is notfun.
Being held accountable, like,especially when you're wrong,
bro, like anybody ever been loudand wrong?
You ever been loud and wrong.
Listen, I have been loud andwrong many times in my life.
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And that moment when yourealize that you were wrong and
somebody has been telling youthat you were wrong, bro, and
now you have to admit thatyou're wrong and like didn't
like to make matters worse, youmay even have to apologize now,
like, depending on what it is.
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So you had to, you had to you.
You were loud and wrong, man.
I mean like very wrong, like aswrong as you could be about
whatever it is.
I hope somebody getting a laughout of this too.
You were as loud, you were asloud and wrong as possible.
Then you had to have that thatmoment of realization where you
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were like you thought you wereright and now you realize that
you were wrong, whether it'sbecause there were receipts or
whatever it may be right.
Then you had to admit that youwere wrong and then you had to
apologize for it.
That's tough, bro.
That is tough.
That's not easy.
I feel like that's one of thebiggest reasons.
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Those things I just listed,those are some of the reasons
people don't like to takeaccountability and that's a
reason why, when somebody iswrong and they get proven wrong,
there are people who arewilling to die on the hill of
being wrong.
Bro, being loud and wrong.
I saw a video of this ladycoming down a one-way street
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come.
I mean literally coming down aone-way street or maybe it was a
parking garage or somethingcoming down a one-way and there
were several cars going theright direction and they
obviously came to a standstill.
They came to a point wheretheir cars are head to head and
the lady is getting out theircar.
I mean cursing bro out and I'veseen several instances of this,
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but cursing bro out and and theguy is like yo, like you,
you're.
You're coming down a one waystreet, bro, you are coming down
.
And at one point I heard herlegitimately say I don't care if
it's a one way street, moveover.
So, like man, I I know for afact, and me, as somebody who,
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as I mentioned I, have been loudand wrong many times in my life
, I remember a time in my lifewhere I was not okay, admitting
I was wrong.
I was not okay, and it's noteven so much that.
Let me not even say that,because I've never necessarily
had a problem saying I was sorry, but it was more so that in the
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heat of battle or in the heatof a conversation, I was more
inclined to point fingers at theother person involved because
they also did something wrong.
You know what I'm saying.
That was more so me, that wasmy issue when, instead of taking
accountability for what thisperson is telling me right, eon,
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you told me two plus two wasfive, and I may have done that
right Instead of takingaccountability for that, I'm
telling them well, you know,yesterday you told me that five
plus five was 11.
So now, even though two thingsare true here.
Instead of me being willing totake accountability right now
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for what I just did, I wasinclined and more inclined.
I was the type of person who Iwanted to point out your wrong
as well first and, whatevercomplex it was, whatever issues
I had, it led me to want topoint out your shortcomings
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first before being able to lookin the mirror at my own.
And, quite frankly, I hadgotten that wrong so many times
that I had finally gotten to aplace in my life where there was
another relationship ruined andthat didn't work out.
And I had to like legitimatelytake a step back and like look
back at my past, like situations, whether it was with friends,
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jobs, relationships, whatever itmay have been and say, yo,
there's a common denominatorhere, bro, and that common
denominator is me, and I guessthis is just a little bit of a
moment of transparency here, butI had to really like take note
of that.
And that was the moment and theday that I decided to change
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things and change how I wentabout my conversations and my
relationships and my friendshipsand how I would speak on the
job and so on and so forth, andI have noticed a major shift in
my life.
I have noticed a major shift inmy communication skills, so
much so that I have started tostudy certain forms of
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communication and trying tolearn how to better communicate.
And then now how to teachpeople and how to help people
communicate, how to mediatebetween people.
That's something that hasbecome a big part of my life.
You know, and so I recognize.
They say it takes one to knowone, so that's why I feel like I
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know how tough it is, becausethat was me.
That was me at one point.
That was me at one point, and Iactively try to not be that
person anymore.
I actively try to takeaccountability, even if I see
where someone else is goingwrong.
Also, like you know what, letme take accountability first for
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what I've done wrong.
Let me look in the mirror first, and this is on the last
episode.
You heard me talking aboutlooking in the mirror.
You heard me talking abouttaking accountability and things
of that nature, and this is onthe last episode.
You heard me talking aboutlooking in the mirror.
You heard me talking abouttaking accountability and things
of that nature, and this is theaccountability series.
It's sort of just continuing.
I am now in that place where Isee the benefit.
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I see now how beneficial it isfor me in the heat of a
conversation or a disagreementor an argument or whatever it
may be, I see how beneficial itis for one party, whoever that
party may be.
Call it the bigger person, right, that's what we say.
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Oh, you got to be the biggerperson.
And a lot of people don't wantto be the bigger person.
A lot of people want to beright and I thank God for you
who's watching this and who'slistening to this.
You may not be that person whois so much concerned with being
right, but there are a lot ofpeople in this world who want to
be right, period, whether theyhave some wrong doing as well in
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this situation, they want to beright and they want to be heard
and they want to tell you thatyou were wrong and how wrong you
were.
But they don't want to takeaccountability for where they
have gone wrong.
And I have an unpopular opinion.
We remember Eon's unpopularopinions.
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I think we should all start toesteem each other higher than
ourselves.
That is what the word of Godtells me.
I believe it's in Philippians,chapter two.
Go read it.
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It talks about esteeming oneanother higher than ourselves
and in a sense of lowliness,with a mind of lowliness.
When I think, when I see thatword lowliness, I think about
meekness, I think abouttemperance, I think about the
fruit of the spirit, I thinkabout these different elements
that, uh, quite frankly,describe the mind of Christ,
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which ought to be in each andevery single one of us.
Let this mind be in you.
That was also in who right?
Christ Jesus and so I, and thatmay be an unpopular opinion in
today's day and age and intoday's society, but that's all
right.
I am a man of unpopular opinionsand I believe that we should be
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esteeming one another higherthan ourselves.
How do I relate that toaccountability?
So, if I'm in a position whereI'm in a heated argument, I'm in
a disagreement with someone, adispute of some sort, I believe
that if everybody were to esteemeach other higher than
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themselves, we would all belooking in the mirror at
ourselves first to see where wehave gone wrong, which would
enable us to apologize a littlebit faster.
It would enable us to hear theother person out a little bit
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more.
It would put me in a positionwhere I am now, instead of
yelling back at you as you areyelling at me.
I am now able to take aposition of silence.
I am able now to listen.
If I'm esteeming you higherthan I am esteeming myself, I am
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now looking to hear you outinstead of being so quick to
want to be heard.
That may be a very unpopularopinion in today's day and age,
but you know, I believe it'sbeneficial.
It would be beneficial for usto do that, especially if we we,
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if we're as good of people aswe say we are a lot of, we all,
we like to talk about the factthat we're good people.
If you were to take a poll andask people, like if they're a
good person, I feel like morepeople would say yes than no.
If it was anonymous, I feellike people would tell people.
More people would tell thetruth, probably.
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But, like if you were askingpeople on the spot, I feel like
more people would say yes, I'm agood person.
Well, you know what if we're,if you are a good person, well,
you know what If we're, if youare a good person, this is
something that you wouldconsider esteeming someone else
higher than yourself, especiallyin a moment of dispute or
disagreement.
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It's one thing for me to quotethat word, that chapter, that
verse in the word of God, it'sanother thing.
And so now I guess maybe thisis to my believers, my believers
, my fellow believers.
I know many people are not, butyou know what You're going to
get.
This too, if you're not right.
It's one thing for us to readthat and quote it, but how about
implementing it into our dailylives?
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That is where it gets tougher.
That's where it gets tough.
That's where it gets tough, bro.
That's where it gets tough.
Because now, in the heat ofargument, in the heat of dispute
and disagreement, me being ableto now esteem you higher than
myself, think about yourfeelings and put your feelings
over mine.
And obviously, guys, listen, Iknow there's a lot of gray area
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in that because, depending onthe situation, that determines
whether or not you're able to dothat right, um, but I'm
speaking more on a general leveland I'm speaking more about a
way of life as opposed to aspecific situation.
You know, I know there's a lotof situations where abusive
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situations and things of thatnature I don't want to go too
much into that, but obviously,if I am being physically abused,
I cannot esteem you.
My abuse are higher than myselfin that situation.
I've got to get myself out ofthere.
I have to defend myself.
You know what I mean.
So, of course, there are manydifferent scenarios in which
this does not apply.
But I'm speaking on a generallevel and you, my listeners, my
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watchers, my brothers andsisters, you're all very smart,
you are all adults, you aresmart people and you know what I
mean.
You know the situations inwhich this applies to and the
ones in which it doesn't.
And if you don't know, let'shave a conversation about it.
I am more than willing to speakto you on a personal level so
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we can sort of gain someunderstanding and I can help if
possible and we're needed,because there are many scenarios
where taking accountability isnot on you, it is on the other
person.
You know what I'm saying, butI'm talking about situations
where you know what other person.
You know what I'm saying, butI'm talking about situations
where you know what the otherperson is telling some truth
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also.
The other person is right aboutthis thing also.
Yes, they're wrong about this.
Yes, they're wrong about that,but you know what, bro?
They are right about this thingright here, and this thing they
said over here was the truth.
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You know what I'm saying.
And like, if it's 60-40, thatperson is 60% at fault and I'm
40%.
And so, like I'm talking to you, who's 40% wrong, who feels
like yo, nah, nah, nah, nah, theother person is more wrong, the
other person is wrong, theother person is wrong, the other
person did this, the otherperson did that.
Well, I am talking to youbecause you are the one who, in
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the long run, will benefit themost from taking accountability
as well.
They say you can't fight firewith fire, and there's a lot of
fire in this world.
Quite frankly, I won't even gothere.
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There's a lot of fire in thisworld, literally, figuratively,
spiritually, and I won't even gothere.
There's a lot of fire in thisworld, literally, figuratively,
spiritually.
And fighting fire with firejust creates more fire, bro.
It creates more chaos, itcreates more destruction.
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And, bro, taking accountabilityclears your heart.
I heard david david asking god,created me a clean heart, renew
the right spirit within me.
Listen, listen, my brother, my,my sister.
I know that you may not be mostin the wrong in these different
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situations in your life, inthese different disagreements
with your family member, yourspouse, whatever the case may be
.
Whatever the case may be yourbest friends, your colleagues, I
know I know they're more in thewrong.
I know, I know, I know I hearyou, I feel you, I do.
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But if we as a people, and allof us, were to just look in the
mirror at ourselves, as I saidbefore, we would be more willing
to stop pointing fingers ateverybody else.
And if it's me and you in thisdispute, if it's me and you who
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are having this argument, and weboth stop pointing fingers at
each other, so like I know it'sfor 60 40 right, where I'm 60
wrong and you're 40 wrong, I getit right.
I'm more wrong than you are.
I get it.
I get it.
But what happens if both of usstop pointing fingers, bro?
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The argument would be over likethat.
The yelling would stop, thefighting would stop, the wars
would stop, the killing wouldstop, bro, oh my God.
The killing would stop and andconversation would be had,
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constructive criticism wouldstart to.
We would finally be in a placewhere constructive criticism can
be given and it can be accepted.
It'll it's now able to bereceived on both sides, because
I'm no longer pointing my fingerat you, I'm now pointing my
finger at myself.
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I'm looking in the mirror atmyself to see where I went wrong
.
Now you don't, even now I cancome to you you who is 40% wrong
, me who is 60, right.
I can now come to you andapologize to you.
I can tell you hey, listen, Iknow I said this, I know I said
this and that and I know ithurts your feelings and I am so
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sorry, man, I'm so sorry that Isaid that.
I'm so sorry I did that.
I'm so sorry I hurt you withthis and that, and you'll be
able to receive that.
And then now you're gonna turnaround and tell me but you know
what, you're right, but I alsodid this and I also did that.
I said this, I said that and Iknow that hurt you also and I'm
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sorry, bro, the fight's not done.
Right there, the the fightingis over.
Imagine a world where we allwere willing to do that.
Imagine a world where we wereall willing to take that route.
You know, this is not evenwhere I intended.
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Like I be coming to thesepodcasts with a whole outline
and stuff, bro, I haven't lookedat it once.
Like is from my heart, bro.
This is in my heart.
Accountability, each one, teachone and each one take
accountability.
That's in my heart, bro, that'sthat.
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That's a part of the, themakeup of my very being.
It's who I've become.
It's not who I've always been,but it is who I have become.
I have I'm personally.
I got tired of things, ofruining good things, friendships
, good jobs, good relationships,friendships, good jobs, good
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relationships.
I got tired of being a part ofwhat ruined a good thing.
So many of us are not talking toeach other and I said this in
the last episode as well, thelast chronicle so many of us are
not talking to each other.
So many of us are not speakingto one another.
So many of us have decided togo our separate ways.
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And yes, I know, a lot of timesit's warranted and I know not
everybody is meant to be in yourlife forever.
Not everybody, right?
I mean, how many friends do youstill have from college, right?
How many friends are stillclose with you?
Best friends that you had inhigh school are still your best
friend?
You know, not all of them,right?
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Maybe you got a few, but howmany good things have we walked
away from because we justdecided to agree to disagree,
and a lot of times it wasn'teven an agreement to disagree.
A lot of times it was a blow upthat led to the breakup, right?
But what if we all decided tochange how we went about this
and how we looked at it, how weviewed it?
What if we all did that?
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We would be living in a muchbetter world.
I promise you that we'd beliving in a much better world.
Accountability the fact orcondition of taking
responsibility worldAccountability the fact or
condition of takingresponsibility.
Accountability is the qualityor state of being accountable,
or the obligation or willingnessto accept the responsibility.
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How many of us are willing?
We may see how beneficial itcan be, but are we willing to
put it into action on aday-to-day basis?
Am I willing to now look at, amI listening to this now?
Am I moved by this enough to bethe bigger person who reaches
out to that other person?
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You know, if you were to takeaccountability and the other
person is not willing to do it,that's okay, bro.
Clear your heart, clear yourconscious.
Clear your mind, man.
Clear your mind, clear yourheart.
God is not going to judge youfor what they do to you.
God is not going to judge youfor how you treat them and how
you have dealt with them.
God is not going to judge youfor whether or not they took
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accountability for their actions.
He's going to look at you forwhat you did.
He's going to deal with you forhow you dealt with them.
So let's keep that in mind.
I have a quote, a last quote Ihave here Take accountability,
because blame is the water inwhich many dreams and
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relationships have drowned.
Drowned, blame is the water inwhich many dreams and
relationships have drowned.
I think about the dreams that alot of us have had the visions,
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man, the plans, the ideas, andmaybe you were partnered with
someone else or whatever thecase may be, the relationships,
all the different, all thesedifferent things that have gone
down the drain.
They have been drowned, theyhave been ruined, because I was
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too concerned with blaming youand you were too concerned with
blaming you and you were tooconcerned with blaming me, when,
in actuality, if we could havejust both taken accountability
for our wrong man, we couldstill be brother and sister.
You and that person could stillbe together.
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You know that one that got away.
Bro, I'm married, you know, andwe, but we all have that right.
My wife has that.
You know what I'm saying.
You have that, I have that.
We all have been through that.
And, yes, I know a lot of thingsaren't meant to be, and so on,
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so forth.
We get.
You know, I know a lot ofpeople think like that, but you
know what?
We're all given a choice, bro,and god is he's not god is
giving us the choice to do thethings that we want to do.
I always say, bro, you letpeople do what they want to do.
That way, they show you whatthey rather do.
People will show you who theyare.
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They will show you what theywant to do.
Somebody wants you in theirlife.
They'll show you.
This is a good way to um, keepthese good things that we have
being willing to takeaccountability, being able to
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look in the mirror, because itstarts with us.
It starts with us.
It starts with us.
I believe it starts with us.
Maybe that's an unpopularopinion, but, my brother, my
sister, your day, your day, yourday starts and it ends with you
.
It starts and it ends with youand it's up to you to be the
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captain of your life.
And I talked about the factthat our moral compass,
everybody's moral compass isdriven and it's steered by
something right or someone andthe different values and
principles and things that wehold dear to us.
That's what.
That's what makes up our moralcompass, our inner guide, right?
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I just wanted to encouragesomebody.
This is the Moral CompassChronicles and this is the
Accountability Series.
I'm not even sure if I need todo another one specifically on
accountability, but I guess, ifI'm led to speak a little bit
further on it, I will.
But this right here, man, thisis.
I pray this can be an eyeopener for somebody because it
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can truly change your life.
This perspective shift cantruly change your life, change
your perspective.
You'll change your life.
It's going to change how youdeal with people on a day-to-day
basis.
It's going to change how youdisagree with people.
It's gonna change how youcommunicate during disagreements
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, during disputes, when somebodyhurts you, when you hurt
someone else.
This changes, this perspectivechanges how you deal with that.
This can be the differencebetween you and your mother, who
you haven't spoken to, huggingeach other for the first time in
years.
This can be the differencebetween you and your spouse, who
(33:16):
just can't seem to figure itout together.
This will solve that problem,bro.
This will solve that problem.
I blame you, you blame me, thissolves that problem.
I blame you, you blame me, thissolves that problem.
And so I pray somebody isencouraged by this man.
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This is the Moral CompassChronicles, and let's just stay
on this journey together.
Let's stay on this journeytogether and if you don't have
anything or anyone who's leadingyou in the right direction, to
sort of be a part of the rightthings and keep your mind in the
(34:00):
right pointed, in the rightdirection, going, you know, to
make the decisions and and sortof help you make the decisions
that don't just benefit you butbenefit everybody around you,
which in turn benefits you, juststick with me.
Stick with me because I'm nevergoing to give anybody any
advice, and I always say this tomy little brothers and sisters
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bro, like, have I ever saidanything that's going to lead
you astray?
Bro, have I ever said anythingand told you to do anything
that's going to hurt you forreal?
No, absolutely not.
And if you esteem someone higherthan yourself and they decide
to take advantage of that,that's on them, that's not on
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you.
You're doing what you'resupposed to do, and if you do
that and you notice that that'sa person who's unwilling to
change.
Now you can you know, you canknow that you did your part, and
then you move on accordingly.
That's, quite frankly, what itcomes down to.
I love you guys.
I appreciate each and every oneof you.
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If you're still listening, Iappreciate you and every one of
you.
If you're still listening, Iappreciate you, and until next
time.
It's the moral compassChronicles.
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